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--- www/Attic/i386-laptop.html	2005/05/09 14:03:52	1.114
+++ www/Attic/i386-laptop.html	2005/05/13 03:13:30	1.115
@@ -44,9 +44,12 @@
 	Generate the partition for hibernation using the
 	<tt>/usr/ports/sysutils/tphdisk</tt> utility from the
 	ports collection.
-<li>IBM Thinkpads with mini-PCI slots can be forced to work with
-	other cards than those supplied by the manufacturer by using
-	the <tt>/usr/ports/misc/tpwireless</tt> utility from ports.
+<li>IBM Thinkpads with mini-PCI slots will check PCI IDs against a 
+	built-in list of "allowed" devices, and thus will not work with
+	third-party cards. This behavior can be changed by using the
+	<tt>/usr/ports/misc/tpwireless</tt> utility from ports BEFORE
+	inserting the third-party card. This utility sets a "magic bit"
+	in the BIOS to disable this check.
 </ul>
 
 <p>
@@ -193,9 +196,9 @@
 	<a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ath&amp;sektion=4">ath(4)</a>.
 	For these cards, no unfree firmware required. To replace it,
 	I'll have to <i>unlock</i> the bios first because IBM allows only
-	<i>special</i> IBM wireless cards to be installed. The bios can
+	<i>special</i> IBM mini-PCI cards to be installed. The bios can
 	be patched with the tpwireless program
-	(/usr/ports/misc/tpwireless, <b>use on your own risk!</b>).
+	(<tt>/usr/ports/misc/tpwireless</tt>, <b>use on your own risk!</b>).
 
 	<li>The integrated CF-Card reader (really nice!) is supported
 	as well.
@@ -233,7 +236,7 @@
 	firmware. See
 	<a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=iwi&amp;sektion=4">iwi(4)</a>
 	for more information.
-	<li>The use of other 802.11 cards may be restricted by the BIOS.
+	<li>The use of other mini-PCI cards may be restricted by the BIOS.
 	However, non-IBM supplied cards can be used after running the
 	<tt>/usr/ports/misc/tpwireless</tt> utility.
 	<li>APM works fine, including suspend to hard-disk (hibernation)
@@ -400,5 +403,5 @@
 
 <a href="i386.html"><img height=24 width=24 src="back.gif" border=0 alt=OpenBSD></a>
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