From owner-freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Aug 18 10:59:16 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8F24016A4CE for ; Wed, 18 Aug 2004 10:59:16 +0000 (GMT) Received: from coruscant.rfc1149.org (coruscant.rfc1149.org [217.160.130.147]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id F310F43D49 for ; Wed, 18 Aug 2004 10:59:15 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from arne@rfc2549.org) Received: by coruscant.rfc1149.org (Postfix, from userid 110) id 997C83EEC; Wed, 18 Aug 2004 12:59:13 +0200 (CEST) Received: from kamino.rfc1149.org (kamino.rfc1149.org [2001:8d8:81:11::2]) by coruscant.rfc1149.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D718C3D10; Wed, 18 Aug 2004 12:59:10 +0200 (CEST) Received: by kamino.rfc1149.org (Postfix, from userid 1001) id 0885740D3; Wed, 18 Aug 2004 12:59:08 +0200 (CEST) To: Matthew Luckie In-Reply-To: <20040818204715.V84887@lycra.luckie.org.nz> (Matthew Luckie's message of "Wed, 18 Aug 2004 21:00:04 +1200 (NZST)") References: <20040818204715.V84887@lycra.luckie.org.nz> From: Arne Schwabe Date: Wed, 18 Aug 2004 12:59:07 +0200 Message-ID: <864qn0soec.fsf@kamino.rfc1149.org> User-Agent: Gnus/5.110003 (No Gnus v0.3) Emacs/21.3 (berkeley-unix) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 2.60 (1.212-2003-09-23-exp) on coruscant.rfc1149.org X-Spam-Status: No, hits=-4.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00 autolearn=ham version=2.60 X-Spam-Level: cc: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Subject: Re: IBM ThinkPad R50p X-BeenThere: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Mobile computing with FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 18 Aug 2004 10:59:16 -0000 Matthew Luckie writes: > Hi > > I'm looking at getting an IBM ThinkPad R50p to run FreeBSD 4.10 on, or > 5.2.1 / 5.3 if recommended. My current Inspiron 8000 has done its > dash. > > Has anyone on this list successfully run FreeBSD on one of these > models? I've been following this list in digest mode for a little > while and have learnt not to get a centrino based wireless adapter. > The IBM site says it has an IBM wireless adapter. > >>From what I can tell, the laptop is well supported under Debian Linux, but > I've not seen anyone confirm the laptop under FreeBSD. > > http://www.travellingkiwi.com/laptop/r50p%20Linux.html#Hardware_Overview > http://mcmillan.net.nz/linux/Linux_on_R50p.html > > It is Pentium M 1.7Ghz, with > ATI Mobility FireGL T2 (Support in XF86 4.4 Source) > Intel Pro 1000 Ethernet > IBM 11a/b/g Wi-Fi and Bluetooth. Apparently atheros chipset. > I think it should be very similiar to the t4xp series of ibm, which is well supported. Arne