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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>
1.39 angelos 366: IBM Thinkpad T21
367: </td><td>
368: <p>As of OpenBSD 2.8, everything works fine.</p>
369:
370: <p>Here is the fdisk output; the easiest way of getting there is
371: to resize the Windows partition (I use PartitionMagic) and move
372: it to the end of the disk, then create an OpenBSD partition
373: (and ignore the partition resizing fdisk does -- just go ahead
374: and create all the filesystems you need with disklabel).</p>
375:
376: <pre>
377: Starting Ending
378: #: id cyl hd sec - cyl hd sec [ start - size]
379: -------------------------------------------------------------------------
1.50 horacio 380: 0: 1C 1023 1 1 - 1023 239 63 [ 42003423 - 20502657] <Unknown ID>
1.39 angelos 381: *1: A6 0 1 1 - 1021 239 63 [ 63 - 15452577] OpenBSD
382: 2: 00 0 0 1 - 0 0 0 [ 0 - 0] unused
383: 3: 00 0 0 1 - 0 0 0 [ 0 - 0] unused
384: </pre>
385:
386: <p>To get it to see the serial and infrared ports (both as com*
387: devices), you need to play with the IRQ assignments in the
388: BIOS; just set them to the default values as found in the
389: GENERIC config file. Likewise for the parallel port (OpenBSD
390: can see lpt2). You may have to play with the Windows
391: assignments for this as well.</p>
392:
1.44 angelos 393: <p>There's at least two miniPCI cards available at this point:
394: one is an (unsupported) WinModem, and the other is a combo
395: ethernet/modem card. The ethernet works just fine (detected
396: as an fxp/inphy card); the modem looks like it's a real one,
397: but it's not yet supported.</p>
1.39 angelos 398:
399: <p>Sound (CS4614) works fine. To avoid system freeze when using
1.84 mickey 400: CardBus and audio simultaneously, you *may* need to set at least
1.44 angelos 401: two IRQs for use by PCI devices, in the BIOS; I use 9 and 11. It
402: is also necessary to turn off PCI Power Management in the BIOS
403: Power configuration (that's the only menu that scrolls, so make
404: sure you go to the bottom of the page :-)</p>
1.39 angelos 405:
1.41 angelos 406: <p>APM works except for hibernation (requires OS support). To
407: get "halt -p" to work, you must set the sysctl variable
408: machdep.apmhalt to 1 (you need OpenBSD 2.8-current with
409: sources from mid-January, or later). You will need this line
410: in your kernel configuration file for APM to work at all:</p>
1.39 angelos 411:
412: <pre>
413: option APM_DISABLE_INTERRUPTS=0
414: </pre>
415:
416: <p>Although the video card is supposed to work with XFree86
417: 3.3.6pl8, I've only managed to get it to work with XFree86
418: 4.0.1 with the patches found <a
419: href="http://www.probo.com/timr/savagemx.html">here</a> (you
420: can also find binaries of the driver for OpenBSD 2.8 at the
1.40 angelos 421: same location). You need to have a kernel with "option
1.39 angelos 422: INSECURE" and set the securelevel to -1 in /etc/rc.securelevel
423: (so the X server can open /dev/mem and mmap() the BIOS). In
1.46 angelos 424: this configuration, it can do 1400x1050 at 16bpp (version 1.1.13
425: of the savage driver works fine at 24bpp as well).</p>
1.39 angelos 426:
1.41 angelos 427: <p><b>UPDATE:</b> The above-mentioned patches have been
428: included in XFree86 4.0.2, and work out of the box. You don'
429: need a kernel with the option INSECURE set, just set the
1.40 angelos 430: machdep.allowaperture sysctl variable to 2, typically in
431: /etc/sysctl.conf, if you have an OpenBSD 2.8 (or later) built
432: from sources updated after December 15th 2000.</p>
433:
1.39 angelos 434: <p>Note that some models only do 1024x768. Those that do
435: 1400x1050, can also do 1600x1200 using a virtual screen
436: (wherein the whole display shifts as you go "off-screen"); I
437: have not tested whether that works (it does in Windows).</p>
438:
439: <p>If you close the lid of the laptop, the system suspends;
440: under XFree86 4.0, resuming works fine with respect to the
441: display (XFree86 3.3.6 might not be able to cope with this --
442: it couldn't on the ThinkPad 770Z).</p>
443:
1.49 angelos 444: <p>An XF86Config file for XFree86 4.0 can be found <a
1.39 angelos 445: href="xf86configs/thinkpadt21">here</a>.</p>
446:
1.49 angelos 447: <p><b>UPDATE</b> Apparently, recent T21s have the ATI Rage
448: 3D Rage Mobility instead.
449: <a href="xf86configs/thinkpadt21-2">Here's</a> an XF86Config
450: for XFree86 4.0 for this configuration.</p>
451:
1.40 angelos 452: <p>One annoying thing is when you take out one of the UltraBay
453: 2000 devices; the system starts beeping. The only way to make it
454: stop is to suspend and then plug in a device in the UltraBay (not
455: necessarily the same one). Note that hot-swap of UltraBay 2000
456: devices is not currently supported in OpenBSD (as of 2.8), thus
457: it's only safe to hot-swap batteries.</p>
458:
1.78 jufi 459: <p>Contact <a href="mailto:angelos@openbsd.org">Angelos Keromytis</a>.</p>
1.39 angelos 460: </td>
461: </tr><tr>
462: <td>
1.1 deraadt 463: IBM Thinkpad 760
464: </td><td>
465: As of OpenBSD 2.6, XFree86 and APM do not work.<p>
466:
467: Newer versions of XFree86 support X, and patches are available.<p>
468:
469: MWave modem/sound does not work.<p>
470:
471: APM has been fixed post-2.6 as well, and patches are forthcoming.<p>
472:
1.78 jufi 473: Contact <a href="mailto:todd@openbsd.org">Todd Fries</a>.
1.1 deraadt 474: </td>
475: </tr><tr>
476: <td>
1.27 marc 477: IBM Thinkpad T20
478: </td><td>
1.82 marc 479: <p>See <a href="http://www.snafu.org/t20/">http://www.snafu.org/t20/</a>
480: for out-of-date info on this laptop.</p>
1.28 marc 481:
1.82 marc 482: <p>Contact <a href="mailto:marc@snafu.org">Marco S Hyman</a>.</p>
1.27 marc 483: </td>
1.72 marc 484: </tr><tr>
485: <td>
486: IBM Thinkpad T23
487: </td><td>
1.82 marc 488: <p>Problem with some boot floppies: must boot with -c and disable ahc
1.81 marc 489: or the machine hangs booting. This has not been a problem with
1.82 marc 490: bootable CDs or the GENERIC kernel.</p>
1.72 marc 491:
1.82 marc 492: <p>Apm mostly works -- suspends OK, doesn't hibernate (needs OS
1.72 marc 493: support). Attempts to hibernate results in nothing more than a
1.73 marc 494: keyboard beep. The audio chipset is supported (auich). Note:
495: there are 16 different mutes and most of them are set by default.
496: Best feature: built in 802.11b and fxp ethernet. Wireless
1.72 marc 497: uses PRISM 2.5 ISL3874A(PCI), Firmware 1.0.7 (primary), 1.3.6
1.82 marc 498: (station).</p>
1.72 marc 499:
1.82 marc 500: <p>X works (XF4). XF4 config file for OpenBSD can be found
1.81 marc 501: <a href="xf86configs/thinkpadt23">here</a>.</p>
1.72 marc 502:
1.82 marc 503: <p>See <a href="http://www.snafu.org/t23/">http://www.snafu.org/t23/</a>
504: for more info.</p>
1.72 marc 505:
1.82 marc 506: <p>Contact <a href="mailto:marc@snafu.org">Marco S Hyman</a>.</p>
1.72 marc 507: </td>
1.54 ian 508: </tr>
509: <tr>
510: <td>
1.91 ! nick 511: JVC MP-XP 7250DE
! 512: </td><td>
! 513: <p>Everything works fine except APM and the built-in
! 514: SD card reader.</p>
! 515:
! 516: <p>Since OpenBSD 3.4 the boot loader does not boot correctly from
! 517: USB CDROM on this machine -- workaround: take 3.3 and upgrade or
! 518: boot via network or PCMCIA floppy.</p>
! 519:
! 520: <p>The audio chipset is supported. Wireless 802.11b PRISM 2.5 (USB)
! 521: is supported, too.</p>
! 522:
! 523: <p>X (XF4) works fine. More infos (dmesg and XF86Config)
! 524: can be found
! 525: <a href="http://umaxx.um.funpic.de/howtos/howto_openbsd-on-jvc-mp-xp7250de.php">
! 526: here</a>.</p>
! 527:
! 528: <p>Contact <a href="mailto:umaxx@oleco.net">Joerg Zinke</a>.</p>
! 529: </td>
! 530: </tr>
! 531: <tr>
! 532: <td>
1.54 ian 533: NEC Versa 2000
534: </td><td>
535: APM works fully.<p>
536:
537: Everything on the machine works.<p>
538:
1.78 jufi 539: Contact <a href="mailto:mickey@openbsd.org">Michael Shalayeff</a>.
1.54 ian 540: </td>
541: </tr>
542: <tr>
543: <td>
544: Siemens SCENIC Mobile 360
545: </td><td>
546: APM works fully.<p>
547:
548: Sound works, using OSS.<p>
549:
1.78 jufi 550: Contact <a href="mailto:b1000@softhome.net">Dan Carlsson</a>.
1.54 ian 551: </td>
552: </tr>
553: <tr>
554: <td>
555: Sony VAIO F430
556: </td><td>
1.80 david 557: As of OpenBSD 2.6-Current (Feb 17/00)<p>
1.54 ian 558:
559: APM: "<strong>zzz</strong>" suspend works, as does the keyboard
560: suspend. "<strong>halt -p</strong>" and "<strong>apm -S</strong>"
561: don't. (but I've yet to look for phdisk utilities below - will be
1.80 david 562: investigating shortly.) <p>
1.54 ian 563:
564: DVD drive, floppy all function. Ethernet works after wakeup with
1.80 david 565: the card I'm using (3Com 3c589). <p>
1.54 ian 566:
1.78 jufi 567: Contact <a href="mailto:beck@openbsd.org">Bob Beck</a>.
1.54 ian 568: </td>
569: </tr>
570: <tr>
571: <td>
572: Sony VAIO z505r
573: </td><td>
574: APM support: "<strong>zzz</strong>", suspend via keyboard, hibernation
575: via keyboard, and "<strong>halt -p</strong>" all work.
576: "<strong>apm -S</strong>" wakes up immediately.<p>
577:
578: Hibernation uses a block at the end of the disk, approximately
579: 3-5MB larger than the memory in your machine. To repair hibernation,
580: use "<strong>phdisk.exe /create /partition</strong>" to setup the
581: partition. The phdisk program is available on the boot
582: floppy image provided on the first recovery CD.<p>
583:
584: Built-in ethernet works fine, but occasionally requires reset
585: after suspend using
586: "<strong>ifconfig fxp0 down; ifconfig fxp0 up</strong>".<p>
587:
588: After a suspend, the profiling clock is not running. Patches are
589: being worked on.<p>
590:
591: Sound is supported using the <a
1.78 jufi 592: href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=neo&sektion=4">
1.54 ian 593: neo(4)</a> device driver. Sometimes upon boot, a hang happens
594: when trying to determine the AC97 mixer type.<p>
595:
596: When the memory stick slot is empty, it can cause errors which overflow
597: the dmesg buffer, and thus confuse the OpenBSD install program.
598: The BIOS Setup, (accessed using F2), has an option to disable the
599: memory stick.<p>
600:
601: An XF86Config file suitable for use with XFree86 3.3.X may be
602: found <a href="xf86configs/vaioz505r">here</a>.
603: <p>
604:
1.78 jufi 605: Contact <a href="mailto:deraadt@openbsd.org">Theo de Raadt</a>.
1.54 ian 606: </td>
607: </tr>
608: <tr>
1.89 nick 609: <td>
610: Sony Vaio z505n:
611: </td>
612: <td>
613: <p>
614: OpenBSD 3.6-current (as of August 2004) runs.
615: Installation is cumbersome, though.
616: The Sony CD drive does not boot the snapshot CD.
617: <p/>
618: <p>
619: Installation by USB floppy:
620: The floppy36.fs of the snapshot (august 2004)
621: can be brought to boot if one disables the
622: following (boot -c, wait for the UKC> prompt):
623: <pre>
624:
625: disable pcibios
626: disable fxp
627: disable pcic
628:
629: </pre>
630: After this there is no USB, no PCMCIA, no Cardbus
631: and no network. This means that the laptop has
632: no input/output! So you have to put the install sets
633: on a partition from some other OS or earlier installations
634: of OpenBSD. The install script can mount ffs and msdos
635: partitions. The kernel as supplied with the snapshot
636: boots alright and recognizes all the relevant hardware
637: (no softmodem, no firewire, no memorystick, no JogDial).
638: Sound (yds) works. The XFConfig from the OpenBSD install
639: works without modification. </p>
640: <p>
641: Contact <a href="mailto:vaio@weggla.franken.de">Matthias Bauer</a>.
642: </p>
643: </td>
644: </tr>
645:
646: <tr>
1.54 ian 647: <td>
648: Sony VAIO z505s
649: </td><td>
650: Similar to the VAIO z505r, except that the provided USB floppy has
651: some problems.<p>
1.78 jufi 652: Contact <a href="mailto:provos@openbsd.org">Niels Provos</a>.
1.54 ian 653: </td>
1.27 marc 654: </tr><tr>
655: <td>
1.54 ian 656: Sony VAIO 747</td>
1.78 jufi 657: <td>
1.54 ian 658: Ever since OpenBSD 2.6, XFree86 and APM do work.<p>
659:
1.58 jsyn 660: Ships with a PCMCIA modem card (COM One MCC220 Platinum Card), which works.<p>
1.54 ian 661:
662: Sound works (8 bit only).<p>
663:
664: APM behaviour similar to the VAIO z505r,
665: except that hibernation has not been tested.<p>
666:
667: USB does not work.<p>
668:
669: An XF86Config file can be found
670: <a href="xf86configs/vaio747">here</a>.<p>
671:
1.78 jufi 672: Contact <a href="mailto:markus@openbsd.org">Markus Friedl</a>.
1.54 ian 673: </td>
674: </tr>
675: <tr>
676: <td>
677: Sony VAIO PCG 505-FX
678: </td><td>
679: Unknown.
680: </td>
681: </tr>
682: <tr>
1.89 nick 683: <td>
684: Sony VAIO PCG C1XD
685: </td><td>
686: OpenBSD 3.6 works, but there are some minor issues:
687: <ul>
688: <li>USB and built-in sound (Yamaha) work just fine.
689: <li>Firewire works with the experimental kernel support
690: <li>My 3com Megahertz Cardbus LAN Card works ok.
691: <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>.
692: <li>Jog Dial and the mini camera were useless to me, so I never
693: tested them.
694: <li>While the GENERIC Kernel works fine, the installation ramdisk
695: kernel hangs on booting since OpenBSD 3.3 or so. Disabling the
696: cardslot and PCMCIA subsystem in UKC before booting makes the ramdisk
697: come up, too. But then you have to install from images you left on
698: the hard disk before (e. g. in a discardable filesystem in the
699: partition you want to use for swapping later), because you can't
700: access LAN or WLAN without the cardslot.
701: <li>Removing cards from the PCMCIA/Cardbus slot on a running
702: system may cause system freeze or instant reboot sometimes.
703: <li>My D-Link DWL-650 (PrismII) works for some time, but then
704: locks up and has to be reinserted to work again. This, however,
705: causes the problems mentioned above.
706: <li>APM works partly: "<b>halt -p</b>" switches off the machine, but
707: sometimes, you can't wake up from "<b>zzz</b>".
708: </ul>
709: Contact <a href="mailto:grunk@pestilenz.org">Alexander von Gernler</a>.
710: </td>
711: <tr>
712: </tr>
713: <tr>
1.54 ian 714: <td>Sony VAIO PCG XG700K</td>
715: <td>
1.57 ian 716: <p>OpenBSD 2.9 works but had some problems with disklabel/fdisk,
717: similar to those reported for Thinkpad T21.
718: <p>Requires sysctl machdep.apmhalt=1 in order to power off.
1.54 ian 719:
720: <p>apm -z only puts the system into light sleep
721: (this may be fixable with phdisk); apm -s does nothing.
722:
723: <p>XFree86 4.0 using the S3 savage driver works fine at 1024x768.
724: 1200x1024 should be possible but I haven't tried it.
725: My XF86Config for XFree86 4.0 may be found
726: <a href="xf86configs/vaioxg700k">here</a>.
727:
1.56 ian 728: <p>Sound and USB work nicely.
1.54 ian 729:
730: <p>All three cardbus slots are configured when docked (two when undocked).
731: Sometimes locks up when removing my cheap NE card.
732:
733: <p>The internal WinModem is not supported, nor is there yet
734: any support for Firewire or the "Jog Dialer".
735:
736: <p>Contact Ian Darwin.
737: </td>
738: </tr>
739: <tr>
1.79 millert 740: <td>Sony VAIO PCG-SRX77</td>
741: <td>
742: <p>OpenBSD 3.3 works but there are some quirks.
743: <ul>
744: <li>XFree86 works, I use the following
745: <a href="xf86configs/sonysrx77">XF86Config</a>.
746: <li>Audio works, using the
747: <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>
748: driver.
749: <li>The built-in ethernet works, using the
750: <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>
751: driver.
752: <li>The cardbus and built-in wireless do <strong>not</strong> work
753: without an <a href="ftp://ftp.courtesan.com/pub/millert/OpenBSD/srx77/cardbus.diff">awful hack</a>.
754: <li>USB and the memory stick port work.
755: <li>Firewire is currently untested.
756: <li>The jog dial is not currently supported.
757: <li>The built-in software modem does not work.
758: <li>APM does not work; the laptop goes to sleep but does not wake up.
759: <li>"halt -p" does halt the machine.
760: </ul>
761:
762: Contact <a href="mailto:millert@openbsd.org">Todd Miller</a>.
763: </td>
764: </tr>
765: <tr>
1.54 ian 766: <td>
1.11 millert 767: Toshiba Libretto 50CT
768: </td><td>
769: APM works but you need to be careful not to use the last
770: 32meg or so of the disk since that's where the BIOS dumps
771: the long time hibernation image. You can take a look at
772: the bios geometry in disklabel to see exactly how many sectors
773: it wants. Failure to do so will cause filesystem corruption
774: during suspend.
775: <p>
1.50 horacio 776: The libretto uses a single IRQ for both
1.78 jufi 777: <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>
778: 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 779: so the best thing to do is to choose one and disable the other
780: in the kernel.
1.11 millert 781: The pcmcia external floppy drive is not currently supported
782: by OpenBSD, but it can be used during the install.
783: <p>
784: Installation can be a bit tricky with only a single pcmcia
785: slot. The best way to do this is to do a network install.
786: To do this, load the boot floppy and at the boot prompt,
787: enter <em>boot -c</em>. When you see the <em>UKC</em>
788: prompt, unplug the floppy drive, plug in your network card,
789: and then type exit. The kernel will then probe the network
790: card and you should be able to do a normal network install.
791: You may find it necessary to disable the sound devices in
792: the BIOS in order for the boot floppy to correctly detect
793: your network card.
794: <p>
1.62 millert 795: There are sample XF86Config files for both
796: <a href="xf86configs/libretto50ct">XFree86 4.X</a> and
797: <a href="xf86configs/libretto50ct-xf3">XFree86 3.3.X</a>.
1.18 millert 798: <p>
1.65 millert 799: Note that the chips driver was broken in XFree86 4.1 (it
800: is fixed in XFree86 4.2) and hence the XFree86 that ships
801: with OpenBSD 3.0 does not work on the libretto. I have
1.66 jufi 802: compiled the old XFree86 4.01 chips driver (which does work)
1.65 millert 803: for XFree86 4.1. Just grab <a
804: href="ftp://ftp.courtesan.com/pub/todd/OpenBSD/chips_drv.o">
805: chips_drv.o</a> and copy it to
806: <pre>
807: /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/drivers/chips_drv.o
808: </pre>
809: That will make XFree86 4.1 work on the 50CT and 70CT.
810: <p>
1.78 jufi 811: Contact <a href="mailto:millert@openbsd.org">Todd Miller</a>.
1.11 millert 812: </td>
813: </tr><tr>
814: <td>
1.20 millert 815: Toshiba Libretto 100CT
816: </td><td>
817: Most of the information listed in the Libretto 50CT entry
818: apply to the 100CT as well.
819: <p>
1.62 millert 820: X11 works in 800x400 mode. There are sample XF86Config files for both
821: <a href="xf86configs/libretto100ct">XFree86 4.X</a> and
822: <a href="xf86configs/libretto100ct-xf3">XFree86 3.3.X</a>.
1.20 millert 823: <p>
1.78 jufi 824: Contact <a href="mailto:millert@openbsd.org">Todd Miller</a>.
1.20 millert 825: </td>
826: </tr><tr>
827: <td>
1.68 millert 828: Toshiba Portege 2000
829: </td><td>
830: Builtin wavelan and 10/100 ethernet (fxp) work.<p>
831: Audio is not supported.<p>
1.71 millert 832: APM works ("<strong>zzz</strong>"), as does "<strong>halt -p</strong>".
833: However, battery life is reported incorrectly--it always reports
834: that the laptop is connected to A/C power.<p>
1.68 millert 835: USB attaches but is currently untested.<p>
1.70 millert 836: The bundled pcmcia CD-ROM does not currently work.<p>
1.71 millert 837: XFree86 4.2 and higher works. There is a sample
1.68 millert 838: <a href="xf86configs/portege2000">XF86Config</a> file.
839: However, the keyboard repeat rate is a little too fast.
840: </td>
841: </tr><tr>
842: <td>
1.1 deraadt 843: Toshiba Portege 660CDT
844: </td><td>
845: APM is completely broken.<p>
846:
1.78 jufi 847: 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>
848: 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 849: hardware can cause some grief. Newer versions of the flash
850: BIOS are worse, since they are less flexible about what interrupts
851: they allow.<p>
852:
1.78 jufi 853: Contact <a href="mailto:deraadt@openbsd.org">Theo de Raadt</a>.
1.1 deraadt 854: </td>
1.77 espie 855: </tr><tr>
856: <td>
1.91 ! nick 857: Toshiba Satellite 2410S
! 858: </td><td>
! 859: <p>
! 860: All stuff tested are working fine (Graphics, Sound, PCMCIA, APM, ethernet).
! 861: <p>
! 862: Infrared and 56K modem are untested.
! 863: <p>
! 864: There's a bug with certain toshiba laptops and XFree/X.org. Ratio is
! 865: too quick, and some chars are repeated. To avoid that, disable
! 866: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=X&format=html">X</a>'s
! 867: kbd handling, and load a modmap with xmodmap. A sample Xorg config
! 868: file can be found
! 869: <a href="http://www.atlantilde.com/repository/config/xorg.conf">here</a>.
! 870: <p>
! 871: Contact <a href="mailto:aanriot@atlantilde.com">Alexandre Anriot</a>.
! 872: </td>
! 873: </tr><tr>
! 874: <td>
1.77 espie 875: Toshiba Satellite 320CDS
876: </td><td>
877: <p>
878: Trusty old model. Keep windows around, in at least a minimal
879: incarnation, as the BIOS setup is done in software, through a
880: <code>TSETUP</code> program.</p>
881: <p>X works fine in 800x600, 16 bits.</p>
882: <p>The sound chip can be handled as a windows sound system clone (wss).
883: This entails disabling the soundblaster clone recognition.
884: The BIOS setup must also be set to separate channels for playing
885: and recording. I haven't tried recording.</p>
886: <p>
887: PCMCIA cards work. Cardbus models work as well, provided the BIOS
888: is set to cardbus mode, and not auto-detection.
889: </p>
890: Contact <a href="mailto:espie@openbsd.org">Marc Espie</a>.
891: </td>
1.54 ian 892: </tr>
893: <tr>
1.6 ericj 894: <td>
895: Toshiba Tecra 500CS
896: </td><td>
1.7 brad 897: APM is broken, However it <b>halt -p</b> does work.<p>
1.6 ericj 898:
1.7 brad 899: Sound works by default with the GENERIC kernel, but with the speakers
900: is not really worth it. X runs nicely as well.<p>
1.6 ericj 901:
1.78 jufi 902: Contact <a href="mailto:ericj@monkey.org">Eric Jackson</a>.
1.6 ericj 903: </td>
1.7 brad 904: </tr><tr>
905: <td>
906: Toshiba Tecra 500CDT
907: </td><td>
1.14 d 908: APM is completely broken (and can trash your disk).<p>
909:
910: XFree86 works (800x600 16bpp).<p>
1.7 brad 911:
1.14 d 912: Sound works (21739 Hz, half duplex stereo).<p>
1.7 brad 913:
1.14 d 914: <!-- Serial IR is said to work, needs verification. -->
1.7 brad 915:
1.78 jufi 916: Contact <a href="mailto:d@openbsd.org">David Leonard</a>.
1.7 brad 917: </td>
1.10 aaron 918: </tr><tr>
919: <td>
920: Toshiba Tecra 550CDT
921: </td><td>
922: APM deep sleep (<b>zzz</b>) works, but <b>-S</b> wakes up immediately.<p>
923:
924: XFree86 works beautifully.<p>
925:
926: Sound works, after some IRQ tinkering in the BIOS.<p>
927:
1.50 horacio 928: USB works; at least, I plugged a digital camera in, and the
1.78 jufi 929: <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 930:
1.16 aaron 931: 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 932:
933: The pcic is broken in this machine, so I cannot accurately comment on PCMCIA attach/detach.<p>
934:
1.78 jufi 935: Contact <a href="mailto:aaron@openbsd.org">Aaron Campbell</a>.
1.10 aaron 936: </td>
1.54 ian 937: </tr>
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