Question about hardware support

[Matthew Seaman]

On 07/12/2011 05:34, Ammar Shaarbaf wrote:
> Are there any FreeBSD drivers for Acer Aspire 3610?
> 

This is the closest hardware match I could find:
http://laptop.bsdgroup.de/freebsd/index.html?action=show_laptop_detail&laptop=12882

Drivers in FreeBSD are generally described in terms of the specific
components (motherboard chipset, NIC, SATA controller, etc. etc.) rather
than in terms of a specific whole machine produced by a manufacturer.

Laptops are particularly tricky in this regard, and if no-one else has
reported on your particular model, generally the best procedure is to
try booting the device using a USB or CD-Rom image, and see what does
and doesn't work.

	Cheers,

	Matthew

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