SDB: Description of Acer Travelmate 521 TE

Description of Acer Travelmate 521 TE

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Exact modelname

Acer Travelmate 521TE Model No. 1904
Manufacturer's description can be found at : http://www.acer.com/aac/products/notebook/tm520/index.htm#specs (in English)

Processor, Memory, Bus

Processor

processor       : 0
vendor_id       : GenuineIntel
cpu family      : 6
model           : 8
model name      : Pentium III (Coppermine)
stepping        : 3
cpu MHz         : 596.922
cache size      : 256 KB
hlt_bug         : no
sep_bug         : no
f00f_bug        : no
coma_bug        : no
fpu             : yes
fpu_exception   : yes
cpuid level     : 3
wp              : yes
flags           : fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 sep mtrr pge mca cmov pat pse36 pn mmx fxsr xmm
bogomips        : 1189.48

256 kByte cache,
64 MByte basic memory equipment, optional upgrade to 512.

Graphic chip, Display

Graphic chipset: ATI Technologies Inc 3D Rage P/M Mobility AGP 2x
Display: XGA/SVGA 1024 x 768
XServer: The XFree86 Server Version 4.0 works fine with the ati module. No particular server options needed.

From lspci -v :

01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc 3D Rage P/M Mobility AGP 2x (rev 64) (prog-if 00 [VGA])
        Subsystem: Acer Incorporated [ALI]: Unknown device 1010
        Flags: bus master, stepping, medium devsel, latency 32, IRQ 11
        Memory at 81000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable)
        I/O ports at 8000
        Memory at 80600000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable)
        Expansion ROM at 80620000 [disabled]
        Capabilities: [50] AGP version 1.0

From SuperProbe :

First video: Super-VGA
        Chipset: ATI Rage Mobility (Port Probed)
        Memory:  8192 Kbytes
        RAMDAC:  ATI Mach64 integrated 15/16/24/32-bit DAC w/clock
                 (with 6-bit wide lookup tables (or in 6-bit mode))
                 (programmable for 6/8-bit wide lookup tables)
        Attached graphics coprocessor:
                Chipset: ATI Mach64
                Memory:  8192 Kbytes

Pointing Device

Touchpad with 2 Buttons. Recognized and supported under Linux as a standard PS/2 mouse.
Port for connection of an external PS/2 mouse available.

Sound

Sound chip: Acer Laboratories Inc. [ALi]: Unknown device 5451

lspci -v Output :

00:06.0 Multimedia audio controller: Acer Laboratories Inc. [ALi]: Unknown device 5451 (rev 01)
        Subsystem: Acer Incorporated [ALI]: Unknown device 1010
        Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 32, IRQ 10
        I/O ports at 9000
        Memory at 82200000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable)
        Capabilities: [dc] Power Management version 2

Works with the following modules.conf entries:

alias   char-major-14 trident
post-install trident ac97_codec

Survives suspend / resume cycles.

PCMCIA

PCMCIA controller: Unknown [1217 6933] rev 01 PCI-to-CardBus
From /var/log/messages:

kernel: Linux PCMCIA Card Services 3.1.17
kernel:   kernel build: 2.2.16 #1 Wed Aug 2 20:03:33 GMT 2000
kernel:   options:  [pci] [cardbus] [apm]
kernel: PCI routing table version 1.0 at 0xfb9d0
kernel:   00:13.0 -> irq 11
kernel:   00:13.1 -> irq 11
kernel: Intel PCIC probe:
kernel:   Unknown [1217 6933] rev 01 PCI-to-CardBus at slot 00:13, mem 0x68000000
kernel:     host opts [0]: [pci irq 11] [lat 32/176] [bus 32/34]
kernel:     host opts [1]: [pci irq 11] [lat 32/176] [bus 35/37]
kernel:     ISA irqs (default) = 3,4,5,7,9,12 PCI status changes

probe -v and probe -m Output:

  PCI bridge probe: not found.
Intel PCIC probe:
  ident(0)=0xff
  not found.
Databook TCIC-2 probe: not found.

IrDA

Works fine.

External connection

1 USB connector. lspci -v Output:

00:14.0 USB Controller: Acer Laboratories Inc. [ALi] M5237 USB (rev 03) (prog-if 10 [OHCI])
        Subsystem: Acer Incorporated [ALI]: Unknown device 1010
        Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 32, IRQ 11
        Memory at 82400000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable)
        Capabilities: [60] Power Management version 2

APM

The following APM Kernel configuration works :

    [*] Enable APM at boot time
    [*] Do CPU IDLE calls
    [*] Enable console blanking using APM
    [*] Ignore multiple suspend/resume cycles
    [*] RTC stores time in GMT
    [*] Allow interrupts during APM BIOS calls

Suspend to memory works.

Builtin ethernet device

Intel Corporation 82557 [Ethernet Pro 100]

lspci -vn Output :

00:0a.0 Class 0200: 8086:1229 (rev 08)
        Subsystem: 1025:1010
        Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 32, IRQ 10
        Memory at 80100000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable)
        I/O ports at 7000
        Memory at 80200000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable)
        Expansion ROM at 80300000 [disabled]
        Capabilities: [dc] Power Management version 2

Other storage media

Hard disk : IBM-DARA-206000, 5729MB w/418kB Cache, CHS=730/255/63
CD-ROM : CD-224E, ATAPI 24X CD-ROM drive, 128kB Cache
Floppycontroller : post-1991 82077

Output of fdisk -l :

Disk /dev/hda: 255 heads, 63 sectors, 730 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 bytes

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