On 26/09/2007, Paul de Weerd <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > [diverted to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > On Wed, Sep 26, 2007 at 08:08:41AM -0700, big one wrote: > | OLPC (One Laptop Per Child) had released XO AMD Geode LX Laptops > | using G1G1 (Buy 2 Get 1). One laptop will be sent to the buyer and the > | 2nd laptop will be sent to a child in a poor, developing country. > | > | According to Mr Theo de Raadt from OpenBSD, it is impossible to > | write device driver for Wireless chipset inside XO. > | > | According to OLPC developer team: > | 1. There is no standard BIOS inside XO laptops. > | 2. There is no VGA/EGA/CGA video mode. > | > | Is it possible to port OpenBSD to XO Laptops without > | activating/using the wireless chipset? > | Thank you > > Why not buy some and send them to interested developers. > > "Buy 2 Send 1 to an OpenBSD developer" ;)
You'd have to buy at least a total of four laptops then. :) It is no less interesting to note that the price is obviously 2 times more what it was supposed to be. One more thing that deserves attention is that the OLPC camp promised us all that by the time the laptop goes into mass production, all parts of the system will be "free", including the wireless module -- but is it indeed so? C.
