Bernd Schemmer wrote: > Hi, > > I plan to buy a new Notebook later this year.The primary use of the Notebook > should be to run OpenSolaris and Ubuntu. > > I'm thinking about buying the Thinkpad T60 or T61 and therefor I've some > questions regarding the hardware options for the Thinkpad T60/T61s: > > The T60/T61 comes with one of the following graphics adapters: > > * Intel Graphics Media Accelerator X3100 > * nVidia Quadro NVS 140m (128MB, 256MB, or 512MB) > > Which one of these is best for Solaris? > > > The possible WLAN adapters for the Notebook are: > > * Intel PRO/Wireless 3945ABG Mini-PCI Express Adapter > * Intel PRO/Wireless 4965AGN Mini-PCI Express Adapter > * ThinkPad 11a/b/g Wireless LAN Mini Express Adapter > * ThinkPad 11a/b/g/n Wireless LAN Mini Express Adapter > > Again, which one of these is the best choice for Solaris? > > > What about the "Intel Centrino Pro" bundle: > > Intel Centrino Pro Technology is actually a marketing term for the > combination of: > > * Intel Core 2 Duo (Intel Core 2 Duo (Merom)) > * Intel 965 Express Chipset > * Intel 82566MM Gigabit Adapter (Ethernet_Controllers) > * Intel PRO/Wireless 4965AGN Mini-PCI Express Adapter ; pre 802.11n > * Intel Active Management Technology (AMT) Firmware > > Is that okay for running Solaris? > > I think none of the following is supported by Solaris yet: > > * Verizon 1xEV-DO WWAN (It seems to be a Sierra Wireless MC5720 Modem) > * Cingular HSDPA WWAN (Sierra Wireless MC8775) > * Intel?? Turbo Memory hard drive cache > > > The same question for the ExpressCard slot and the 4-in-1 Card Reader: > > The ExpressCard slot is a PC Card slot, that is not backwards compatible with > the 32-bit CardBus or 16-bit PCMCIA standard. On some models, this slot can > be determined by an "X" on the blue eject button, differentiated from the > concave "O" on the PC Card eject button. > > Ricoh R5C843 4-in-1 Card Reader, PC Card and FireWire adapter > This is a single chip, offering six PCI functions : PC Card bridge, SD, MS, > MSPro, xD and FireWire controller > > I think both are not supported by Solaris yet - correct? > > > And, last question: > > AFAIK all CPUs used in the T60/T61 support the virtualization extension VT. > > Does anybody have some experience running Xen on the T60/T61 with HVM domains? > > > regards > > Bernd > > > This message posted from opensolaris.org > _______________________________________________ > laptop-discuss mailing list > laptop-discuss at opensolaris.org 1.) NVIDIA (If you want to run ANY 3D stuff, or movies, you can't do much with ATI or Intel) 2.) Intel Wireless 3945 (4965 should be supported, don't quote me, check the iwl driver on the wlan page for opensolaris) 3.) WWAN is not supported. There's a remote possibility that Sprint branded Novatel will be the first, they work best out of all cards with Macs and non-Windows systems. Sprint has no download cap, Verizon is 5GB/mo, and Cingular HDSPA is spotty at best for coverage (Capped at 30GB/mo unofficially). Just don't buy any WWAN, it does not work with OpenSolaris in almost all cases. ExpressCard WWAN adapters use USB bridging and USB serial to operate, even though they go through a pci-express bus and alien hardware slots. ExpressCard replaces cardbus, and it already has WWAN adapters and SATA controllers. There's a cardbus adapter for ExpressCard also.
Card readers vary, it might seem simple, but that's a misnomer with combo devices. SD cards should work fine, but other non-USB removable media is not supported. This will change soon, they're already incorporating better laptop support for card readers. USB-based ones are best supported. Unless it's a Core/Core2-based chip, it does not support Intel VT. Xen does not support Windows yet if that's where you're going. James
