Date: Wed, 18 Aug 2004 13:33:20 +0200 From: Arne Schwabe <arne@rfc2549.org> To: Patrick Hurrelmann <outi@bytephobia.de> Cc: Toxa <postfix@senmail.ru> Subject: Re: Enhanced SpeedStep driver available Message-ID: <86n00sr88v.fsf@kamino.rfc1149.org> In-Reply-To: <20040818112144.GD83913@empiric.icir.org> (Bruce M. Simpson's message of "Wed, 18 Aug 2004 04:21:44 -0700") References: <6.1.0.6.1.20040816074348.03f99338@popserver.sfu.ca> <4122A34F.2020607@nikiforov.ru> <20040818082141.5d2fcee7@duality.bytephobia.de> <20040818112144.GD83913@empiric.icir.org>
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Bruce M Simpson <bms@spc.org> writes: > On Wed, Aug 18, 2004 at 08:21:41AM +0200, Patrick Hurrelmann wrote: >> Centrino is no processor at all. Centrino is the name for a hardware bundle: >> - Intel Pentium M (no Pentium 4!) >> - Intel Chipset (with or without onboard graphic) >> - Intel Wireless-LAN adapter >> >> If one of this partsis missing on a system it must not be called Centrino (that's Intel politics). > > Thank god I've de-Centrino-ified my IBM T40. I recommend everyone else > does the same. I'm sick of Intel's closed-source policy with regards to > its radio hardware. Well for atheros chipsets you also have a binary hal ;) Arne -- compiling millions of tiny c-programs...done checking for a working configure script... not found
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