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Subject:Re: Here is what IBM thinks about using FreeBSD on their newer Thinkpads
From:Jonathan Chen (jo@spock.org)
Date:Nov 29, 2000 9:23:53 pm
List:org.freebsd.freebsd-mobile

On Wed, Nov 29, 2000 at 10:29:32AM -0800, Kevin Oberman wrote:

The only real annoyance I have with the 600E is the sound. It seemingly randomly probes as pcm0 or pcm1. If it probes as pcm0, it works fine. If it probes as pcm1, it's dead. I hate computers with non-deterministic behavior!

The 600E has a sound setup that apparently looks like both a PCI and ISA-PnP device, and is just plain weird. To get it working consistantly as pcm0, simply apply the following patch and remove "device csa" from your kernel config.

Index: sys/conf/files =================================================================== RCS file: /export/ncvs/src/sys/conf/files,v retrieving revision 1.340.2.38 diff -u -r1.340.2.38 files --- sys/conf/files 2000/10/31 23:16:07 1.340.2.38 +++ sys/conf/files 2000/11/30 05:10:55 @@ -1090,8 +1090,7 @@ dev/sound/isa/sbc.c optional sbc isa #dev/sound/pci/aureal.c optional pcm pci dev/sound/pci/csa.c optional csa pci -dev/sound/pci/csa.c optional pcm pci -dev/sound/pci/csapcm.c optional pcm pci +dev/sound/pci/csapcm.c optional csa pcm pci dev/sound/pci/ds1.c optional pcm pci dev/sound/pci/emu10k1.c optional pcm pci dev/sound/pci/es137x.c optional pcm pci

Other then that, I have always preferred ThinkPads because of the excellent keyboard (I'm very finicky about that), the TrackPoint (if I don't plug in an external mouse) and the 3-button "mouse". Fairly light, too.

Ditto, I shopped around a while back for ANY laptop that had 1024x768 screen, a good keyboard, and a 3-button trackpoint (I hate those touchpads) that's also lightweight. These are basically the requirements that has to be met before I even consider a laptop... The only candidate I found was the 600E. (more recently I think I've seen Dells that fit my requirement, but I won't be replacing my 600E for a while yet)

I started drooling over the new ThinkPads, but I won't touch them with a 10 foot pole as long as this problem persists.

The newer thinkpads are indeed very nice, but it wouldn't be a show stopper for me if I were considering buying one... after all, several workarounds are available.

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