From owner-freebsd-mobile Fri Mar 8 5:46:24 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Received: from smtp2.sasquatch.com (smtp2.sasquatch.com [216.218.236.166]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 2F5CA37B400 for ; Fri, 8 Mar 2002 05:46:22 -0800 (PST) Received: (qmail 19893 invoked by uid 7794); 8 Mar 2002 13:46:22 -0000 Received: from baloo@gimpgirl.com by smtp2.sasquatch.com by uid 7791 with qmail-scanner-1.10 (sweep: 2.6/3.53. . Clear:0. Processed in 0.541377 secs); 08 Mar 2002 13:46:22 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO shell.sasquatch.com) (216.218.236.165) by smtp2.sasquatch.com with SMTP; 8 Mar 2002 13:46:21 -0000 Received: (qmail 14360 invoked by uid 4724); 8 Mar 2002 13:46:21 -0000 Received: from localhost (sendmail-bs@127.0.0.1) by localhost with SMTP; 8 Mar 2002 13:46:21 -0000 Date: Fri, 8 Mar 2002 05:46:21 -0800 (PST) From: ElephantChild X-X-Sender: baloo@shell.sasquatch.com To: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Subject: Opinions requested: FreeBSD-stable and Sony Vaio FXA series Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org I searched the -questions, -hardware, and -mobile archives and saw many mentions of Vaios, some of them discouraging, most encouraging, but none that mention that model specifically. (there's a semblance of specs at http://www.sonystyle.com/vaio/fxaseries/specs.shtml.) I plan to use that one as a dual-boot 'doze+FreeBSD-stable machne, and I'd like to hear about any stories, good or bad, that you may have about it or its components. I saw that the graphics chipset seems to work under XF86 (on other Vaio models), and I suspect that the internal modem is a *spit* winmodem and thus won't work, but it says nothing about the CPU and MB/bus chipset. I also saw caveats about (lack of) ACPI support in -stable, and about PCI interrupt vs. polling configuration traps, and about incomplete support for the sorta-kinda fxp ethernet interface that other Vaios use (and which may not be what this one uses - specs don't say.) OTOH, I saw lots of (apparently successful) suggestions for daling w/ some of those on other models. I'm prepared, if necessary, to show up at a dealer w/ FreeBSD boot CD in hand and see what dmesg and the partition editor say, and or to ask salescritters, but I thought I'd ask here first, as the answers will probably be more helpful. Horror stories, pointers, clue stick applications, or suggestions to ask on -questions or -hardware gratefully accepted. Thanks in advance. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-mobile" in the body of the message