Will FreeBSD *EVER* support Hp Pavillion laptops?

[Chris]

Astrodog wrote:
> On 12/3/05, Marcin Jessa <lists at yazzy.org> wrote:
> 
>>On Sat, 03 Dec 2005 01:43:18 -0500
>>wrangled <wrangled at verizon.net> wrote:
>>
>>
>>>Every year I try the latest version of FreeBSD to see if it works on
>>>my HP Pavillion 5445, and each year it hangs as soon as the intaller
>>>gets to acpi.ko.
>>
>>Did you try unloading ACPI when you boot the install cd ?
>>
>>>Yes, I've tried everything.  No, it still doesn't work.
>>
>>How much of everything did you try ?
>>
>>
>>>It's my only machine that cannot run FreeBSD.
>>>It just seems odd since the machine is fairly mainstream.
>>>
>>>I am mostly just curious at this point.

In a word - proprietary

Anyone that knows HP/Compaq knows that they "tweak" ordinary hardware by
adding something to the firmware and that makes it proprietary.

Do yourself a favor - If you want to run FBSD on a lappy, DON'T use an HP.

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Best regards,
Chris

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