Re: 5.0 and Eee PC 701

[matthew sporleder <msporleder%gmail.com@localhost>]

On 5/2/09, Michael Dexter <dexter%ambidexter.com@localhost> wrote:
>
>  Hello all,
>
>  I am getting mixed messages from searching for 5.0 support on the Asus
>  Eee PC 701. Are ath0 and other patches required under NetBSD 5.0?
>
>  I am finding:
>
>  - ath0 will not configure
>  - suspect will not work, likely because of the above
>  - the track pad is not supported in x.org
>
>  Does anyone have a how-to specifically for this machine?
>

I've been running -current on mine, so I'm not sure ath landed in 5.0,
but otherwise everything should work just fine.  I also had to add dri
to my kernel for accelerated X.

Basically I just pxebooted an INSTALL kernel and things went off
without a hitch.