From owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Thu Jun 16 18:06:08 2016 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id F0CD6A7742F for ; Thu, 16 Jun 2016 18:06:08 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from brandon.wandersee@gmail.com) Received: from mail-io0-f177.google.com (mail-io0-f177.google.com [209.85.223.177]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 (128/128 bits)) (Client CN "smtp.gmail.com", Issuer "Google Internet Authority G2" (verified OK)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id BA5651E53 for ; Thu, 16 Jun 2016 18:06:08 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from brandon.wandersee@gmail.com) Received: by mail-io0-f177.google.com with SMTP id f30so49205219ioj.2 for ; Thu, 16 Jun 2016 11:06:08 -0700 (PDT) X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20130820; h=x-gm-message-state:references:user-agent:from:to:cc:subject :in-reply-to:date:message-id:mime-version; bh=vnpqpaZXHqukEbspHE+Ll8igA47/qNPve6NSNO4sn0o=; b=KGHq4LLC6/DZd+7xe3EtqifJdIVrWDanxko30RRHCvOuM0fvIuAWydaUyUnB3lnKdD xzgX6CMIqnQfFJiWOlxkUIR7hcCi/B3okF1BRFOjwQ2CYGRBFVPqOtglYnnocQyO9d7O UTnzlXXfljLm2EX4tO0BfLvhiQTd3ZYwXyKlACVAwR3NsyzyR5AcBMqT700MBX5rdI7L 7MdOYNbLDDGif4yp78XXRy859mZqNm1PvwIf3RCV+oGUveWgsTN09YaQ6HJ+ZSUmtLGz eo9t3mXmZ4nE40hZm8cDjdui+baTCOSntYtpW3n/xRbXkIdulnEb8fobA/YKRIiP10zf sBwQ== X-Gm-Message-State: ALyK8tK+HvNMk6Y9ImAlzjnGnlO9l3RHzNo9dgUuZ8UGdI/sEBT7WUQKuau8jaQVVqC8KA== X-Received: by 10.107.205.8 with SMTP id d8mr9895557iog.113.1466100361912; Thu, 16 Jun 2016 11:06:01 -0700 (PDT) Received: from WorkBox.Home.gmail.com (63-231-155-110.mpls.qwest.net. [63.231.155.110]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id t73sm7285556ita.12.2016.06.16.11.06.00 (version=TLS1_2 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-CHACHA20-POLY1305 bits=256/256); Thu, 16 Jun 2016 11:06:00 -0700 (PDT) References: <861t478ppu.fsf@WorkBox.Home> <45577.128.135.52.6.1465422185.squirrel@cosmo.uchicago.edu> <19828.128.135.52.6.1465484549.squirrel@cosmo.uchicago.edu> <864m9242zh.fsf@WorkBox.Home> User-agent: mu4e 0.9.16; emacs 24.5.1 From: Brandon J. Wandersee To: Christian Baer Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: advice for buying a laptop In-reply-to: Date: Thu, 16 Jun 2016 13:06:00 -0500 Message-ID: <86fusdj9fb.fsf@WorkBox.Home> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.22 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 16 Jun 2016 18:06:09 -0000 Christian Baer writes: > On 06/09/16 20:43, Brandon J. Wandersee wrote: > >> If you're reading this message, then you can be absolutely certain that >> the Intel Centrino 6205 chip---the kind shipped in the exact make and >> model of the laptop the OP is interested in---works just fine with >> FreeBSD. The 10.1-RELEASE installer automatically detected and >> configured it. > > Did it require any additional firmware as another person stated? No, it's handled by the iwn(4) driver. -- :: Brandon J. Wandersee :: brandon.wandersee@gmail.com :: -------------------------------------------------- :: 'The best design is as little design as possible.' :: --- Dieter Rams ----------------------------------