Date: Thu, 2 Oct 2008 17:16:55 +0200 From: Reg Me Please <regmeplease@gmail.com> To: Ian Smith <smithi@nimnet.asn.au> Cc: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD on laptops Message-ID: <200810021716.56061.regmeplease@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <20081003010322.D49572@sola.nimnet.asn.au> References: <200810021621.52597.regmeplease@gmail.com> <20081003010322.D49572@sola.nimnet.asn.au>
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Il Thursday 02 October 2008 17:06:48 Ian Smith ha scritto: > On Thu, 2 Oct 2008, Reg Me Please wrote: > > Hi all. > > > > I'm considering to move from Linux to FreeBSD on my main laptop. > > I don't have enough time resources for the "test and try" process > > I'd like to know from the community what is the status for: > > 0. Core2 Duo CPUs > > 1. Support for modern chipsets (ICH8) > > 2. support for power management (mostly ACPI and CPU clock freq. ) on > > laptops 3. support for accelerated graphic cards (nVidia GeForce 8600M > > GT) 4. support for Intel wifi (4965 AGN) > > 5. support for other hardware like audio, card readers, i-Link, USB > > > > And, of course, any advise about FreeBSD on laptops will be highly > > appreciated. > > You really need to tell us what make & model laptop you have, so people > with the same or similar machines can comment. Otherwise, 'it depends'. > > cheers, Ian ASUS G1s The (Linux version of) lspci says (sorry for wrapping): 00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Mobile PM965/GM965/GL960 Memory Controller Hub (rev 03) 00:01.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Mobile PM965/GM965/GL960 PCI Express Root Port (rev 03) 00:1a.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB UHCI Controller #4 (rev 03) 00:1a.1 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB UHCI Controller #5 (rev 03) 00:1a.7 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB2 EHCI Controller #2 (rev 03) 00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) HD Audio Controller (rev 03) 00:1c.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) PCI Express Port 1 (rev 03) 00:1c.1 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) PCI Express Port 2 (rev 03) 00:1c.2 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) PCI Express Port 3 (rev 03) 00:1c.3 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) PCI Express Port 4 (rev 03) 00:1c.4 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) PCI Express Port 5 (rev 03) 00:1d.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB UHCI Controller #1 (rev 03) 00:1d.1 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB UHCI Controller #2 (rev 03) 00:1d.2 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB UHCI Controller #3 (rev 03) 00:1d.7 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB2 EHCI Controller #1 (rev 03) 00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801 Mobile PCI Bridge (rev f3) 00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation 82801HEM (ICH8M) LPC Interface Controller (rev 03) 00:1f.1 IDE interface: Intel Corporation 82801HBM/HEM (ICH8M/ICH8M-E) IDE Controller (rev 03) 00:1f.2 SATA controller: Intel Corporation 82801HBM/HEM (ICH8M/ICH8M-E) SATA AHCI Controller (rev 03) 01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation GeForce 8600M GT (rev a1) 02:00.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8111/8168B PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet controller (rev 01) 03:00.0 Network controller: Intel Corporation PRO/Wireless 4965 AG or AGN Network Connection (rev 61) 07:00.0 SATA controller: JMicron Technologies, Inc. JMicron 20360/20363 AHCI Controller (rev 02) 08:01.0 FireWire (IEEE 1394): Ricoh Co Ltd R5C832 IEEE 1394 Controller (rev 05) 08:01.1 SD Host controller: Ricoh Co Ltd R5C822 SD/SDIO/MMC/MS/MSPro Host Adapter (rev 22) 08:01.2 System peripheral: Ricoh Co Ltd R5C592 Memory Stick Bus Host Adapter (rev 12) 08:01.3 System peripheral: Ricoh Co Ltd xD-Picture Card Controller (rev 12)help
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