diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index ecec562..1c368be 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -58,6 +58,10 @@ hack in the bbswitch module since it is a very ugly hack that is comparable to writing a maximum allowable speed of 130 km/h on a traffic sign for a road where 120 km/h is allowed just because the radar gun does not work properly. +The module has been tested on a Lenovo IdeaPad Y570 running an up-to-date +version of Ubuntu 11.10 Oneiric (64-bit) with Bumblebee 3.0 (3.0-1~oneiricppa2) +installed using the nvidia driver. + To make use of it, use the `hack-lenovo` branch. An example using DKMS: $ git clone git://github.com/Bumblebee-Project/bbswitch.git -b hack-lenovo @@ -76,7 +80,10 @@ Ubuntu and Debian, this can be done with: For other systems, adopt the instructions from the *Disable card on boot* section below. Please do not copy these instructions to blogs/forums/whatever without warning that the method is a hack (you can refer to the metaphore above) -and that it may crash the machine if incorrectly applied. +and that it may crash the machine if incorrectly applied. To apply these +changes, you have to reboot (technically, unloading nvidia/nouveau, bbswitch and +stopping bumblebeed, `modprobe acpi-handle-hack` and starting bumblebeed should +work as well, but saying reboot is shorter) Usage -----