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                     16: <h2><font color=#e00000>i386 Laptop Status</font><hr></h2>
                     17:
                     18: <p>
1.51      jufi       19: This is a list of laptops known to be working with OpenBSD 2.9
1.1       deraadt    20:
                     21: <p>
1.53    ! ian        22: If your laptop isn't listed below that doesn't mean that it won't work,
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>
1.53    ! ian        69: </tr>
        !            70: <tr>
1.15      beck       71:     <td>
1.1       deraadt    72:        Sony VAIO z505r
                     73:     </td><td>
                     74:        APM support: "<strong>zzz</strong>", suspend via keyboard, hibernation
                     75:        via keyboard, and "<strong>halt -p</strong>" all work.
                     76:        "<strong>apm -S</strong>" wakes up immediately.<p>
                     77:
                     78:        Hibernation uses a block at the end of the disk, approximately
                     79:        3-5MB larger than the memory in your machine.  To repair hibernation,
                     80:        use "<strong>phdisk.exe /create /partition</strong>" to setup the
                     81:        partition.  The phdisk program is available on the boot
                     82:        floppy image provided on the first recovery CD.<p>
                     83:
1.38      deraadt    84:        Built-in ethernet works fine, but occasionally requires reset
                     85:        after suspend using
1.1       deraadt    86:        "<strong>ifconfig fxp0 down; ifconfig fxp0 up</strong>".<p>
                     87:
                     88:        After a suspend, the profiling clock is not running.  Patches are
                     89:        being worked on.<p>
                     90:
1.50      horacio    91:        Sound is supported using the <a
                     92:        href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=neo&sektion=4">
                     93:        neo(4)</a> device driver.  Sometimes upon boot, a hang happens
                     94:        when trying to determine the AC97 mixer type.<p>
1.1       deraadt    95:
                     96:        When the memory stick slot is empty, it can cause errors which overflow
                     97:        the dmesg buffer, and thus confuse the OpenBSD install program.
                     98:        The BIOS Setup, (accessed using F2), has an option to disable the
                     99:        memory stick.<p>
                    100:
1.19      deraadt   101:        An XF86Config file suitable for use with  XFree86 3.3.X may be
1.21      markus    102:        found <a href="xf86configs/vaioz505r">here</a>.
1.19      deraadt   103:        <p>
                    104:
1.1       deraadt   105:        Contact <a href=mailto:deraadt@openbsd.org>Theo de Raadt</a>.
                    106:     </td>
1.53    ! ian       107: </tr>
        !           108: <tr>
1.1       deraadt   109:     <td>
                    110:        Sony VAIO z505s
                    111:     </td><td>
                    112:        Similar to the VAIO z505r, except that the provided USB floppy has
                    113:        some problems.<p>
                    114:        Contact <a href=mailto:provos@openbsd.org>Niels Provos</a>.
                    115:     </td>
                    116: </tr><tr>
                    117:     <td>
                    118:        Sony VAIO 747</td>
                    119:     </td><td>
1.33      markus    120:        Ever since OpenBSD 2.6, XFree86 and APM do work.<p>
1.2       markus    121:
                    122:        Ships with a PCMCIA modem card (COM One MCC220 Platinium Card), which works.<p>
                    123:
                    124:        Sound works (8 bit only).<p>
                    125:
                    126:        APM behaviour similar to the VAIO z505r,
                    127:        except that hibernation has not been tested.<p>
                    128:
                    129:        USB does not work.<p>
                    130:
1.21      markus    131:        An XF86Config file can be found
                    132:        <a href="xf86configs/vaio747">here</a>.<p>
                    133:
1.2       markus    134:        Contact <a href=mailto:markus@openbsd.org>Markus Friedl</a>.
1.1       deraadt   135:     </td>
1.53    ! ian       136: </tr>
        !           137: <tr>
1.1       deraadt   138:     <td>
                    139:        Sony VAIO PCG 505-FX
                    140:     </td><td>
                    141:        Unknown.
                    142:     </td>
1.53    ! ian       143: </tr>
        !           144: <tr>
        !           145:        <td>Sony VAIO PCG XG700K</td>
        !           146:        <td>
        !           147:        <p>2.9 (current as of July 2001) basically works fine except for
        !           148:        halt -p, which doesn't power off.
        !           149:
        !           150:        <p>apm -z only puts the system into light sleep
        !           151:        (this may be fixable with phdisk); apm -s does nothing.
        !           152:
        !           153:        <p>XFree86 4.0 using the S3 savage driver works fine at 1024x768.
        !           154:        1200x1024 should be possible but I haven't tried it.
        !           155:        My XF86Config for XFree86 4.0 may be found
        !           156:        <a href="xf86configs/vaioxg700k">here</a>.
        !           157:
        !           158:        <p>Sound works nicely as yds, ac97 and audio0.
        !           159:
        !           160:        <p>USB is detected but haven't tested it yet.
        !           161:
        !           162:        <p>All three cardbus slots are configured when docked (two when undocked).
        !           163:        Sometimes locks up when removing my cheap NE card.
        !           164:
        !           165:        <p>The internal WinModem is not supported, nor is there yet
        !           166:        any support for Firewire or the "Jog Dialer".
        !           167:
        !           168:        <p>Contact Ian Darwin.
        !           169:        </td>
        !           170: </tr>
        !           171: <tr>
1.1       deraadt   172:     <td>
                    173:        IBM Thinkpad 701C
                    174:     </td><td>
                    175:        All features including hibernation and APM work.<p>
                    176:
                    177:        Contact <a href=mailto:todd@openbsd.org>Todd Fries</a>.
                    178:     </td>
                    179: </tr><tr>
                    180:     <td>
                    181:        IBM Thinkpad 770Z
                    182:     </td><td>
1.39      angelos   183:        <p>As of OpenBSD 2.8, almost everything works fine.</p>
1.1       deraadt   184:
1.39      angelos   185:        <p>This laptop does not really have a BIOS; most of the device
1.48      jufi      186:        settings, like IRQ assignments etc. have to be done through
1.39      angelos   187:        Windows.</p>
                    188:
                    189:        <p>You can get the serial and infrared ports to be recognized
                    190:        as com* devices by playing with the IRQ assignments in
                    191:        Windows. Likewise for the parallel port (it's lpt2).</p>
                    192:
                    193:        <p>You will need this line in your kernel configuration file for
                    194:        APM to work at all:</p>
                    195:
                    196: <pre>
                    197: option         APM_DISABLE_INTERRUPTS=0
                    198: </pre>
                    199:
                    200:         <p>Hibernation (save to disk) works fine as long as you have a
                    201:         Windows partition with enough disk space (a bit more than the
                    202:         system memory). Suspend/resume/powerdown all work fine;
                    203:         however, doing hibernation while in X windows (tested in
                    204:         XFree86 3.3.6) causes framebuffer corruption and it seems that
                    205:         the only way to recover is to exit and restart the X server;
                    206:         switching virtual terminals doesn't fix it. It has been
                    207:         suggested that switching between different resolutions might
                    208:         fix it. XFree86 4.0 fixes that problem, but last I checked did
                    209:         not have accelerated support for the driver. The best
                    210:         work-around is to switch to text mode before hibernating.</p>
                    211:
                    212:        <p>If you enable the external monitor (Fn+F7), XFree86 3.3.6
                    213:        goes into some weird rainbow pattern and eventually freezes
                    214:        the system (unless you switch to text mode or otherwise kill
                    215:        the server within a few seconds); if you switch to text mode,
                    216:        you have to kill the X server (switching back to graphics mode
                    217:        will cause a crash). Enabling the external monitor while in
                    218:        video mode causes no side effects; you can then start X or
                    219:        switch to it if it's already running.</p>
                    220:
1.50      horacio   221:        <p>The <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=clcs&sektion=4">clcs(4)</a> driver is somewhat flakey, so you're best off
1.39      angelos   222:        disabling it.  It doesn't really matter though since the
1.50      horacio   223:        soundblaster (<a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=sb&sektion=4%2fi386&apropos=0&manpath=OpenBSD+Curren&arch=i386">sb(4)</a>) will attach and work fine. You may have to play with IRQ assignments
                    224:        to get that to work.</p>
1.1       deraadt   225:
1.34      nate      226:        An XF86Config file can be found
                    227:        <a href="xf86configs/thinkpad770z">here</a>.<p>
1.12      chris     228:
1.1       deraadt   229:        Contact <a href=mailto:angelos@openbsd.org>Angelos Keromytis</a>.
                    230:     </td>
                    231: </tr><tr>
                    232:     <td>
1.43      angelos   233:        IBM Thinkpad A21p
                    234:     </td><td>
                    235:        See the entry for the T21. Everything is the same except for
                    236:        the video card, which is an ATI Rage 128 Mobility LF. OpenBSD
                    237:        2.8 post mid-December with XFree86 4.0.2 works great at
                    238:        1600x1200 24bpp. You need to:
                    239:        <pre>
                    240:                sysctl -w machdep.allowaperture=2
                    241:        </pre>
                    242:        and enter the correct frequency ranges in the Monitor section
                    243:        of XF86Config. Here's a sample working
                    244:        <a href="xf86configs/thinkpada21p">XF86Config.</a>
                    245:     </td>
                    246: </tr><tr>
                    247:     <td>
1.39      angelos   248:        IBM Thinkpad T21
                    249:     </td><td>
                    250:        <p>As of OpenBSD 2.8, everything works fine.</p>
                    251:
                    252:        <p>Here is the fdisk output; the easiest way of getting there is
                    253:        to resize the Windows partition (I use PartitionMagic) and move
                    254:        it to the end of the disk, then create an OpenBSD partition
                    255:        (and ignore the partition resizing fdisk does -- just go ahead
                    256:        and create all the filesystems you need with disklabel).</p>
                    257:
                    258: <pre>
                    259:          Starting        Ending
                    260:  #: id  cyl  hd sec -   cyl  hd sec [     start -       size]
                    261: -------------------------------------------------------------------------
1.50      horacio   262:  0: 1C 1023   1   1 -  1023 239  63 [  42003423 -   20502657] &lt;Unknown ID&gt;
1.39      angelos   263: *1: A6    0   1   1 -  1021 239  63 [        63 -   15452577] OpenBSD
                    264:  2: 00    0   0   1 -     0   0   0 [         0 -          0] unused
                    265:  3: 00    0   0   1 -     0   0   0 [         0 -          0] unused
                    266: </pre>
                    267:
                    268:        <p>To get it to see the serial and infrared ports (both as com*
                    269:        devices), you need to play with the IRQ assignments in the
                    270:        BIOS; just set them to the default values as found in the
                    271:        GENERIC config file. Likewise for the parallel port (OpenBSD
                    272:        can see lpt2). You may have to play with the Windows
                    273:        assignments for this as well.</p>
                    274:
1.44      angelos   275:        <p>There's at least two miniPCI cards available at this point:
                    276:        one is an (unsupported) WinModem, and the other is a combo
                    277:        ethernet/modem card. The ethernet works just fine (detected
                    278:        as an fxp/inphy card); the modem looks like it's a real one,
                    279:        but it's not yet supported.</p>
1.39      angelos   280:
                    281:        <p>Sound (CS4614) works fine. To avoid system freeze when using
1.44      angelos   282:        Cardbus and audio simultaneously, you *may* need to set at least
                    283:         two IRQs for use by PCI devices, in the BIOS; I use 9 and 11. It
                    284:        is also necessary to turn off PCI Power Management in the BIOS
                    285:        Power configuration (that's the only menu that scrolls, so make
                    286:        sure you go to the bottom of the page :-)</p>
1.39      angelos   287:
1.41      angelos   288:        <p>APM works except for hibernation (requires OS support). To
                    289:        get "halt -p" to work, you must set the sysctl variable
                    290:        machdep.apmhalt to 1 (you need OpenBSD 2.8-current with
                    291:        sources from mid-January, or later).  You will need this line
                    292:         in your kernel configuration file for APM to work at all:</p>
1.39      angelos   293:
                    294: <pre>
                    295: option         APM_DISABLE_INTERRUPTS=0
                    296: </pre>
                    297:
                    298:        <p>Although the video card is supposed to work with XFree86
                    299:        3.3.6pl8, I've only managed to get it to work with XFree86
                    300:        4.0.1 with the patches found <a
                    301:        href="http://www.probo.com/timr/savagemx.html">here</a> (you
                    302:        can also find binaries of the driver for OpenBSD 2.8 at the
1.40      angelos   303:        same location). You need to have a kernel with "option
1.39      angelos   304:        INSECURE" and set the securelevel to -1 in /etc/rc.securelevel
                    305:        (so the X server can open /dev/mem and mmap() the BIOS). In
1.46      angelos   306:        this configuration, it can do 1400x1050 at 16bpp (version 1.1.13
                    307:        of the savage driver works fine at 24bpp as well).</p>
1.39      angelos   308:
1.41      angelos   309:        <p><b>UPDATE:</b> The above-mentioned patches have been
                    310:        included in XFree86 4.0.2, and work out of the box. You don'
                    311:        need a kernel with the option INSECURE set, just set the
1.40      angelos   312:        machdep.allowaperture sysctl variable to 2, typically in
                    313:        /etc/sysctl.conf, if you have an OpenBSD 2.8 (or later) built
                    314:         from sources updated after December 15th 2000.</p>
                    315:
1.39      angelos   316:        <p>Note that some models only do 1024x768. Those that do
                    317:        1400x1050, can also do 1600x1200 using a virtual screen
                    318:        (wherein the whole display shifts as you go "off-screen"); I
                    319:        have not tested whether that works (it does in Windows).</p>
                    320:
                    321:        <p>If you close the lid of the laptop, the system suspends;
                    322:        under XFree86 4.0, resuming works fine with respect to the
                    323:        display (XFree86 3.3.6 might not be able to cope with this --
                    324:        it couldn't on the ThinkPad 770Z).</p>
                    325:
1.49      angelos   326:        <p>An XF86Config file for XFree86 4.0 can be found <a
1.39      angelos   327:        href="xf86configs/thinkpadt21">here</a>.</p>
                    328:
1.49      angelos   329:        <p><b>UPDATE</b> Apparently, recent T21s have the ATI Rage
                    330:        3D Rage Mobility instead.
                    331:        <a href="xf86configs/thinkpadt21-2">Here's</a> an XF86Config
                    332:        for XFree86 4.0 for this configuration.</p>
                    333:
1.40      angelos   334:        <p>One annoying thing is when you take out one of the UltraBay
                    335:        2000 devices; the system starts beeping. The only way to make it
                    336:        stop is to suspend and then plug in a device in the UltraBay (not
                    337:        necessarily the same one). Note that hot-swap of UltraBay 2000
                    338:        devices is not currently supported in OpenBSD (as of 2.8), thus
                    339:        it's only safe to hot-swap batteries.</p>
                    340:
1.39      angelos   341:        <p>Contact <a href=mailto:angelos@openbsd.org>Angelos Keromytis</a>.</p>
                    342:     </td>
                    343: </tr><tr>
                    344:     <td>
1.1       deraadt   345:        IBM Thinkpad 760
                    346:     </td><td>
                    347:        As of OpenBSD 2.6, XFree86 and APM do not work.<p>
                    348:
                    349:        Newer versions of XFree86 support X, and patches are available.<p>
                    350:
                    351:        MWave modem/sound does not work.<p>
                    352:
                    353:        APM has been fixed post-2.6 as well, and patches are forthcoming.<p>
                    354:
                    355:        Contact <a href=mailto:todd@openbsd.org>Todd Fries</a>.
                    356:     </td>
                    357: </tr><tr>
                    358:     <td>
1.27      marc      359:        IBM Thinkpad T20
                    360:     </td><td>
1.42      marc      361:        Running OpenBSD 2.7 (and later) apm mostly works.   To
                    362:        get "halt -p" to work, you must set the sysctl variable
                    363:        machdep.apmhalt to 1 (you need OpenBSD 2.8-current with
                    364:        sources from mid-January, or later).  The unit goes into
                    365:        suspend mode when top is closed.  Restores nicely
1.27      marc      366:        when top opened.<p>
                    367:
                    368:        Built in modem is a winmodem... ignore it.   Actually it is on
                    369:        a `mini-pci' card so it can probably be removed.<p>
                    370:
1.30      marc      371:        Audio works, but you have to turn off PCI sleep mode in the BIOS.<p>
1.27      marc      372:
1.36      marc      373:        OpenBSD X11 supports this machine as of 2.8, but there is lots
1.47      marc      374:        of visual noise at 32bpp.   Image is fine at 16 bpp.  XF4 config
                    375:        file for OpenBSD 2.9 can be found
                    376:        <a href="xf86configs/thinkpadt20">here</a><p>
1.36      marc      377:
1.28      marc      378:        See <a href="http://www.snafu.org/t20/">http://www.snafu.org/t20/</a>
1.36      marc      379:        for more info.<p>
1.28      marc      380:
1.27      marc      381:        Contact <a href=mailto:marc@snafu.org>Marco S Hyman</a>.
                    382:     </td>
                    383: </tr><tr>
                    384:     <td>
1.11      millert   385:        Toshiba Libretto 50CT
                    386:     </td><td>
                    387:        APM works but you need to be careful not to use the last
                    388:        32meg or so of the disk since that's where the BIOS dumps
                    389:        the long time hibernation image.  You can take a look at
                    390:        the bios geometry in disklabel to see exactly how many sectors
                    391:        it wants.  Failure to do so will cause filesystem corruption
                    392:        during suspend.
                    393:        <p>
1.50      horacio   394:         The libretto uses a single IRQ for both
                    395:        <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=sb&sektion=4%2fi386&apropos=0&manpath=OpenBSD+Current&arch=i386">sb(4)</a>
                    396:         and <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=wss&sektion=4%2fi386&apropos=0&manpath=OpenBSD+Current&arch=i386">wss</a>
                    397:        so the best thing to do is to choose one and disable the other
                    398:        in the kernel.
1.11      millert   399:        The pcmcia external floppy drive is not currently supported
                    400:        by OpenBSD, but it can be used during the install.
                    401:        <p>
                    402:         Installation can be a bit tricky with only a single pcmcia
                    403:         slot.  The best way to do this is to do a network install.
                    404:         To do this, load the boot floppy and at the boot prompt,
                    405:         enter <em>boot -c</em>.  When you see the <em>UKC</em>
                    406:         prompt, unplug the floppy drive, plug in your network card,
                    407:         and then type exit.  The kernel will then probe the network
                    408:         card and you should be able to do a normal network install.
                    409:        You may find it necessary to disable the sound devices in
                    410:        the BIOS in order for the boot floppy to correctly detect
                    411:        your network card.
                    412:        <p>
1.18      millert   413:        An XF86Config file suitable for use with  XFree86 3.3.X may be
                    414:        found <a href="xf86configs/libretto50ct">here</a>.
                    415:        <p>
1.11      millert   416:        Contact <a href=mailto:millert@openbsd.org>Todd Miller</a>.
                    417:     </td>
                    418: </tr><tr>
                    419:     <td>
1.20      millert   420:        Toshiba Libretto 100CT
                    421:     </td><td>
                    422:        Most of the information listed in the Libretto 50CT entry
                    423:        apply to the 100CT as well.
                    424:        <p>
                    425:        X11 works in 800x400 mode.  An XF86Config file suitable for
                    426:        use with  XFree86 3.3.X may be found
                    427:        <a href="xf86configs/libretto100ct">here</a>.
                    428:        <p>
1.27      marc      429:        Contact <a href=mailto:millert@openbsd.org>Todd Miller</a>.
1.20      millert   430:     </td>
                    431: </tr><tr>
                    432:     <td>
1.1       deraadt   433:        Toshiba Portege 660CDT
                    434:     </td><td>
                    435:        APM is completely broken.<p>
                    436:
1.50      horacio   437:        The mixed <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=sb&sektion=4%2fi386&apropos=0&manpath=OpenBSD+Current&arch=i386">sb(4)</a>
                    438:        and <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=wss&sektion=4%2fi386&apropos=0&manpath=OpenBSD+Current&arch=i386">wss(4)</a> sound
1.1       deraadt   439:        hardware can cause some grief.  Newer versions of the flash
                    440:        BIOS are worse, since they are less flexible about what interrupts
                    441:        they allow.<p>
                    442:
                    443:        Contact <a href=mailto:deraadt@openbsd.org>Theo de Raadt</a>.
                    444:     </td>
                    445: </tr><tr>
                    446:     <td>
                    447:        Digital HiNote VP735
                    448:     </td><td>
                    449:        APM works fully.<p>
                    450:
1.23      mickey    451:        Everything on the machine works.<p>
1.1       deraadt   452:
1.22      mickey    453:        An XF86Config file suitable for use with  XFree86 3.3.X may be
                    454:        found <a href="xf86configs/hinotevp700">here</a>.
                    455:        <p>
                    456:
1.1       deraadt   457:        Contact <a href=mailto:mickey@openbsd.org>Michael Shalayeff</a>.
                    458:     </td>
1.3       deraadt   459: </tr><tr>
                    460:     <td>
                    461:        Fujitsu Lifebook C325
                    462:     </td><td>
                    463:        APM works fully.<p>
                    464:
                    465:        Sound works when the BIOS is told to activate SB emulation mode.
                    466:
                    467:        Everything else on the machine works.<p>
                    468:
                    469:        Contact <a href=mailto:tom@knienieder.com>Tom Knienieder</a>.
                    470:     </td>
1.4       deraadt   471: </tr><tr>
                    472:     <td>
1.14      d         473:        Fujitsu Stylistic 500
                    474:     </td><td>
                    475:        APM works.<p>
                    476:
                    477:        Serial port doesn't work.<p>
                    478:
                    479:        Some tweaks needed for small memory kernel (4Mb).<p>
                    480:
                    481:        X 'works' (thrashes like crazy). <p>
                    482:
                    483:        Contact <a href=mailto:d@openbsd.org>David Leonard</a>.
                    484:     </td>
                    485: </tr><tr>
                    486:     <td>
1.4       deraadt   487:        Siemens SCENIC Mobile 360
                    488:     </td><td>
                    489:        APM works fully.<p>
                    490:
                    491:        Sound works, using OSS.<p>
                    492:
                    493:        Contact <a href=mailto:b1000@softhome.net>Dan Carlsson</a>.
                    494:     </td>
1.5       deraadt   495: </tr><tr>
                    496:     <td>
                    497:        Dell Inspiron 3200 D233XT (Bios release: A10)
                    498:     </td><td>
                    499:        APM works fully.<p>
                    500:
                    501:        Suspend (to ram or disk) does not work under X (X server does not
                    502:        restore screen upon resume), but DPMS do (screen is turned off after
                    503:        a while if the machine isn't used).  BIOS APM settings (for automatic
                    504:        suspend) interfere with X server, and should be disabled.<p>
                    505:
                    506:        Suspend to disk needs a DOS (FAT16) partition containing a file named
                    507:        "SAVE2DSK.BIN".  This file which is created via Dell tools under
                    508:        Windows 98 (it's present out of factory), is sized (ram size + 2 or 3
                    509:        MB).  An ad hoc DOS partition is thus required (it must be the first
                    510:        partition on disk).<p>
                    511:
                    512:        PCMCIA: works except "live" card ejection or insertion (which lock
                    513:        the machine, a hard reset is required).<p>
                    514:
                    515:        USB: does not work, if enabled, kernel hangs at boot during USB
                    516:        controller detection.<p>
                    517:
                    518:        Contact <a href=mailto:b1000@softhome.net>Dan Carlsson</a>.
                    519:     </td>
1.6       ericj     520: </tr><tr>
                    521:        <td>
                    522:           Toshiba Tecra 500CS
                    523:        </td><td>
1.7       brad      524:        APM is broken, However it <b>halt -p</b> does work.<p>
1.6       ericj     525:
1.7       brad      526:        Sound works by default with the GENERIC kernel, but with the speakers
                    527:        is not really worth it. X runs nicely as well.<p>
1.6       ericj     528:
1.7       brad      529:        Contact <a href=mailto:ericj@monkey.org>Eric Jackson</a>.
1.6       ericj     530:        </td>
1.7       brad      531: </tr><tr>
                    532:        <td>
                    533:           Toshiba Tecra 500CDT
                    534:        </td><td>
1.14      d         535:        APM is completely broken (and can trash your disk).<p>
                    536:
                    537:        XFree86 works (800x600 16bpp).<p>
1.7       brad      538:
1.14      d         539:        Sound works (21739 Hz, half duplex stereo).<p>
1.7       brad      540:
1.14      d         541:        <!-- Serial IR is said to work, needs verification. -->
1.7       brad      542:
1.14      d         543:        Contact <a href=mailto:brad@openbsd.org>Brad Smith</a>,
                    544:        or <a href=mailto:d@openbsd.org>David Leonard</a>.
1.7       brad      545:        </td>
1.10      aaron     546: </tr><tr>
                    547:        <td>
                    548:           Toshiba Tecra 550CDT
                    549:        </td><td>
                    550:        APM deep sleep (<b>zzz</b>) works, but <b>-S</b> wakes up immediately.<p>
                    551:
                    552:        XFree86 works beautifully.<p>
                    553:
                    554:        Sound works, after some IRQ tinkering in the BIOS.<p>
                    555:
1.50      horacio   556:        USB works; at least, I plugged a digital camera in, and the
                    557:        <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ugen&sektion=4">ugen(4)</a> driver detected and configured it.<p>
1.10      aaron     558:
1.16      aaron     559:        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     560:
                    561:        The pcic is broken in this machine, so I cannot accurately comment on PCMCIA attach/detach.<p>
                    562:
                    563:        Contact <a href=mailto:aaron@openbsd.org>Aaron Campbell</a>.
                    564:        </td>
1.13      mickey    565: </tr><tr>
                    566:     <td>
                    567:        NEC Versa 2000
                    568:     </td><td>
                    569:        APM works fully.<p>
1.1       deraadt   570:
1.13      mickey    571:        Everything on the machine works.<p>
                    572:
                    573:        Contact <a href=mailto:mickey@openbsd.org>Michael Shalayeff</a>.
                    574:     </td>
1.29      kevlo     575: </tr><tr>
                    576:     <td>
                    577:         Acer TravelMate 345
                    578:     </td><td>
                    579:         As of OpenBSD 2.7-CURRENT, APM works.<p>
                    580:
                    581:        XFree86 works (800x600 16bpp).<p>
                    582:
                    583:        Sounds works.<p>
                    584:
                    585:        Lucent modem does not work.<p>
                    586:
                    587:        Contact <a href=mailto:kevlo@openbsd.org>Kevin Lo</a>.
1.32      nate      588:     </td>
                    589:  </tr><tr>
                    590:     <td>
                    591:         Compaq Armada M700<p>
                    592:     </td><td>
                    593:        APM works correctly, but you cannot suspend while in X.  You
                    594:        must suspend from the console.
                    595:
                    596:        CardBus works.<p>
                    597:
                    598:        Internal 10/100 Ethernet (for those models that have it).
1.50      horacio   599:        Works beautifully with the <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=fxp&sektion=4">fxp(4)</a> driver. <p>
1.32      nate      600:
                    601:        No sound support as of now.  People are supposedly working on
                    602:        this.<p>
                    603:
                    604:        No internal modem support as of now.  (It's a winmodem.)
                    605:        There is a binary only driver for Linux.  There is also the
                    606:        <a href="http://linmodems.org">linmodem project</a> that is
                    607:        trying to make an opensource winmodem driver.<p>
                    608:
1.35      nate      609:        An XF86Config file can be found
                    610:        <a href="xf86configs/armadam700">here</a>.<p>
                    611:
1.32      nate      612:        Contact <a href=mailto:nate@openbsd.org>Nathan Binkert</a>.
1.47      marc      613:     </td>
                    614:  </tr><tr>
                    615:     <td>
                    616:        Dell Latitude CPt<p>
                    617:     </td><td>
                    618:        apm -z and -S work.<p>
                    619:
                    620:        Sound works.<p>
                    621:
                    622:        XFree86 v3 works in 1024x768x24bpp.  XF4 looks better in 16bpp.<p>
                    623:
                    624:        Both PCMCIA slots work.<p>
                    625:
                    626:        USB is detected, but untested.  It does not appear to work after
                    627:        a suspend.<p>
                    628:
                    629:        An XF4 config file can be found
                    630:        <a href="xf86configs/latitudecpt">here</a>.<p>
                    631:
                    632:        Contact <a href=mailto:op21@squish.org>Paul Wang</a>.
1.31      jufi      633:     </td></tr>
1.1       deraadt   634: </table>
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