Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1750777AbVIDBuK (ORCPT ); Sat, 3 Sep 2005 21:50:10 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1750798AbVIDBuK (ORCPT ); Sat, 3 Sep 2005 21:50:10 -0400 Received: from chiark.greenend.org.uk ([193.201.200.170]:30348 "EHLO chiark.greenend.org.uk") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1750777AbVIDBuI (ORCPT ); Sat, 3 Sep 2005 21:50:08 -0400 To: Chuck Ebbert <76306.1226@compuserve.com> Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: Brand-new notebook useless with Linux... In-Reply-To: <200509031859_MC3-1-A720-F705@compuserve.com> References: <200509031859_MC3-1-A720-F705@compuserve.com> Date: Sun, 4 Sep 2005 02:50:07 +0100 Message-Id: From: Matthew Garrett Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1144 Lines: 44 Chuck Ebbert <76306.1226@compuserve.com> wrote: > SMBus Is there anything on there that you actually want to talk to? > Audio ("unknown codec") snd-ati-atiixp ought to drive it - if it doesn't, that's probably a bug. > Modem ("no codec available") It's a winmodem. What were you expecting? > Wireless Broadcom won't release any specs. > FlashMedia TI won't release any specs. If you're especially nice to them, they may give you a binary driver built against your kernel. > SD/MMC Ditto. > Additionally, the system clock runs at 2x normal speed with PowerNow enabled. http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=3927 > Am I stuck with running XP on this thing? If you buy a machine with hardware produced by manufacturers that are hostile to Linux, and you want to use that hardware, then yes. Don't do that. -- Matthew Garrett | mjg59-chiark.mail.linux-rutgers.kernel@srcf.ucam.org - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/