Linux Hardware Compatibility HOWTO Steven Pritchard Southern Illinois Linux Users Group / K&S Pritchard Enterprises, Inc. <[email protected]> 3.2.1 Copyright © 2001−2002 Steven Pritchard Copyright © 1997−1999 Patrick Reijnen 2002−11−12 This document attempts to list most of the hardware known to be either supported or unsupported under Linux. Copyright This HOWTO is free documentation; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free software Foundation; either version 2 of the license, or (at your option) any later version. Linux Hardware Compatibility HOWTO Table of Contents 1. Introduction.....................................................................................................................................................1 1.1. Notes on binary−only drivers...........................................................................................................1 1.2. Notes on proprietary drivers.............................................................................................................1 1.3. System architectures.........................................................................................................................1 1.4. Related sources of information.........................................................................................................2 1.5. Known problems with this document...............................................................................................2 1.6. New versions of this document.........................................................................................................2 1.7. Feedback and corrections..................................................................................................................2 1.8. Acknowledgments.............................................................................................................................3 1.9. Revision History...............................................................................................................................3 2. Computers/Motherboards/BIOS...................................................................................................................5 2.1. Specific system/motherboard/BIOS..................................................................................................5 2.2. Unsupported......................................................................................................................................6 3. Laptops.............................................................................................................................................................7 3.1. Specific laptops.................................................................................................................................7 3.2. PCMCIA...........................................................................................................................................7 4. CPU/FPU.........................................................................................................................................................8 4.1. Intel...................................................................................................................................................8 4.2. AMD.................................................................................................................................................8 4.3. Cyrix.................................................................................................................................................8 4.4. IDT....................................................................................................................................................8 4.5. Transmeta..........................................................................................................................................8 4.6. Misc. notes........................................................................................................................................8 5. Memory..........................................................................................................................................................10 6. Video cards....................................................................................................................................................11 6.1. XFree86...........................................................................................................................................11 6.2. Proprietary X servers......................................................................................................................28 6.3. Kernel Framebuffer (fbdev)............................................................................................................28 6.4. SVGALIB (graphics for console)...................................................................................................29 7. Controllers (hard drive)...............................................................................................................................30 7.1. Alpha, Beta drivers.........................................................................................................................30 8. Controllers (SCSI)........................................................................................................................................31 8.1. Supported........................................................................................................................................31 8.2. Alpha, Beta drivers.........................................................................................................................33 8.3. Unsupported....................................................................................................................................34 9. SCSI RAID Controllers................................................................................................................................35 10. IDE RAID Controllers................................................................................................................................36 i Linux Hardware Compatibility HOWTO Table of Contents 11. Controllers (I/O)..........................................................................................................................................37 12. Controllers (multiport)...............................................................................................................................38 12.1. Non−intelligent cards....................................................................................................................38 12.1.1. Supported.............................................................................................................................38 12.2. Intelligent cards.............................................................................................................................38 12.2.1. Supported.............................................................................................................................38 12.2.2. Alpha, Beta drivers..............................................................................................................39 13. Network adapters........................................................................................................................................40 13.1. Supported......................................................................................................................................40 13.1.1. Ethernet...............................................................................................................................40 13.1.2. ISDN....................................................................................................................................41 13.1.3. WAN Cards.........................................................................................................................42 13.1.4. Wireless...............................................................................................................................44 13.1.5. Frame Relay, X.25, Synchronous PPP, Cisco HDLC.........................................................44 13.1.6. Pocket and portable adapters...............................................................................................44 13.1.7. Slotless.................................................................................................................................44 13.1.8. ARCnet................................................................................................................................44 13.1.9. TokenRing...........................................................................................................................44 13.1.10. FDDI..................................................................................................................................45 13.1.11. Amateur radio (AX.25).....................................................................................................45 13.1.12. PCMCIA cards..................................................................................................................45 13.2. Alpha, Beta drivers.......................................................................................................................45 13.2.1. Ethernet...............................................................................................................................45