Dell Inspiron 1100 and FreeBSD

[pirat]

On Tuesday, 25 November 2003 at 23:54:15 -0500, Joe Marcus Clarke wrote:
> Subject: Re: Dell Inspiron 1100 and FreeBSD
> From: Joe Marcus Clarke <marcus at marcuscom.com>
> To: pirat <pirat at access.inet.co.th>
> Cc: "Greg 'groggy' Lehey" <grog at freebsd.org>, FreeBSD-stable at freebsd.org
> X-Mailer: Ximian Evolution 1.4.5 
> Date: Tue, 25 Nov 2003 23:54:15 -0500
> 
> On Tue, 2003-11-25 at 23:34, pirat wrote:
> > On Thursday, 20 November 2003 at 12:07:37 +1030, Greg 'groggy' Lehey wrote:
> > > Date: Thu, 20 Nov 2003 12:07:37 +1030
> > > From: "Greg 'groggy' Lehey" <grog at FreeBSD.org>
> > > To: pirat <pirat at access.inet.co.th>
> > > Cc: freebsd-stable at FreeBSD.org
> > > Subject: Re: Dell Inspiron 1100 and FreeBSD
> > > 
> > > 
> > > On Wednesday, 19 November 2003 at 17:59:14 +0700, pirat wrote:
> > > > hi sirs,
> > > >
> > > > i have one notebook from dell, inspiron 1100.  i would like to know
> > > > if this notebook can be used with freebsd or not.  it has on board
> > > > broadcom nic.  but the current os - linux TLE - does not `see' it
> > > > also.
> > > 
> > > This is pretty much the same as the Inspiron 5100 I have.  The onboard
> > > NIC is supported in stable, but I had some problems starting X: the
> > > BIOS wasn't completely mapped, and I had to compile it in to the
> > > server.  See http://www.lemis.com/grog/diary-jul2003.html#25 for more
> > > details.
> > > 
> > hi sirs,
> > 
> > after looking for many archives and asking Duncan i found that bcm4400 
> > in Inspiron 1100 is bfe not bge.  yesterday, i had a chance to install 5.1 on 
> > my inspiron but 5.1 still did not 'see' that nic :(  also touch pad.
> 
> You need -CURRENT for bfe(4) support.  For the touch pad, checkout my
> Inspiron 5150 tips at
> http://gerda.univie.ac.at/freebsd-laptops/index.pl?action=show_laptop_detail&laptop=147.  The solution is the same for both models.
> 
hi sirs,

thanks indeed. am trying now and will report.

with best regards,
psr

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