TECRA A9-S9017 -- Idles too hot -- Hardware Support

[Wes Morgan]

On Sun, 10 Aug 2008, freebsd_user at guice.ath.cx wrote:

> 	I've been through his before with an AMD setup (desktop) and now, 
> here we go again using a Toshiba TECRA A9-S9017 laptop. The issue here is, is
> appears that FreeBSD is causing the motherboard and its chipset(s)
> and/or CPU's to work wide open (full throttle) --disregard for APM. I'm
> basing this on the amount of heat coming from this current laptop while
> the laptop is idling, The heat is to the point that you can't keep the
> laptop on your lap; in addition to the battery not lasting quite an hour 
> while idling.

Try using powerd(8).

> My goals are: 1) to control the cpu and associated hardware (heat) 2) get all 
> the native/installed hardware supported.  3) support for a "sierra wireless 
> compass 597" <--> usb wireless WAN.  Should FreeBSD not support all of this 
> machines hardware then we need not continue --unless people are actively 
> working of support/drivers for the above.

Judging by the factory specs, you will probably find that 90% of the 
hardware is supported or has a driver under development. Don't hold your 
breath for the fingerprint reader, though. The wireless modem is a crap 
shoot.

> I've been trying to work with FreeBSD on this TECRA A9 for the better part of 
> two weeks and there are too many outstanding issues to continue.