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Fair device with a lot of tech that works with freedom drivers, very few blobs, good equipment for the price. One major flaw is the SuperIO/EC.
System is Gentoo Linux, very recent driver stack (mesa, libdrm, kernel), multilib (native 64 but also 32 ABI for the sake of performance of userspace blob programs).
Data:
lscpu
cat /proc/cpuinfo
and following the 2nd core with the same info
lsusb
Bus 002 Device 002: ID 05c8:021e Cheng Uei Precision Industry Co., Ltd (Foxlink)
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 005 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 004 Device 002: ID 03f0:311d Hewlett-Packard Atheros AR9285 Malbec Bluetooth Adapter
Bus 004 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
lspci
00:00.0 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Family 14h Processor Root Complex
00:01.0 VGA compatible controller: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] Wrestler [Radeon HD 6310]
00:01.1 Audio device: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] Wrestler HDMI Audio
00:11.0 SATA controller: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] SB7x0/SB8x0/SB9x0 SATA Controller [AHCI mode]
00:12.0 USB controller: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] SB7x0/SB8x0/SB9x0 USB OHCI0 Controller
00:12.2 USB controller: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] SB7x0/SB8x0/SB9x0 USB EHCI Controller
00:14.0 SMBus: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] SBx00 SMBus Controller (rev 42)
00:14.2 Audio device: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] SBx00 Azalia (Intel HDA) (rev 40)
00:14.3 ISA bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] SB7x0/SB8x0/SB9x0 LPC host controller (rev 40)
00:14.4 PCI bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] SBx00 PCI to PCI Bridge (rev 40)
00:14.5 USB controller: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] SB7x0/SB8x0/SB9x0 USB OHCI2 Controller
00:15.0 PCI bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] SB700/SB800/SB900 PCI to PCI bridge (PCIE port 0)
00:15.1 PCI bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] SB700/SB800/SB900 PCI to PCI bridge (PCIE port 1)
00:15.3 PCI bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] SB900 PCI to PCI bridge (PCIE port 3)
00:16.0 USB controller: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] SB7x0/SB8x0/SB9x0 USB OHCI0 Controller
00:16.2 USB controller: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] SB7x0/SB8x0/SB9x0 USB EHCI Controller
00:18.0 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Family 12h/14h Processor Function 0 (rev 43)
00:18.1 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Family 12h/14h Processor Function 1
00:18.2 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Family 12h/14h Processor Function 2
00:18.3 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Family 12h/14h Processor Function 3
00:18.4 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Family 12h/14h Processor Function 4
00:18.5 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Family 12h/14h Processor Function 6
00:18.6 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Family 12h/14h Processor Function 5
00:18.7 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Family 12h/14h Processor Function 7
02:00.0 Unassigned class [ff00]: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTS5209 PCI Express Card Reader (rev 01)
06:00.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8101E/RTL8102E PCI Express Fast Ethernet controller (rev 05)
07:00.0 Network controller: Qualcomm Atheros AR9285 Wireless Network Adapter (PCI-Express) (rev 01)
sensors-detect gives you the ususal temp. sensors for the AMD APU and the ITE IT8518E Super IO. The latter sucks currently cause this SuperIO/EC does neither have a driver (kernel / lm_sensors) nor a published datasheet. :/ This means less control over possible I/O, fans and especially no flashrom and coreboot support. Otherwise all components should be well ready for coreboot. I2C/SMBus on AMD is available. sensors-detect doesn't find much there besides some eeprom, and I think the synaptics touchpad is attached via I2C.
ACPI tables
Meh, too much MSFT.
decompilation / recomp. with iasl gave:
Compilation complete. 61 Errors, 1 Warnings, 62 Remarks, 13 Optimizations
BIOS-Setup
Very basic. Also bootup uses a stupid splash screen instead of a text mode summary. At least it has boot media selection.
and finally lshw --short
I added an SSD (Samsung Pro 850) and the bootup speed is nice (Kernel 3.19, openrc, KDE).
CPU power is okay. Still, compiling libreoffice (Gentoo) takes a lot of time. I can't nicely compare it with my socketed AM1 Kabini since it is comparing a 2 x 1.6 GHz vs. a newer architecture and my exemplar is 4 x 2.05 GHz. So my Kabini is definitely faster, esp. when it comes to compiling stuff.
What works:
CPU: Sure. It's AMD.
GPU: Neat. Free driver stack. E-350 is iirc. Evergreen and besides the E-350 is a classic and well supported.
Storage: Yep.
DVD/CDRW: Works.
VGA / external screen: Yes. VGA tested, worked after attaching cable, resolution was correctly recognized but a bit off then on the laoptop's screen. Colours were slightly different (external was an Eizo 1920x1200 IPS panel, I don't know if the VGA port was officially capable of that res.)
HDMI external: not tested. I barely have any HDMI equipment. Suspected to work, tough. Could try with my HDMI->DVI adapter.
Sound: Yes. Not overwhelming with the small speakers, of course.
Mic: could record in audacity. Was very loud on default.
plug for earphones/mic: not yet tested.
UVD: VLC seems to use it via VDPAU (according to dmesg there is UVD activity), still CPU is 40% both cores with a DVD. Strange. Still, playback is okay.
Keys: Yes, brightness, loundness, rfkill, all seem to work. SysRq (REISUB) works.
Touchpad: works
USB: works
Suspend 2 disk/RAM: not yet tested.
Reboot / powerdown: works.
Display dimming: Works. By power management but also by keys.
WLAN: yes, at least it finds a lot of spots around me. Well, it is an Ath9k so it should work, right?
Bluetooth: not tested but suspected to work
SD/MMC Card reader: SD card yes. Nothing else tested.
WOL: not tested but seems supported, also seems to support wake on WLAN (I switched off both anyway).
PTS benchmarks: Didn't have the time yet.
Battery runtime:
Using the standard battery that was included (4090 mAh?):
About 4 h with SSD, lowered brightness (average ~ "50%"), running KDE, text editors and LibreOffice. WLAN switched off as far as possible, no external USB devices or other periphery. Some powertop tweaks active. Occasional saving of text to the SSD, or opening a pdf, searching something with kfind.
I also bought a larger one with allegedly 8800 mAh. Tested under similar conditions I reached more hours. (I couldn't finish the test but it was definitely far better.) Sadly the new accumulator battery doesn't correctly fit. It easily falls out of the retainer.
(It was advertised to fit and basically it looks like it does but in reality... you know.)
pro:
* most things work
* most things work with freedom drivers!
* acceptable keyboard (for a laptop)
* fair battery runtime, but you might expect better results with a Kabini or later
* acceptable processing power. Fine for everyday tasks. Compiling and numbercrunching not included.
* screen is acceptable, matte. Not awesome though, and 1366 x 768, no IPS and backlight is not totally evenly distributed. Fot the price class it is still okay.
* relatively low emissions (noise, heat)
* should be available MS tax free (no Windows, comes with FreeDOS or SuSE iirc)
contra:
One could put more here but for the price class a lot of things are still on the pro side.
* that pesky ITE IT8518E SuperIO/EC. About everything else works, even with free drivers and nearly blobless (let aside UVD stuff and such). This one doesn't have anything. Thus: No further access to fans or more sensors, more IO and no LPC etc. stuff, noflashrom -> no coreboot.
* memory modules. It just sucks. You can't put two of them inside at the same time (2x2 GB). Each alone works, but not both. This is like 486 times!
* typical for laptops of cheaper class the BIOS setup is very limited.
not a downer for most people but for me:
* no CF card reader (barely any notebook has, though)
* no serial, parallel interface (very few have)
* no PS2 kbd port
* could have a bit more USB ports
* still no driver for the ITE and datasheet does not yet seem to be public. GRRR!
Fair device with a lot of tech that works with freedom drivers, very few blobs, good equipment for the price. One major flaw is the SuperIO/EC.
System is Gentoo Linux, very recent driver stack (mesa, libdrm, kernel), multilib (native 64 but also 32 ABI for the sake of performance of userspace blob programs).
Data:
lscpu
Code:
Architecture: x86_64 CPU op-mode(s): 32-bit, 64-bit Byte Order: Little Endian CPU(s): 2 On-line CPU(s) list: 0,1 Thread(s) per core: 1 Core(s) per socket: 2 Socket(s): 1 Vendor ID: AuthenticAMD CPU family: 20 Model: 1 Model name: AMD E-350 Processor Stepping: 0 CPU MHz: 800.000 CPU max MHz: 1600.0000 CPU min MHz: 800.0000 BogoMIPS: 3193.20 Virtualization: AMD-V L1d cache: 32K L1i cache: 32K L2 cache: 512K
Code:
processor : 0 vendor_id : AuthenticAMD cpu family : 20 model : 1 model name : AMD E-350 Processor stepping : 0 microcode : 0x5000028 cpu MHz : 800.000 cache size : 512 KB physical id : 0 siblings : 2 core id : 1 cpu cores : 2 apicid : 1 initial apicid : 1 fpu : yes fpu_exception : yes cpuid level : 6 wp : yes flags : fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca cmov pat pse36 clflush mmx fxsr sse sse2 ht syscall nx mmxext fxsr_opt pdpe1gb rdtscp lm constant_tsc rep_good nopl nonstop_tsc extd_apicid aperfmperf pni monitor ssse3 cx16 popcnt lahf_lm cmp_legacy svm extapic cr8_legacy abm sse4a misalignsse 3dnowprefetch ibs skinit wdt arat hw_pstate npt lbrv svm_lock nrip_save pausefilter vmmcall bugs : fxsave_leak bogomips : 3193.20 TLB size : 1024 4K pages clflush size : 64 cache_alignment : 64 address sizes : 36 bits physical, 48 bits virtual power management: ts ttp tm stc 100mhzsteps hwpstate
lsusb
Bus 002 Device 002: ID 05c8:021e Cheng Uei Precision Industry Co., Ltd (Foxlink)
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 005 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 004 Device 002: ID 03f0:311d Hewlett-Packard Atheros AR9285 Malbec Bluetooth Adapter
Bus 004 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
lspci
00:00.0 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Family 14h Processor Root Complex
00:01.0 VGA compatible controller: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] Wrestler [Radeon HD 6310]
00:01.1 Audio device: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] Wrestler HDMI Audio
00:11.0 SATA controller: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] SB7x0/SB8x0/SB9x0 SATA Controller [AHCI mode]
00:12.0 USB controller: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] SB7x0/SB8x0/SB9x0 USB OHCI0 Controller
00:12.2 USB controller: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] SB7x0/SB8x0/SB9x0 USB EHCI Controller
00:14.0 SMBus: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] SBx00 SMBus Controller (rev 42)
00:14.2 Audio device: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] SBx00 Azalia (Intel HDA) (rev 40)
00:14.3 ISA bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] SB7x0/SB8x0/SB9x0 LPC host controller (rev 40)
00:14.4 PCI bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] SBx00 PCI to PCI Bridge (rev 40)
00:14.5 USB controller: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] SB7x0/SB8x0/SB9x0 USB OHCI2 Controller
00:15.0 PCI bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] SB700/SB800/SB900 PCI to PCI bridge (PCIE port 0)
00:15.1 PCI bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] SB700/SB800/SB900 PCI to PCI bridge (PCIE port 1)
00:15.3 PCI bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] SB900 PCI to PCI bridge (PCIE port 3)
00:16.0 USB controller: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] SB7x0/SB8x0/SB9x0 USB OHCI0 Controller
00:16.2 USB controller: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] SB7x0/SB8x0/SB9x0 USB EHCI Controller
00:18.0 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Family 12h/14h Processor Function 0 (rev 43)
00:18.1 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Family 12h/14h Processor Function 1
00:18.2 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Family 12h/14h Processor Function 2
00:18.3 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Family 12h/14h Processor Function 3
00:18.4 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Family 12h/14h Processor Function 4
00:18.5 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Family 12h/14h Processor Function 6
00:18.6 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Family 12h/14h Processor Function 5
00:18.7 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Family 12h/14h Processor Function 7
02:00.0 Unassigned class [ff00]: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTS5209 PCI Express Card Reader (rev 01)
06:00.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8101E/RTL8102E PCI Express Fast Ethernet controller (rev 05)
07:00.0 Network controller: Qualcomm Atheros AR9285 Wireless Network Adapter (PCI-Express) (rev 01)
sensors-detect gives you the ususal temp. sensors for the AMD APU and the ITE IT8518E Super IO. The latter sucks currently cause this SuperIO/EC does neither have a driver (kernel / lm_sensors) nor a published datasheet. :/ This means less control over possible I/O, fans and especially no flashrom and coreboot support. Otherwise all components should be well ready for coreboot. I2C/SMBus on AMD is available. sensors-detect doesn't find much there besides some eeprom, and I think the synaptics touchpad is attached via I2C.
ACPI tables
Code:
Signature Length Revision OemId OemTableId OemRevision CompilerId CompilerRevision DSDT 0x0000E376 0x01 "HP " "INSYDE " 0xF0000000 "MSFT" 0x01000013 FACS 0x00000040 FACP 0x000000F4 0x04 "HPQOEM" "SLIC-MPC" 0x00000001 "MSFT" 0x01000013 HPET 0x00000038 0x01 "HP " "INSYDE " 0x00000001 "MSFT" 0x01000013 APIC 0x00000084 0x02 "HP " "INSYDE " 0x00000001 "MSFT" 0x01000013 MCFG 0x0000003C 0x01 "HP " "INSYDE " 0x00000001 "MSFT" 0x01000013 ASF! 0x000000A5 0x20 "HP " "INSYDE " 0x00000001 "MSFT" 0x01000013 BOOT 0x00000028 0x01 "HP " "INSYDE " 0x00000001 "MSFT" 0x01000013 SLIC 0x00000176 0x01 "HPQOEM" "SLIC-MPC" 0x00000001 "MSFT" 0x01000013 MSDM 0x00000055 0x03 "HP " "INSYDE " 0x00000001 "MSFT" 0x01000013 SSDT 0x000003DE 0x01 "HP " "INSYDE " 0x00000001 "AMD " 0x00000001 SSDT 0x000012FA 0x02 "HP " "INSYDE " 0x00000001 "MSFT" 0x04000000 XSDT 0x00000074 0x01 "HPQOEM" "SLIC-MPC" 0x00000001 " " 0x01000013 RSDP "HPQOEM" Found 14 ACPI tables
decompilation / recomp. with iasl gave:
Compilation complete. 61 Errors, 1 Warnings, 62 Remarks, 13 Optimizations
BIOS-Setup
Very basic. Also bootup uses a stupid splash screen instead of a text mode summary. At least it has boot media selection.
and finally lshw --short
Code:
H/W path Device Class Description
==================================================
system HP 635 Notebook PC (LH414EA#ABD)
/0 bus 3577
/0/0 memory 1MiB BIOS
/0/1e memory 2GiB System Memory
/0/1e/0 memory SODIMM [empty]
/0/1e/1 memory 2GiB SODIMM DDR3 Synchronous 1066 MHz (0.9 ns)
/0/25 processor AMD E-350 Processor
/0/25/26 memory 128KiB L1 cache
/0/25/27 memory 1MiB L2 cache
/0/100 bridge Family 14h Processor Root Complex
/0/100/1 display Wrestler [Radeon HD 6310]
/0/100/1.1 multimedia Wrestler HDMI Audio
/0/100/11 storage SB7x0/SB8x0/SB9x0 SATA Controller [AHCI mode]
/0/100/12 bus SB7x0/SB8x0/SB9x0 USB OHCI0 Controller
/0/100/12.2 bus SB7x0/SB8x0/SB9x0 USB EHCI Controller
/0/100/14 bus SBx00 SMBus Controller
/0/100/14.2 multimedia SBx00 Azalia (Intel HDA)
/0/100/14.3 bridge SB7x0/SB8x0/SB9x0 LPC host controller
/0/100/14.4 bridge SBx00 PCI to PCI Bridge
/0/100/14.5 bus SB7x0/SB8x0/SB9x0 USB OHCI2 Controller
/0/100/15 bridge SB700/SB800/SB900 PCI to PCI bridge (PCIE port 0)
/0/100/15/0 generic RTS5209 PCI Express Card Reader
/0/100/15.1 bridge SB700/SB800/SB900 PCI to PCI bridge (PCIE port 1)
/0/100/15.1/0 eth0 network RTL8101E/RTL8102E PCI Express Fast Ethernet controller
/0/100/15.3 bridge SB900 PCI to PCI bridge (PCIE port 3)
/0/100/15.3/0 wlan0 network AR9285 Wireless Network Adapter (PCI-Express)
/0/100/16 bus SB7x0/SB8x0/SB9x0 USB OHCI0 Controller
/0/100/16.2 bus SB7x0/SB8x0/SB9x0 USB EHCI Controller
/0/101 bridge Family 12h/14h Processor Function 0
/0/102 bridge Family 12h/14h Processor Function 1
/0/103 bridge Family 12h/14h Processor Function 2
/0/104 bridge Family 12h/14h Processor Function 3
/0/105 bridge Family 12h/14h Processor Function 4
/0/106 bridge Family 12h/14h Processor Function 6
/0/107 bridge Family 12h/14h Processor Function 5
/0/108 bridge Family 12h/14h Processor Function 7
/0/1 scsi0 storage
/0/1/0.0.0 /dev/sda disk 256GB Samsung SSD 850
/0/1/0.0.0/1 /dev/sda1 volume 128MiB Linux filesystem partition
/0/1/0.0.0/2 /dev/sda2 volume 4GiB Linux swap volume
/0/1/0.0.0/3 /dev/sda3 volume 48GiB EXT4 volume
/0/1/0.0.0/4 /dev/sda4 volume 186GiB EXT4 volume
/0/2 scsi1 storage
/0/2/0.0.0 /dev/cdrom disk DVDRAM GT50N
/0/2/0.0.0/0 /dev/cdrom disk
/1 power MU06047
CPU power is okay. Still, compiling libreoffice (Gentoo) takes a lot of time. I can't nicely compare it with my socketed AM1 Kabini since it is comparing a 2 x 1.6 GHz vs. a newer architecture and my exemplar is 4 x 2.05 GHz. So my Kabini is definitely faster, esp. when it comes to compiling stuff.
What works:
CPU: Sure. It's AMD.
GPU: Neat. Free driver stack. E-350 is iirc. Evergreen and besides the E-350 is a classic and well supported.
Storage: Yep.
DVD/CDRW: Works.
VGA / external screen: Yes. VGA tested, worked after attaching cable, resolution was correctly recognized but a bit off then on the laoptop's screen. Colours were slightly different (external was an Eizo 1920x1200 IPS panel, I don't know if the VGA port was officially capable of that res.)
HDMI external: not tested. I barely have any HDMI equipment. Suspected to work, tough. Could try with my HDMI->DVI adapter.
Sound: Yes. Not overwhelming with the small speakers, of course.
Mic: could record in audacity. Was very loud on default.
plug for earphones/mic: not yet tested.
UVD: VLC seems to use it via VDPAU (according to dmesg there is UVD activity), still CPU is 40% both cores with a DVD. Strange. Still, playback is okay.
Keys: Yes, brightness, loundness, rfkill, all seem to work. SysRq (REISUB) works.
Touchpad: works
USB: works
Suspend 2 disk/RAM: not yet tested.
Reboot / powerdown: works.
Display dimming: Works. By power management but also by keys.
WLAN: yes, at least it finds a lot of spots around me. Well, it is an Ath9k so it should work, right?
Bluetooth: not tested but suspected to work
SD/MMC Card reader: SD card yes. Nothing else tested.
WOL: not tested but seems supported, also seems to support wake on WLAN (I switched off both anyway).
PTS benchmarks: Didn't have the time yet.
Battery runtime:
Using the standard battery that was included (4090 mAh?):
About 4 h with SSD, lowered brightness (average ~ "50%"), running KDE, text editors and LibreOffice. WLAN switched off as far as possible, no external USB devices or other periphery. Some powertop tweaks active. Occasional saving of text to the SSD, or opening a pdf, searching something with kfind.
I also bought a larger one with allegedly 8800 mAh. Tested under similar conditions I reached more hours. (I couldn't finish the test but it was definitely far better.) Sadly the new accumulator battery doesn't correctly fit. It easily falls out of the retainer.
(It was advertised to fit and basically it looks like it does but in reality... you know.) pro:
* most things work
* most things work with freedom drivers!
* acceptable keyboard (for a laptop)
* fair battery runtime, but you might expect better results with a Kabini or later
* acceptable processing power. Fine for everyday tasks. Compiling and numbercrunching not included.
* screen is acceptable, matte. Not awesome though, and 1366 x 768, no IPS and backlight is not totally evenly distributed. Fot the price class it is still okay.
* relatively low emissions (noise, heat)
* should be available MS tax free (no Windows, comes with FreeDOS or SuSE iirc)
contra:
One could put more here but for the price class a lot of things are still on the pro side.
* that pesky ITE IT8518E SuperIO/EC. About everything else works, even with free drivers and nearly blobless (let aside UVD stuff and such). This one doesn't have anything. Thus: No further access to fans or more sensors, more IO and no LPC etc. stuff, noflashrom -> no coreboot.
* memory modules. It just sucks. You can't put two of them inside at the same time (2x2 GB). Each alone works, but not both. This is like 486 times!
* typical for laptops of cheaper class the BIOS setup is very limited.
not a downer for most people but for me:
* no CF card reader (barely any notebook has, though)
* no serial, parallel interface (very few have)
* no PS2 kbd port
* could have a bit more USB ports
* still no driver for the ITE and datasheet does not yet seem to be public. GRRR!