Date: Wed, 13 Sep 2006 00:12:29 +0200 From: Arne Schwabe <schwabe@uni-paderborn.de> To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org, Sam Leffler <sam@errno.com>, Reid Linnemann <lreid@a.cs.okstate.edu>, cms01@tampabay.rr.com Subject: Re: FreeBSD inquire Message-ID: <450730CD.301@uni-paderborn.de> In-Reply-To: <20060912194349.GA36471@dragon.NUXI.org> References: <200609121102.12577.cms01@tampabay.rr.com> <d8a4930a0609120816ge8de09ci2fa764c477df7d26@mail.gmail.com> <200609121141.09204.cms01@tampabay.rr.com> <4506F6DF.5010900@cs.okstate.edu> <4506FE59.6000600@errno.com> <20060912194349.GA36471@dragon.NUXI.org>
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David O'Brien schrieb: > On Tue, Sep 12, 2006 at 11:37:13AM -0700, Sam Leffler wrote: > >> I'd like to see support >> for these parts 'cuz they appear frequently in laptops; often with bios >> locking which makes swapping cards problematic. >> > > Scary. I've always assumed I could buy a laptop with any wireless NIC > and change it. Do you know which laptop vendors do this? Can you say > anything more on the "bios locking"? > For example IBM Thinkpad simply won't boot (BIOS Error Message) if you insert a non IBM WLAN Card. Arne
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