Date: Wed, 26 Nov 1997 22:06:36 +0100 (MET) From: Guido van Rooij <guido@gvr.org> To: mike@smith.net.au (Mike Smith) Cc: jose@dial.pipex.com, freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: What does "unsupported" really mean? Message-ID: <199711262106.WAA15575@gvr.gvr.org> In-Reply-To: <199711252248.JAA00367@word.smith.net.au> from Mike Smith at "Nov 26, 97 09:18:51 am"
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Mike Smith wrote: > When you're buying a laptop, there are two *critical* things to look at: > > - The pcic type (PCMCIA interface chip). Toshiba, Dell, NEC, Sharp, > and IBM all use parts that are compatible with FreeBSD. Acer (at > least) does not. YMMV; if at all possible, boot a FreeBSD kernel > built with pcic support in order to find out what you're looking at. > > - Video chipset. The undisputed 'best supported' chipset at the > moment is the C&T 655xx family. If you are willing to buy the > Accelerated X server then you can look at units using the Cirrus 754x > and NeoMagic chipsets. Avoid the rest, as X will not work. > I am using XFree 3.2 on a: Cirrus CL-GD7548 (on a Compaq Armada 1130) Works just fine. It seems that 3.3 works even better. -Guido
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