On Tuesday 11 Dec 2012 09:04:59 Nuno J. Silva wrote: > On 2012-12-07, Mick wrote: > > On Tuesday 04 Dec 2012 15:30:04 Dustin C. Hatch wrote: > >> On 12/4/2012 06:11, Florian Philipp wrote: > >> > Do you actually need broadcom-sta anymore? With the recent kernel > >> > updates more chips work with the in-kernel driver (brcmsmac). But the > >> > config option is well hidden (you need to enable BCMA to even see it). > >> > >> Yes, I initially tried the b43 driver, which worked, but consistently > >> dropped about 5-15% of packets, making it mostly unusable. I also tried > >> bcrmsmac and bcrmfmac, and neither of them supported my card (432b). > >> Unfortunately, I can't get a different card, either, because I my > >> notebook has a "whitelist" of supported devices in the BIOS, and it > >> won't even boot with a mini-pci-e card installed that isn't in that > >> list. Thanks, HP :( > > > > This sounds scary!!! Isn't there a way of disabling this feature in > > the BIOS? > > With HP, you don't even get a BIOS setup. You get something that tells > you the processor temperature and possibly lets you change the boot > order. > > > Have you spoken to the HP police to ask what they can do to allow you to > > manage the machine you bought from them? O_O > > I guess I could do that too. I find it a bit annoying that they don't > even offer a BIOS setup and then decide to silently flip some of the > settings with BIOS upgrades (like disabling AMD-V...)
Although I used to like Compaq (until they were bought out by HP) what you're describing is a place I really don't want to go! I'd be interested to hear what they come back with. Thanks for sharing. -- Regards, Mick
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