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gringo
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PostPosted: Fri Mar 18, 2011 11:20 am    Post subject: Toshiba Portege r700 Reply with quote

Hello all,

i have found no detailed information on how well this thing is supported in linux so that i will just dump here my experience with this laptop.

Specs :
13,3 inch led display
Core i5 M520
8 gigs ram
Sata II 500 GB 5400 RPM hard drive
DVD drive
VGA/HDMI output
1 x esata
3 x usb 2.0
8800 mah battery
Ethernet / Wlan / 3G / Bluetooth / GPS
Card Reader
Webcam

lspci

Code:
00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Core Processor DRAM Controller (rev 02)
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation Core Processor Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 02)
00:16.0 Communication controller: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset HECI Controller (rev 06)
00:19.0 Ethernet controller: Intel Corporation 82577LM Gigabit Network Connection (rev 06)
00:1a.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset USB2 Enhanced Host Controller (rev 06)
00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset High Definition Audio (rev 06)
00:1c.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset PCI Express Root Port 1 (rev 06)
00:1c.1 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset PCI Express Root Port 2 (rev 06)
00:1c.2 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset PCI Express Root Port 3 (rev 06)
00:1c.3 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset PCI Express Root Port 4 (rev 06)
00:1d.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset USB2 Enhanced Host Controller (rev 06)
00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801 Mobile PCI Bridge (rev a6)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation Mobile 5 Series Chipset LPC Interface Controller (rev 06)
00:1f.2 SATA controller: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset 6 port SATA AHCI Controller (rev 06)
00:1f.6 Signal processing controller: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset Thermal Subsystem (rev 06)
01:00.0 SD Host controller: Ricoh Co Ltd Device e822 (rev 01)
02:00.0 Network controller: Intel Corporation WiFi Link 6000 Series (rev 35)
ff:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Core Processor QuickPath Architecture Generic Non-core Registers (rev 02)
ff:00.1 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Core Processor QuickPath Architecture System Address Decoder (rev 02)
ff:02.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Core Processor QPI Link 0 (rev 02)
ff:02.1 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Core Processor QPI Physical 0 (rev 02)
ff:02.2 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Core Processor Reserved (rev 02)
ff:02.3 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Core Processor Reserved (rev 02)


lsusb

Code:
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 001 Device 002: ID 8087:0020 Intel Corp. Integrated Rate Matching Hub
Bus 002 Device 002: ID 8087:0020 Intel Corp. Integrated Rate Matching Hub
Bus 001 Device 003: ID 08ff:168b AuthenTec, Inc.
Bus 001 Device 004: ID 0bda:58f5 Realtek Semiconductor Corp.
Bus 001 Device 005: ID 0930:1311 Toshiba Corp. F3607gw v2 Mobile Broadband Module
Bus 001 Device 006: ID 0930:0213 Toshiba Corp.


CFLAGS im using :

Code:
CFLAGS="-O2 -march=core2 -mtune=core2 -mcx16 -msahf -maes -mpclmul -mpopcnt -msse4.2 -pipe \
--param l1-cache-size=32 --param l1-cache-line-size=64 --param l2-cache-size=3072 \
-floop-interchange -floop-strip-mine -floop-block"


(which is more or less what -march=native would do, appart from the -floop-* stuff. I use distcc a lot).

cpuinfo x 4 :

Code:
processor   : 0
vendor_id   : GenuineIntel
cpu family   : 6
model      : 37
model name   : Intel(R) Core(TM) i5 CPU       M 520  @ 2.40GHz
stepping   : 5
cpu MHz      : 1199.000
cache size   : 3072 KB
physical id   : 0
siblings   : 4
core id      : 0
cpu cores   : 2
apicid      : 0
initial apicid   : 0
fpu      : yes
fpu_exception   : yes
cpuid level   : 11
wp      : yes
flags      : fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca cmov pat pse36 clflush dts acpi mmx fxsr sse sse2 ss ht tm pbe syscall nx rdtscp lm constant_tsc arch_perfmon pebs bts rep_good nopl xtopology nonstop_tsc aperfmperf pni pclmulqdq dtes64 monitor ds_cpl vmx smx est tm2 ssse3 cx16 xtpr pdcm sse4_1 sse4_2 popcnt aes lahf_lm ida arat dts tpr_shadow vnmi flexpriority ept vpid
bogomips   : 4788.15
clflush size   : 64
cache_alignment   : 64
address sizes   : 36 bits physical, 48 bits virtual
power management:


Drivers needed :
ethernet -> e1000e
wlan -> iwlagn + net-wireless/iwl6000-ucode
bluetooth -> btusb
3G / GPS -> usbnet, cdc-ether,cdc_wdm,cdc_adm - lots of info here : http://www.thinkwiki.org/wiki/Ericsson_F3507g_Mobile_Broadband_Module
webcam -> uvcvideo
Card Reader -> sdhci-pci
Thermal managment -> intel_ips
HECI Controller -> mei ( i have no idea what this is about ...)

what does not work ( yet, hopefully ...):

- fingerprint reader, no specs nor support from authentec.
- acpi support is crappy, im not sure if driver in staging helps a bit further or not ( i think it doesnt help at all). You will see lots of "unhandled acpi event" messages in your logs. This also means that you have almost no hardware monitoring ( i mean fan rpm control and volt monitoring). Fn keys work quite well in gnome though, even rfkill.
- battery monitoring isnt working properly, at least gnome-power-manager doesnt manage to calculate it accurately.
- hard drive accelerometer is not supported AFAIK.

I havent tested the HDMI or the esata ports but i guess they should work just fine, they are detected at least.

cheers


Last edited by gringo on Thu Aug 04, 2011 3:43 pm; edited 3 times in total
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Bloot
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PostPosted: Sat Apr 30, 2011 9:37 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Hi,

I've also installed Gentoo on an R700; couldn't get to work the fingerprint sensor, neither the cpufrequtils daemon. Also got all those acpi errors on start. And suddenly, splashutils brings a blank screen instead of the splash screen itself (video off), will have to take a look at it later. Everything else, works just fine, including the docking station interface ports. ¿Does your cpufrequtils really do the job?. If so, it will be really appreciated if you posted your kernel .config file, so I can compare which modules I missed to include (i'd swear it's all ok but it doesn't work). Maybe it's related to the poor acpi support at this moment in the kernel with this motherboard, will have to wait for better support in that case.

Greets.

Well, nevermind, I managed to fix those problems related to intelfb (wasn't using a propper resolution with intelfb) and cpufrequtils (compiled acpi_cpufreq as a module and then loaded it at boot).
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PostPosted: Mon May 02, 2011 6:54 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

about the splashscreen, no idea, i dont have any fancy stuff at boot. I only use KMS.
changing cpu freq. was a no-brainer for me, i just use the ondemand governor from the kernel.

cheers
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PostPosted: Tue May 03, 2011 8:00 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Everything fixed ;), well except for the acpi errors.

Greets.
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PostPosted: Mon May 09, 2011 8:15 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Hi,
seems I have the same problem.
did you find drivers for "Toshiba Corp. F3607gw v2 Mobile Broadband Module" ?
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