From owner-freebsd-mobile Mon Mar 26 23:20:10 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Received: from bunrab.catwhisker.org (adsl-63-193-123-122.dsl.snfc21.pacbell.net [63.193.123.122]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 14EC437B71B for ; Mon, 26 Mar 2001 23:20:09 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from david@catwhisker.org) Received: (from david@localhost) by bunrab.catwhisker.org (8.10.0/8.10.0) id f2R7K5813969; Mon, 26 Mar 2001 23:20:05 -0800 (PST) Date: Mon, 26 Mar 2001 23:20:05 -0800 (PST) From: David Wolfskill Message-Id: <200103270720.f2R7K5813969@bunrab.catwhisker.org> To: david@catwhisker.org, gandalf@vilnya.demon.co.uk, mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Reality check on ESS Technology Maestro-2E h/w "mute" function? In-Reply-To: <007901c0b68d$bb9741b0$0504020a@haveblue> Sender: owner-freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org >From: "Cameron Grant" >Date: Tue, 27 Mar 2001 08:15:41 +0100 >what brand/model of laptop? It's a Compal N38W2, sold by M-Tech as their "30W". There's more stuff (technical term, there) at http://www.catwhisker.org/~david/FreeBSD/laptop.html. >> So... is this Weird(er than usual) Hardware? Is the value 0x99 a useful >> one for someone, or do I get to file a PR requesting a change to the value >> 0x77? (If 0x99 *is* useful, I guess I need to figure out how to >> distinguish one from the other....) >jhb@freebsd.org implemented the feature, and it apparently works on his >dell. i'm not sure there is a good way to generalise it though. Huh. I had *thought* that te N38W2 was quite similar to the Dell Inspiron 5000e. It could be a Bios variation, I suppose.... Thanks, david -- David H. Wolfskill david@catwhisker.org As a computing professional, I believe it would be unethical for me to advise, recommend, or support the use (save possibly for personal amusement) of any product that is or depends on any Microsoft product. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-mobile" in the body of the message