From owner-freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Mon May 22 18:45:39 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: mobile@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BCEB216AB37 for ; Mon, 22 May 2006 18:45:39 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from anderson@centtech.com) Received: from mh2.centtech.com (moat3.centtech.com [207.200.51.50]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 653E343D48 for ; Mon, 22 May 2006 18:45:38 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from anderson@centtech.com) Received: from [10.177.171.220] (neutrino.centtech.com [10.177.171.220]) by mh2.centtech.com (8.13.1/8.13.1) with ESMTP id k4MIjZF8083615; Mon, 22 May 2006 13:45:35 -0500 (CDT) (envelope-from anderson@centtech.com) Message-ID: <447206D0.6080806@centtech.com> Date: Mon, 22 May 2006 13:45:36 -0500 From: Eric Anderson User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.2 (X11/20060506) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Eric Anderson References: <20060522.004013.41690205.imp@bsdimp.com> <4471AC5C.30309@centtech.com> In-Reply-To: <4471AC5C.30309@centtech.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Virus-Scanned: ClamAV 0.87.1/1476/Mon May 22 03:00:37 2006 on mh2.centtech.com X-Virus-Status: Clean Cc: mobile@freebsd.org Subject: Re: HP dv5140us X-BeenThere: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Mobile computing with FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 22 May 2006 18:45:40 -0000 Eric Anderson wrote: > Warner Losh wrote: >> OK. I decided that I wanted to try the amd64 laptops with cardbus, >> express card and SD slot. And I wanted to buy it from the shops >> locally on saturday. This means I went with a big, and kinda bulky >> laptop from HP the dv5140us. It was a bunch cheaper than the lifebook >> I was looking at, and didn't have a two week lead time for the model >> that I wanted. Maybe I'll get one of them next year :-) >> >> Alas, FreeBSD doesn't perfectly support this laptop. I got lucky with >> X, since the ATI part that in here just worked. The wireless card and >> the sound card appear to not have drivers. I was wondering what my >> options were for them: >> >> none4@pci6:2:0: class=0x028000 card=0x1358103c chip=0x431914e4 >> rev=0x02 hdr=0x00 >> vendor = 'Broadcom Corporation' >> class = network >> >> (I'm guessing I'll have to do ndis for this one) > > > You could replace it with a atheros based mini pci-express card. Works > fine. Search ebay for "atheros express". I'm using one, and it's > working great. > > Eric I should say that when I claim I'm using one, I mean on my laptop, which isn't an HP, but uses mini pci express, and an atheros mini pci express card which was swapped with a broadcom that came in it. Eric -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Eric Anderson Sr. Systems Administrator Centaur Technology Anything that works is better than anything that doesn't. ------------------------------------------------------------------------