On Sun, Sep 20, 2009 at 10:11:12PM -0600, Michael Burk wrote:
> Hi All,
>
> After years of using OpenBSD on servers, I want to take the plunge and
> setup an OpenBSD-based laptop. From what I gather on this list, it
> looks like ThinkPads are better supported than most. I've been looking
> at two models - the ThinkPad T400 and T400s. I've tried to determine
> if all the components are supported, but I'm not sure about some
> things. If anyone has direct experience with these models (they've
> been out for a year or so, I think), I'd appreciate any feedback.
>
> Here's what I've determined about support:
>
> CPU: Intel Core2 Duo (SP9600 or T9600) - yes; use AMD64 arch?
> ATI Mobility Radeon 3470 - yes
> - or -
> Intel GMA 4500MHD - ?
> UltraNav (TrackPoint and TouchPad) - probably
> DisplayPort video port for external monitor - ?
> (I'd like to be able to have two separate screens configured,
> though video mirroring would be OK)
> Intel WiFi Link 5300 - yes
I have a T400 w/ an ATHEROS 5425 card that is yet to be supported.
Although, there are versions of that chip that have support.
> Sound card (no specs available) - ?
> Bluetooth - yes through ports
> 5 in 1 or 7 in 1 Media Card Reader - standard USB storage device?
> Integrated camera - no
> Fingerprint reader - no
>
> One serious drawback is that I can't find a place locally that sells
> them, so I can't find out how they feel, sound, or how good the screen
> looks. I'd appreciate any comments about these aspects also.
I really like the look and feel (I can send screenshots, if you desire).
When I was researching what to buy, many reviews claimed that the
keyboard too "flimsy." While I can bend the plastic in a couple of
places, I find that keyboard is quite sturdy.
The sound is fine. As good as I expect from small laptop speakers. I
use them everyday to listen to music while I work and sometimes turn the
sound up to listen to stuff as I do things like fold laundry or cook
dinner. Also, the keyboard sound control buttons work (and
have since I installed oBSD on it over a year ago).
I would recommend this machine.
g'luck!
-Neal
dmesg:
OpenBSD 4.6-current (GENERIC.MP) #178: Tue Sep 8 20:47:48 MDT 2009
dera...@amd64.openbsd.org:/usr/src/sys/arch/amd64/compile/GENERIC.MP
real mem = 2070614016 (1974MB)
avail mem = 2011025408 (1917MB)
mainbus0 at root
bios0 at mainbus0: SMBIOS rev. 2.4 @ 0xe0010 (74 entries)
bios0: vendor LENOVO version "7UET43WW (1.13 )" date 08/19/2008
bios0: LENOVO 7417CTO
acpi0 at bios0: rev 2
acpi0: tables DSDT FACP SSDT ECDT APIC MCFG HPET SLIC BOOT ASF! SSDT
TCPA SSDT SSDT SSDT
acpi0: wakeup devices LID_(S3) SLPB(S3) UART(S3) IGBE(S4) EXP0(S4)
EXP1(S4) EXP2(S4) EXP3(S4) EXP4(S4) PCI1(S4) USB0(S3) USB1(S3) USB2(S3)
USB3(S3) USB4(S3) USB5(S3) EHC0(S3) EHC1(S3) HDEF(S4)
acpitimer0 at acpi0: 3579545 Hz, 24 bits
acpimadt0 at acpi0 addr 0xfee00000: PC-AT compat
cpu0 at mainbus0: apid 0 (boot processor)
cpu0: Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo CPU P8600 @ 2.40GHz, 2394.30 MHz
cpu0:
FPU,VME,DE,PSE,TSC,MSR,PAE,MCE,CX8,APIC,SEP,MTRR,PGE,MCA,CMOV,PAT,PSE36,CFLUSH,DS,ACPI,MMX,FXSR,SSE,SSE2,SS,HTT,TM,SBF,SSE3,MWAIT,DS-CPL,VMX,SMX,EST,TM2,CX16,xTPR,NXE,LONG
cpu0: 3MB 64b/line 8-way L2 cache
cpu0: apic clock running at 266MHz
cpu1 at mainbus0: apid 1 (application processor)
cpu1: Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo CPU P8600 @ 2.40GHz, 2394.00 MHz
cpu1:
FPU,VME,DE,PSE,TSC,MSR,PAE,MCE,CX8,APIC,SEP,MTRR,PGE,MCA,CMOV,PAT,PSE36,CFLUSH,DS,ACPI,MMX,FXSR,SSE,SSE2,SS,HTT,TM,SBF,SSE3,MWAIT,DS-CPL,VMX,SMX,EST,TM2,CX16,xTPR,NXE,LONG
cpu1: 3MB 64b/line 8-way L2 cache
ioapic0 at mainbus0: apid 1 pa 0xfec00000, version 20, 24 pins
ioapic0: misconfigured as apic 2, remapped to apid 1
acpihpet0 at acpi0: 14318179 Hz
acpiprt0 at acpi0: bus 0 (PCI0)
acpiprt1 at acpi0: bus -1 (AGP_)
acpiprt2 at acpi0: bus 2 (EXP0)
acpiprt3 at acpi0: bus 3 (EXP1)
acpiprt4 at acpi0: bus -1 (EXP2)
acpiprt5 at acpi0: bus 5 (EXP3)
acpiprt6 at acpi0: bus 13 (EXP4)
acpiprt7 at acpi0: bus 21 (PCI1)
acpiec0 at acpi0
acpicpu0 at acpi0: C3, C2, C1, PSS
acpicpu1 at acpi0: C3, C2, C1, PSS
acpipwrres0 at acpi0: PUBS
acpitz0 at acpi0: critical temperature 127 degC
acpitz1 at acpi0: critical temperature 100 degC
acpibtn0 at acpi0: LID_
acpibtn1 at acpi0: SLPB
acpibat0 at acpi0: BAT0 model "42T5225" serial 3388 type LION oem
"Panasonic"
acpibat1 at acpi0: BAT1 not present
acpiac0 at acpi0: AC unit online
acpithinkpad0 at acpi0
acpidock0 at acpi0: GDCK not docked (0)
cpu0: Enhanced SpeedStep 2394 MHz: speeds: 2401, 2400, 1600, 800 MHz
pci0 at mainbus0 bus 0
pchb0 at pci0 dev 0 function 0 "Intel GM45 Host" rev 0x07
vga1 at pci0 dev 2 function 0 "Intel GM45 Video" rev 0x07
wsdisplay0 at vga1 mux 1: console (80x25, vt100 emulation)
wsdisplay0: screen 1-5 added (80x25, vt100 emulation)
intagp0 at vga1
agp0 at intagp0: aperture at 0xd0000000, size 0x10000000
inteldrm0 at vga1: apic 1 int 16 (irq 11)
drm0 at inteldrm0
"Intel GM45 Video" rev 0x07 at pci0 dev 2 function 1 not configured
"Intel GM45 HECI" rev 0x07 at pci0 dev 3 function 0 not configured
em0 at pci0 dev 25 function 0 "Intel ICH9 IGP M AMT" rev 0x03: apic 1
int 20 (irq 11), address 00:1e:37:d9:cc:ed
uhci0 at pci0 dev 26 function 0 "Intel 82801I USB" rev 0x03: apic 1 int
20 (irq 11)
uhci1 at pci0 dev 26 function 1 "Intel 82801I USB" rev 0x03: apic 1 int
21 (irq 11)
uhci2 at pci0 dev 26 function 2 "Intel 82801I USB" rev 0x03: apic 1 int
22 (irq 11)
ehci0 at pci0 dev 26 function 7 "Intel 82801I USB" rev 0x03: apic 1 int
23 (irq 11)
usb0 at ehci0: USB revision 2.0
uhub0 at usb0 "Intel EHCI root hub" rev 2.00/1.00 addr 1
azalia0 at pci0 dev 27 function 0 "Intel 82801I HD Audio" rev 0x03: apic
1 int 17 (irq 11)
azalia0: codecs: Conexant CX20561
audio0 at azalia0
ppb0 at pci0 dev 28 function 0 "Intel 82801I PCIE" rev 0x03: apic 1 int
20 (irq 11)
pci1 at ppb0 bus 2
ppb1 at pci0 dev 28 function 1 "Intel 82801I PCIE" rev 0x03: apic 1 int
21 (irq 11)
pci2 at ppb1 bus 3
ath0 at pci2 dev 0 function 0 "Atheros AR5424" rev 0x01: apic 1 int 17
(irq 11)
ath0: AR5424 14.2 phy 7.0 rf 0.0, WOR02W, address 00:22:69:86:96:77
ppb2 at pci0 dev 28 function 3 "Intel 82801I PCIE" rev 0x03: apic 1 int
23 (irq 11)
pci3 at ppb2 bus 5
ppb3 at pci0 dev 28 function 4 "Intel 82801I PCIE" rev 0x03: apic 1 int
20 (irq 11)
pci4 at ppb3 bus 13
uhci3 at pci0 dev 29 function 0 "Intel 82801I USB" rev 0x03: apic 1 int
16 (irq 11)
uhci4 at pci0 dev 29 function 1 "Intel 82801I USB" rev 0x03: apic 1 int
17 (irq 11)
uhci5 at pci0 dev 29 function 2 "Intel 82801I USB" rev 0x03: apic 1 int
18 (irq 11)
ehci1 at pci0 dev 29 function 7 "Intel 82801I USB" rev 0x03: apic 1 int
19 (irq 11)
usb1 at ehci1: USB revision 2.0
uhub1 at usb1 "Intel EHCI root hub" rev 2.00/1.00 addr 1
ppb4 at pci0 dev 30 function 0 "Intel 82801BAM Hub-to-PCI" rev 0x93
pci5 at ppb4 bus 21
cbb0 at pci5 dev 0 function 0 "Ricoh 5C476 CardBus" rev 0xba: apic 1 int
16 (irq 11)
"Ricoh 5C832 Firewire" rev 0x04 at pci5 dev 0 function 1 not configured
cardslot0 at cbb0 slot 0 flags 0
cardbus0 at cardslot0: bus 22 device 0 cacheline 0x0, lattimer 0xb0
pcmcia0 at cardslot0
pcib0 at pci0 dev 31 function 0 "Intel 82801IEM LPC" rev 0x03
ahci0 at pci0 dev 31 function 2 "Intel 82801I AHCI" rev 0x03: apic 1 int
16 (irq 11), AHCI 1.2
scsibus0 at ahci0: 32 targets
sd0 at scsibus0 targ 0 lun 0: <ATA, HITACHI HTS72201, DCDZ> SCSI3
0/direct fixed
sd0: 152627MB, 512 bytes/sec, 312581808 sec total
cd0 at scsibus0 targ 1 lun 0: <HL-DT-ST, DVDRAM GSA-U20N, HX12> ATAPI
5/cdrom removable
ichiic0 at pci0 dev 31 function 3 "Intel 82801I SMBus" rev 0x03: apic 1
int 23 (irq 11)
iic0 at ichiic0
usb2 at uhci0: USB revision 1.0
uhub2 at usb2 "Intel UHCI root hub" rev 1.00/1.00 addr 1
usb3 at uhci1: USB revision 1.0
uhub3 at usb3 "Intel UHCI root hub" rev 1.00/1.00 addr 1
usb4 at uhci2: USB revision 1.0
uhub4 at usb4 "Intel UHCI root hub" rev 1.00/1.00 addr 1
usb5 at uhci3: USB revision 1.0
uhub5 at usb5 "Intel UHCI root hub" rev 1.00/1.00 addr 1
usb6 at uhci4: USB revision 1.0
uhub6 at usb6 "Intel UHCI root hub" rev 1.00/1.00 addr 1
usb7 at uhci5: USB revision 1.0
uhub7 at usb7 "Intel UHCI root hub" rev 1.00/1.00 addr 1
isa0 at pcib0
isadma0 at isa0
pckbc0 at isa0 port 0x60/5
pckbd0 at pckbc0 (kbd slot)
pckbc0: using irq 1 for kbd slot
wskbd0 at pckbd0: console keyboard, using wsdisplay0
pms0 at pckbc0 (aux slot)
pckbc0: using irq 12 for aux slot
wsmouse0 at pms0 mux 0
pcppi0 at isa0 port 0x61
midi0 at pcppi0: <PC speaker>
spkr0 at pcppi0
aps0 at isa0 port 0x1600/31
mtrr: Pentium Pro MTRR support
vscsi0 at root
scsibus1 at vscsi0: 256 targets
softraid0 at root
root on sd0a swap on sd0b dump on sd0
>
> Thanks,
> Michael
