Re: Centrino support?

[sam <samwun@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Tsume wrote:

> Hello community,
>
> How is everyone feeling today?
> Am interesting question, Does DragonflyBSD support centrino?
>
> I'm talking about eXecution Bit protection, stepping technology, and 
> other  functions which the pentium M allows to save energy while 
> providing decent  speed to the end user. I've just ordered a Pentium M 
> 1.7GHz and hopefully  nothing goes wrong with my order. I'm hoping to 
> install DragonFlyBSD on  the laptop. Every piece of hardware should be 
> compatible with a bit of OS  modification(Intel Wireless 2200 built-in 
> card).
>
> There is a project which supports my card. Maybe it would be easy to  
> include in DragonFlyBSD.
> http://damien.bergamini.free.fr/ipw/
>
> My lovely laptop weighs 6 pounds and uses a 6-cell battery.
>
> The wonders of Centrino technology. The wonders of having a real 
> notebook  which has at least 4.5+ battery life.

Don't get too excited about it. After the laptop being used for a year, 
the battery life reduced to less than 3 hours. :)

Sam
> TSUME