From owner-freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Dec 31 22:37:23 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 123DF16A4CE for ; Wed, 31 Dec 2003 22:37:23 -0800 (PST) Received: from infidyne.com (io.infidyne.com [212.112.161.72]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with SMTP id E538043D53 for ; Wed, 31 Dec 2003 22:37:20 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from peter.schuller@infidyne.com) Received: (qmail 6728 invoked from network); 1 Jan 2004 06:37:21 -0000 Received: from infidyne.com (HELO scode.mine.nu) (scode@212.112.174.178) by infidyne.com with SMTP; 1 Jan 2004 06:37:21 -0000 Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by scode.mine.nu (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7B7F853AFD; Thu, 1 Jan 2004 07:44:28 +0100 (CET) From: Peter Schuller To: "Kevin Oberman" Date: Thu, 1 Jan 2004 07:44:27 +0100 User-Agent: KMail/1.5.4 References: <20031231172320.0F2EC5D04@ptavv.es.net> In-Reply-To: <20031231172320.0F2EC5D04@ptavv.es.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200401010744.27740.peter.schuller@infidyne.com> cc: mobile@freebsd.org cc: Josh Rivel Subject: Re: Least supported laptop for FreeBSD under $1k X-BeenThere: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Mobile computing with FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 01 Jan 2004 06:37:23 -0000 > APM suspend seems to work fine on most recent ThinkPads, but ACPI is > getting very good on CURRENT. The ATA problem with resume is the only > really big outstanding issue, although the failure of USB on resume may > be a show-stopper for some. Lots of folks are trying to figure out the > ATA problem, so I hope to see it resolved before too long. Actually I only seem to be having disk related problems with APM suspend (some times, seemingly if there is disc access during the resume cycle, the laptop will hang). Unless the ATA problem you are referring to manifests itself as imposing a lot of latency/load on the system, which is the primary reason why I am not using ACPI - the machine is not usable after a resume even if everything (except USB) technically seems to work. > Also, with CURRENT, it is more likely that you can use the built-in > 802.11 card. I'm not sure which chipset is used in various versions, but > CURRENT support the popular Atheros and Bill Paul has been busy with an FWIW, the Atheros driver works fine for me on the T40p. -- / Peter Schuller, InfiDyne Technologies HB PGP userID: 0xE9758B7D or 'Peter Schuller ' Key retrieval: Send an E-Mail to getpgpkey@scode.org E-Mail: peter.schuller@infidyne.com Web: http://www.scode.org