FreeBSD and Centrino

M. Warner Losh imp at bsdimp.com
Sat May 10 22:14:20 PDT 2003


In message: <Pine.BSF.4.44.0305091018120.91790-100000 at paprika.michvhf.com>
            Vince Vielhaber <vev at michvhf.com> writes:
: On Fri, 9 May 2003, Duncan Barclay wrote:
: 
: > Just bought a Centrino based laptop. Has anyone had ay further luck with
: > them, someone in April claimed 4.8 would not boot on a Sony Z1MP.
: >
: > Also anyone working on a driver for the 802.11b included? If not I'll try
: > and get the docs and roll my sleeves up.
: 
: I've seen quite a few people mention that the 802.11b card inside their
: laptop isn't supported.

I know that on the Toshiba laptops that I've worked on, the 802.11b
internal card worked well.

: Usually those things are just mini-pci cards.
: Has anyone given any thought (or tried) to putting in an orinoco or prism
: based mini-pci card in it's place?

They work as far as I know.

Warner


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