[gentoo-user] New Laptop Will Be Here in Few Days

[gentoo-user] New Laptop Will Be Here in Few Days

[Lee]

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New Clevo W670RZQ Laptop with 6th Gen i7 cpu, hm170 Intel chipset and on-
board graphics.

Will the latest stable kernel and firmware packages work with it? Will the
most recent minimal install disc be adequate for my needs, or should I go
with another distribution for the purpose of having a working  nic?

Anyone have first hand knowledge?

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Re: [gentoo-user] New Laptop Will Be Here in Few Days

[Adam Carter]

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On Sun, Mar 27, 2016 at 1:39 AM, Lee <ny6p01@gmail.com> wrote:

> New Clevo W670RZQ Laptop with 6th Gen i7 cpu, hm170 Intel chipset and on-
> board graphics.
>
> Will the latest stable kernel and firmware packages work with it? Will the
> most recent minimal install disc be adequate for my needs, or should I go
> with another distribution for the purpose of having a working  nic?
>
Skylake/6th gen + Intel HD 520 video working fine for me. ~amd64 kernel but
amd64 linux-firmware. I went straight to ~amd64 for the kernel since the
hardware is pretty new, and using the latest kernel seems prudent to me
when using recently released hardware. System was built when ~amd64 was
4.4. Everything worked.

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Re: [gentoo-user] New Laptop Will Be Here in Few Days

[Lee]

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Thanks!
On Mar 27, 2016 11:12 PM, "Adam Carter" <adamcarter3@gmail.com> wrote:

> On Sun, Mar 27, 2016 at 1:39 AM, Lee <ny6p01@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> New Clevo W670RZQ Laptop with 6th Gen i7 cpu, hm170 Intel chipset and on-
>> board graphics.
>>
>> Will the latest stable kernel and firmware packages work with it? Will
>> the most recent minimal install disc be adequate for my needs, or should I
>> go with another distribution for the purpose of having a working  nic?
>>
> Skylake/6th gen + Intel HD 520 video working fine for me. ~amd64 kernel
> but amd64 linux-firmware. I went straight to ~amd64 for the kernel since
> the hardware is pretty new, and using the latest kernel seems prudent to me
> when using recently released hardware. System was built when ~amd64 was
> 4.4. Everything worked.
>

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Re: [gentoo-user] New Laptop Will Be Here in Few Days

[Adam Carter]

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On Mon, Mar 28, 2016 at 5:21 PM, Lee <ny6p01@gmail.com> wrote:

> Thanks!
>
FWIW i also used ~amd64 gcc, and;
CFLAGS="-march=broadwell -O2 -pipe"
VIDEO_CARDS="intel i965"
CPU_FLAGS_X86="aes avx avx2 fma3 mmx popcnt sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2
ssse3"

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Re: [gentoo-user] New Laptop Will Be Here in Few Days

[Lee]

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Thanks so much!
On Mar 28, 2016 1:37 AM, "Adam Carter" <adamcarter3@gmail.com> wrote:

> On Mon, Mar 28, 2016 at 5:21 PM, Lee <ny6p01@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Thanks!
>>
> FWIW i also used ~amd64 gcc, and;
> CFLAGS="-march=broadwell -O2 -pipe"
> VIDEO_CARDS="intel i965"
> CPU_FLAGS_X86="aes avx avx2 fma3 mmx popcnt sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2
> ssse3"
>

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