Date: Sun, 22 Mar 2015 16:58:06 -0700 From: Marek Novotny <marek.novotny@marspolar.com> To: Glen Barber <gjb@FreeBSD.org> Cc: FreeBSD Current <freebsd-current@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Broadwell Support FreeBSD 10.1 Message-ID: <550F570E.80305@marspolar.com> In-Reply-To: <20150322234900.GI13428@hub.FreeBSD.org> References: <550F50F6.7060306@marspolar.com> <20150322234900.GI13428@hub.FreeBSD.org>
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I have a 4th gen core i3 running PC-BSD 10.1 in which I let the installer do its thing. It uses zfs for / but it's not encrypted. It gave me the laptop's native res which I think is 1366 x 768. I have a 4th gen desktop installed the same way which is giving me 1920x1080. I'm not sure how it dealt with the hard drive. I'd have to check. Marek Novotny https://github.com/marek-novotny On 03/22/2015 04:49 PM, Glen Barber wrote: > On Sun, Mar 22, 2015 at 04:32:06PM -0700, Marek Novotny wrote: >> New to this group, and new to FreeBSD via PC-BSD. Really like it so far. >> Sorry if this has been asked to death already. Levono has their new T450 >> with the 5th gen intel Broadwell i5 processor. I bought it with the hopes of >> running PC-BSD latest version on it. It uses intel 5500 graphics as well. >> Any potential issues using this?? >> > You won't be able to use accelerated graphics. > > I have the T540p which has the i7-4800MQ, and am quite happy with > running FreeBSD CURRENT on it. I don't care about accelerated graphics > too much, though. > > One nit with the laptop is I needed to use an external USB flash drive > to store /boot on an MBR partition, because my hard drives are > GPT-partitioned using ZFS on '/' on GELI-encrypted providers. > Otherwise, I have noticed that using the /boot on the GPT disk enforces > low resolution graphics (640x480 IIRC). > > By using a USB flash drive for /boot, I can get 1920x1080 resolution > (one of the many reasons for choosing this laptop). > > (I've been meaning to put this into the FreeBSD Wiki, but EBUSY.) > > Glen >
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