I have a MobilePro 800 (and am getting an 880) and I have run NetBSD on it
and it runs great. There are a few problems reflecting its ALPHA status but
most of it is architecture independent (not related to the port
specifically). I've successfully run X Windows (even GNOME with IceWM,
although it did take a while to load). Sound MIGHT be supported in the
kernel but the precompiled one doesn't have support for it that I've found.
I don't think suspend has been added yet, and I'm not sure if it will (due
to the limited or lack of APM hardware in these things).

Scott

-----Original Message-----
From: port-hpcmips-owner@netbsd.org
[mailto:port-hpcmips-owner@netbsd.org]On Behalf Of Scott Walters
Sent: Thursday, August 17, 2000 8:01 AM
To: port-hpcmips@netbsd.org
Subject: considering purchacing mobilepro 880 for NetBSD use



Hi folks;

I'm considering purchasing an NEC MobilePro 880, but wanted to find out
if other people were having good or bad luck trying to do what I wanted
to do with it. I'm not afraid to try to coax the distribution onto a
flash card etc.

How is the XServer coming along? Can I run reasonably complex apps
under it (mMosaic, gimp, etc)?

Has anyone tried to build Perl on it?

I've already read that PCMCIA cards work great, so I won't even ask ;)
(Hope to use modem, ne200, scsi).

Does audio work (exa, mp3 listening)?

Suspend would be nice but isn't strictly required. Has this been
added yet?

USB supported?

Thanks in advance -
cheers!

-scott