Re: mSATA card?

From: Quelrond <quelrond_at_gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 23 May 2023 10:03:34 UTC
Hello Michał,

I think you should ask Lenovo support for the list of whitelisted cards 
for your model. Or search this information in their documents/message 
boards.

I had (almost) the same problem - the card of ThinkPad T530 was not 
working correctly (Centrino Advanced-N 6205). I bought second hand 
/Centrino Ultimate-N 6300 FRU 60Y3233/ card to replace it. This card 
works 'out-of-the-box' on FreeBSD.
I suppose that this card could work for you, so if you can find it at 
ebay (with a possibility to send back if something goes wrong) - you can 
try ;)

Best regards,
Peter


On 23/05/2023 10:11, Michal Sapka wrote:
> Hello
>
> I am currently using AX200 card. As we all know FreeBSD is yet to properly support it. I want to buy some temporary Wi-Fi card to use, but the selection process is very problematic.
>
> If I understand correctly, my laptop (Thinkpad X1 Extreme) is compatible with mSATA cards but most of the ones I found are not whitelisted in the bios by Lenovo. Moreover, I'd love the drivers not to be a blob (like for Intel) but open. This is also something I don't truly understand, so correct me if I'm wrong but if the driver is in /sys/dev of FreeBSD then it means the full driver is there, right?
>
> But back to the problem: does anyone know of any mSATA Wi-Fi adapter that is working on Lenovo laptops under FreeBSD?
>
> —-
> Michał
> https://michal.sapka.me
>