| USB, 2 ports : [ALi] M5237 USB (rev 03) | Working. Use ohci device hub |
| (win)Modem, Xircom: Unknown device 002b | Working. winmodem support. |
| Ethernet (builtin) Intel Corporation 82557 [Ethernet Pro 100] (rev 09) | Working. |
| PCMCIA Texas Instruments PCI1410 PC card Cardbus Controller (rev 01) | Working. |
| Sound ESS Technology ES1969 Solo-1 Audiodrive (rev 02) | Working. |
| Video ATI Technologies Inc Rage Mobility P/M (rev 64) | Working. XFree86-4.1.0 XF86Config |
| Infrared | Unknown (haven't tested, may not work) |
| Power Management | Partial, no working suspend. You must use ACPI. |
The NEC Lavie is a very nice piece of hardware. It features two powersaving technologies: a reflective LCD screen and a transmeta processor. The reflective LCD screen does not need a backlight in good lighting conditions (although one is available for bad lighting conditions).
I installed redhat-7.1 on this laptop. Some hand configuration was required to make everything work. Currently, I'm using a linux-2.4.8-ac11 + ACPI kernel.
The lack of suspend is a very serious issue although not fatal to the usefulness of the laptop. The laptop can run for (perhaps) 9 hours with minimal power utilization.