The system's BIOS much has almost no options to play with, ie. there is no way to enable/disable VT or HT.
I named the laptop 'pan'...
| Component | Status | Comment |
| Intel Core 2 Duo T5500 CPU (1.66 GHz) | OK | SpeedStep: 1.00 / 1.33 / 1.66 GHz VT (Vanderpool) is not supported, no BIOS option: pmeerw@pan:/tmp/msr-tools-1.1.2$ sudo ./rdmsr 0x3a 1HT is supported (no BIOS option) |
| Intel 82801G (ICH7) chipset | OK | |
| Hitachi HTS541010G9SA00 SATA 100 GB Harddisk | OK | |
| Pioneer DVD-RW DVR-K16M 24x CD, 3x DVD |
OK | special Sony OEM model, no region-free
firmware yet; drive can do DVD+-R/RW, DVD+RW DL, DVD-RAM, but no DVD-RW DL audio CD ripping limited to 8x |
| Graphics: Intel 945GM Chipset | OK | |
| WLAN: Intel PRO/Wireless 3945 (802.11 a/b/g) | OK | |
| Modem: Intel HDA | untested | maybe non-free driver from Linuxant
supports it:
pmeerw@pan:/tmp$ sudo hsfconfig --info
...
Config for modem unit 0: /dev/ttySHSF0
Device instance: 0-HDA-14f12c06:104d1700-1
HW revision : SSD=33 LSD=0x22
HW profile name: hsfhda
Registration ID: XXXX-XXXX-XXXX
License owner : xxx@xxx
License key : FREE
License status : FREE (max 14.4kbps data only)
Current region : AUSTRIA (T.35 code: 000A)
|
| Touchpad: AlpsPS/2 ALPS GlidePoint | OK | |
| NIC: Marvell Yukon FE 1 GBit Ethernet | OK | |
| Sound: Intel HDA | OK | even the volume/mute hotkeys work in Ubuntu's Gnome 2.16 |
| Display: 13.3" 1280x800 TFT | OK | brightness can be set by writing to
/proc/acpi/sony/brightness: eg. echo "4" > /proc/acpi/sony/brightness;
Ubuntu's Gnome 2.16 desktop does not handle the functions keys to adjust
brightness (F5/F6)
|
| Hotkeys brightness / switch display / zoom / suspend |
unsupported | sony_acpi driver only allows to change brightness see ACPI SNC below; Sony PI is not supported |
| 2x USB 2.0: Intel UHCI | OK | 29.3 MB/s transfer to HDD (measured with hdparm -t) |
| 1x IEEE1394: (Firewire, S400) Texas Instruments OHCI | OK | 25.6 MB/s transfer to HDD (measured with hdparm -t) |
| Card Reader: Texas Instruments 5-in-1 | partial | SD cards supported, MS cards not yet supported |
00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Mobile 945GM/PM/GMS/940GML and 945GT Express Memory Controller Hub (rev 03) 00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation Mobile 945GM/GMS/940GML Express Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 03) 00:02.1 Display controller: Intel Corporation Mobile 945GM/GMS/940GML Express Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 03) 00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) High Definition Audio Controller (rev 02) 00:1c.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) PCI Express Port 1 (rev 02) 00:1c.1 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) PCI Express Port 2 (rev 02) 00:1c.2 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) PCI Express Port 3 (rev 02) 00:1c.3 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) PCI Express Port 4 (rev 02) 00:1d.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB UHCI #1 (rev 02) 00:1d.1 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB UHCI #2 (rev 02) 00:1d.2 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB UHCI #3 (rev 02) 00:1d.3 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB UHCI #4 (rev 02) 00:1d.7 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB2 EHCI Controller (rev 02) 00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801 Mobile PCI Bridge (rev e2) 00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation 82801GBM (ICH7-M) LPC Interface Bridge (rev 02) 00:1f.1 IDE interface: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) IDE Controller (rev 02) 00:1f.2 IDE interface: Intel Corporation 82801GBM/GHM (ICH7 Family) Serial ATA Storage Controller IDE (rev 02) 00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) SMBus Controller (rev 02) 02:00.0 Ethernet controller: Marvell Technology Group Ltd. 88E8036 PCI-E Fast Ethernet Controller (rev 13) 06:00.0 Network controller: Intel Corporation PRO/Wireless 3945ABG Network Connection (rev 02) 0a:03.0 CardBus bridge: Texas Instruments PCIxx12 Cardbus Controller 0a:03.1 FireWire (IEEE 1394): Texas Instruments PCIxx12 OHCI Compliant IEEE 1394 Host Controller 0a:03.2 Mass storage controller: Texas Instruments 5-in-1 Multimedia Card Reader (SD/MMC/MS/MS PRO/xD)
| GBRT / SBRT | get / set display brightness | supported by sony_acpi |
| GPBR / SPBR | get / set display brightness default on power-on | supported by sony_acpi |
| RBMF | get battery mode | don't know how to use, *1 |
| RSBI | get battery info | don't know how to use, *1 |
| CBMF | change battery mode | don't know how to use, *1 |
| GDDI | lid opened/closed (?) | information also reported by /proc/acpi/... (?) |
| GWDP | ? | |
| PWAK | ? | |
| SODV | ? | |
| CSXB | Sony BIOS call | see SXBios.dll, *2 |
| SNAV | probably some version (?) | |
| SN00 | multi-function method | returns 'SncSupported' for args 0,1,2,3 |
pmeerw@pmeerw.net, Peter Meerwald