Date: Thu, 11 Dec 2003 12:25:18 -0800 From: Peter Hessler <phessler@theapt.org> To: Barry Hawkins <ly5t5@allthingscomputed.com> Cc: FreeBSD PowerPC <freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: FreeBSD on an nVidia-based PowerBook G4 17" 1GHz Message-ID: <20031211202518.GA3140@gir.theapt.org> In-Reply-To: <46789A62-2C14-11D8-890E-000A95A0485E@allthingscomputed.com> References: <46789A62-2C14-11D8-890E-000A95A0485E@allthingscomputed.com>
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On Thu, Dec 11, 2003 at 02:57:40PM -0500, Barry Hawkins wrote: : :The Problem Issues with a 1GHz 17" PowerBook G4 :-The 100MHz bus :-The 1MB L3 cache :-The nVidia GeForce Go 440 card The XFree86 driver in 4.4 should be quite improved over the 4.3 one. (4.4 is "scheduled" to be released New Years Eve, 2003) :-The Airport Extreme wireless card (Broadcom chipset) I don't think you'll be seeing a driver for this soon. Broadcom isn't releasing any documentation for this driver, and I'm not sure if the will write binary-only drivers for */PPC. (I hope for full documentation, but I'll be realistic, and not expect it :( ) :-The USB software modem : Similar issue to the Airport Extreme. No docs for it, and it is unlikely a binary driver for */PPC will be relased. If anyone is able to get documentation for the Airport Extreme, the USB soft-modem, or the on board sound, please post to this list. I know people in the OpenBSD project who are working on drivers for these, but w/o docs, it is slow going.
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