Thinkpad T510: LAN? CPU-C3?

[Rui Paulo]

On 29 Mar 2010, at 15:56, Rui Paulo wrote:

> On 29 Mar 2010, at 11:21, Jan Henrik Sylvester wrote:
> 
>> I would like to use FreeBSD on a Thinkpad T510. I installed 8-STABLE (since iwn got 6000 support after 8.0-RELEASE).
>> 
>> *** Not working: (Any ideas?)
>> 
>> - LAN: The Intel ethernet card (class=0x020000 card=0x215317aa chip=0x10ea8086 rev=0x06 hdr=0x00) is not working.
> 
> This seems an Intel card. Which Linux driver do you use to get this working?

Actually, this seems to be supported by if_em(4).

> 
>> 
>> - CPU-C3: No C3 (dev.cpu.0.cx_supported: C1/3 C2/245) for i7-620M. Battery life will not be good without C3, and Turbo Boost will not work either. (Apparently, Linux got C3 support on a quick boot with a live CD.)
> 
> Did you try removing the power cord? Sometimes C3 is hidden and only shows up when the power cord is unplugged.
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> Rui Paulo
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Rui Paulo