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16: <h2><font color=#e00000>i386 Laptop Status</font><hr></h2>
17:
18: <p>
19: This is a list of laptops known to be working with OpenBSD 2.6.
20:
21: <p>
22: If your laptop isn't listed below that doesn't mean that it isn't working,
23: and you will most likely find a similar model that is listed below. As of
24: OpenBSD 2.6, we know of no laptops that do not work minimally. Of those that
25: have problems..
26: <ul>
1.5 deraadt 27: <li>Some exhibit problems with APM support. Note that <strong>apm -S</strong>
28: fails to suspend some laptops, but this is not a major concern.
1.1 deraadt 29: <li>Many lack sound support
30: <li>A few have subtle bugs with their PCMCIA support
31: <li>XFree86 does not support their displays properly
32: <li>Or some other built-in device doesn't work..
33: <li>Cardbus is not supported at all. However, pcmcia works fine.
34: <li>Some have problems with pcmcia card eject interrupts.
35: </ul>
36:
37: <p>
38: If you have your laptop working (or not working) and it isn't listed below,
1.4 deraadt 39: please mail <a href="mailto:chris@openbsd.org">chris@openbsd.org</a> so that it
1.1 deraadt 40: can be listed. Please supply as much information as possible.
41:
42: <p>
43: APM problem reports should be sent to our APM developers,
44: <a href=mailto:mickey@openbsd.org>Michael Shalayeff</a> and
45: <a href=mailto:weingart@openbsd.org>Tobias Weingartner</a>.
46:
47: <p>
48: <table border=1>
49: <tr>
50: <th>Laptop</th>
51: <th>Notes</th>
52: </tr><tr>
53: <td>
1.15 beck 54: Sony VAIO F430
55: </td><td>
56: As of OpenBSD 2.6-Current (Feb 17/00)<P>
57:
58: APM: "<strong>zzz</strong>" suspend works, as does the keyboard
59: suspend. "<strong>halt -p</strong>" and "<strong>apm -S</strong>"
60: don't. (but I've yet to look for phdisk utilities below - will be
61: investigating shortly.) <P>
62:
63: DVD drive, floppy all function. Ethernet works after wakeup with
64: the card I'm using (3Com 3c589). <P>
65:
66: Contact <a href=mailto:beck@openbsd.org>Bob Beck</a>.
67: </td>
68: </tr><tr>
69: <td>
1.1 deraadt 70: Sony VAIO z505r
71: </td><td>
72: APM support: "<strong>zzz</strong>", suspend via keyboard, hibernation
73: via keyboard, and "<strong>halt -p</strong>" all work.
74: "<strong>apm -S</strong>" wakes up immediately.<p>
75:
76: Hibernation uses a block at the end of the disk, approximately
77: 3-5MB larger than the memory in your machine. To repair hibernation,
78: use "<strong>phdisk.exe /create /partition</strong>" to setup the
79: partition. The phdisk program is available on the boot
80: floppy image provided on the first recovery CD.<p>
81:
82: Built-in ethernet works fine, but requires reset after suspend using
83: "<strong>ifconfig fxp0 down; ifconfig fxp0 up</strong>".<p>
84:
85: After a suspend, the profiling clock is not running. Patches are
86: being worked on.<p>
87:
1.26 deraadt 88: Sound is not supported in 2.6. As of mid-April 2000, it is supported
89: with a neomagic device driver.<p>
1.1 deraadt 90:
91: When the memory stick slot is empty, it can cause errors which overflow
92: the dmesg buffer, and thus confuse the OpenBSD install program.
93: The BIOS Setup, (accessed using F2), has an option to disable the
94: memory stick.<p>
95:
1.19 deraadt 96: An XF86Config file suitable for use with XFree86 3.3.X may be
1.21 markus 97: found <a href="xf86configs/vaioz505r">here</a>.
1.19 deraadt 98: <p>
99:
1.1 deraadt 100: Contact <a href=mailto:deraadt@openbsd.org>Theo de Raadt</a>.
101: </td>
102: </tr><tr>
103: <td>
104: Sony VAIO z505s
105: </td><td>
106: Similar to the VAIO z505r, except that the provided USB floppy has
107: some problems.<p>
108: Contact <a href=mailto:provos@openbsd.org>Niels Provos</a>.
109: </td>
110: </tr><tr>
111: <td>
112: Sony VAIO 747</td>
113: </td><td>
1.33 markus 114: Ever since OpenBSD 2.6, XFree86 and APM do work.<p>
1.2 markus 115:
116: Ships with a PCMCIA modem card (COM One MCC220 Platinium Card), which works.<p>
117:
118: Sound works (8 bit only).<p>
119:
120: APM behaviour similar to the VAIO z505r,
121: except that hibernation has not been tested.<p>
122:
123: USB does not work.<p>
124:
1.21 markus 125: An XF86Config file can be found
126: <a href="xf86configs/vaio747">here</a>.<p>
127:
1.2 markus 128: Contact <a href=mailto:markus@openbsd.org>Markus Friedl</a>.
1.1 deraadt 129: </td>
130: </tr><tr>
131: <td>
132: Sony VAIO PCG 505-FX
133: </td><td>
134: Unknown.
135: </td>
136: </tr><tr>
137: <td>
138: IBM Thinkpad 701C
139: </td><td>
140: All features including hibernation and APM work.<p>
141:
142: Contact <a href=mailto:todd@openbsd.org>Todd Fries</a>.
143: </td>
144: </tr><tr>
145: <td>
146: IBM Thinkpad 770Z
147: </td><td>
1.34 nate 148: As of OpenBSD 2.8, everything works fine.<p>
1.1 deraadt 149:
1.34 nate 150: The clcs driver is somewhat flakey, so you're best off
151: disabling it. It doesn't really matter though since the sb
152: will attach and work fine.<p>
1.1 deraadt 153:
1.34 nate 154: An XF86Config file can be found
155: <a href="xf86configs/thinkpad770z">here</a>.<p>
1.12 chris 156:
1.1 deraadt 157: Contact <a href=mailto:angelos@openbsd.org>Angelos Keromytis</a>.
158: </td>
159: </tr><tr>
160: <td>
161: IBM Thinkpad 760
162: </td><td>
163: As of OpenBSD 2.6, XFree86 and APM do not work.<p>
164:
165: Newer versions of XFree86 support X, and patches are available.<p>
166:
167: MWave modem/sound does not work.<p>
168:
169: APM has been fixed post-2.6 as well, and patches are forthcoming.<p>
170:
171: Contact <a href=mailto:todd@openbsd.org>Todd Fries</a>.
172: </td>
173: </tr><tr>
174: <td>
1.27 marc 175: IBM Thinkpad T20
176: </td><td>
177: Running OpenBSD 2.7 (and later) apm mostly works. The only
178: thing that failed so far is halt -p (won't power down).
179: Goes into suspend mode when top is closed. Restores nicely
180: when top opened.<p>
181:
182: Built in modem is a winmodem... ignore it. Actually it is on
183: a `mini-pci' card so it can probably be removed.<p>
184:
1.30 marc 185: Audio works, but you have to turn off PCI sleep mode in the BIOS.<p>
1.27 marc 186:
1.36 ! marc 187: OpenBSD X11 supports this machine as of 2.8, but there is lots
! 188: of visual noise at 32bpp. Image is fine at 16 bpp.<p>
! 189:
1.28 marc 190: See <a href="http://www.snafu.org/t20/">http://www.snafu.org/t20/</a>
1.36 ! marc 191: for more info.<p>
1.28 marc 192:
1.27 marc 193: Contact <a href=mailto:marc@snafu.org>Marco S Hyman</a>.
194: </td>
195: </tr><tr>
196: <td>
1.11 millert 197: Toshiba Libretto 50CT
198: </td><td>
199: APM works but you need to be careful not to use the last
200: 32meg or so of the disk since that's where the BIOS dumps
201: the long time hibernation image. You can take a look at
202: the bios geometry in disklabel to see exactly how many sectors
203: it wants. Failure to do so will cause filesystem corruption
204: during suspend.
205: <p>
206: The libretto uses a single IRQ for both <strong>sb</strong>
207: and <strong>wss</strong> so the best thing to do is to
208: choose one and disable the other in the kernel.
209: The pcmcia external floppy drive is not currently supported
210: by OpenBSD, but it can be used during the install.
211: <p>
212: Installation can be a bit tricky with only a single pcmcia
213: slot. The best way to do this is to do a network install.
214: To do this, load the boot floppy and at the boot prompt,
215: enter <em>boot -c</em>. When you see the <em>UKC</em>
216: prompt, unplug the floppy drive, plug in your network card,
217: and then type exit. The kernel will then probe the network
218: card and you should be able to do a normal network install.
219: You may find it necessary to disable the sound devices in
220: the BIOS in order for the boot floppy to correctly detect
221: your network card.
222: <p>
1.18 millert 223: An XF86Config file suitable for use with XFree86 3.3.X may be
224: found <a href="xf86configs/libretto50ct">here</a>.
225: <p>
1.11 millert 226: Contact <a href=mailto:millert@openbsd.org>Todd Miller</a>.
227: </td>
228: </tr><tr>
229: <td>
1.20 millert 230: Toshiba Libretto 100CT
231: </td><td>
232: Most of the information listed in the Libretto 50CT entry
233: apply to the 100CT as well.
234: <p>
235: X11 works in 800x400 mode. An XF86Config file suitable for
236: use with XFree86 3.3.X may be found
237: <a href="xf86configs/libretto100ct">here</a>.
238: <p>
1.27 marc 239: Contact <a href=mailto:millert@openbsd.org>Todd Miller</a>.
1.20 millert 240: </td>
241: </tr><tr>
242: <td>
1.1 deraadt 243: Toshiba Portege 660CDT
244: </td><td>
245: APM is completely broken.<p>
246:
247: The mixed <strong>sb</strong> and <strong>wss</strong> sound
248: hardware can cause some grief. Newer versions of the flash
249: BIOS are worse, since they are less flexible about what interrupts
250: they allow.<p>
251:
252: Contact <a href=mailto:deraadt@openbsd.org>Theo de Raadt</a>.
253: </td>
254: </tr><tr>
255: <td>
256: Digital HiNote VP735
257: </td><td>
258: APM works fully.<p>
259:
1.23 mickey 260: Everything on the machine works.<p>
1.25 mickey 261: The only hint is to enable PCIBIOS, BIOS32, PCIBIOS_INTR_FIXUP,
262: PCIBIOS_BUS_FIXUP, options in the kernel,
1.24 mickey 263: so it would assign irq to USB controller and configure cardbus
264: cotroller.
1.23 mickey 265: <p>
1.1 deraadt 266:
1.22 mickey 267: An XF86Config file suitable for use with XFree86 3.3.X may be
268: found <a href="xf86configs/hinotevp700">here</a>.
269: <p>
270:
1.1 deraadt 271: Contact <a href=mailto:mickey@openbsd.org>Michael Shalayeff</a>.
272: </td>
1.3 deraadt 273: </tr><tr>
274: <td>
275: Fujitsu Lifebook C325
276: </td><td>
277: APM works fully.<p>
278:
279: Sound works when the BIOS is told to activate SB emulation mode.
280:
281: Everything else on the machine works.<p>
282:
283: Contact <a href=mailto:tom@knienieder.com>Tom Knienieder</a>.
284: </td>
1.4 deraadt 285: </tr><tr>
286: <td>
1.14 d 287: Fujitsu Stylistic 500
288: </td><td>
289: APM works.<p>
290:
291: Serial port doesn't work.<p>
292:
293: Some tweaks needed for small memory kernel (4Mb).<p>
294:
295: X 'works' (thrashes like crazy). <p>
296:
297: Contact <a href=mailto:d@openbsd.org>David Leonard</a>.
298: </td>
299: </tr><tr>
300: <td>
1.4 deraadt 301: Siemens SCENIC Mobile 360
302: </td><td>
303: APM works fully.<p>
304:
305: Sound works, using OSS.<p>
306:
307: Contact <a href=mailto:b1000@softhome.net>Dan Carlsson</a>.
308: </td>
1.5 deraadt 309: </tr><tr>
310: <td>
311: Dell Inspiron 3200 D233XT (Bios release: A10)
312: </td><td>
313: APM works fully.<p>
314:
315: Suspend (to ram or disk) does not work under X (X server does not
316: restore screen upon resume), but DPMS do (screen is turned off after
317: a while if the machine isn't used). BIOS APM settings (for automatic
318: suspend) interfere with X server, and should be disabled.<p>
319:
320: Suspend to disk needs a DOS (FAT16) partition containing a file named
321: "SAVE2DSK.BIN". This file which is created via Dell tools under
322: Windows 98 (it's present out of factory), is sized (ram size + 2 or 3
323: MB). An ad hoc DOS partition is thus required (it must be the first
324: partition on disk).<p>
325:
326: PCMCIA: works except "live" card ejection or insertion (which lock
327: the machine, a hard reset is required).<p>
328:
329: USB: does not work, if enabled, kernel hangs at boot during USB
330: controller detection.<p>
331:
332: Contact <a href=mailto:b1000@softhome.net>Dan Carlsson</a>.
333: </td>
1.6 ericj 334: </tr><tr>
335: <td>
336: Toshiba Tecra 500CS
337: </td><td>
1.7 brad 338: APM is broken, However it <b>halt -p</b> does work.<p>
1.6 ericj 339:
1.7 brad 340: Sound works by default with the GENERIC kernel, but with the speakers
341: is not really worth it. X runs nicely as well.<p>
1.6 ericj 342:
1.7 brad 343: Contact <a href=mailto:ericj@monkey.org>Eric Jackson</a>.
1.6 ericj 344: </td>
1.7 brad 345: </tr><tr>
346: <td>
347: Toshiba Tecra 500CDT
348: </td><td>
1.14 d 349: APM is completely broken (and can trash your disk).<p>
350:
351: XFree86 works (800x600 16bpp).<p>
1.7 brad 352:
1.14 d 353: Sound works (21739 Hz, half duplex stereo).<p>
1.7 brad 354:
1.14 d 355: <!-- Serial IR is said to work, needs verification. -->
1.7 brad 356:
1.14 d 357: Contact <a href=mailto:brad@openbsd.org>Brad Smith</a>,
358: or <a href=mailto:d@openbsd.org>David Leonard</a>.
1.7 brad 359: </td>
1.10 aaron 360: </tr><tr>
361: <td>
362: Toshiba Tecra 550CDT
363: </td><td>
364: APM deep sleep (<b>zzz</b>) works, but <b>-S</b> wakes up immediately.<p>
365:
366: XFree86 works beautifully.<p>
367:
368: Sound works, after some IRQ tinkering in the BIOS.<p>
369:
370: USB works; at least, I plugged a digital camera in, and the <b>ugen</b> driver detected and configured it.<p>
371:
1.16 aaron 372: 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.<p>
1.10 aaron 373:
374: The pcic is broken in this machine, so I cannot accurately comment on PCMCIA attach/detach.<p>
375:
376: Contact <a href=mailto:aaron@openbsd.org>Aaron Campbell</a>.
377: </td>
1.13 mickey 378: </tr><tr>
379: <td>
380: NEC Versa 2000
381: </td><td>
382: APM works fully.<p>
1.1 deraadt 383:
1.13 mickey 384: Everything on the machine works.<p>
385:
386: Contact <a href=mailto:mickey@openbsd.org>Michael Shalayeff</a>.
387: </td>
1.29 kevlo 388: </tr><tr>
389: <td>
390: Acer TravelMate 345
391: </td><td>
392: As of OpenBSD 2.7-CURRENT, APM works.<p>
393:
394: XFree86 works (800x600 16bpp).<p>
395:
396: Sounds works.<p>
397:
398: Lucent modem does not work.<p>
399:
400: Contact <a href=mailto:kevlo@openbsd.org>Kevin Lo</a>.
1.32 nate 401: </td>
402: </tr><tr>
403: <td>
404: Compaq Armada M700<p>
405: </td><td>
406: APM works correctly, but you cannot suspend while in X. You
407: must suspend from the console.
408:
409: CardBus works.<p>
410:
411: Internal 10/100 Ethernet (for those models that have it).
412: Works beautifully with the fxp driver. <p>
413:
414: No sound support as of now. People are supposedly working on
415: this.<p>
416:
417: No internal modem support as of now. (It's a winmodem.)
418: There is a binary only driver for Linux. There is also the
419: <a href="http://linmodems.org">linmodem project</a> that is
420: trying to make an opensource winmodem driver.<p>
421:
1.35 nate 422: An XF86Config file can be found
423: <a href="xf86configs/armadam700">here</a>.<p>
424:
1.32 nate 425: Contact <a href=mailto:nate@openbsd.org>Nathan Binkert</a>.
1.31 jufi 426: </td></tr>
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