I might be acquiring a Dell Latitude D600 laptop, which is a
"Centrino" laptop.
Does anyone have one of these beasts? Does Red Hat Linux 9 run on it?
Specifically:
1. Does the 2.4.20 kernel reasonably support the Centrino
southbridge? Meaning, will the kernel turn on DMA, 32-bit
I/O, IRQ unmasking, etc.?
2. Is the video chipset for this laptop (an ATI Radeon 9000)
supported? (It should be, but if this is a "mobile" version,
it might use different PCI ids.)
3. Is the built-in "Centrino" Wi-Fi card supported?
I can cope with lack of support for the built-in Wi-Fi, as I already
have a PCMCIA Wi-Fi card. The southbridge support and the video
chipset support are more critical, though. ;)
Any insights or experiences are welcome...
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James Ralston, Information Technology
Software Engineering Institute
Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
