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Date:      Thu, 11 Nov 1999 11:35:57 -0800 (PST)
From:      Alfred Perlstein <bright@wintelcom.net>
To:        John Reynolds~ <jreynold@sedona.ch.intel.com>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Quick question on IBM ThinkPad
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.4.05.9911111135050.12797-100000@fw.wintelcom.net>
In-Reply-To: <14379.2745.562828.28472@hip186.ch.intel.com>

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On Thu, 11 Nov 1999, John Reynolds~ wrote:

> 
> hello all,
> 
> I have the opportunity to get an IBM ThinkPad here as my next "PC." I of
> course want to run -STABLE on it ;). However, I remember seeing traffic on
> these lists stating that the IBM ThinkPad is "troublesome" for FreeBSD in
> both X configuration and network interface (unsupported device or something).
> 
> Can somebody please respond regarding this laptop?
> 
> BTW, I currently can't reach the search engine on www.freebsd.org through our
> firewall (???) which is why I'm mailing to this list. Please respond as soon
> as convenient 'cuz my boss wants an "answer" quickly(tm).

my thinkpad works just fine, perhaps you'd like to tell us what chipsets
the laptop uses for its ethernet, video and other periphs?

-Alfred



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