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                     16: <h2><font color=#e00000>i386 Laptop Status</font><hr></h2>
                     17:
                     18: <p>
1.45      chris      19: This is a list of laptops known to be working with OpenBSD 2.8
1.1       deraadt    20:
                     21: <p>
                     22: If your laptop isn't listed below that doesn't mean that it isn't working,
1.38      deraadt    23: and you will most likely find a similar model that is listed below.  Starting
                     24: with OpenBSD 2.6, almost all laptops worked very well, with only minimal
1.45      chris      25: issues remaining.  Later OpenBSD releases perform even better.
1.38      deraadt    26: <p>
                     27: Of those that have problems..
1.1       deraadt    28: <ul>
1.5       deraadt    29: <li>Some exhibit problems with APM support.  Note that <strong>apm -S</strong>
                     30:     fails to suspend some laptops, but this is not a major concern.
1.38      deraadt    31: <li>Some lack sound support
                     32: <li>A few have subtle bugs with their PCMCIA and Cardbus support
                     33: <li>XFree86 does not support some displays properly.  Sometimes XFree86 4.x helps.
1.1       deraadt    34: <li>Or some other built-in device doesn't work..
                     35: <li>Some have problems with pcmcia card eject interrupts.
                     36: </ul>
                     37:
                     38: <p>
                     39: If you have your laptop working (or not working) and it isn't listed below,
1.45      chris      40: please mail <a href="mailto:www@openbsd.org">www@openbsd.org</a> so that it
1.1       deraadt    41: can be listed.  Please supply as much information as possible.
                     42:
                     43: <p>
                     44: APM problem reports should be sent to our APM developers,
                     45: <a href=mailto:mickey@openbsd.org>Michael Shalayeff</a> and
                     46: <a href=mailto:weingart@openbsd.org>Tobias Weingartner</a>.
                     47:
                     48: <p>
                     49: <table border=1>
                     50: <tr>
                     51:        <th>Laptop</th>
                     52:        <th>Notes</th>
                     53: </tr><tr>
                     54:     <td>
1.15      beck       55:        Sony VAIO F430
                     56:     </td><td>
                     57:         As of OpenBSD 2.6-Current (Feb 17/00)<P>
                     58:
                     59:        APM: "<strong>zzz</strong>" suspend works, as does the keyboard
                     60:        suspend. "<strong>halt -p</strong>" and "<strong>apm -S</strong>"
                     61:        don't. (but I've yet to look for phdisk utilities below - will be
                     62:        investigating shortly.) <P>
                     63:
                     64:        DVD drive, floppy all function. Ethernet works after wakeup with
                     65:        the card I'm using (3Com 3c589). <P>
                     66:
                     67:        Contact <a href=mailto:beck@openbsd.org>Bob Beck</a>.
                     68:     </td>
                     69: </tr><tr>
                     70:     <td>
1.1       deraadt    71:        Sony VAIO z505r
                     72:     </td><td>
                     73:        APM support: "<strong>zzz</strong>", suspend via keyboard, hibernation
                     74:        via keyboard, and "<strong>halt -p</strong>" all work.
                     75:        "<strong>apm -S</strong>" wakes up immediately.<p>
                     76:
                     77:        Hibernation uses a block at the end of the disk, approximately
                     78:        3-5MB larger than the memory in your machine.  To repair hibernation,
                     79:        use "<strong>phdisk.exe /create /partition</strong>" to setup the
                     80:        partition.  The phdisk program is available on the boot
                     81:        floppy image provided on the first recovery CD.<p>
                     82:
1.38      deraadt    83:        Built-in ethernet works fine, but occasionally requires reset
                     84:        after suspend using
1.1       deraadt    85:        "<strong>ifconfig fxp0 down; ifconfig fxp0 up</strong>".<p>
                     86:
                     87:        After a suspend, the profiling clock is not running.  Patches are
                     88:        being worked on.<p>
                     89:
1.38      deraadt    90:        Sound is supported using the neo(4) device driver.  Sometimes upon
                     91:        boot, a hang happens when trying to determine the AC97 mixer type.<p>
1.1       deraadt    92:
                     93:        When the memory stick slot is empty, it can cause errors which overflow
                     94:        the dmesg buffer, and thus confuse the OpenBSD install program.
                     95:        The BIOS Setup, (accessed using F2), has an option to disable the
                     96:        memory stick.<p>
                     97:
1.19      deraadt    98:        An XF86Config file suitable for use with  XFree86 3.3.X may be
1.21      markus     99:        found <a href="xf86configs/vaioz505r">here</a>.
1.19      deraadt   100:        <p>
                    101:
1.1       deraadt   102:        Contact <a href=mailto:deraadt@openbsd.org>Theo de Raadt</a>.
                    103:     </td>
                    104: </tr><tr>
                    105:     <td>
                    106:        Sony VAIO z505s
                    107:     </td><td>
                    108:        Similar to the VAIO z505r, except that the provided USB floppy has
                    109:        some problems.<p>
                    110:        Contact <a href=mailto:provos@openbsd.org>Niels Provos</a>.
                    111:     </td>
                    112: </tr><tr>
                    113:     <td>
                    114:        Sony VAIO 747</td>
                    115:     </td><td>
1.33      markus    116:        Ever since OpenBSD 2.6, XFree86 and APM do work.<p>
1.2       markus    117:
                    118:        Ships with a PCMCIA modem card (COM One MCC220 Platinium Card), which works.<p>
                    119:
                    120:        Sound works (8 bit only).<p>
                    121:
                    122:        APM behaviour similar to the VAIO z505r,
                    123:        except that hibernation has not been tested.<p>
                    124:
                    125:        USB does not work.<p>
                    126:
1.21      markus    127:        An XF86Config file can be found
                    128:        <a href="xf86configs/vaio747">here</a>.<p>
                    129:
1.2       markus    130:        Contact <a href=mailto:markus@openbsd.org>Markus Friedl</a>.
1.1       deraadt   131:     </td>
                    132: </tr><tr>
                    133:     <td>
                    134:        Sony VAIO PCG 505-FX
                    135:     </td><td>
                    136:        Unknown.
                    137:     </td>
                    138: </tr><tr>
                    139:     <td>
                    140:        IBM Thinkpad 701C
                    141:     </td><td>
                    142:        All features including hibernation and APM work.<p>
                    143:
                    144:        Contact <a href=mailto:todd@openbsd.org>Todd Fries</a>.
                    145:     </td>
                    146: </tr><tr>
                    147:     <td>
                    148:        IBM Thinkpad 770Z
                    149:     </td><td>
1.39      angelos   150:        <p>As of OpenBSD 2.8, almost everything works fine.</p>
1.1       deraadt   151:
1.39      angelos   152:        <p>This laptop does not really have a BIOS; most of the device
1.48      jufi      153:        settings, like IRQ assignments etc. have to be done through
1.39      angelos   154:        Windows.</p>
                    155:
                    156:        <p>You can get the serial and infrared ports to be recognized
                    157:        as com* devices by playing with the IRQ assignments in
                    158:        Windows. Likewise for the parallel port (it's lpt2).</p>
                    159:
                    160:        <p>You will need this line in your kernel configuration file for
                    161:        APM to work at all:</p>
                    162:
                    163: <pre>
                    164: option         APM_DISABLE_INTERRUPTS=0
                    165: </pre>
                    166:
                    167:         <p>Hibernation (save to disk) works fine as long as you have a
                    168:         Windows partition with enough disk space (a bit more than the
                    169:         system memory). Suspend/resume/powerdown all work fine;
                    170:         however, doing hibernation while in X windows (tested in
                    171:         XFree86 3.3.6) causes framebuffer corruption and it seems that
                    172:         the only way to recover is to exit and restart the X server;
                    173:         switching virtual terminals doesn't fix it. It has been
                    174:         suggested that switching between different resolutions might
                    175:         fix it. XFree86 4.0 fixes that problem, but last I checked did
                    176:         not have accelerated support for the driver. The best
                    177:         work-around is to switch to text mode before hibernating.</p>
                    178:
                    179:        <p>If you enable the external monitor (Fn+F7), XFree86 3.3.6
                    180:        goes into some weird rainbow pattern and eventually freezes
                    181:        the system (unless you switch to text mode or otherwise kill
                    182:        the server within a few seconds); if you switch to text mode,
                    183:        you have to kill the X server (switching back to graphics mode
                    184:        will cause a crash). Enabling the external monitor while in
                    185:        video mode causes no side effects; you can then start X or
                    186:        switch to it if it's already running.</p>
                    187:
                    188:        <p>The clcs driver is somewhat flakey, so you're best off
                    189:        disabling it.  It doesn't really matter though since the
                    190:        soundblaster (sb) will attach and work fine. You may have to
                    191:        play with IRQ assignments to get that to work.</p>
1.1       deraadt   192:
1.34      nate      193:        An XF86Config file can be found
                    194:        <a href="xf86configs/thinkpad770z">here</a>.<p>
1.12      chris     195:
1.1       deraadt   196:        Contact <a href=mailto:angelos@openbsd.org>Angelos Keromytis</a>.
                    197:     </td>
                    198: </tr><tr>
                    199:     <td>
1.43      angelos   200:        IBM Thinkpad A21p
                    201:     </td><td>
                    202:        See the entry for the T21. Everything is the same except for
                    203:        the video card, which is an ATI Rage 128 Mobility LF. OpenBSD
                    204:        2.8 post mid-December with XFree86 4.0.2 works great at
                    205:        1600x1200 24bpp. You need to:
                    206:        <pre>
                    207:                sysctl -w machdep.allowaperture=2
                    208:        </pre>
                    209:        and enter the correct frequency ranges in the Monitor section
                    210:        of XF86Config. Here's a sample working
                    211:        <a href="xf86configs/thinkpada21p">XF86Config.</a>
                    212:     </td>
                    213: </tr><tr>
                    214:     <td>
1.39      angelos   215:        IBM Thinkpad T21
                    216:     </td><td>
                    217:        <p>As of OpenBSD 2.8, everything works fine.</p>
                    218:
                    219:        <p>Here is the fdisk output; the easiest way of getting there is
                    220:        to resize the Windows partition (I use PartitionMagic) and move
                    221:        it to the end of the disk, then create an OpenBSD partition
                    222:        (and ignore the partition resizing fdisk does -- just go ahead
                    223:        and create all the filesystems you need with disklabel).</p>
                    224:
                    225: <pre>
                    226:          Starting        Ending
                    227:  #: id  cyl  hd sec -   cyl  hd sec [     start -       size]
                    228: -------------------------------------------------------------------------
1.49    ! angelos   229:  0: 1C 1023   1   1 -  1023 239  63 [  42003423 -   20502657] &lt;Unknown ID&gt
1.39      angelos   230: *1: A6    0   1   1 -  1021 239  63 [        63 -   15452577] OpenBSD
                    231:  2: 00    0   0   1 -     0   0   0 [         0 -          0] unused
                    232:  3: 00    0   0   1 -     0   0   0 [         0 -          0] unused
                    233: </pre>
                    234:
                    235:        <p>To get it to see the serial and infrared ports (both as com*
                    236:        devices), you need to play with the IRQ assignments in the
                    237:        BIOS; just set them to the default values as found in the
                    238:        GENERIC config file. Likewise for the parallel port (OpenBSD
                    239:        can see lpt2). You may have to play with the Windows
                    240:        assignments for this as well.</p>
                    241:
1.44      angelos   242:        <p>There's at least two miniPCI cards available at this point:
                    243:        one is an (unsupported) WinModem, and the other is a combo
                    244:        ethernet/modem card. The ethernet works just fine (detected
                    245:        as an fxp/inphy card); the modem looks like it's a real one,
                    246:        but it's not yet supported.</p>
1.39      angelos   247:
                    248:        <p>Sound (CS4614) works fine. To avoid system freeze when using
1.44      angelos   249:        Cardbus and audio simultaneously, you *may* need to set at least
                    250:         two IRQs for use by PCI devices, in the BIOS; I use 9 and 11. It
                    251:        is also necessary to turn off PCI Power Management in the BIOS
                    252:        Power configuration (that's the only menu that scrolls, so make
                    253:        sure you go to the bottom of the page :-)</p>
1.39      angelos   254:
1.41      angelos   255:        <p>APM works except for hibernation (requires OS support). To
                    256:        get "halt -p" to work, you must set the sysctl variable
                    257:        machdep.apmhalt to 1 (you need OpenBSD 2.8-current with
                    258:        sources from mid-January, or later).  You will need this line
                    259:         in your kernel configuration file for APM to work at all:</p>
1.39      angelos   260:
                    261: <pre>
                    262: option         APM_DISABLE_INTERRUPTS=0
                    263: </pre>
                    264:
                    265:        <p>Although the video card is supposed to work with XFree86
                    266:        3.3.6pl8, I've only managed to get it to work with XFree86
                    267:        4.0.1 with the patches found <a
                    268:        href="http://www.probo.com/timr/savagemx.html">here</a> (you
                    269:        can also find binaries of the driver for OpenBSD 2.8 at the
1.40      angelos   270:        same location). You need to have a kernel with "option
1.39      angelos   271:        INSECURE" and set the securelevel to -1 in /etc/rc.securelevel
                    272:        (so the X server can open /dev/mem and mmap() the BIOS). In
1.46      angelos   273:        this configuration, it can do 1400x1050 at 16bpp (version 1.1.13
                    274:        of the savage driver works fine at 24bpp as well).</p>
1.39      angelos   275:
1.41      angelos   276:        <p><b>UPDATE:</b> The above-mentioned patches have been
                    277:        included in XFree86 4.0.2, and work out of the box. You don'
                    278:        need a kernel with the option INSECURE set, just set the
1.40      angelos   279:        machdep.allowaperture sysctl variable to 2, typically in
                    280:        /etc/sysctl.conf, if you have an OpenBSD 2.8 (or later) built
                    281:         from sources updated after December 15th 2000.</p>
                    282:
1.39      angelos   283:        <p>Note that some models only do 1024x768. Those that do
                    284:        1400x1050, can also do 1600x1200 using a virtual screen
                    285:        (wherein the whole display shifts as you go "off-screen"); I
                    286:        have not tested whether that works (it does in Windows).</p>
                    287:
                    288:        <p>If you close the lid of the laptop, the system suspends;
                    289:        under XFree86 4.0, resuming works fine with respect to the
                    290:        display (XFree86 3.3.6 might not be able to cope with this --
                    291:        it couldn't on the ThinkPad 770Z).</p>
                    292:
1.49    ! angelos   293:        <p>An XF86Config file for XFree86 4.0 can be found <a
1.39      angelos   294:        href="xf86configs/thinkpadt21">here</a>.</p>
                    295:
1.49    ! angelos   296:        <p><b>UPDATE</b> Apparently, recent T21s have the ATI Rage
        !           297:        3D Rage Mobility instead.
        !           298:        <a href="xf86configs/thinkpadt21-2">Here's</a> an XF86Config
        !           299:        for XFree86 4.0 for this configuration.</p>
        !           300:
1.40      angelos   301:        <p>One annoying thing is when you take out one of the UltraBay
                    302:        2000 devices; the system starts beeping. The only way to make it
                    303:        stop is to suspend and then plug in a device in the UltraBay (not
                    304:        necessarily the same one). Note that hot-swap of UltraBay 2000
                    305:        devices is not currently supported in OpenBSD (as of 2.8), thus
                    306:        it's only safe to hot-swap batteries.</p>
                    307:
1.39      angelos   308:        <p>Contact <a href=mailto:angelos@openbsd.org>Angelos Keromytis</a>.</p>
                    309:     </td>
                    310: </tr><tr>
                    311:     <td>
1.1       deraadt   312:        IBM Thinkpad 760
                    313:     </td><td>
                    314:        As of OpenBSD 2.6, XFree86 and APM do not work.<p>
                    315:
                    316:        Newer versions of XFree86 support X, and patches are available.<p>
                    317:
                    318:        MWave modem/sound does not work.<p>
                    319:
                    320:        APM has been fixed post-2.6 as well, and patches are forthcoming.<p>
                    321:
                    322:        Contact <a href=mailto:todd@openbsd.org>Todd Fries</a>.
                    323:     </td>
                    324: </tr><tr>
                    325:     <td>
1.27      marc      326:        IBM Thinkpad T20
                    327:     </td><td>
1.42      marc      328:        Running OpenBSD 2.7 (and later) apm mostly works.   To
                    329:        get "halt -p" to work, you must set the sysctl variable
                    330:        machdep.apmhalt to 1 (you need OpenBSD 2.8-current with
                    331:        sources from mid-January, or later).  The unit goes into
                    332:        suspend mode when top is closed.  Restores nicely
1.27      marc      333:        when top opened.<p>
                    334:
                    335:        Built in modem is a winmodem... ignore it.   Actually it is on
                    336:        a `mini-pci' card so it can probably be removed.<p>
                    337:
1.30      marc      338:        Audio works, but you have to turn off PCI sleep mode in the BIOS.<p>
1.27      marc      339:
1.36      marc      340:        OpenBSD X11 supports this machine as of 2.8, but there is lots
1.47      marc      341:        of visual noise at 32bpp.   Image is fine at 16 bpp.  XF4 config
                    342:        file for OpenBSD 2.9 can be found
                    343:        <a href="xf86configs/thinkpadt20">here</a><p>
1.36      marc      344:
1.28      marc      345:        See <a href="http://www.snafu.org/t20/">http://www.snafu.org/t20/</a>
1.36      marc      346:        for more info.<p>
1.28      marc      347:
1.27      marc      348:        Contact <a href=mailto:marc@snafu.org>Marco S Hyman</a>.
                    349:     </td>
                    350: </tr><tr>
                    351:     <td>
1.11      millert   352:        Toshiba Libretto 50CT
                    353:     </td><td>
                    354:        APM works but you need to be careful not to use the last
                    355:        32meg or so of the disk since that's where the BIOS dumps
                    356:        the long time hibernation image.  You can take a look at
                    357:        the bios geometry in disklabel to see exactly how many sectors
                    358:        it wants.  Failure to do so will cause filesystem corruption
                    359:        during suspend.
                    360:        <p>
                    361:         The libretto uses a single IRQ for both <strong>sb</strong>
                    362:         and <strong>wss</strong> so the best thing to do is to
                    363:         choose one and disable the other in the kernel.
                    364:        The pcmcia external floppy drive is not currently supported
                    365:        by OpenBSD, but it can be used during the install.
                    366:        <p>
                    367:         Installation can be a bit tricky with only a single pcmcia
                    368:         slot.  The best way to do this is to do a network install.
                    369:         To do this, load the boot floppy and at the boot prompt,
                    370:         enter <em>boot -c</em>.  When you see the <em>UKC</em>
                    371:         prompt, unplug the floppy drive, plug in your network card,
                    372:         and then type exit.  The kernel will then probe the network
                    373:         card and you should be able to do a normal network install.
                    374:        You may find it necessary to disable the sound devices in
                    375:        the BIOS in order for the boot floppy to correctly detect
                    376:        your network card.
                    377:        <p>
1.18      millert   378:        An XF86Config file suitable for use with  XFree86 3.3.X may be
                    379:        found <a href="xf86configs/libretto50ct">here</a>.
                    380:        <p>
1.11      millert   381:        Contact <a href=mailto:millert@openbsd.org>Todd Miller</a>.
                    382:     </td>
                    383: </tr><tr>
                    384:     <td>
1.20      millert   385:        Toshiba Libretto 100CT
                    386:     </td><td>
                    387:        Most of the information listed in the Libretto 50CT entry
                    388:        apply to the 100CT as well.
                    389:        <p>
                    390:        X11 works in 800x400 mode.  An XF86Config file suitable for
                    391:        use with  XFree86 3.3.X may be found
                    392:        <a href="xf86configs/libretto100ct">here</a>.
                    393:        <p>
1.27      marc      394:        Contact <a href=mailto:millert@openbsd.org>Todd Miller</a>.
1.20      millert   395:     </td>
                    396: </tr><tr>
                    397:     <td>
1.1       deraadt   398:        Toshiba Portege 660CDT
                    399:     </td><td>
                    400:        APM is completely broken.<p>
                    401:
                    402:        The mixed <strong>sb</strong> and <strong>wss</strong> sound
                    403:        hardware can cause some grief.  Newer versions of the flash
                    404:        BIOS are worse, since they are less flexible about what interrupts
                    405:        they allow.<p>
                    406:
                    407:        Contact <a href=mailto:deraadt@openbsd.org>Theo de Raadt</a>.
                    408:     </td>
                    409: </tr><tr>
                    410:     <td>
                    411:        Digital HiNote VP735
                    412:     </td><td>
                    413:        APM works fully.<p>
                    414:
1.23      mickey    415:        Everything on the machine works.<p>
1.1       deraadt   416:
1.22      mickey    417:        An XF86Config file suitable for use with  XFree86 3.3.X may be
                    418:        found <a href="xf86configs/hinotevp700">here</a>.
                    419:        <p>
                    420:
1.1       deraadt   421:        Contact <a href=mailto:mickey@openbsd.org>Michael Shalayeff</a>.
                    422:     </td>
1.3       deraadt   423: </tr><tr>
                    424:     <td>
                    425:        Fujitsu Lifebook C325
                    426:     </td><td>
                    427:        APM works fully.<p>
                    428:
                    429:        Sound works when the BIOS is told to activate SB emulation mode.
                    430:
                    431:        Everything else on the machine works.<p>
                    432:
                    433:        Contact <a href=mailto:tom@knienieder.com>Tom Knienieder</a>.
                    434:     </td>
1.4       deraadt   435: </tr><tr>
                    436:     <td>
1.14      d         437:        Fujitsu Stylistic 500
                    438:     </td><td>
                    439:        APM works.<p>
                    440:
                    441:        Serial port doesn't work.<p>
                    442:
                    443:        Some tweaks needed for small memory kernel (4Mb).<p>
                    444:
                    445:        X 'works' (thrashes like crazy). <p>
                    446:
                    447:        Contact <a href=mailto:d@openbsd.org>David Leonard</a>.
                    448:     </td>
                    449: </tr><tr>
                    450:     <td>
1.4       deraadt   451:        Siemens SCENIC Mobile 360
                    452:     </td><td>
                    453:        APM works fully.<p>
                    454:
                    455:        Sound works, using OSS.<p>
                    456:
                    457:        Contact <a href=mailto:b1000@softhome.net>Dan Carlsson</a>.
                    458:     </td>
1.5       deraadt   459: </tr><tr>
                    460:     <td>
                    461:        Dell Inspiron 3200 D233XT (Bios release: A10)
                    462:     </td><td>
                    463:        APM works fully.<p>
                    464:
                    465:        Suspend (to ram or disk) does not work under X (X server does not
                    466:        restore screen upon resume), but DPMS do (screen is turned off after
                    467:        a while if the machine isn't used).  BIOS APM settings (for automatic
                    468:        suspend) interfere with X server, and should be disabled.<p>
                    469:
                    470:        Suspend to disk needs a DOS (FAT16) partition containing a file named
                    471:        "SAVE2DSK.BIN".  This file which is created via Dell tools under
                    472:        Windows 98 (it's present out of factory), is sized (ram size + 2 or 3
                    473:        MB).  An ad hoc DOS partition is thus required (it must be the first
                    474:        partition on disk).<p>
                    475:
                    476:        PCMCIA: works except "live" card ejection or insertion (which lock
                    477:        the machine, a hard reset is required).<p>
                    478:
                    479:        USB: does not work, if enabled, kernel hangs at boot during USB
                    480:        controller detection.<p>
                    481:
                    482:        Contact <a href=mailto:b1000@softhome.net>Dan Carlsson</a>.
                    483:     </td>
1.6       ericj     484: </tr><tr>
                    485:        <td>
                    486:           Toshiba Tecra 500CS
                    487:        </td><td>
1.7       brad      488:        APM is broken, However it <b>halt -p</b> does work.<p>
1.6       ericj     489:
1.7       brad      490:        Sound works by default with the GENERIC kernel, but with the speakers
                    491:        is not really worth it. X runs nicely as well.<p>
1.6       ericj     492:
1.7       brad      493:        Contact <a href=mailto:ericj@monkey.org>Eric Jackson</a>.
1.6       ericj     494:        </td>
1.7       brad      495: </tr><tr>
                    496:        <td>
                    497:           Toshiba Tecra 500CDT
                    498:        </td><td>
1.14      d         499:        APM is completely broken (and can trash your disk).<p>
                    500:
                    501:        XFree86 works (800x600 16bpp).<p>
1.7       brad      502:
1.14      d         503:        Sound works (21739 Hz, half duplex stereo).<p>
1.7       brad      504:
1.14      d         505:        <!-- Serial IR is said to work, needs verification. -->
1.7       brad      506:
1.14      d         507:        Contact <a href=mailto:brad@openbsd.org>Brad Smith</a>,
                    508:        or <a href=mailto:d@openbsd.org>David Leonard</a>.
1.7       brad      509:        </td>
1.10      aaron     510: </tr><tr>
                    511:        <td>
                    512:           Toshiba Tecra 550CDT
                    513:        </td><td>
                    514:        APM deep sleep (<b>zzz</b>) works, but <b>-S</b> wakes up immediately.<p>
                    515:
                    516:        XFree86 works beautifully.<p>
                    517:
                    518:        Sound works, after some IRQ tinkering in the BIOS.<p>
                    519:
                    520:        USB works; at least, I plugged a digital camera in, and the <b>ugen</b> driver detected and configured it.<p>
                    521:
1.16      aaron     522:        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     523:
                    524:        The pcic is broken in this machine, so I cannot accurately comment on PCMCIA attach/detach.<p>
                    525:
                    526:        Contact <a href=mailto:aaron@openbsd.org>Aaron Campbell</a>.
                    527:        </td>
1.13      mickey    528: </tr><tr>
                    529:     <td>
                    530:        NEC Versa 2000
                    531:     </td><td>
                    532:        APM works fully.<p>
1.1       deraadt   533:
1.13      mickey    534:        Everything on the machine works.<p>
                    535:
                    536:        Contact <a href=mailto:mickey@openbsd.org>Michael Shalayeff</a>.
                    537:     </td>
1.29      kevlo     538: </tr><tr>
                    539:     <td>
                    540:         Acer TravelMate 345
                    541:     </td><td>
                    542:         As of OpenBSD 2.7-CURRENT, APM works.<p>
                    543:
                    544:        XFree86 works (800x600 16bpp).<p>
                    545:
                    546:        Sounds works.<p>
                    547:
                    548:        Lucent modem does not work.<p>
                    549:
                    550:        Contact <a href=mailto:kevlo@openbsd.org>Kevin Lo</a>.
1.32      nate      551:     </td>
                    552:  </tr><tr>
                    553:     <td>
                    554:         Compaq Armada M700<p>
                    555:     </td><td>
                    556:        APM works correctly, but you cannot suspend while in X.  You
                    557:        must suspend from the console.
                    558:
                    559:        CardBus works.<p>
                    560:
                    561:        Internal 10/100 Ethernet (for those models that have it).
                    562:        Works beautifully with the fxp driver. <p>
                    563:
                    564:        No sound support as of now.  People are supposedly working on
                    565:        this.<p>
                    566:
                    567:        No internal modem support as of now.  (It's a winmodem.)
                    568:        There is a binary only driver for Linux.  There is also the
                    569:        <a href="http://linmodems.org">linmodem project</a> that is
                    570:        trying to make an opensource winmodem driver.<p>
                    571:
1.35      nate      572:        An XF86Config file can be found
                    573:        <a href="xf86configs/armadam700">here</a>.<p>
                    574:
1.32      nate      575:        Contact <a href=mailto:nate@openbsd.org>Nathan Binkert</a>.
1.47      marc      576:     </td>
                    577:  </tr><tr>
                    578:     <td>
                    579:        Dell Latitude CPt<p>
                    580:     </td><td>
                    581:        apm -z and -S work.<p>
                    582:
                    583:        Sound works.<p>
                    584:
                    585:        XFree86 v3 works in 1024x768x24bpp.  XF4 looks better in 16bpp.<p>
                    586:
                    587:        Both PCMCIA slots work.<p>
                    588:
                    589:        USB is detected, but untested.  It does not appear to work after
                    590:        a suspend.<p>
                    591:
                    592:        An XF4 config file can be found
                    593:        <a href="xf86configs/latitudecpt">here</a>.<p>
                    594:
                    595:        Contact <a href=mailto:op21@squish.org>Paul Wang</a>.
1.31      jufi      596:     </td></tr>
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