dell xps13 2018

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zader

Hi all,

Just wondering if anyone has got freebsd running on one of the new dells? specifically things like bluetooth, killer wifi and touchscreen / screen zoom on the 4k model.

thanks
 
bluetooth= no change (minimal support)
killer wifi= no change -(No 802.11ac)
touchscreen= We do now have evdev(4) for touchscreen. Not sure if supports your touchscreen or zooming screen(doubtful).
 
I see thanks for the reply, is there 802 support in the works? Or another bsd project hat supports It?

Thanks for the reply
 
802.11ac is in the works but I have no idea when it will hit.
ath10k
https://github.com/erikarn/athp/tree/master/otus/freebsd/src/sys/dev/athp

The problem is not 802.11ac per say, but the lack of driver for the newer "802.11ac" Atheros wireless adapters.
It would fallback to 802.11n if there was a wireless card driver.
Like some 802.11n wireless cards only work in 802.11g mode.
(like the run(4) driver for example)
CAVEATS
The run driver does not support any of the 802.11n capabilities offered
by the RT2800, RT3000 and RT3900 chipsets.
Click to expand...
 
thats great thanks for the info, tbh idc if its n c a x or 16.8hst lol anything is better than no networking :)

Cheers
 
Believe me I wish we had 802.11ac. Adrian is pecking away at it as he is not helped much it seems.
It is a large burden he has volunteered for. Luckily we have such dedicated developers working for free.

You could slip in a Atheros 802.11n adapter in your laptop($10-$20 cost). I dunno how bad you want wireless.
 
In that case, a USB WIFI thingy would be a workable in between solution?
 
Yes you can f2 into bios and disable the onboard wifi at the cost of an ugly usbc-3.0 converter and somethibg like a tplink rum device.

Idk if theres actually usbc wifi card that works..
 
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