Date: Wed, 22 Nov 2000 10:53:40 -0700 (MST) From: Nate Williams <nate@yogotech.com> To: Steve Horan <sjhoran@goldenterrace.com.au> Cc: -CURRENT <current@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Laptops and sc0/vt0 consoles Message-ID: <14876.2084.621017.530399@nomad.yogotech.com> In-Reply-To: <20001123034411.F377@goldenterrace.com.au> References: <20001123034411.F377@goldenterrace.com.au>
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> > Apologies upfront if anything I ask/say has already been covered, I'm > somwhat limited in my resources at present. > > In my past experience, FreeBSD hasn't agreed very well with IBM > thinkpad laptops, unless you were using the vt0 console driver. This is *VERY* old information. When Pentium's were introduced (755/560) series, it has no longer been a necessity. The old 486 laptops need vt0, but anything newer works fine with sc0. (I speak from experience, having had an IBM laptop for 7-8 years, and being responsible for writing or integrating the code in FreeBSD to support IBM Thinkpads.) I'm also typing on a ThinkPad right now, which is my 'main' platform, and it's doing fine with syscons, as have my previous 3 ThinkPads. Nate To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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