FWIW, we don't have kernel drivers for the ATI adapters, so they
won't be supported for suspend and resume anytime soon.
---- Randy
On Wed, 20 Aug 2008, Stuart F. Biggar wrote:
> Some new notebooks from Lenovo (and others I expect) have two graphics
> adapters, one of which is used on battery and the other when plugged in.
> The adapter can also be chosen via a hot key (at least in Windows). The
> machines I've read about with this include the T500 and W500 from Lenovo.
> The following is from a pdf file describing the T400/T500:
>
> Graphics
> Integrated Intel X4500
> T400: ATI Mobile Radeon HD 3470 w/256 MB
> Switchable Graphics
> T500: ATI Mobile Radeon HD 3650 w/256 MB
> Switchable Graphics
>
> The W500 has an ATI FireGL M86-GL (512 GB)
> and the W700 has a Nvidia Quadro FX-2700 (512)
> or a FX-3700 with 1 GB of video RAM.
>
> They also have "Display Port" as the video
> output rather than DVI but do have VGA also.
>
> I wonder if this type of thing would work in Xorg in Solaris or Nevada?
>
> Another upside of these machines is that they
> are supposed to support up to 8 GB of RAM in
> a notebook. Some other Dell and HP notebooks
> also list 8 GB as a possibility. Any problems
> with that much RAM in a Solaris notebook with
> dual-core Intel CPUs? [the W700 is supposed
> to be available quad-core at some point but
> I don't think it will be very affordable with
> quad-core, 8 GB, and the FX-3700 and dual
> hard drives and 17" 1920x1200 with 400 nit
> LED backlight :-)
>
> Stuart
>
>
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