is there a laptop ?

[Chris Whitehouse]

Saifi Khan wrote:
> On Wed, 11 Mar 2009, Chris Whitehouse wrote:
> 
>> HP nc6320 (google RH383ET) - most things work, including wifi and ethernet,
>> except for the following:
>>
> 
>>From HP site,
> 
> Network
>     Integrated Broadcom NetLink Gigabit Ethernet PCI Controller
>     (10/100/1000 NIC)
> 
> Wireless
>     Broadcom 802.11a/b/g; Broadcom 802.11b/g; Bluetooth 2.0
> 
> 
> It seems to have the US-trash-com chipset !
> 
> Do Atheros, Ralink, Realtek, Intel PRO/Wireless chipset work
> with FreeBSD ?
> 
> 
> thanks
> Saifi.
> 
What is the US-trash-com chipset and what makes it 'trash'? Is it poorly 
implemented hardware or problems with drivers? Or something else?

This machine uses wpi and bge. Both devices seem to work ok chucking 
files around a domestic network.

wpi0 at pci0:8:0:0:        class=0x028000 card=0x135c103c chip=0x42228086 
rev=0x02 hdr=0x00
     vendor     = 'Intel Corporation'
     device     = '10418086 Intel 3945ABG Wireless LAN controller'
     class      = network
bge0 at pci0:2:14:0:       class=0x020000 card=0x30aa103c chip=0x169c14e4 
rev=0x03 hdr=0x00
     vendor     = 'Broadcom Corporation'
     device     = 'BCM5788 Broadcom NetLink (TM) Gigabit Ethernet'
     class      = network

Chris