Re: EeePC status?

[Stephen Borrill <netbsd%precedence.co.uk@localhost>]

On Mon, 31 Mar 2008, Jared D. McNeill wrote:
> On Mon, Mar 31, 2008 at 8:13 AM, Hubert Feyrer <hubert%feyrer.de@localhost> 
> wrote:
> >  Hi,
> >
> >  I think it would be nice to document the status of NetBSD's suport of
> >  Asus' EeePC. If anyone can send me the data, I can collect and add it to
> >  our webpages. I've made a start here:
> >
> >         http://www.feyrer.de/Misc/eee.html
> >
> >  This will live besides the "NetBSD on IBM PS/2" page eventually.
>
> Great idea, although we should probably host it on www.NetBSD.org.

I would also add that much of this is supported in netbsd-4 too (though 
not necessarily in-tree yet).

> Comments below.
>
> >    * Ethernet: lii(4)

Driver has been backported to 4.0.

> >    * WiFi: in progress
> mjf@ has patches: http://ftp.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD/misc/mjf/ath_eee.diff

Driver works on 4.0

> >    * Webcam: ?
> UVC, not yet supported.

See related GSoC project.

> >    * Power Management: ?
> Suspend to RAM works with Xorg + xf86-video-intel-2.2.1, internal
> display not restored on resume otherwise. The problem is understood,
> but "works with Xorg" is good enough for me :)

Doesn't work on NetBSD 4. In fact, it's easier to disable ACPI entirely on 
NetBSD 4

> >    * Display: ?
> Intel 915, works with XFree86 and Xorg (both i810 and intel drivers)

Works on NetBSD 4

> >    * Hardware-3D: ?
> Should work, but not tested.

Ditto.

> >    * Audio (play): ?
> Intel HD audio (azalia). Realtek ALC662-GR 5.1 audio codec support
> added to HEAD last night.

Any chance of a backport of this?

> >    * Audio (record): ?
> Not yet.
>
> >    * USB support: ?
> Yes.
>
> >    * SD Slot: ?
> Supported with umass(4)

Works on NetBSD 4

Our TCMu product (http://www.fastclients.co.uk/) is an EeePC with
custom version of ThinIT on it, set up to dual boot.

--
Stephen