ThinkPad x61s

[Guy Brand]

Dan Langille (dan at langille.org) on 07/03/2008 at 18:52 wrote:

> Had you run 7.0 on this?

Yes it ran CURRENT before RELENG_8 was branched, so it has been
running a rather close revision of was has become 7.0.

> if_wpi?  Is that the "ThinkPad 11a/b/g Wi-Fi wireless LAN Mini-PCIe 
> US/EMEA/LA/ANZ "
> or the "Intel Wireless WiFi Link 4965AGN"

bug ~# grep -e "wpi.*Intel" /var/run/dmesg.boot
wpi0: <Intel(R) PRO/Wireless 3945ABG> mem 0xdfcff000-0xdfcfffff irq 17
at device 0.0 on pci3

> How much ram did you get?  I'm considering a single 2GB DIMM.

bug ~# grep -i "real mem" /var/run/dmesg.boot
real memory  = 2104164352 (2006 MB)

dmesg is on http://mojito.u-strasbg.fr/bug/dmesg.X61s if you want a
more detailed look.


Dan Langille (dan at langille.org) on 07/03/2008 at 19:35 wrote:

> 1- ThinkPad 11a/b/g Wi-Fi wireless LAN Mini-PCIe US/EMEA/LA/ANZ
>    no idea about this or if it's supported
> 
> 2- Intel PRO/Wireless 3945ABG [add $10.50 $3.90]
>    in 7.x and 8.x and is experimental

That's the option I have.

> 3- Intel Wireless WiFi Link 4965AGN (supporting Centrino Pro)
>    not supported but under development: http://www.clearchain.com/wiki/Wpi
> 
> So it seems option 2 is my only option.
> Are you having any issues with the wifi?

There were some when the driver was made available in CURRENT, I have
no severe issue at this time. wpi is quite stable except that after a
while when running in autoselect speed mode, the speed of the link
drops slowly to 0. Forcing manually the speed fixes that. I haven't
read other people complaining about that, so I live with it (I'm not
a big wireless fan).

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