Re: Usable Notebook for NetBSD-current wanted

[David Brownlee <abs%absd.org@localhost>]

On Fri, 9 Sept 2022 at 14:33, Frank Kardel <kardel%netbsd.org@localhost> wrote:
>
> I am still looking for a notebook that can be used with NetBSD-current.
> I need to replace a 10+ year old W510 that is dying a slow agonizing
> thermal death.

I'm running 9.99.99 -current (with packages including openjdk11,
postgres & firefox built on 9.x for Reasons) on a ThinkPad T480 bought
from ebay.

- Suspend & resume - fixed by Taylor a while back, though may have
regressed since (I had an issue that stuck me on an older current for
a while & not retested)
- Display - works though glitches every few days on intensive use,
both internal and with additional HDMI display
- Wifi - The iwm0 driver... is the iwm driver, so works fine most of
the time, but about 1 in every 25 boots decides its not playing
- The internal/external battery split works well (can swap external
battery while running and without external power),
- USB-C charging is nice, only two USB-A ports is less so
- I bought one with the comedy cartoon 1366x768 resolution screen,
plus a replacement 1920x1080 to swap out
- Keyboard is late model ThinkPad, so "good", loses the real
pgup/pgdown block of the T420, but the top row is at least split into
groups unlike the mess of the T430

David