NetBSD/i386 on ASUS EeePC
The following hardware components can be found inside the EeePC 701 and 900. Information here includes what drivers support the hardware component, if any is present in NetBSD.
| Device | Driver | Available in | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ethernet: | lii(4) | 4.1 | - |
| WiFi: | ath(4) | - | Works with the following patches: [1] [2] |
| Webcam: | uvideo(4) | 5.0 | USB Video Class |
| Suspend to RAM: | acpi(4) | 5.0 | - |
| Display: | X.org and XFree86, both i810 and Intel drivers | 4.0 | x11/xf86-video-i810, x11/xf86-video-intel |
| Hardware-3D: | i915drm | 4.0 | - |
| Audio: | azalia(4) | 5.0 | - |
| USB: | ehci(4), uhci(4) | 4.0 | - |
| SD Slot: | umass(4) | 4.0 | - |
| Fn keys: | asus(4) | 5.0 | Volume, brightness control |
You can boot your EeePC from the network as described in our Netboot HowTo. After that, you can do a normal network install.
The usual steps to reduce power consumption as outlined in our Power Management documentation apply.
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