From owner-freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Oct 2 15:17:03 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9050710656A7 for ; Thu, 2 Oct 2008 15:17:03 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from regmeplease@gmail.com) Received: from gv-out-0910.google.com (gv-out-0910.google.com [216.239.58.191]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 159918FC16 for ; Thu, 2 Oct 2008 15:17:02 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from regmeplease@gmail.com) Received: by gv-out-0910.google.com with SMTP id n8so182326gve.39 for ; Thu, 02 Oct 2008 08:17:01 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:from:to:subject:date :user-agent:cc:references:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type :content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:message-id; bh=TBZ7lRu3iVT8sO0Eb4mv37vv4uihEFeU2OhrukBxlL4=; b=svJ3KftH4QRANkMkV/hUx+2VEcJcXaDwoWrT7c/UTOSBr0DpexxdBID/m0HiNXOZf3 e4ygGCfFGUa1x4MVlGzw2XjHQL/yDhdG1oJ/wKxwuCuid3D7U25E7vxe+nq7S6OF9j8r psMfPRlMbvUMeas7XYNirtwToJmkVbVqXDFe8= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=from:to:subject:date:user-agent:cc:references:in-reply-to :mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding :content-disposition:message-id; b=FoyxaAOe3rq1dTjsVqJiP43+ko3YCm7U56MU12OjwJ7G5GruyIA7eT7BI9cR8rfcYM XJCnD8C8MaCjNd00l49xX2ijx+2soVy0MKV/ULwrJ5KuH3D/oepHrAV6VjAWWmvyXSPE oZLlBn4Ltzpx7rhwme4OAzAEkH6yyJbE5WWN4= Received: by 10.103.170.13 with SMTP id x13mr6873048muo.52.1222960621015; Thu, 02 Oct 2008 08:17:01 -0700 (PDT) Received: from ?192.168.128.243? ([151.67.147.129]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id u9sm6657033muf.9.2008.10.02.08.16.58 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=RC4-MD5); Thu, 02 Oct 2008 08:17:00 -0700 (PDT) From: Reg Me Please To: Ian Smith Date: Thu, 2 Oct 2008 17:16:55 +0200 User-Agent: KMail/1.9.10 References: <200810021621.52597.regmeplease@gmail.com> <20081003010322.D49572@sola.nimnet.asn.au> In-Reply-To: <20081003010322.D49572@sola.nimnet.asn.au> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200810021716.56061.regmeplease@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD on laptops X-BeenThere: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Mobile computing with FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 02 Oct 2008 15:17:03 -0000 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)