Annotation of wikisrc/laptops.mdwn, revision 1.11
1.2 reed 1: This page lists and links to pages about laptops, notebooks,
2: and portable computers that work (or do not work) well with NetBSD.
1.1 reed 3:
4: For i386-based netbooks also see
5: <http://www.netbsd.org/ports/i386/netbook.html>.
6:
7: [[!toc ]]
8:
1.3 reed 9: ---
10:
11: # Acer
12:
1.4 reed 13: ## Acer Aspire One 532h-2588
1.3 reed 14:
15: As of current in July 2010:
16: Missing speedstep support (reed has patch for this).
17: No ethernet (Atheros AR8132 PCI-E Fast Ethernet).
18: No wireless (Atheros AR9285 Wireless LAN 802.11 a/b/g/n).
19:
20: ---
21:
1.9 reed 22: # Apple
23:
24: ## iBook G3/600 with Radeon 7500 16MB VRAM
25:
26: Used since NetBSD 1.6 or so.
27: Works nice with NetBSD/macppc.
28: No suspend support on NetBSD.
29: No modem support (some usb attached modem attaching as [[!template
30: id=man name="ugen" section="4"]].
1.10 reed 31: No WPA on NetBSD with [[!template id=man name="wi" section="4"]] (in contrast
32: to Mac OS X).
1.9 reed 33: NetBSD/5.1_STABLE has problem that keyboard doesn't
34: work in xdm after logout; solved by forcing a xdm restart upon
35: logout.
36:
37: ---
38:
1.1 reed 39: # Dell
40:
41: ## Dell Latitude D610
42:
43: NetBSD/i386 5.0.0.
44: Audio works (i82801FB (ICH6)).
45: Wireless with iwi (vendor 0x8086 product 0x4220).
46: For X11, using xf86-video-intel-2.2.1nb1 package.
47:
1.3 reed 48: ---
49:
1.11 ! reed 50: # Fujitsu
! 51:
! 52: ## Fujitsu FMV-BIBLO LOOX P70WN
! 53:
! 54: NetBSD/i386 5.99.55.
! 55: Wireless with wpi works properly only when ACPI is disabled with "boot netbsd -2".
! 56:
! 57: ---
! 58:
1.9 reed 59: # HP / Hewlett Packard
60:
61: ## HP nc6120
62:
63: 5.1 did not have a working X.
64:
1.10 reed 65: Almost everything works with -current: sound, wireless, X11.
1.9 reed 66: Did not try resume/suspend.
67: Did not try the memory card slot recently.
68:
69: 5.1 and -current have wired ethernet stability problems.
70: It gets watchdog timeouts and resets.
71:
72: X11 has a stability problem where a program can make total garbage on the
73: screen (except the mouse pointer) and lock up the server. Repeatable with a
74: certain image viewer which shows very big images. The machine does not
75: freeze: power off button powers down smoothly, (but can not switch consoles to
76: try to kill the X server).
77:
78: ## HP Pavilion laptop, dv9750
79:
80: NetBSD 5.1, audio, webcam, Ethernet, kb/touchpad work fine.
81: Broadcom Wireless 4312 does not work.
1.7 asau 82:
83: ## HP ProBook 4310s
84:
85: NetBSD i386 5.99.55
86: Audio works (ADI AD1984A).
87: Wireless with iwn (vendor 0x8086 product 0x4232).
88: No ethernet (vendor 0x11ab product 0x436c).
89: SDHC at sd*, Bluetooth.
90: Doesn't work with NetBSD 5.
91:
92: ---
93:
1.6 jruoho 94: # IBM / Lenovo
95:
1.9 reed 96: ## ThinkPad T22
97:
98: Works perfect (sound, display, all devices, infrared port not tested).
99:
100: ## ThinkPad T61
101:
102: Used it since NetBSD 4.x.
103: With Intel GMA, X works great.
104: In netbsd-5 there is a patch to make trackpoint/touchpad initialize correctly.
105: Requires [[!template id=man name="hdaudio" section="4"]] instead
106: of [[!template id=man name="azalia" section="4"]] to make headphones work.
107: Cardbus port doesn't work properly.
108: Expresscard not tested/tried.
109:
110: ## Lenovo ThinkPad T61p
111:
112: Following -current for the last 18 months or so (2012-12).
113: As close to perfect as one gets. Suspend/resume didn't work at the
114: time; not tried it since.
115:
1.6 jruoho 116: ## ThinkPad X60s
117:
118: Everything works. Requires `PCI_BUS_FIXUP` and `PCI_ADDR_FIXUP` [[!template
119: id=man name="options" section="4"]].
120:
1.9 reed 121: ## ThinkPad X41
122:
123: Works fine (sound, display, all devices, bluetooth, modem not tested).
124: Standby is broken for me in -current (~2012-01-12) but worked in 5.1.
125:
1.6 jruoho 126: ## ThinkPad X61s
127:
128: Everything works. Requires `PCI_BUS_FIXUP` and `PCI_ADDR_FIXUP` [[!template
129: id=man name="options" section="4"]].
130:
1.9 reed 131: ## Thinkpad X201
132:
133: Running -current since March 2011.
134: Working graphics (with the vesa driver), audio, trackpoint, wired
135: and wireless LAN.
136: Does not wake up after suspend (drives spin up but the display
137: stays black and the LED indicating a sleep state stays lit).
138:
1.6 jruoho 139: ---
140:
1.1 reed 141: # Toshiba
142:
143: ## Toshiba Satellite A215-S7422
144:
145: NetBSD/amd64 5.99.38, but booting with "boot netbsd -2" to disable ACPI
146: but has no keyboard use.
147: See <http://gnats.netbsd.org/39275>.
148: Audio works with hdaudio (vendor 0x10EC product 0x0268).
149:
150: ## Toshiba Satellite L350-S1701
151:
152: NetBSD/amd64 5.99.38.
153: Wireless with iwn (vendor 0x8086 product 0x4232).
154: For X11, using xf86-video-vesa-2.3.0nb1 package.
1.5 reed 155: Sometimes X starts up on wrong resolution.
1.1 reed 156: The MMC works on sd0.
1.5 reed 157: Some USB failures.
158: Audio works with hdaudio (vendor 0x10EC product 0x0268).
1.3 reed 159:
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