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@@ -20,20 +20,24 @@
This is a list of laptops known to be working with OpenBSD.
If your laptop isn't listed below doesn't mean that it won't work,
-and you will most likely find a similar model that is listed below. Starting
-with OpenBSD 2.6, almost all laptops worked very well, with only minimal
-issues remaining. Later OpenBSD releases perform even better.
+and you will most likely find a similar model that is listed below.
+Most laptops work very well, however some will still have minor issues.
Of those that have problems,
- Some exhibit problems with APM support. Note that apm -S
- fails to suspend some laptops, but this is not a major concern.
+ fails to suspend some laptops.
- Some lack sound support
- A few have subtle bugs with their PCMCIA and CardBus support
- XFree86/X.org does not support some displays properly. Sometimes
switching between both of them helps.
-
- Or some other built-in device doesn't work..
+
- Some other built-in device doesn't work.
- Some have problems with pcmcia card eject interrupts.
+
- Almost all modern laptops with on-board modems have "winmodems",
+ which are not currently and are unlikely to ever be supported.
+ Use a PCCard modem if you need a one that works. You can
+ assume any modem on the machines below does NOT work unless
+ indicated.
@@ -41,10 +45,6 @@
please mail www@openbsd.org so that it
can be listed. Please supply as much information as possible.
-
APM problem reports should be sent to our APM developers,
-Michael Shalayeff and
-Tobias Weingartner.
-
@@ -68,7 +68,6 @@
As of OpenBSD 2.7-CURRENT, APM works.
XFree86 works (800x600 16bpp).
Sounds works.
- Lucent modem does not work.
Contact Kevin Lo.
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Acer Travelmate 524TEV Laptop
@@ -77,7 +76,7 @@
PCMCIA Card support (ne0) works fine
Internal Intel Ethernet Express Pro 10/100 works
XFree86 with ATI Rage Mobility AGP works (1024x768, 16bpp)
- Sound and winmodem do not work.
+ Sound does not work.
Contact Matthias Schmidt <xhr@gmx.net>
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Asus L8400
@@ -85,7 +84,7 @@
APM and suspend work completely (both in X and under console).
Internal 10/100 Ethernet (Realtek 8139) works fine as well,
and so does the S3 Savage MX-MV graphics chip under XFree86 4.1.0.
- Sound (ESS ES1989) works, while the winmodem does not.
+ Sound (ESS ES1989) works.
The rest (PCMCIA, Infrared, USB) is untested.
Contact Jan-Uwe Finck.
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@@ -481,7 +480,7 @@
of OpenBSD. The install script can mount ffs and msdos
partitions. The kernel as supplied with the snapshot
boots alright and recognizes all the relevant hardware
- (no softmodem, no firewire, no memorystick, no JogDial).
+ (no firewire, no memorystick, no JogDial).
Sound (yds) works. The XFConfig from the OpenBSD install
works without modification.
Contact Matthias Bauer.
@@ -549,7 +548,6 @@
USB and the memory stick port work.
Firewire is currently untested.
The jog dial is not currently supported.
- The built-in software modem does not work.
APM does not work; the laptop goes to sleep but does not wake up.
"halt -p" does halt the machine.
@@ -679,9 +677,6 @@
Sound works, after some IRQ tinkering in the BIOS.
USB works; at least, I plugged a digital camera in, and the
ugen(4) driver detected and configured it.
- The built-in modem does not work since it requires software only
- available in Windows; that is, it does not implement a true RS232
- communication port.
The pcic is broken in this machine, so I cannot accurately comment
on PCMCIA attach/detach.
Contact Aaron Campbell.
@@ -690,5 +685,5 @@
www@openbsd.org
-$OpenBSD: i386-laptop.html,v 1.94 2005/04/29 02:38:48 nick Exp $
+$OpenBSD: i386-laptop.html,v 1.95 2005/04/29 02:58:12 nick Exp $
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