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anyone else seen this? it's kind of what I've always wanted in a laptop. very portable, has USB, and is powerful enough to do things like listen to music and watch videos.
only one of the models is out right now, but all of them, including two cheaper models, are due out by the end of November according to Asus' website.
http://eeepc.asus.com/
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?It … 0244&T
the only thing I can find about the wireless chipset is that it's Atheros-based. I'm curious if there's a driver for it in any of the BSDs, especially OpenBSD.
only one of the models is out right now, but all of them, including two cheaper models, are due out by the end of November according to Asus' website.
http://eeepc.asus.com/
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?It … 0244&T
the only thing I can find about the wireless chipset is that it's Atheros-based. I'm curious if there's a driver for it in any of the BSDs, especially OpenBSD.
if it's atheros, then yes, and it's nice.
couldn't it be a new Atheros chipset or something though? I just remember hearing different types of Atheros chipsets with different model numbers or whatever. regardless, sounds hopeful. I'm going to seriously consider one of these when the cheaper models come out.
i guess so.
if you download the driver on the asus page for the wifi you can see that it says:
Copyright (c) 2004, Atheros Communication Inc.
:)
Copyright (c) 2004, Atheros Communication Inc.
:)
doesn't mean there aren't other drivers, like ath in OpenBSD.
if there is atheros hardware, a windows driver by the company seems reasonable...
or no
i tried
or no
i tried
one of my housemates bought one tonight!
we're gonna install OpenBSD on it soon.
oh, and the Atheros wireless chipset is 5212, which is supported by OpenBSD 4.2!
from dmesg:
we're gonna install OpenBSD on it soon.
oh, and the Atheros wireless chipset is 5212, which is supported by OpenBSD 4.2!
from dmesg:
[ 3878.180000] ACPI: PCI interrupt for device 0000:01:00.0 disabled [ 3878.180000] ath_pci: driver unloaded [ 3880.210000] ath_pci: 0.9.4.5 (Atheros/multi-bss) [ 3880.210000] ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:01:00.0[A] -> Link [LNKC] -> GSI 10 (level, low) -> IRQ 10 [ 3880.210000] PCI: Setting latency timer of device 0000:01:00.0 to 64 [ 3880.780000] wifi0: 11b rates: 1Mbps 2Mbps 5.5Mbps 11Mbps [ 3880.780000] wifi0: 11g rates: 1Mbps 2Mbps 5.5Mbps 11Mbps 6Mbps 9Mbps 12Mbps 18Mbps 24Mbps 36M bps 48Mbps 54Mbps [ 3880.780000] wifi0: mac 14.2 phy 7.0 radio 10.2 [ 3880.780000] wifi0: Use hw queue 1 for WME_AC_BE traffic [ 3880.780000] wifi0: Use hw queue 0 for WME_AC_BK traffic [ 3880.780000] wifi0: Use hw queue 2 for WME_AC_VI traffic [ 3880.780000] wifi0: Use hw queue 3 for WME_AC_VO traffic [ 3880.780000] wifi0: Use hw queue 8 for CAB traffic [ 3880.780000] wifi0: Use hw queue 9 for beacons [ 3880.780000] wifi0: Use hw queue 3 for WME_AC_VO traffic [ 3880.780000] wifi0: Use hw queue 8 for CAB traffic [ 3880.780000] wifi0: Use hw queue 9 for beacons [ 3880.780000] wifi0: Atheros 5212: mem=0xf8000000, irq=10
oh damn I'm posting from it now! this is so cool.
http://img136.imageshack.us/img136/4447/ttfry9.png
http://img136.imageshack.us/img136/4447/ttfry9.png
wow, that is cool. external pics and more screenies plz!!
yes, sir. especially when we install OpenBSD.
i like how you posted the screenshot of ttf on forums.bsdnexus.org. :)
nestor> external pics
+1
+1
haha, I came here first and posted that, then casually copied and pasted it to BSDnexus. then I realized a little bit later that I posted a screen of ttf on there and I laughed.
damn .. that's nice