Date: Wed, 28 May 2003 17:19:07 -0700 From: "Kevin Oberman" <oberman@es.net> To: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD Vs ThinkPad T40 or R40? Message-ID: <20030529001907.116685D04@ptavv.es.net> In-Reply-To: Message from Peter Radcliffe <pir@pir.net> of "Wed, 28 May 2003 16:55:39 EDT." <20030528205538.GB6324@pir.net>
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> Date: Wed, 28 May 2003 16:55:39 -0400 > From: Peter Radcliffe <pir@pir.net> > Sender: owner-freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org > > Kevin Oberman <oberman@es.net> probably said: > > The internal modem is the newer ICH version of the Lucent WinModem. To > > this point I know of no support for it under FreeBSD. The wireless card > > can be either an Intel or a Cisco. I know that the Cisco is supported, > > but I don't believe the latest Intel is. It uses the Broadcom 440. I > > believe that support for this chip is in the works, but I don't know > > just when it will happen. > > The Intel mini-pci wireless card that I have from IBM is Prism 2.5. Is > there a newer chipset from Intel ? Yes, Intel has, like many others, dropped the Prism and are now using a Broadcom chip. Very annoying! At least they give you the option of buying systems with Cisco cards, as well, but the default is the Intel. There is a Linux driver for this chip and someone very recently said that they were trying to adapt it to FreeBSD. R. Kevin Oberman, Network Engineer Energy Sciences Network (ESnet) Ernest O. Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) E-mail: oberman@es.net Phone: +1 510 486-8634
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