Re: Centrino support

From: Dave Jones
Date: Fri Aug 15 2003 - 14:06:42 EST


On Fri, Aug 15, 2003 at 11:13:09AM -0700, Jan Rychter wrote:
> From http://news.com.com/2100-1006-993896.html:
>
> Intel plans Linux support for Centrino
>
> Intel is working on Linux support for Centrino, its package of chips for
> mobile computers with wireless networking abilities, but the company
> hasn't yet decided how or when to release it.
>
> That was on March 24, 2003.
>
> Well, that was almost 5 months ago. So I figured I'd ask if there's any
> progress -- so far the built-in wireless in my notebook still doesn't
> work with Linux and the machine is monstrously power-hungry because
> Linux doesn't scale the CPU frequency.

CPU frequency scaling is supported now at least. (Though you'll need
-ac for 2.4, or 2.6). Wireless is still unsupported AFAIK.

Dave

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