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1.78 jufi 17: <h2><font color="#e00000">i386 Laptop Status</font></h2>
18: <hr>
1.1 deraadt 19:
20: <p>
1.51 jufi 21: This is a list of laptops known to be working with OpenBSD 2.9
1.1 deraadt 22:
23: <p>
1.53 ian 24: If your laptop isn't listed below that doesn't mean that it won't work,
1.38 deraadt 25: and you will most likely find a similar model that is listed below. Starting
26: with OpenBSD 2.6, almost all laptops worked very well, with only minimal
1.45 chris 27: issues remaining. Later OpenBSD releases perform even better.
1.38 deraadt 28: <p>
29: Of those that have problems..
1.1 deraadt 30: <ul>
1.5 deraadt 31: <li>Some exhibit problems with APM support. Note that <strong>apm -S</strong>
32: fails to suspend some laptops, but this is not a major concern.
1.38 deraadt 33: <li>Some lack sound support
1.84 mickey 34: <li>A few have subtle bugs with their PCMCIA and CardBus support
1.38 deraadt 35: <li>XFree86 does not support some displays properly. Sometimes XFree86 4.x helps.
1.1 deraadt 36: <li>Or some other built-in device doesn't work..
37: <li>Some have problems with pcmcia card eject interrupts.
38: </ul>
39:
40: <p>
41: If you have your laptop working (or not working) and it isn't listed below,
1.45 chris 42: please mail <a href="mailto:www@openbsd.org">www@openbsd.org</a> so that it
1.1 deraadt 43: can be listed. Please supply as much information as possible.
44:
45: <p>
46: APM problem reports should be sent to our APM developers,
1.78 jufi 47: <a href="mailto:mickey@openbsd.org">Michael Shalayeff</a> and
48: <a href="mailto:weingart@openbsd.org">Tobias Weingartner</a>.
1.1 deraadt 49:
50: <p>
51: <table border=1>
52: <tr>
53: <th>Laptop</th>
54: <th>Notes</th>
1.54 ian 55: </tr>
56: <tr>
1.1 deraadt 57: <td>
1.54 ian 58: Acer TravelMate 345
1.15 beck 59: </td><td>
1.54 ian 60: As of OpenBSD 2.7-CURRENT, APM works.<p>
61:
62: XFree86 works (800x600 16bpp).<p>
63:
64: Sounds works.<p>
65:
66: Lucent modem does not work.<p>
1.15 beck 67:
1.78 jufi 68: Contact <a href="mailto:kevlo@openbsd.org">Kevin Lo</a>.
1.15 beck 69: </td>
1.53 ian 70: </tr>
1.78 jufi 71: <tr>
1.57 ian 72: <td>
73: Acer Travelmate 524TEV Laptop
74: </td>
75: <td>
76: <p>APM support works fully (under console and X)
77: <p>PCMCIA Card support (ne0) works fine
78: <p>Internal Intel Ethernet Express Pro 10/100 works
79: <p>XFree86 with ATI Rage Mobility AGP works (1024x768, 16bpp)
80: <p>Sound and winmodem do not work.
81: <p>Contact Matthias Schmidt <xhr@gmx.net>
82: </td>
83: </tr>
1.59 jufi 84:
85: <tr>
86: <td>
87: Asus L8400<p>
88: </td>
89: <td>
90: APM and suspend work completely (both in X and under console).<br>
91: Internal 10/100 Ethernet (Realtek 8139) works fine as well,
92: and so does the S3 Savage MX-MV graphics chip under XFree86 4.1.0.
93: <p>
1.75 jufi 94: Sound (ESS ES1989) works, while the winmodem does not.
1.59 jufi 95: <p>
1.60 jufi 96: The rest (PCMCIA, Infrared, USB) is untested.
1.59 jufi 97: <p>
98: Contact <a href="mailto:jufi@openbsd.org">Jan-Uwe Finck</a>.
99: </tr>
100:
1.53 ian 101: <tr>
1.15 beck 102: <td>
1.54 ian 103: Compaq Armada M700<p>
1.1 deraadt 104: </td><td>
1.54 ian 105: APM works correctly, but you cannot suspend while in X. You
106: must suspend from the console.
107:
108: CardBus works.<p>
109:
110: Internal 10/100 Ethernet (for those models that have it).
1.78 jufi 111: Works beautifully with the <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=fxp&sektion=4">fxp(4)</a> driver. <p>
1.54 ian 112:
113: No sound support as of now. People are supposedly working on
114: this.<p>
115:
116: No internal modem support as of now. (It's a winmodem.)
117: There is a binary only driver for Linux. There is also the
118: <a href="http://linmodems.org">linmodem project</a> that is
119: trying to make an opensource winmodem driver.<p>
1.1 deraadt 120:
1.54 ian 121: An XF86Config file can be found
122: <a href="xf86configs/armadam700">here</a>.<p>
1.1 deraadt 123:
1.78 jufi 124: Contact <a href="mailto:nate@openbsd.org">Nathan Binkert</a>.
1.54 ian 125: </td>
126: </tr>
127: <tr>
128: <td>
129: Dell Inspiron 3200 D233XT (Bios release: A10)
130: </td><td>
131: APM works fully.<p>
1.1 deraadt 132:
1.54 ian 133: Suspend (to ram or disk) does not work under X (X server does not
134: restore screen upon resume), but DPMS do (screen is turned off after
135: a while if the machine isn't used). BIOS APM settings (for automatic
136: suspend) interfere with X server, and should be disabled.<p>
1.1 deraadt 137:
1.54 ian 138: Suspend to disk needs a DOS (FAT16) partition containing a file named
139: "SAVE2DSK.BIN". This file which is created via Dell tools under
140: Windows 98 (it's present out of factory), is sized (ram size + 2 or 3
141: MB). An ad hoc DOS partition is thus required (it must be the first
142: partition on disk).<p>
1.1 deraadt 143:
1.54 ian 144: PCMCIA: works except "live" card ejection or insertion (which lock
145: the machine, a hard reset is required).<p>
1.1 deraadt 146:
1.54 ian 147: USB: does not work, if enabled, kernel hangs at boot during USB
148: controller detection.<p>
1.19 deraadt 149:
1.78 jufi 150: Contact <a href="mailto:b1000@softhome.net">Dan Carlsson</a>.
1.1 deraadt 151: </td>
1.53 ian 152: </tr>
153: <tr>
1.1 deraadt 154: <td>
1.85 robert 155: Dell Inspiron 4100
156: </td><td>
157: apmd(8) is fully functional.<p>
158:
159: Integrated xl(4) works fine.
160: Integrated auich(4) works fine.<p>
161:
162: USB works fine with my mouse.
163: Both PCMCIA slots work.<p>
164:
1.86 robert 165: The Modem does not work.<p>
1.85 robert 166:
1.86 robert 167: Contact <a href="mailto:robert@openbsd.org">Robert Nagy</a>
1.85 robert 168: </td>
169: </tr>
170: <tr>
171: <td>
1.54 ian 172: Dell Latitude CPt<p>
1.1 deraadt 173: </td><td>
1.54 ian 174: apm -z and -S work.<p>
1.2 markus 175:
1.54 ian 176: Sound works.<p>
1.2 markus 177:
1.54 ian 178: XFree86 v3 works in 1024x768x24bpp. XF4 looks better in 16bpp.<p>
1.2 markus 179:
1.54 ian 180: Both PCMCIA slots work.<p>
1.2 markus 181:
1.54 ian 182: USB is detected, but untested. It does not appear to work after
183: a suspend.<p>
1.2 markus 184:
1.54 ian 185: An XF4 config file can be found
186: <a href="xf86configs/latitudecpt">here</a>.<p>
1.21 markus 187:
1.78 jufi 188: Contact <a href="mailto:op21@squish.org">Paul Wang</a>.
1.1 deraadt 189: </td>
1.53 ian 190: </tr>
191: <tr>
1.1 deraadt 192: <td>
1.55 ian 193: Dell Lattitude LMP-133ST
194: </td><td>
195: Generic kernel works. APM mostly works.
196: XFree86 v3 worked fine (8 bit only).
197: XF4.0 works with several problems, a band of pixels shifted down
198: and unreadability of the alternate virtual consoles (the latter
199: apparently fixed in current XF4; not tested on this machine).
200: <p>
201: An XF4 config file can be found
202: <a href="xf86configs/latitudelmp">here</a> and one for XFree86 R3
203: <a href="xf86configs/latitudelmp-xf3">here</a>.
204: <p>
205: Contact Ian Darwin.
206: </td>
207: </tr>
208: <tr>
209: <td>
1.54 ian 210: Digital HiNote VP735
1.1 deraadt 211: </td><td>
1.54 ian 212: APM works fully.<p>
213:
214: Everything on the machine works.<p>
215:
216: An XF86Config file suitable for use with XFree86 3.3.X may be
217: found <a href="xf86configs/hinotevp700">here</a>.
218: <p>
219:
1.78 jufi 220: Contact <a href="mailto:mickey@openbsd.org">Michael Shalayeff</a>.
1.1 deraadt 221: </td>
1.54 ian 222: </tr><tr>
223: <td>
224: Fujitsu Lifebook C325
225: </td><td>
226: APM works fully.<p>
1.53 ian 227:
1.54 ian 228: Sound works when the BIOS is told to activate SB emulation mode.
1.53 ian 229:
1.54 ian 230: Everything else on the machine works.<p>
1.53 ian 231:
1.78 jufi 232: Contact <a href="mailto:tom@knienieder.com">Tom Knienieder</a>.
1.54 ian 233: </td>
234: </tr><tr>
235: <td>
1.90 ! nick 236: Fujitsu Siemens Amilo D 7820
! 237: </td><td>
! 238: APM is not working with 3.6<br>
! 239: (Boot with boot -c and then disable apm)<p>
! 240: Sound works fine.<br>
! 241: Everything else on the machine works.<p>
! 242: For OpenBSD 3.6, you can download
! 243: <a href="http://softbandit.com/~pw/users/salex/dmesg">dmesg</a>
! 244: and
! 245: <a href="http://softbandit.com/~pw/users/salex/XF86Config">XF86Config</a>.<p>
! 246: Contact <a href="mailto:salex@hackerhippie.de">Alexander Schmid</a>.
! 247: </td>
! 248: </tr><tr>
! 249: <td>
1.54 ian 250: Fujitsu Stylistic 500
251: </td><td>
252: APM works.<p>
1.53 ian 253:
1.54 ian 254: Serial port doesn't work.<p>
1.53 ian 255:
1.54 ian 256: Some tweaks needed for small memory kernel (4Mb).<p>
1.53 ian 257:
1.54 ian 258: X 'works' (thrashes like crazy). <p>
1.53 ian 259:
1.78 jufi 260: Contact <a href="mailto:d@openbsd.org">David Leonard</a>.
1.54 ian 261: </td>
1.53 ian 262: </tr>
263: <tr>
1.1 deraadt 264: <td>
265: IBM Thinkpad 701C
266: </td><td>
267: All features including hibernation and APM work.<p>
268:
1.78 jufi 269: Contact <a href="mailto:todd@openbsd.org">Todd Fries</a>.
1.1 deraadt 270: </td>
271: </tr><tr>
272: <td>
273: IBM Thinkpad 770Z
274: </td><td>
1.39 angelos 275: <p>As of OpenBSD 2.8, almost everything works fine.</p>
1.1 deraadt 276:
1.39 angelos 277: <p>This laptop does not really have a BIOS; most of the device
1.48 jufi 278: settings, like IRQ assignments etc. have to be done through
1.39 angelos 279: Windows.</p>
280:
281: <p>You can get the serial and infrared ports to be recognized
282: as com* devices by playing with the IRQ assignments in
283: Windows. Likewise for the parallel port (it's lpt2).</p>
284:
285: <p>You will need this line in your kernel configuration file for
286: APM to work at all:</p>
287:
288: <pre>
289: option APM_DISABLE_INTERRUPTS=0
290: </pre>
291:
292: <p>Hibernation (save to disk) works fine as long as you have a
293: Windows partition with enough disk space (a bit more than the
294: system memory). Suspend/resume/powerdown all work fine;
1.64 jufi 295: however, doing hibernation while in X Window System (tested in
1.39 angelos 296: XFree86 3.3.6) causes framebuffer corruption and it seems that
297: the only way to recover is to exit and restart the X server;
298: switching virtual terminals doesn't fix it. It has been
299: suggested that switching between different resolutions might
300: fix it. XFree86 4.0 fixes that problem, but last I checked did
301: not have accelerated support for the driver. The best
302: work-around is to switch to text mode before hibernating.</p>
303:
304: <p>If you enable the external monitor (Fn+F7), XFree86 3.3.6
305: goes into some weird rainbow pattern and eventually freezes
306: the system (unless you switch to text mode or otherwise kill
307: the server within a few seconds); if you switch to text mode,
308: you have to kill the X server (switching back to graphics mode
309: will cause a crash). Enabling the external monitor while in
310: video mode causes no side effects; you can then start X or
311: switch to it if it's already running.</p>
312:
1.78 jufi 313: <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 314: disabling it. It doesn't really matter though since the
1.78 jufi 315: 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
1.50 horacio 316: to get that to work.</p>
1.1 deraadt 317:
1.34 nate 318: An XF86Config file can be found
319: <a href="xf86configs/thinkpad770z">here</a>.<p>
1.12 chris 320:
1.78 jufi 321: Contact <a href="mailto:angelos@openbsd.org">Angelos Keromytis</a>.
1.1 deraadt 322: </td>
323: </tr><tr>
324: <td>
1.43 angelos 325: IBM Thinkpad A21p
326: </td><td>
327: See the entry for the T21. Everything is the same except for
328: the video card, which is an ATI Rage 128 Mobility LF. OpenBSD
329: 2.8 post mid-December with XFree86 4.0.2 works great at
330: 1600x1200 24bpp. You need to:
331: <pre>
332: sysctl -w machdep.allowaperture=2
333: </pre>
334: and enter the correct frequency ranges in the Monitor section
335: of XF86Config. Here's a sample working
336: <a href="xf86configs/thinkpada21p">XF86Config.</a>
337: </td>
338: </tr><tr>
339: <td>
1.76 espie 340: IBM Thinkpad A30p
341: </td><td>
342: <p>On my model, most things work fine with OpenBSD 3.1 and later. </p>
343: <p>Beware that IBM does ship variations of the basic model, though.</p>
344: <p>The usual setup as other Thinkpad models is required if one wishes
345: to keep Windows around. As usual, multibooting Windows NT works. I
346: have kept the restore partition around for now, and I recommend
347: burning the recovery partition to CD, as a backup. </p>
348: <p>The video card (ATI Radeon Mobility) needs to be told explicitly
349: to run in 1600x1200 (which is just a two line addition to XF86Config).
350: Sometimes, X doesn't start correctly, and needs to be killed and
351: restarted.
352: The XVideo extension works, so DVDs can be run full-screen with ogle.
353: In -current, mplayer can display most other kinds of video as well.</p>
354: <p>Sound works. The integrated Ethernet card works.
355: The integrated Prism WiFi works. Suspend works.
356: The special keys (sound volume, light intensity...) are handled
357: by the hardware and work under OpenBSD as well.
358: The CD Burner works.</p>
359: <p>IDE dma is not recognized in 3.1, as the chipset is a new revision
360: of the Intel 82801. This was fixed right after I got the laptop.
361: I haven't even tried to get the modem or the infrared working.</p>
362: Contact <a href="mailto:espie@openbsd.org">Marc Espie</a>.
363: </td>
364: </tr><tr>
365: <td>
1.87 robert 366: Toshiba Satellite 2410S
367: </td><td>
368: <p>
369: All stuff tested are working fine (Graphics, Sound, PCMCIA, APM,
370: ethernet).
371: <p>
372: Infrared and 56K modem are untested.
373: <p>
374: There's a bug with certain toshiba laptops and XFree/X.org. Ratio is
375: too quick, and some chars are repeated. To avoid that, disable
376: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-
377: bin/man.cgi?query=X&apropos=0&sektion=0&manpath=OpenBSD+Current&arch-=i386&format=html">X</a>'s
378: kbd handling, and load a modmap with xmodmap. A sample Xorg config
1.88 robert 379: file can be found
1.87 robert 380: <a
381: href="http://www.atlantilde.com/repository/config/xorg.conf">here</a>.
382: <p>
383: Contact <a href="mailto:aanriot@atlantilde.com">Alexandre Anriot</a>.
384: </td>
385: </tr><tr>
386: <td>
1.39 angelos 387: IBM Thinkpad T21
388: </td><td>
389: <p>As of OpenBSD 2.8, everything works fine.</p>
390:
391: <p>Here is the fdisk output; the easiest way of getting there is
392: to resize the Windows partition (I use PartitionMagic) and move
393: it to the end of the disk, then create an OpenBSD partition
394: (and ignore the partition resizing fdisk does -- just go ahead
395: and create all the filesystems you need with disklabel).</p>
396:
397: <pre>
398: Starting Ending
399: #: id cyl hd sec - cyl hd sec [ start - size]
400: -------------------------------------------------------------------------
1.50 horacio 401: 0: 1C 1023 1 1 - 1023 239 63 [ 42003423 - 20502657] <Unknown ID>
1.39 angelos 402: *1: A6 0 1 1 - 1021 239 63 [ 63 - 15452577] OpenBSD
403: 2: 00 0 0 1 - 0 0 0 [ 0 - 0] unused
404: 3: 00 0 0 1 - 0 0 0 [ 0 - 0] unused
405: </pre>
406:
407: <p>To get it to see the serial and infrared ports (both as com*
408: devices), you need to play with the IRQ assignments in the
409: BIOS; just set them to the default values as found in the
410: GENERIC config file. Likewise for the parallel port (OpenBSD
411: can see lpt2). You may have to play with the Windows
412: assignments for this as well.</p>
413:
1.44 angelos 414: <p>There's at least two miniPCI cards available at this point:
415: one is an (unsupported) WinModem, and the other is a combo
416: ethernet/modem card. The ethernet works just fine (detected
417: as an fxp/inphy card); the modem looks like it's a real one,
418: but it's not yet supported.</p>
1.39 angelos 419:
420: <p>Sound (CS4614) works fine. To avoid system freeze when using
1.84 mickey 421: CardBus and audio simultaneously, you *may* need to set at least
1.44 angelos 422: two IRQs for use by PCI devices, in the BIOS; I use 9 and 11. It
423: is also necessary to turn off PCI Power Management in the BIOS
424: Power configuration (that's the only menu that scrolls, so make
425: sure you go to the bottom of the page :-)</p>
1.39 angelos 426:
1.41 angelos 427: <p>APM works except for hibernation (requires OS support). To
428: get "halt -p" to work, you must set the sysctl variable
429: machdep.apmhalt to 1 (you need OpenBSD 2.8-current with
430: sources from mid-January, or later). You will need this line
431: in your kernel configuration file for APM to work at all:</p>
1.39 angelos 432:
433: <pre>
434: option APM_DISABLE_INTERRUPTS=0
435: </pre>
436:
437: <p>Although the video card is supposed to work with XFree86
438: 3.3.6pl8, I've only managed to get it to work with XFree86
439: 4.0.1 with the patches found <a
440: href="http://www.probo.com/timr/savagemx.html">here</a> (you
441: can also find binaries of the driver for OpenBSD 2.8 at the
1.40 angelos 442: same location). You need to have a kernel with "option
1.39 angelos 443: INSECURE" and set the securelevel to -1 in /etc/rc.securelevel
444: (so the X server can open /dev/mem and mmap() the BIOS). In
1.46 angelos 445: this configuration, it can do 1400x1050 at 16bpp (version 1.1.13
446: of the savage driver works fine at 24bpp as well).</p>
1.39 angelos 447:
1.41 angelos 448: <p><b>UPDATE:</b> The above-mentioned patches have been
449: included in XFree86 4.0.2, and work out of the box. You don'
450: need a kernel with the option INSECURE set, just set the
1.40 angelos 451: machdep.allowaperture sysctl variable to 2, typically in
452: /etc/sysctl.conf, if you have an OpenBSD 2.8 (or later) built
453: from sources updated after December 15th 2000.</p>
454:
1.39 angelos 455: <p>Note that some models only do 1024x768. Those that do
456: 1400x1050, can also do 1600x1200 using a virtual screen
457: (wherein the whole display shifts as you go "off-screen"); I
458: have not tested whether that works (it does in Windows).</p>
459:
460: <p>If you close the lid of the laptop, the system suspends;
461: under XFree86 4.0, resuming works fine with respect to the
462: display (XFree86 3.3.6 might not be able to cope with this --
463: it couldn't on the ThinkPad 770Z).</p>
464:
1.49 angelos 465: <p>An XF86Config file for XFree86 4.0 can be found <a
1.39 angelos 466: href="xf86configs/thinkpadt21">here</a>.</p>
467:
1.49 angelos 468: <p><b>UPDATE</b> Apparently, recent T21s have the ATI Rage
469: 3D Rage Mobility instead.
470: <a href="xf86configs/thinkpadt21-2">Here's</a> an XF86Config
471: for XFree86 4.0 for this configuration.</p>
472:
1.40 angelos 473: <p>One annoying thing is when you take out one of the UltraBay
474: 2000 devices; the system starts beeping. The only way to make it
475: stop is to suspend and then plug in a device in the UltraBay (not
476: necessarily the same one). Note that hot-swap of UltraBay 2000
477: devices is not currently supported in OpenBSD (as of 2.8), thus
478: it's only safe to hot-swap batteries.</p>
479:
1.78 jufi 480: <p>Contact <a href="mailto:angelos@openbsd.org">Angelos Keromytis</a>.</p>
1.39 angelos 481: </td>
482: </tr><tr>
483: <td>
1.1 deraadt 484: IBM Thinkpad 760
485: </td><td>
486: As of OpenBSD 2.6, XFree86 and APM do not work.<p>
487:
488: Newer versions of XFree86 support X, and patches are available.<p>
489:
490: MWave modem/sound does not work.<p>
491:
492: APM has been fixed post-2.6 as well, and patches are forthcoming.<p>
493:
1.78 jufi 494: Contact <a href="mailto:todd@openbsd.org">Todd Fries</a>.
1.1 deraadt 495: </td>
496: </tr><tr>
497: <td>
1.27 marc 498: IBM Thinkpad T20
499: </td><td>
1.82 marc 500: <p>See <a href="http://www.snafu.org/t20/">http://www.snafu.org/t20/</a>
501: for out-of-date info on this laptop.</p>
1.28 marc 502:
1.82 marc 503: <p>Contact <a href="mailto:marc@snafu.org">Marco S Hyman</a>.</p>
1.27 marc 504: </td>
1.72 marc 505: </tr><tr>
506: <td>
507: IBM Thinkpad T23
508: </td><td>
1.82 marc 509: <p>Problem with some boot floppies: must boot with -c and disable ahc
1.81 marc 510: or the machine hangs booting. This has not been a problem with
1.82 marc 511: bootable CDs or the GENERIC kernel.</p>
1.72 marc 512:
1.82 marc 513: <p>Apm mostly works -- suspends OK, doesn't hibernate (needs OS
1.72 marc 514: support). Attempts to hibernate results in nothing more than a
1.73 marc 515: keyboard beep. The audio chipset is supported (auich). Note:
516: there are 16 different mutes and most of them are set by default.
517: Best feature: built in 802.11b and fxp ethernet. Wireless
1.72 marc 518: uses PRISM 2.5 ISL3874A(PCI), Firmware 1.0.7 (primary), 1.3.6
1.82 marc 519: (station).</p>
1.72 marc 520:
1.82 marc 521: <p>X works (XF4). XF4 config file for OpenBSD can be found
1.81 marc 522: <a href="xf86configs/thinkpadt23">here</a>.</p>
1.72 marc 523:
1.82 marc 524: <p>See <a href="http://www.snafu.org/t23/">http://www.snafu.org/t23/</a>
525: for more info.</p>
1.72 marc 526:
1.82 marc 527: <p>Contact <a href="mailto:marc@snafu.org">Marco S Hyman</a>.</p>
1.72 marc 528: </td>
1.54 ian 529: </tr>
530: <tr>
531: <td>
532: NEC Versa 2000
533: </td><td>
534: APM works fully.<p>
535:
536: Everything on the machine works.<p>
537:
1.78 jufi 538: Contact <a href="mailto:mickey@openbsd.org">Michael Shalayeff</a>.
1.54 ian 539: </td>
540: </tr>
541: <tr>
542: <td>
543: Siemens SCENIC Mobile 360
544: </td><td>
545: APM works fully.<p>
546:
547: Sound works, using OSS.<p>
548:
1.78 jufi 549: Contact <a href="mailto:b1000@softhome.net">Dan Carlsson</a>.
1.54 ian 550: </td>
551: </tr>
552: <tr>
553: <td>
554: Sony VAIO F430
555: </td><td>
1.80 david 556: As of OpenBSD 2.6-Current (Feb 17/00)<p>
1.54 ian 557:
558: APM: "<strong>zzz</strong>" suspend works, as does the keyboard
559: suspend. "<strong>halt -p</strong>" and "<strong>apm -S</strong>"
560: don't. (but I've yet to look for phdisk utilities below - will be
1.80 david 561: investigating shortly.) <p>
1.54 ian 562:
563: DVD drive, floppy all function. Ethernet works after wakeup with
1.80 david 564: the card I'm using (3Com 3c589). <p>
1.54 ian 565:
1.78 jufi 566: Contact <a href="mailto:beck@openbsd.org">Bob Beck</a>.
1.54 ian 567: </td>
568: </tr>
569: <tr>
570: <td>
571: Sony VAIO z505r
572: </td><td>
573: APM support: "<strong>zzz</strong>", suspend via keyboard, hibernation
574: via keyboard, and "<strong>halt -p</strong>" all work.
575: "<strong>apm -S</strong>" wakes up immediately.<p>
576:
577: Hibernation uses a block at the end of the disk, approximately
578: 3-5MB larger than the memory in your machine. To repair hibernation,
579: use "<strong>phdisk.exe /create /partition</strong>" to setup the
580: partition. The phdisk program is available on the boot
581: floppy image provided on the first recovery CD.<p>
582:
583: Built-in ethernet works fine, but occasionally requires reset
584: after suspend using
585: "<strong>ifconfig fxp0 down; ifconfig fxp0 up</strong>".<p>
586:
587: After a suspend, the profiling clock is not running. Patches are
588: being worked on.<p>
589:
590: Sound is supported using the <a
1.78 jufi 591: href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=neo&sektion=4">
1.54 ian 592: neo(4)</a> device driver. Sometimes upon boot, a hang happens
593: when trying to determine the AC97 mixer type.<p>
594:
595: When the memory stick slot is empty, it can cause errors which overflow
596: the dmesg buffer, and thus confuse the OpenBSD install program.
597: The BIOS Setup, (accessed using F2), has an option to disable the
598: memory stick.<p>
599:
600: An XF86Config file suitable for use with XFree86 3.3.X may be
601: found <a href="xf86configs/vaioz505r">here</a>.
602: <p>
603:
1.78 jufi 604: Contact <a href="mailto:deraadt@openbsd.org">Theo de Raadt</a>.
1.54 ian 605: </td>
606: </tr>
607: <tr>
1.89 nick 608: <td>
609: Sony Vaio z505n:
610: </td>
611: <td>
612: <p>
613: OpenBSD 3.6-current (as of August 2004) runs.
614: Installation is cumbersome, though.
615: The Sony CD drive does not boot the snapshot CD.
616: <p/>
617: <p>
618: Installation by USB floppy:
619: The floppy36.fs of the snapshot (august 2004)
620: can be brought to boot if one disables the
621: following (boot -c, wait for the UKC> prompt):
622: <pre>
623:
624: disable pcibios
625: disable fxp
626: disable pcic
627:
628: </pre>
629: After this there is no USB, no PCMCIA, no Cardbus
630: and no network. This means that the laptop has
631: no input/output! So you have to put the install sets
632: on a partition from some other OS or earlier installations
633: of OpenBSD. The install script can mount ffs and msdos
634: partitions. The kernel as supplied with the snapshot
635: boots alright and recognizes all the relevant hardware
636: (no softmodem, no firewire, no memorystick, no JogDial).
637: Sound (yds) works. The XFConfig from the OpenBSD install
638: works without modification. </p>
639: <p>
640: Contact <a href="mailto:vaio@weggla.franken.de">Matthias Bauer</a>.
641: </p>
642: </td>
643: </tr>
644:
645: <tr>
1.54 ian 646: <td>
647: Sony VAIO z505s
648: </td><td>
649: Similar to the VAIO z505r, except that the provided USB floppy has
650: some problems.<p>
1.78 jufi 651: Contact <a href="mailto:provos@openbsd.org">Niels Provos</a>.
1.54 ian 652: </td>
1.27 marc 653: </tr><tr>
654: <td>
1.54 ian 655: Sony VAIO 747</td>
1.78 jufi 656: <td>
1.54 ian 657: Ever since OpenBSD 2.6, XFree86 and APM do work.<p>
658:
1.58 jsyn 659: Ships with a PCMCIA modem card (COM One MCC220 Platinum Card), which works.<p>
1.54 ian 660:
661: Sound works (8 bit only).<p>
662:
663: APM behaviour similar to the VAIO z505r,
664: except that hibernation has not been tested.<p>
665:
666: USB does not work.<p>
667:
668: An XF86Config file can be found
669: <a href="xf86configs/vaio747">here</a>.<p>
670:
1.78 jufi 671: Contact <a href="mailto:markus@openbsd.org">Markus Friedl</a>.
1.54 ian 672: </td>
673: </tr>
674: <tr>
675: <td>
676: Sony VAIO PCG 505-FX
677: </td><td>
678: Unknown.
679: </td>
680: </tr>
681: <tr>
1.89 nick 682: <td>
683: Sony VAIO PCG C1XD
684: </td><td>
685: OpenBSD 3.6 works, but there are some minor issues:
686: <ul>
687: <li>USB and built-in sound (Yamaha) work just fine.
688: <li>Firewire works with the experimental kernel support
689: <li>My 3com Megahertz Cardbus LAN Card works ok.
690: <li>Here are my <a href="http://pestilenz.org/~grunk/openbsd/vario/dmesg">dmesg</a> with -current and my <a href="http://pestilenz.org/~grunk/openbsd/vario/XF86Config">XF86Config</a>.
691: <li>Jog Dial and the mini camera were useless to me, so I never
692: tested them.
693: <li>While the GENERIC Kernel works fine, the installation ramdisk
694: kernel hangs on booting since OpenBSD 3.3 or so. Disabling the
695: cardslot and PCMCIA subsystem in UKC before booting makes the ramdisk
696: come up, too. But then you have to install from images you left on
697: the hard disk before (e. g. in a discardable filesystem in the
698: partition you want to use for swapping later), because you can't
699: access LAN or WLAN without the cardslot.
700: <li>Removing cards from the PCMCIA/Cardbus slot on a running
701: system may cause system freeze or instant reboot sometimes.
702: <li>My D-Link DWL-650 (PrismII) works for some time, but then
703: locks up and has to be reinserted to work again. This, however,
704: causes the problems mentioned above.
705: <li>APM works partly: "<b>halt -p</b>" switches off the machine, but
706: sometimes, you can't wake up from "<b>zzz</b>".
707: </ul>
708: Contact <a href="mailto:grunk@pestilenz.org">Alexander von Gernler</a>.
709: </td>
710: <tr>
711: </tr>
712: <tr>
1.54 ian 713: <td>Sony VAIO PCG XG700K</td>
714: <td>
1.57 ian 715: <p>OpenBSD 2.9 works but had some problems with disklabel/fdisk,
716: similar to those reported for Thinkpad T21.
717: <p>Requires sysctl machdep.apmhalt=1 in order to power off.
1.54 ian 718:
719: <p>apm -z only puts the system into light sleep
720: (this may be fixable with phdisk); apm -s does nothing.
721:
722: <p>XFree86 4.0 using the S3 savage driver works fine at 1024x768.
723: 1200x1024 should be possible but I haven't tried it.
724: My XF86Config for XFree86 4.0 may be found
725: <a href="xf86configs/vaioxg700k">here</a>.
726:
1.56 ian 727: <p>Sound and USB work nicely.
1.54 ian 728:
729: <p>All three cardbus slots are configured when docked (two when undocked).
730: Sometimes locks up when removing my cheap NE card.
731:
732: <p>The internal WinModem is not supported, nor is there yet
733: any support for Firewire or the "Jog Dialer".
734:
735: <p>Contact Ian Darwin.
736: </td>
737: </tr>
738: <tr>
1.79 millert 739: <td>Sony VAIO PCG-SRX77</td>
740: <td>
741: <p>OpenBSD 3.3 works but there are some quirks.
742: <ul>
743: <li>XFree86 works, I use the following
744: <a href="xf86configs/sonysrx77">XF86Config</a>.
745: <li>Audio works, using the
746: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=auich&sektion=4%2fi386&apropos=0&manpath=OpenBSD+Current&arch=i386">auich(4)</a>
747: driver.
748: <li>The built-in ethernet works, using the
749: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=fxp&sektion=4%2fi386&apropos=0&manpath=OpenBSD+Current&arch=i386">fxp(4)</a>
750: driver.
751: <li>The cardbus and built-in wireless do <strong>not</strong> work
752: without an <a href="ftp://ftp.courtesan.com/pub/millert/OpenBSD/srx77/cardbus.diff">awful hack</a>.
753: <li>USB and the memory stick port work.
754: <li>Firewire is currently untested.
755: <li>The jog dial is not currently supported.
756: <li>The built-in software modem does not work.
757: <li>APM does not work; the laptop goes to sleep but does not wake up.
758: <li>"halt -p" does halt the machine.
759: </ul>
760:
761: Contact <a href="mailto:millert@openbsd.org">Todd Miller</a>.
762: </td>
763: </tr>
764: <tr>
1.54 ian 765: <td>
1.11 millert 766: Toshiba Libretto 50CT
767: </td><td>
768: APM works but you need to be careful not to use the last
769: 32meg or so of the disk since that's where the BIOS dumps
770: the long time hibernation image. You can take a look at
771: the bios geometry in disklabel to see exactly how many sectors
772: it wants. Failure to do so will cause filesystem corruption
773: during suspend.
774: <p>
1.50 horacio 775: The libretto uses a single IRQ for both
1.78 jufi 776: <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>
777: 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>
1.50 horacio 778: so the best thing to do is to choose one and disable the other
779: in the kernel.
1.11 millert 780: The pcmcia external floppy drive is not currently supported
781: by OpenBSD, but it can be used during the install.
782: <p>
783: Installation can be a bit tricky with only a single pcmcia
784: slot. The best way to do this is to do a network install.
785: To do this, load the boot floppy and at the boot prompt,
786: enter <em>boot -c</em>. When you see the <em>UKC</em>
787: prompt, unplug the floppy drive, plug in your network card,
788: and then type exit. The kernel will then probe the network
789: card and you should be able to do a normal network install.
790: You may find it necessary to disable the sound devices in
791: the BIOS in order for the boot floppy to correctly detect
792: your network card.
793: <p>
1.62 millert 794: There are sample XF86Config files for both
795: <a href="xf86configs/libretto50ct">XFree86 4.X</a> and
796: <a href="xf86configs/libretto50ct-xf3">XFree86 3.3.X</a>.
1.18 millert 797: <p>
1.65 millert 798: Note that the chips driver was broken in XFree86 4.1 (it
799: is fixed in XFree86 4.2) and hence the XFree86 that ships
800: with OpenBSD 3.0 does not work on the libretto. I have
1.66 jufi 801: compiled the old XFree86 4.01 chips driver (which does work)
1.65 millert 802: for XFree86 4.1. Just grab <a
803: href="ftp://ftp.courtesan.com/pub/todd/OpenBSD/chips_drv.o">
804: chips_drv.o</a> and copy it to
805: <pre>
806: /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/drivers/chips_drv.o
807: </pre>
808: That will make XFree86 4.1 work on the 50CT and 70CT.
809: <p>
1.78 jufi 810: Contact <a href="mailto:millert@openbsd.org">Todd Miller</a>.
1.11 millert 811: </td>
812: </tr><tr>
813: <td>
1.20 millert 814: Toshiba Libretto 100CT
815: </td><td>
816: Most of the information listed in the Libretto 50CT entry
817: apply to the 100CT as well.
818: <p>
1.62 millert 819: X11 works in 800x400 mode. There are sample XF86Config files for both
820: <a href="xf86configs/libretto100ct">XFree86 4.X</a> and
821: <a href="xf86configs/libretto100ct-xf3">XFree86 3.3.X</a>.
1.20 millert 822: <p>
1.78 jufi 823: Contact <a href="mailto:millert@openbsd.org">Todd Miller</a>.
1.20 millert 824: </td>
825: </tr><tr>
826: <td>
1.68 millert 827: Toshiba Portege 2000
828: </td><td>
829: Builtin wavelan and 10/100 ethernet (fxp) work.<p>
830: Audio is not supported.<p>
1.71 millert 831: APM works ("<strong>zzz</strong>"), as does "<strong>halt -p</strong>".
832: However, battery life is reported incorrectly--it always reports
833: that the laptop is connected to A/C power.<p>
1.68 millert 834: USB attaches but is currently untested.<p>
1.70 millert 835: The bundled pcmcia CD-ROM does not currently work.<p>
1.71 millert 836: XFree86 4.2 and higher works. There is a sample
1.68 millert 837: <a href="xf86configs/portege2000">XF86Config</a> file.
838: However, the keyboard repeat rate is a little too fast.
839: </td>
840: </tr><tr>
841: <td>
1.1 deraadt 842: Toshiba Portege 660CDT
843: </td><td>
844: APM is completely broken.<p>
845:
1.78 jufi 846: 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>
847: 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 848: hardware can cause some grief. Newer versions of the flash
849: BIOS are worse, since they are less flexible about what interrupts
850: they allow.<p>
851:
1.78 jufi 852: Contact <a href="mailto:deraadt@openbsd.org">Theo de Raadt</a>.
1.1 deraadt 853: </td>
1.77 espie 854: </tr><tr>
855: <td>
856: Toshiba Satellite 320CDS
857: </td><td>
858: <p>
859: Trusty old model. Keep windows around, in at least a minimal
860: incarnation, as the BIOS setup is done in software, through a
861: <code>TSETUP</code> program.</p>
862: <p>X works fine in 800x600, 16 bits.</p>
863: <p>The sound chip can be handled as a windows sound system clone (wss).
864: This entails disabling the soundblaster clone recognition.
865: The BIOS setup must also be set to separate channels for playing
866: and recording. I haven't tried recording.</p>
867: <p>
868: PCMCIA cards work. Cardbus models work as well, provided the BIOS
869: is set to cardbus mode, and not auto-detection.
870: </p>
871: Contact <a href="mailto:espie@openbsd.org">Marc Espie</a>.
872: </td>
1.54 ian 873: </tr>
874: <tr>
1.6 ericj 875: <td>
876: Toshiba Tecra 500CS
877: </td><td>
1.7 brad 878: APM is broken, However it <b>halt -p</b> does work.<p>
1.6 ericj 879:
1.7 brad 880: Sound works by default with the GENERIC kernel, but with the speakers
881: is not really worth it. X runs nicely as well.<p>
1.6 ericj 882:
1.78 jufi 883: Contact <a href="mailto:ericj@monkey.org">Eric Jackson</a>.
1.6 ericj 884: </td>
1.7 brad 885: </tr><tr>
886: <td>
887: Toshiba Tecra 500CDT
888: </td><td>
1.14 d 889: APM is completely broken (and can trash your disk).<p>
890:
891: XFree86 works (800x600 16bpp).<p>
1.7 brad 892:
1.14 d 893: Sound works (21739 Hz, half duplex stereo).<p>
1.7 brad 894:
1.14 d 895: <!-- Serial IR is said to work, needs verification. -->
1.7 brad 896:
1.78 jufi 897: Contact <a href="mailto:d@openbsd.org">David Leonard</a>.
1.7 brad 898: </td>
1.10 aaron 899: </tr><tr>
900: <td>
901: Toshiba Tecra 550CDT
902: </td><td>
903: APM deep sleep (<b>zzz</b>) works, but <b>-S</b> wakes up immediately.<p>
904:
905: XFree86 works beautifully.<p>
906:
907: Sound works, after some IRQ tinkering in the BIOS.<p>
908:
1.50 horacio 909: USB works; at least, I plugged a digital camera in, and the
1.78 jufi 910: <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 911:
1.16 aaron 912: 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 913:
914: The pcic is broken in this machine, so I cannot accurately comment on PCMCIA attach/detach.<p>
915:
1.78 jufi 916: Contact <a href="mailto:aaron@openbsd.org">Aaron Campbell</a>.
1.10 aaron 917: </td>
1.54 ian 918: </tr>
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