Re: Re: Intel Centrino and Linux

On Thu, May 08, 2003 at 12:46:15PM -0700, Jan Rychter wrote:

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"Derek" == Derek Broughton [off-list ref]:

 Derek> From: "Jan Rychter" [off-list ref]
 >> I've already ruled out all Compaq notebooks thanks to the multiple
 >> problem reports seen on this list (hi HP/Compaq! congratulations on
 >> the market strategy),

 Derek> I think that's awfully short-sighted.  Compaqs appear, from my
 Derek> reading of this list, to be some of the better supported
 Derek> laptops.  Sure there are lots of niggling little problems, but
 Derek> most of them can be fixed - thanks to the support available here
 Derek> from both users and HP.  Now, if Dell would only provide some
 Derek> support....

Is it? From what I see, people have to fix and patch their DSDTs in
order to get their notebooks working. I didn't have to do that with my
Sharp and I'm not looking forward to the experience. I would like to buy
a notebook that I can boot Linux on without going through the hassle of
ironing out the details.

But I guess everyone's taste is different. The level of "acceptable
annoyance" is also different for each one of us.

But I didn't see any comments from Andy or Bob in this thread -- about
Linux and Centrino, which is what this thread is really about?

Andy have already answered this in the cpufreq mailing list (at least
for CPU frequency stuff).  Basically, a binary only driver for the
enhanced speedstep stuff is already available (look at intel site.
Don't rememeber exactly the URL), but documentation about this
technology will be done (well... I hope it will done).

Cheers,

-- 
Ducrot Bruno

--  Which is worse:  ignorance or apathy?
--  Don't know.  Don't care.


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