Re: Centrino support?

[Tsume <tsume@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Fri, 04 Mar 2005 17:20:49 +0800, Bill Hacker <wbh@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Tsume wrote:
>
> > Hello community,
> >  How is everyone feeling today?
> > Am interesting question, Does DragonflyBSD support centrino?
> >  I'm talking about eXecution Bit protection, stepping technology, and  
> > other  functions which the pentium M allows to save energy while  
> > providing decent  speed to the end user. I've just ordered a Pentium M  
> > 1.7GHz and hopefully  nothing goes wrong with my order. I'm hoping to  
> > install DragonFlyBSD on  the laptop. Every piece of hardware should be  
> > compatible with a bit of OS  modification(Intel Wireless 2200 built-in  
> > card).
> >  There is a project which supports my card. Maybe it would be easy to   
> > include in DragonFlyBSD.
> > http://damien.bergamini.free.fr/ipw/
> >  My lovely laptop weighs 6 pounds and uses a 6-cell battery.
> >  The wonders of Centrino technology. The wonders of having a real  
> > notebook  which has at least 4.5+ battery life.
> >  TSUME
>
> PowerBook 17" user just smiles <g>
>
> Bill

Buying a powerbook would be too easy. I wish to run any BSD and have  
support ;)
I've been Windows-free and Linux-free for 3 years and counting and loving  
the time spent in BSD.I never frown at quirks or missing components.  
DragonFlyBSD would be even better if Joerg finished multibyte support.

Heres a list for Centrino support:
  * NX support - AMD64, Transmeta Efficeon, and Pentium M
  * SpeedStepping(tm)
  * Power management across centrino based hardware
  * Import ipw drivers and controller programs
  * Any other task which might appear

If the processor contains nx support, it will show in the capabilities  
line for the processor information.

flags           : fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca  
cmov pat pse36 clflush mmx fxsr sse sse2 pni syscall nx mmxext lm 3dnowext  
3dnow

TSUME