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16: <h2><font color=#e00000>i386 Laptop Status</font><hr></h2>
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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>
1.54 ian 53: </tr>
54: <tr>
1.1 deraadt 55: <td>
1.54 ian 56: Acer TravelMate 345
1.15 beck 57: </td><td>
1.54 ian 58: As of OpenBSD 2.7-CURRENT, APM works.<p>
59:
60: XFree86 works (800x600 16bpp).<p>
61:
62: Sounds works.<p>
63:
64: Lucent modem does not work.<p>
1.15 beck 65:
1.54 ian 66: Contact <a href=mailto:kevlo@openbsd.org>Kevin Lo</a>.
1.15 beck 67: </td>
1.53 ian 68: </tr>
1.57 ian 69: <td>
70: Acer Travelmate 524TEV Laptop
71: </td>
72: <td>
73: <p>APM support works fully (under console and X)
74: <p>PCMCIA Card support (ne0) works fine
75: <p>Internal Intel Ethernet Express Pro 10/100 works
76: <p>XFree86 with ATI Rage Mobility AGP works (1024x768, 16bpp)
77: <p>Sound and winmodem do not work.
78: <p>Contact Matthias Schmidt <xhr@gmx.net>
79: </td>
80: </tr>
1.59 jufi 81:
82: <tr>
83: <td>
84: Asus L8400<p>
85: </td>
86: <td>
87: APM and suspend work completely (both in X and under console).<br>
88: Internal 10/100 Ethernet (Realtek 8139) works fine as well,
89: and so does the S3 Savage MX-MV graphics chip under XFree86 4.1.0.
90: <p>
91: Sound (ESS ES1989) and winmodem do not work.
92: <p>
1.60 jufi 93: The rest (PCMCIA, Infrared, USB) is untested.
1.59 jufi 94: <p>
95: Contact <a href="mailto:jufi@openbsd.org">Jan-Uwe Finck</a>.
96: </tr>
97:
1.53 ian 98: <tr>
1.15 beck 99: <td>
1.54 ian 100: Compaq Armada M700<p>
1.1 deraadt 101: </td><td>
1.54 ian 102: APM works correctly, but you cannot suspend while in X. You
103: must suspend from the console.
104:
105: CardBus works.<p>
106:
107: Internal 10/100 Ethernet (for those models that have it).
108: Works beautifully with the <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=fxp&sektion=4">fxp(4)</a> driver. <p>
109:
110: No sound support as of now. People are supposedly working on
111: this.<p>
112:
113: No internal modem support as of now. (It's a winmodem.)
114: There is a binary only driver for Linux. There is also the
115: <a href="http://linmodems.org">linmodem project</a> that is
116: trying to make an opensource winmodem driver.<p>
1.1 deraadt 117:
1.54 ian 118: An XF86Config file can be found
119: <a href="xf86configs/armadam700">here</a>.<p>
1.1 deraadt 120:
1.54 ian 121: Contact <a href=mailto:nate@openbsd.org>Nathan Binkert</a>.
122: </td>
123: </tr>
124: <tr>
125: <td>
126: Dell Inspiron 3200 D233XT (Bios release: A10)
127: </td><td>
128: APM works fully.<p>
1.1 deraadt 129:
1.54 ian 130: Suspend (to ram or disk) does not work under X (X server does not
131: restore screen upon resume), but DPMS do (screen is turned off after
132: a while if the machine isn't used). BIOS APM settings (for automatic
133: suspend) interfere with X server, and should be disabled.<p>
1.1 deraadt 134:
1.54 ian 135: Suspend to disk needs a DOS (FAT16) partition containing a file named
136: "SAVE2DSK.BIN". This file which is created via Dell tools under
137: Windows 98 (it's present out of factory), is sized (ram size + 2 or 3
138: MB). An ad hoc DOS partition is thus required (it must be the first
139: partition on disk).<p>
1.1 deraadt 140:
1.54 ian 141: PCMCIA: works except "live" card ejection or insertion (which lock
142: the machine, a hard reset is required).<p>
1.1 deraadt 143:
1.54 ian 144: USB: does not work, if enabled, kernel hangs at boot during USB
145: controller detection.<p>
1.19 deraadt 146:
1.54 ian 147: Contact <a href=mailto:b1000@softhome.net>Dan Carlsson</a>.
1.1 deraadt 148: </td>
1.53 ian 149: </tr>
150: <tr>
1.1 deraadt 151: <td>
1.54 ian 152: Dell Latitude CPt<p>
1.1 deraadt 153: </td><td>
1.54 ian 154: apm -z and -S work.<p>
1.2 markus 155:
1.54 ian 156: Sound works.<p>
1.2 markus 157:
1.54 ian 158: XFree86 v3 works in 1024x768x24bpp. XF4 looks better in 16bpp.<p>
1.2 markus 159:
1.54 ian 160: Both PCMCIA slots work.<p>
1.2 markus 161:
1.54 ian 162: USB is detected, but untested. It does not appear to work after
163: a suspend.<p>
1.2 markus 164:
1.54 ian 165: An XF4 config file can be found
166: <a href="xf86configs/latitudecpt">here</a>.<p>
1.21 markus 167:
1.54 ian 168: Contact <a href=mailto:op21@squish.org>Paul Wang</a>.
1.1 deraadt 169: </td>
1.53 ian 170: </tr>
171: <tr>
1.1 deraadt 172: <td>
1.55 ian 173: Dell Lattitude LMP-133ST
174: </td><td>
175: Generic kernel works. APM mostly works.
176: XFree86 v3 worked fine (8 bit only).
177: XF4.0 works with several problems, a band of pixels shifted down
178: and unreadability of the alternate virtual consoles (the latter
179: apparently fixed in current XF4; not tested on this machine).
180: <p>
181: An XF4 config file can be found
182: <a href="xf86configs/latitudelmp">here</a> and one for XFree86 R3
183: <a href="xf86configs/latitudelmp-xf3">here</a>.
184: <p>
185: Contact Ian Darwin.
186: </td>
187: </tr>
188: <tr>
189: <td>
1.54 ian 190: Digital HiNote VP735
1.1 deraadt 191: </td><td>
1.54 ian 192: APM works fully.<p>
193:
194: Everything on the machine works.<p>
195:
196: An XF86Config file suitable for use with XFree86 3.3.X may be
197: found <a href="xf86configs/hinotevp700">here</a>.
198: <p>
199:
200: Contact <a href=mailto:mickey@openbsd.org>Michael Shalayeff</a>.
1.1 deraadt 201: </td>
1.54 ian 202: </tr><tr>
203: <td>
204: Fujitsu Lifebook C325
205: </td><td>
206: APM works fully.<p>
1.53 ian 207:
1.54 ian 208: Sound works when the BIOS is told to activate SB emulation mode.
1.53 ian 209:
1.54 ian 210: Everything else on the machine works.<p>
1.53 ian 211:
1.54 ian 212: Contact <a href=mailto:tom@knienieder.com>Tom Knienieder</a>.
213: </td>
214: </tr><tr>
215: <td>
216: Fujitsu Stylistic 500
217: </td><td>
218: APM works.<p>
1.53 ian 219:
1.54 ian 220: Serial port doesn't work.<p>
1.53 ian 221:
1.54 ian 222: Some tweaks needed for small memory kernel (4Mb).<p>
1.53 ian 223:
1.54 ian 224: X 'works' (thrashes like crazy). <p>
1.53 ian 225:
1.54 ian 226: Contact <a href=mailto:d@openbsd.org>David Leonard</a>.
227: </td>
1.53 ian 228: </tr>
229: <tr>
1.1 deraadt 230: <td>
231: IBM Thinkpad 701C
232: </td><td>
233: All features including hibernation and APM work.<p>
234:
235: Contact <a href=mailto:todd@openbsd.org>Todd Fries</a>.
236: </td>
237: </tr><tr>
238: <td>
239: IBM Thinkpad 770Z
240: </td><td>
1.39 angelos 241: <p>As of OpenBSD 2.8, almost everything works fine.</p>
1.1 deraadt 242:
1.39 angelos 243: <p>This laptop does not really have a BIOS; most of the device
1.48 jufi 244: settings, like IRQ assignments etc. have to be done through
1.39 angelos 245: Windows.</p>
246:
247: <p>You can get the serial and infrared ports to be recognized
248: as com* devices by playing with the IRQ assignments in
249: Windows. Likewise for the parallel port (it's lpt2).</p>
250:
251: <p>You will need this line in your kernel configuration file for
252: APM to work at all:</p>
253:
254: <pre>
255: option APM_DISABLE_INTERRUPTS=0
256: </pre>
257:
258: <p>Hibernation (save to disk) works fine as long as you have a
259: Windows partition with enough disk space (a bit more than the
260: system memory). Suspend/resume/powerdown all work fine;
1.64 jufi 261: however, doing hibernation while in X Window System (tested in
1.39 angelos 262: XFree86 3.3.6) causes framebuffer corruption and it seems that
263: the only way to recover is to exit and restart the X server;
264: switching virtual terminals doesn't fix it. It has been
265: suggested that switching between different resolutions might
266: fix it. XFree86 4.0 fixes that problem, but last I checked did
267: not have accelerated support for the driver. The best
268: work-around is to switch to text mode before hibernating.</p>
269:
270: <p>If you enable the external monitor (Fn+F7), XFree86 3.3.6
271: goes into some weird rainbow pattern and eventually freezes
272: the system (unless you switch to text mode or otherwise kill
273: the server within a few seconds); if you switch to text mode,
274: you have to kill the X server (switching back to graphics mode
275: will cause a crash). Enabling the external monitor while in
276: video mode causes no side effects; you can then start X or
277: switch to it if it's already running.</p>
278:
1.50 horacio 279: <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 280: disabling it. It doesn't really matter though since the
1.50 horacio 281: 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
282: to get that to work.</p>
1.1 deraadt 283:
1.34 nate 284: An XF86Config file can be found
285: <a href="xf86configs/thinkpad770z">here</a>.<p>
1.12 chris 286:
1.1 deraadt 287: Contact <a href=mailto:angelos@openbsd.org>Angelos Keromytis</a>.
288: </td>
289: </tr><tr>
290: <td>
1.43 angelos 291: IBM Thinkpad A21p
292: </td><td>
293: See the entry for the T21. Everything is the same except for
294: the video card, which is an ATI Rage 128 Mobility LF. OpenBSD
295: 2.8 post mid-December with XFree86 4.0.2 works great at
296: 1600x1200 24bpp. You need to:
297: <pre>
298: sysctl -w machdep.allowaperture=2
299: </pre>
300: and enter the correct frequency ranges in the Monitor section
301: of XF86Config. Here's a sample working
302: <a href="xf86configs/thinkpada21p">XF86Config.</a>
303: </td>
304: </tr><tr>
305: <td>
1.39 angelos 306: IBM Thinkpad T21
307: </td><td>
308: <p>As of OpenBSD 2.8, everything works fine.</p>
309:
310: <p>Here is the fdisk output; the easiest way of getting there is
311: to resize the Windows partition (I use PartitionMagic) and move
312: it to the end of the disk, then create an OpenBSD partition
313: (and ignore the partition resizing fdisk does -- just go ahead
314: and create all the filesystems you need with disklabel).</p>
315:
316: <pre>
317: Starting Ending
318: #: id cyl hd sec - cyl hd sec [ start - size]
319: -------------------------------------------------------------------------
1.50 horacio 320: 0: 1C 1023 1 1 - 1023 239 63 [ 42003423 - 20502657] <Unknown ID>
1.39 angelos 321: *1: A6 0 1 1 - 1021 239 63 [ 63 - 15452577] OpenBSD
322: 2: 00 0 0 1 - 0 0 0 [ 0 - 0] unused
323: 3: 00 0 0 1 - 0 0 0 [ 0 - 0] unused
324: </pre>
325:
326: <p>To get it to see the serial and infrared ports (both as com*
327: devices), you need to play with the IRQ assignments in the
328: BIOS; just set them to the default values as found in the
329: GENERIC config file. Likewise for the parallel port (OpenBSD
330: can see lpt2). You may have to play with the Windows
331: assignments for this as well.</p>
332:
1.44 angelos 333: <p>There's at least two miniPCI cards available at this point:
334: one is an (unsupported) WinModem, and the other is a combo
335: ethernet/modem card. The ethernet works just fine (detected
336: as an fxp/inphy card); the modem looks like it's a real one,
337: but it's not yet supported.</p>
1.39 angelos 338:
339: <p>Sound (CS4614) works fine. To avoid system freeze when using
1.44 angelos 340: Cardbus and audio simultaneously, you *may* need to set at least
341: two IRQs for use by PCI devices, in the BIOS; I use 9 and 11. It
342: is also necessary to turn off PCI Power Management in the BIOS
343: Power configuration (that's the only menu that scrolls, so make
344: sure you go to the bottom of the page :-)</p>
1.39 angelos 345:
1.41 angelos 346: <p>APM works except for hibernation (requires OS support). To
347: get "halt -p" to work, you must set the sysctl variable
348: machdep.apmhalt to 1 (you need OpenBSD 2.8-current with
349: sources from mid-January, or later). You will need this line
350: in your kernel configuration file for APM to work at all:</p>
1.39 angelos 351:
352: <pre>
353: option APM_DISABLE_INTERRUPTS=0
354: </pre>
355:
356: <p>Although the video card is supposed to work with XFree86
357: 3.3.6pl8, I've only managed to get it to work with XFree86
358: 4.0.1 with the patches found <a
359: href="http://www.probo.com/timr/savagemx.html">here</a> (you
360: can also find binaries of the driver for OpenBSD 2.8 at the
1.40 angelos 361: same location). You need to have a kernel with "option
1.39 angelos 362: INSECURE" and set the securelevel to -1 in /etc/rc.securelevel
363: (so the X server can open /dev/mem and mmap() the BIOS). In
1.46 angelos 364: this configuration, it can do 1400x1050 at 16bpp (version 1.1.13
365: of the savage driver works fine at 24bpp as well).</p>
1.39 angelos 366:
1.41 angelos 367: <p><b>UPDATE:</b> The above-mentioned patches have been
368: included in XFree86 4.0.2, and work out of the box. You don'
369: need a kernel with the option INSECURE set, just set the
1.40 angelos 370: machdep.allowaperture sysctl variable to 2, typically in
371: /etc/sysctl.conf, if you have an OpenBSD 2.8 (or later) built
372: from sources updated after December 15th 2000.</p>
373:
1.39 angelos 374: <p>Note that some models only do 1024x768. Those that do
375: 1400x1050, can also do 1600x1200 using a virtual screen
376: (wherein the whole display shifts as you go "off-screen"); I
377: have not tested whether that works (it does in Windows).</p>
378:
379: <p>If you close the lid of the laptop, the system suspends;
380: under XFree86 4.0, resuming works fine with respect to the
381: display (XFree86 3.3.6 might not be able to cope with this --
382: it couldn't on the ThinkPad 770Z).</p>
383:
1.49 angelos 384: <p>An XF86Config file for XFree86 4.0 can be found <a
1.39 angelos 385: href="xf86configs/thinkpadt21">here</a>.</p>
386:
1.49 angelos 387: <p><b>UPDATE</b> Apparently, recent T21s have the ATI Rage
388: 3D Rage Mobility instead.
389: <a href="xf86configs/thinkpadt21-2">Here's</a> an XF86Config
390: for XFree86 4.0 for this configuration.</p>
391:
1.40 angelos 392: <p>One annoying thing is when you take out one of the UltraBay
393: 2000 devices; the system starts beeping. The only way to make it
394: stop is to suspend and then plug in a device in the UltraBay (not
395: necessarily the same one). Note that hot-swap of UltraBay 2000
396: devices is not currently supported in OpenBSD (as of 2.8), thus
397: it's only safe to hot-swap batteries.</p>
398:
1.39 angelos 399: <p>Contact <a href=mailto:angelos@openbsd.org>Angelos Keromytis</a>.</p>
400: </td>
401: </tr><tr>
402: <td>
1.1 deraadt 403: IBM Thinkpad 760
404: </td><td>
405: As of OpenBSD 2.6, XFree86 and APM do not work.<p>
406:
407: Newer versions of XFree86 support X, and patches are available.<p>
408:
409: MWave modem/sound does not work.<p>
410:
411: APM has been fixed post-2.6 as well, and patches are forthcoming.<p>
412:
413: Contact <a href=mailto:todd@openbsd.org>Todd Fries</a>.
414: </td>
415: </tr><tr>
416: <td>
1.27 marc 417: IBM Thinkpad T20
418: </td><td>
1.42 marc 419: Running OpenBSD 2.7 (and later) apm mostly works. To
420: get "halt -p" to work, you must set the sysctl variable
421: machdep.apmhalt to 1 (you need OpenBSD 2.8-current with
422: sources from mid-January, or later). The unit goes into
423: suspend mode when top is closed. Restores nicely
1.27 marc 424: when top opened.<p>
425:
426: Built in modem is a winmodem... ignore it. Actually it is on
427: a `mini-pci' card so it can probably be removed.<p>
428:
1.30 marc 429: Audio works, but you have to turn off PCI sleep mode in the BIOS.<p>
1.27 marc 430:
1.36 marc 431: OpenBSD X11 supports this machine as of 2.8, but there is lots
1.47 marc 432: of visual noise at 32bpp. Image is fine at 16 bpp. XF4 config
433: file for OpenBSD 2.9 can be found
434: <a href="xf86configs/thinkpadt20">here</a><p>
1.36 marc 435:
1.28 marc 436: See <a href="http://www.snafu.org/t20/">http://www.snafu.org/t20/</a>
1.36 marc 437: for more info.<p>
1.28 marc 438:
1.27 marc 439: Contact <a href=mailto:marc@snafu.org>Marco S Hyman</a>.
440: </td>
1.72 ! marc 441: </tr><tr>
! 442: <td>
! 443: IBM Thinkpad T23
! 444: </td><td>
! 445: Tested with OpenBSD 3.1-beta and later. Problem with boot floppy:
! 446: must boot with -c and disable ahc or the machine hangs booting.
! 447: This is not a problem with a GENERIC kernel.<p>
! 448:
! 449: Apm mostly works -- suspends OK, doesn't hibernate (needs OS
! 450: support). Attempts to hibernate results in nothing more than a
! 451: keyboard beep. The audio chipset claims to be supported (auich) but
! 452: there is no audio output to speaker or headset. Probably something
! 453: stupid. Best feature: built in 802.11b and fxp ethernet. Wireless
! 454: uses PRISM 2.5 ISL3874A(PCI), Firmware 1.0.7 (primary), 1.3.6
! 455: (station).<p>
! 456:
! 457: X works (XF4). XF4 config file for OpenBSD can be found
! 458: <a href="xf86configs/thinkpadt23">here</a>. All X applications tried
! 459: so far work except for audio apps and ogle. Ogle on the T20 works
! 460: fine; on the T23 all I get is video noise.<p>
! 461:
! 462: See <a href="http://www.snafu.org/t23/">http://www.snafu.org/t23/</a>
! 463: for more info.<p>
! 464:
! 465: Contact <a href=mailto:marc@snafu.org>Marco S Hyman</a>.
! 466: </td>
1.54 ian 467: </tr>
468: <tr>
469: <td>
470: NEC Versa 2000
471: </td><td>
472: APM works fully.<p>
473:
474: Everything on the machine works.<p>
475:
476: Contact <a href=mailto:mickey@openbsd.org>Michael Shalayeff</a>.
477: </td>
478: </tr>
479: <tr>
480: <td>
481: Siemens SCENIC Mobile 360
482: </td><td>
483: APM works fully.<p>
484:
485: Sound works, using OSS.<p>
486:
487: Contact <a href=mailto:b1000@softhome.net>Dan Carlsson</a>.
488: </td>
489: </tr>
490: <tr>
491: <td>
492: Sony VAIO F430
493: </td><td>
494: As of OpenBSD 2.6-Current (Feb 17/00)<P>
495:
496: APM: "<strong>zzz</strong>" suspend works, as does the keyboard
497: suspend. "<strong>halt -p</strong>" and "<strong>apm -S</strong>"
498: don't. (but I've yet to look for phdisk utilities below - will be
499: investigating shortly.) <P>
500:
501: DVD drive, floppy all function. Ethernet works after wakeup with
502: the card I'm using (3Com 3c589). <P>
503:
504: Contact <a href=mailto:beck@openbsd.org>Bob Beck</a>.
505: </td>
506: </tr>
507: <tr>
508: <td>
509: Sony VAIO z505r
510: </td><td>
511: APM support: "<strong>zzz</strong>", suspend via keyboard, hibernation
512: via keyboard, and "<strong>halt -p</strong>" all work.
513: "<strong>apm -S</strong>" wakes up immediately.<p>
514:
515: Hibernation uses a block at the end of the disk, approximately
516: 3-5MB larger than the memory in your machine. To repair hibernation,
517: use "<strong>phdisk.exe /create /partition</strong>" to setup the
518: partition. The phdisk program is available on the boot
519: floppy image provided on the first recovery CD.<p>
520:
521: Built-in ethernet works fine, but occasionally requires reset
522: after suspend using
523: "<strong>ifconfig fxp0 down; ifconfig fxp0 up</strong>".<p>
524:
525: After a suspend, the profiling clock is not running. Patches are
526: being worked on.<p>
527:
528: Sound is supported using the <a
529: href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=neo&sektion=4">
530: neo(4)</a> device driver. Sometimes upon boot, a hang happens
531: when trying to determine the AC97 mixer type.<p>
532:
533: When the memory stick slot is empty, it can cause errors which overflow
534: the dmesg buffer, and thus confuse the OpenBSD install program.
535: The BIOS Setup, (accessed using F2), has an option to disable the
536: memory stick.<p>
537:
538: An XF86Config file suitable for use with XFree86 3.3.X may be
539: found <a href="xf86configs/vaioz505r">here</a>.
540: <p>
541:
542: Contact <a href=mailto:deraadt@openbsd.org>Theo de Raadt</a>.
543: </td>
544: </tr>
545: <tr>
546: <td>
547: Sony VAIO z505s
548: </td><td>
549: Similar to the VAIO z505r, except that the provided USB floppy has
550: some problems.<p>
551: Contact <a href=mailto:provos@openbsd.org>Niels Provos</a>.
552: </td>
1.27 marc 553: </tr><tr>
554: <td>
1.54 ian 555: Sony VAIO 747</td>
556: </td><td>
557: Ever since OpenBSD 2.6, XFree86 and APM do work.<p>
558:
1.58 jsyn 559: Ships with a PCMCIA modem card (COM One MCC220 Platinum Card), which works.<p>
1.54 ian 560:
561: Sound works (8 bit only).<p>
562:
563: APM behaviour similar to the VAIO z505r,
564: except that hibernation has not been tested.<p>
565:
566: USB does not work.<p>
567:
568: An XF86Config file can be found
569: <a href="xf86configs/vaio747">here</a>.<p>
570:
571: Contact <a href=mailto:markus@openbsd.org>Markus Friedl</a>.
572: </td>
573: </tr>
574: <tr>
575: <td>
576: Sony VAIO PCG 505-FX
577: </td><td>
578: Unknown.
579: </td>
580: </tr>
581: <tr>
582: <td>Sony VAIO PCG XG700K</td>
583: <td>
1.57 ian 584: <p>OpenBSD 2.9 works but had some problems with disklabel/fdisk,
585: similar to those reported for Thinkpad T21.
586: <p>Requires sysctl machdep.apmhalt=1 in order to power off.
1.54 ian 587:
588: <p>apm -z only puts the system into light sleep
589: (this may be fixable with phdisk); apm -s does nothing.
590:
591: <p>XFree86 4.0 using the S3 savage driver works fine at 1024x768.
592: 1200x1024 should be possible but I haven't tried it.
593: My XF86Config for XFree86 4.0 may be found
594: <a href="xf86configs/vaioxg700k">here</a>.
595:
1.56 ian 596: <p>Sound and USB work nicely.
1.54 ian 597:
598: <p>All three cardbus slots are configured when docked (two when undocked).
599: Sometimes locks up when removing my cheap NE card.
600:
601: <p>The internal WinModem is not supported, nor is there yet
602: any support for Firewire or the "Jog Dialer".
603:
604: <p>Contact Ian Darwin.
605: </td>
606: </tr>
607: <tr>
608: <td>
1.11 millert 609: Toshiba Libretto 50CT
610: </td><td>
611: APM works but you need to be careful not to use the last
612: 32meg or so of the disk since that's where the BIOS dumps
613: the long time hibernation image. You can take a look at
614: the bios geometry in disklabel to see exactly how many sectors
615: it wants. Failure to do so will cause filesystem corruption
616: during suspend.
617: <p>
1.50 horacio 618: The libretto uses a single IRQ for both
619: <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>
620: 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>
621: so the best thing to do is to choose one and disable the other
622: in the kernel.
1.11 millert 623: The pcmcia external floppy drive is not currently supported
624: by OpenBSD, but it can be used during the install.
625: <p>
626: Installation can be a bit tricky with only a single pcmcia
627: slot. The best way to do this is to do a network install.
628: To do this, load the boot floppy and at the boot prompt,
629: enter <em>boot -c</em>. When you see the <em>UKC</em>
630: prompt, unplug the floppy drive, plug in your network card,
631: and then type exit. The kernel will then probe the network
632: card and you should be able to do a normal network install.
633: You may find it necessary to disable the sound devices in
634: the BIOS in order for the boot floppy to correctly detect
635: your network card.
636: <p>
1.62 millert 637: There are sample XF86Config files for both
638: <a href="xf86configs/libretto50ct">XFree86 4.X</a> and
639: <a href="xf86configs/libretto50ct-xf3">XFree86 3.3.X</a>.
1.18 millert 640: <p>
1.65 millert 641: Note that the chips driver was broken in XFree86 4.1 (it
642: is fixed in XFree86 4.2) and hence the XFree86 that ships
643: with OpenBSD 3.0 does not work on the libretto. I have
1.66 jufi 644: compiled the old XFree86 4.01 chips driver (which does work)
1.65 millert 645: for XFree86 4.1. Just grab <a
646: href="ftp://ftp.courtesan.com/pub/todd/OpenBSD/chips_drv.o">
647: chips_drv.o</a> and copy it to
648: <pre>
649: /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/drivers/chips_drv.o
650: </pre>
651: That will make XFree86 4.1 work on the 50CT and 70CT.
652: <p>
1.11 millert 653: Contact <a href=mailto:millert@openbsd.org>Todd Miller</a>.
654: </td>
655: </tr><tr>
656: <td>
1.20 millert 657: Toshiba Libretto 100CT
658: </td><td>
659: Most of the information listed in the Libretto 50CT entry
660: apply to the 100CT as well.
661: <p>
1.62 millert 662: X11 works in 800x400 mode. There are sample XF86Config files for both
663: <a href="xf86configs/libretto100ct">XFree86 4.X</a> and
664: <a href="xf86configs/libretto100ct-xf3">XFree86 3.3.X</a>.
1.20 millert 665: <p>
1.27 marc 666: Contact <a href=mailto:millert@openbsd.org>Todd Miller</a>.
1.20 millert 667: </td>
668: </tr><tr>
669: <td>
1.68 millert 670: Toshiba Portege 2000
671: </td><td>
672: Builtin wavelan and 10/100 ethernet (fxp) work.<p>
673: Audio is not supported.<p>
1.71 millert 674: APM works ("<strong>zzz</strong>"), as does "<strong>halt -p</strong>".
675: However, battery life is reported incorrectly--it always reports
676: that the laptop is connected to A/C power.<p>
1.68 millert 677: USB attaches but is currently untested.<p>
1.70 millert 678: The bundled pcmcia CD-ROM does not currently work.<p>
1.71 millert 679: XFree86 4.2 and higher works. There is a sample
1.68 millert 680: <a href="xf86configs/portege2000">XF86Config</a> file.
681: However, the keyboard repeat rate is a little too fast.
682: </td>
683: </tr><tr>
684: <td>
1.1 deraadt 685: Toshiba Portege 660CDT
686: </td><td>
687: APM is completely broken.<p>
688:
1.50 horacio 689: 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>
690: 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 691: hardware can cause some grief. Newer versions of the flash
692: BIOS are worse, since they are less flexible about what interrupts
693: they allow.<p>
694:
695: Contact <a href=mailto:deraadt@openbsd.org>Theo de Raadt</a>.
696: </td>
1.54 ian 697: </tr>
698: <tr>
1.6 ericj 699: <td>
700: Toshiba Tecra 500CS
701: </td><td>
1.7 brad 702: APM is broken, However it <b>halt -p</b> does work.<p>
1.6 ericj 703:
1.7 brad 704: Sound works by default with the GENERIC kernel, but with the speakers
705: is not really worth it. X runs nicely as well.<p>
1.6 ericj 706:
1.7 brad 707: Contact <a href=mailto:ericj@monkey.org>Eric Jackson</a>.
1.6 ericj 708: </td>
1.7 brad 709: </tr><tr>
710: <td>
711: Toshiba Tecra 500CDT
712: </td><td>
1.14 d 713: APM is completely broken (and can trash your disk).<p>
714:
715: XFree86 works (800x600 16bpp).<p>
1.7 brad 716:
1.14 d 717: Sound works (21739 Hz, half duplex stereo).<p>
1.7 brad 718:
1.14 d 719: <!-- Serial IR is said to work, needs verification. -->
1.7 brad 720:
1.63 brad 721: Contact <a href=mailto:d@openbsd.org>David Leonard</a>.
1.7 brad 722: </td>
1.10 aaron 723: </tr><tr>
724: <td>
725: Toshiba Tecra 550CDT
726: </td><td>
727: APM deep sleep (<b>zzz</b>) works, but <b>-S</b> wakes up immediately.<p>
728:
729: XFree86 works beautifully.<p>
730:
731: Sound works, after some IRQ tinkering in the BIOS.<p>
732:
1.50 horacio 733: USB works; at least, I plugged a digital camera in, and the
734: <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 735:
1.16 aaron 736: 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 737:
738: The pcic is broken in this machine, so I cannot accurately comment on PCMCIA attach/detach.<p>
739:
740: Contact <a href=mailto:aaron@openbsd.org>Aaron Campbell</a>.
741: </td>
1.54 ian 742: </tr>
1.1 deraadt 743: </table>
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