Linux Hardware Compatibility HOWTO

Steven Pritchard

3.0.4

2001-06-25

Revision History
Revision 3.0.42001-06-25Revised by: sjp
Updated Network adapters and Controllers (multiport) sections to include current Cyclades products. (Thanks to Ivan Passos at Cyclades for the update.)
Revision 3.0.32001-05-28Revised by: sjp
Added USB section. Added note on non-x86 hardware to CPU section. Updated Motherboards section. Added a link to the Sound HOWTO in the Sound cards section. Folded Related sources of information section into introduction and removed dead links.
Revision 3.0.22001-05-10Revised by: sjp
LDP-requested cleanup.
Revision 3.0.12001-05-07Revised by: sjp
Updated modems section.
Revision 3.0.02001-04-22Revised by: sjp
First DocBook version. Various updates.

This document attempts to list most of the hardware known to be either supported or unsupported under Linux.


Table of Contents
1. Introduction
1.1. Notes on binary-only drivers
1.2. Notes on commercial drivers
1.3. System architectures
1.4. Related sources of information
1.5. Known problems with this document
1.6. New versions of this document
1.7. Feedback and corrections
1.8. Acknowledgments
2. Computers/Motherboards/BIOS
2.1. Specific system/motherboard/BIOS
2.2. Unsupported
3. Laptops
3.1. Specific laptops
3.2. PCMCIA
4. CPU/FPU
4.1. Intel
4.2. AMD
4.3. Cyrix
4.4. IDT
4.5. Transmeta
4.6. Misc. notes
5. Memory
6. Video cards
6.1. XFree86
6.1.1. Accelerated
6.1.2. Unaccelerated
6.1.3. Monochrome
6.1.4. Alpha, Beta drivers
6.2. SuSE X-Server
6.3. Commercial X servers
6.4. Kernel Framebuffer (fbdev)
6.5. SVGALIB (graphics for console)
7. Controllers (hard drive)
7.1. Alpha, Beta drivers
8. Controllers (hard drive RAID)
9. Controllers (SCSI)
9.1. Supported
9.2. Alpha, Beta drivers
9.3. Unsupported
10. Controllers (I/O)
11. Controllers (multiport)
11.1. Non-intelligent cards
11.1.1. Supported
11.2. Intelligent cards
11.2.1. Supported
11.2.2. Alpha, Beta drivers
12. Network adapters
12.1. Supported
12.1.1. Ethernet
12.1.2. ISDN
12.1.3. Frame Relay
12.1.4. Wireless
12.1.5. X.25
12.1.6. Synchronous PPP, Cisco HDLC
12.1.7. Pocket and portable adapters
12.1.8. Slotless
12.1.9. ARCnet
12.1.10. TokenRing
12.1.11. FDDI
12.1.12. Amateur radio (AX.25)
12.1.13. PCMCIA cards
12.2. Alpha, Beta drivers
12.2.1. Ethernet
12.2.2. ISDN
12.2.3. ATM
12.2.4. Frame Relay
12.2.5. Wireless
12.3. Unsupported
13. Sound cards
13.1. Supported
13.2. Alpha, Beta drivers
13.3. Unsupported
14. Hard drives
14.1. Unsupported
15. Tape drives
15.1. Supported
15.2. Alpha, Beta drivers
15.3. Unsupported
16. CD-ROM drives
16.1. Supported
16.2. Alpha, Beta drivers
16.3. Notes
17. CD-Writers
18. Removable drives
19. Mice
19.1. Supported
19.2. Alpha, Beta drivers
19.3. Notes
20. Modems
21. Printers/Plotters
21.1. Ghostscript
21.1.1. Ghostscript 5.1 supported printers
21.1.2. Alpha, Beta drivers
22. Scanners
22.1. Supported
22.2. Alpha, Beta drivers
22.3. Unsupported
23. USB
23.1. Digital Cameras
23.2. Miscellaneous
24. Other hardware
24.1. Amateur Radio
24.2. VESA Power Savings Protocol (DPMS) monitors
24.3. Touch screens
24.4. Terminals on serial port
24.5. Joysticks
24.6. Video capture boards / Frame Grabbers / TV tuner
24.7. Digital Camera
24.7.1. Supported
24.7.2. Unsupported
24.8. UPS
24.9. Multifunction boards
24.10. Data acquisition
24.11. Watchdog timer interfaces
24.12. Miscellaneous
25. Appendix A. S3 cards supported by XFree86 3.3.x.
26. Appendix B. Supported PCMCIA cards
26.1. Ethernet cards
26.2. Fast Ethernet (10/100baseT) adapters
26.3. Token-ring adapters
26.4. Wireless network adapters
26.5. ISDN
26.6. Modem and serial cards
26.7. Memory cards
26.8. SCSI adapters
26.9. ATA/IDE CD-ROM adapters
26.10. Multifunction cards
26.11. ATA/IDE card drives
26.12. ATA/IDE Interface Cards
26.13. Parallel port cards:
26.14. Miscellaneous cards
26.15. Working on ...
26.16. Unsupported
27. Appendix C. Supported Parallel Port devices
27.1. Ethernet
27.2. Hard drives
27.3. Tape drives
27.4. CD-ROM drives
27.5. Removable drives
27.6. IDE Adapter
27.7. SCSI Adapters
27.8. Digital Camera
27.9. PCMCIA parallel port cards
28. Appendix D. Plug and Play devices
29. Appendix E. Linux incompatible Hardware
30. Glossary