Re: Recommended port for IBM Thinkpad T61

["Steven M. Bellovin" <smb%cs.columbia.edu@localhost>]

On Thu, 17 Sep 2009 19:32:06 -0500
ficovh <ficovh%gmail.com@localhost> wrote:

> On Thu, Sep 17, 2009 at 7:14 PM, Steven M. Bellovin
> <smb%cs.columbia.edu@localhost> wrote:
> > On Thu, 17 Sep 2009 18:11:35 -0500
> > ficovh <ficovh%gmail.com@localhost> wrote:
> >
> >> Hi Folks/
> >>
> >> I have a IBM Thinkpad T61, (recent acquisition) and want test
> >> NetBSD on it. I'm thinking test amd64 port, but I don't know if it
> >> work fine.
> >>
> >> Please share experiences and advices before to install it.
> >>
> > I have a T61; I run amd64-current.  It has worked well, though at
> > the moment I'm experiencing problems with suspend/resume.  You
> > might want to try 5.x.  The wireless card may be problematic; which
> > one do you have?
> >
> 
> Hi Steven !
> 
> The Wireless Card is a Intel i4965AG.
> 
That's the iwn driver; I have no direct experience with it.  I think
there's been active work on it, but you may want to start a separate
thread about that card and driver.


                --Steve Bellovin, http://www.cs.columbia.edu/~smb