  Linux Hardware Compatibility HOWTO
  FRiC, <frac@pobox.com>
  v6969, 14 November 1995

  This document lists most of the hardware supported by Linux and helps
  you locate any necessary drivers.

  1.  Introduction

  1.1.  Welcome

  Welcome to the Linux Hardware Compatibility HOWTO. This document lists
  most of the hardware supported by Linux, now if only people would read
  this first before posting their questions on Usenet.

  Subsections titled Others list hardware with alpha or beta drivers in
  varying degrees of usability or other drivers that aren't included in
  standard kernels. Note that some drivers only exist in alpha kernels,
  so if you see something listed as supported but isn't in your version
  of the Linux kernel, upgrade.

  The latest version of this document can be found on the net at the
  usual sites where the Linux HOWTO's are kept.

  If you know of any Linux hardware (in)compatibilities not listed here
  please let me know, just send mail or find me on IRC. Thanks.

  1.2.  Copyright

  Standard LDP copyrights apply. If you use this or any other Linux
  HOWTO's in a commercial distribution, it would be nice to send the
  authors a complimentary copy of your product.

  1.3.  System architectures

  This document only deals with Linux for Intel platforms, for other
  platforms check the following:

    ARM Linux
     <http://whirligig.ecs.soton.ac.uk/~rmk92/armlinux.html>

    Linux/68k
     <http://www-users.informatik.rwth-aachen.de/~hn/linux68k.html>

    Linux/8086
     <http://www.linux.org.uk/Linux8086.html>

    Linux/Alpha
     <http://www.azstarnet.com/~axplinux/>

    Linux/MIPS
     <http://www.waldorf-gmbh.de/linux-mips-faq.html>

    Linux/PowerPC
     <http://liber.stanford.edu/linuxppc/>

    Linux for Acorn
     <http://www.ph.kcl.ac.uk/~amb/linux.html>

    MacLinux
     <http://www.ibg.uu.se/maclinux/>

  2.  Computers/Motherboards/BIOS

  ISA, VLB, EISA, and PCI buses are all supported.

  PS/2 and Microchannel (MCA) is not supported in the standard kernel.
  Alpha test PS/2 MCA kernels are available but not yet recommended for
  beginners or serious use.

  2.1.  Specific systems

    Compaq Deskpro XL
     <http://www-c724.uibk.ac.at/XL/>

    IBM PS/2 MCA systems
     <ftp://invaders.dcrl.nd.edu/pub/misc/>

  3.  Laptops

    Linux Laptop Homepage
     <http://www.cs.utexas.edu/users/kharker/linux-laptop/>

    APM
     <ftp://ftp.cs.unc.edu/pub/users/faith/linux/>

    non-blinking cursor
     <ftp://sunsite.unc.edu/pub/Linux/kernel/patches/console/noblink-1.5.tar.gz>

    power savings (WD7600 chipset)
     <ftp://sunsite.unc.edu/pub/Linux/system/Misc/low-
     level/pwrm-1.0.tar.Z>

    other general info
     <ftp://tsx-11.mit.edu/pub/linux/packages/laptops/>

  3.1.  Specific laptops

    Compaq Concerto (pen driver)
     <http://www.cs.nmsu.edu/~pfeiffer/>

    Compaq Contura Aero
     <http://domen.uninett.no/~hta/linux/aero-faq.html>

    IBM ThinkPad
     <http://peipa.essex.ac.uk/tp-linux/tp-linux.html>

    Linux and X on notebook computers
     <http://www.castle.net/~darin/>

    NEC Versa M and P
     <http://www.santafe.edu:80/~nelson/versa-linux/>

    Tadpole P1000
     <http://www.tadpole.com/Support/online/linux.html>

    Tadpole P1000 (another one)
     <http://peipa.essex.ac.uk/tadpole-linux/tadpole-linux.html>

    TI TravelMate 4000M
     <ftp://ftp.biomath.jussieu.fr/pub/linux/TM4000M-mini-HOWTO.txt.Z>
    TI TravelMate 5100
     <http://www.wri.com/~cwikla/ti5100.html>

    Toshiba Satellite Pro 400CDT
     <http://terra.mpikg-teltow.mpg.de/~burger/T400CDT-Linux.html>

  3.2.  PCMCIA

    PCMCIA
     <http://hyper.stanford.edu/~dhinds/pcmcia/>

  PCMCIA drivers currently support all common PCMCIA controllers,
  including Databook TCIC/2, Intel i82365SL, Cirrus PD67xx, and Vadem
  VG-468 chipsets.  Motorola 6AHC05GA controller used in some Hyundai
  laptops is not supported.  And see Appendix B for list of supported
  PCMCIA cards.

  4.  CPU/FPU

  Intel/AMD/Cyrix 386SX/DX/SL/DXL/SLC, 486SX/DX/SL/SX2/DX2/DX4, Pentium.
  Basically all 386 or better processors will work. Linux has built-in
  FPU emulation if you don't have a math coprocessor.

  Experimental SMP (multiple CPU) support is included in kernel 1.3.31
  and newer. Check the Linux/SMP Project page for details and updates.

    Linux/SMP Project
     <http://www.linux.org.uk/SMP/title.html>

  A few very early AMD 486DX's may hang in some special situations. All
  current chips should be okay and getting a chip swap for old CPU's
  should not be a problem.

  ULSI Math*Co series has a bug in the FSAVE and FRSTOR instructions
  that causes problems with all protected mode operating systems. Some
  older IIT and Cyrix chips may also have this problem.

  There are problems with TLB flushing in UMC U5S chips in very old
  kernels. (1.1.x)

    enable cache on Cyrix processors
     <ftp://sunsite.unc.edu/pub/Linux/kernel/patches/CxPatch030.tar.z>

    Cyrix software cache control
     <ftp://sunsite.unc.edu/pub/Linux/kernel/patches/linux.cxpatch>

  5.  Video cards

  Linux will work with all video cards in text mode, VGA cards not
  listed below probably will still work with mono VGA and/or standard
  VGA drivers.

  If you're looking into buying a cheap video card to run X, keep in
  mind that accelerated cards (ATI Mach, ET4000/W32p, S3) are MUCH
  faster than unaccelerated or partially accelerated (Cirrus, WD) cards.
  S3 Trio64 based cards with 2 megs DRAM go for around US$160 and S3 868
  based cards with 2 megs DRAM are around US$200.

  ``32 bpp'' is actually 24 bit color aligned on 32 bit boundaries. It
  does NOT mean the cards are capable of 32 bit color, they still
  display 24 bit color (16,777,216 colors). 24 bit packed pixels modes
  are not supported in XFree86, so cards that can do 24 bit modes to get
  higher resolutions in other OS's are not able to do this in X using
  XFree86. These cards include Mach32, Cirrus 542x, S3 801/805/868/968,
  ET4000, and others.

  5.1.  Diamond video cards

  Most currently available Diamond cards ARE supported by the current
  release of XFree86. Early Diamond cards may not be officially
  supported by XFree86, but there are ways of getting them to work.
  Diamond is now actively supporting the XFree86 Project.

    Diamond support for XFree86
     <http://www.diamondmm.com/linux.html>

    Diamond FAQ (for older cards)
     <ftp://sunsite.unc.edu/pub/Linux/X11/Diamond.FAQ>

    Diamond Disgruntled Users Page (for older cards)
     <http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~trenton/diamond/>

  5.2.  SVGALIB (graphics for console)

    VGA

    EGA

    ARK Logic ARK1000PV/2000PV

    ATI VGA Wonder

    ATI Mach32

    Cirrus 542x, 543x

    OAK OTI-037/67/77/87

    S3 (limited support)

    Trident TVGA8900/9000

    Tseng ET3000/ET4000/W32

  5.3.  XFree86 3.1.2

  5.3.1.  Accelerated

    ATI Mach8

    ATI Mach32 (16 bpp (does not work with all Mach32 cards))

    ATI Mach64 (16/32 bpp (support depends on RAMDAC))

    Cirrus Logic 5420, 542x/5430 (16 bpp), 5434 (16/32 bpp), 62x5

    IBM 8514/A

    IBM XGA, XGA-II

    IIT AGX-010/014/015/016 (16 bpp)

    Oak OTI-087

    S3 911, 924, 801, 805, 928, 864, 964, Trio32, Trio64, 868, 968

    see Appendix A for list of supported S3 cards

    Tseng ET4000/W32/W32i/W32p

    Weitek P9000 (16/32 bpp)

    Diamond Viper VLB/PCI

    Orchid P9000

    Western Digital WD90C31/33

  5.3.2.  Unaccelerated

    ARK Logic ARK1000PV/VL, ARK2000PV

    ATI VGA Wonder series

    Avance Logic AL2101/2228/2301/2302/2308/2401

    Chips & Technologies 65520/65530/65540/65545

    Cirrus Logic 6420/6440

    Compaq AVGA

    Genoa GVGA

    MCGA (320x200)

    MX MX68000/MX68010

    NCR 77C22, 77C22E, 77C22E+

    Oak OTI-067, OTI-077

    RealTek RTG3106

    Trident TVGA8800, TVGA8900, TVGA9xxx (no support for TGUI chipsets)

    Tseng ET3000, ET4000AX

    VGA (standard VGA, 4 bit, slow)

    Video 7 / Headland Technologies HT216-32

    Western Digital/Paradise PVGA1, WD90C00/10/11/24/30/31/33

  5.3.3.  Monochrome

    Hercules mono

    Hyundai HGC-1280

    Sigma LaserView PLUS

    VGA mono

  5.3.4.  Others

    EGA (ancient, from c. 1992)
     <ftp://ftp.funet.fi/pub/OS/Linux/BETA/Xega/>

    ET4000/W32 and ICS5341 GenDAC
     <ftp://sunsite.unc.edu/pub/Linux/X11/X-servers/>

    Trident TGUI9440
     <ftp://sunsite.unc.edu/pub/Linux/X11/X-servers/>

  5.3.5.  Works in progress

    Compaq QVision

    Number Nine Imagine 128

  No, I do not know when support for these cards will be finished,
  please don't ask me. If you want support for these cards now get
  Accelerated-X.

  5.4.  Commercial X servers

  Commercial X servers provide support for cards not supported by
  XFree86, and might give better performances for cards that are
  supported by XFree86. In general they support many more cards than
  XFree86, so I'll onlys list cards that aren't supported by XFree86
  here. Contact the vendors directly or check the Commercial HOWTO for
  more info.

  5.4.1.  Accelerated-X 1.2

    Chips & Technologies 82C45x, 82C48x, F655xx

    Compaq QVision 2000

    Matrox MGA, Millenium

    Number Nine I-128 / I-128 Pro

    Weitek P9100

  $199, X Inside, Inc. <info@xinside.com>

  Accel-X supports most cards in 16 and 32 bpp modes and it also
  supports 24 bit packed pixel modes for cards that have these modes,
  including ATI Mach32, Mach64 (1280x1024@24bpp), ET4000/W32p,
  S3-866/868/968, and more. Accel-X also supports other input hardware
  like graphics tablets and touchscreens.

  Accel-X also supports XVideo (Xv) extensions (on Matrox Comet, Marvel-
  II, and SPEA ShowTime Plus), PEX, and XIE.

  5.4.2.  Metro-X 2.3

  $199, Metro Link <sales@metrolink.com>

  Metro-X supports more boards than XFree but less than Accel-X, however
  I don't have much more information as I can't seem to view the
  PostScript files they sent me. Mail them directly for more info.

  6.  Controllers (hard drive)

  Linux will work with standard IDE, MFM and RLL controllers. When using
  MFM/RLL controllers it is important to use ext2fs and the bad block
  checking options when formatting the disk.

  Enhanced IDE (EIDE) interfaces are supported. With up to two IDE
  interfaces and up to four hard drives and/or CD-ROM drives. Linux will
  detect these EIDE interfaces.

    CMD-640

    DTC 2278D

    FGI/Holtek HT-6560B

    RZ1000

    Triton (82371FB) IDE (with busmaster DMA)

  ESDI controllers that emulate the ST-506 (MFM/RLL/IDE) interface will
  also work. The bad block checking comment also applies to these
  controllers.

  Generic 8 bit XT controllers also work.

  7.  Controllers (SCSI)

  It is important to pick a SCSI controller carefully. Many cheap ISA
  SCSI controllers are designed to drive CD-ROM's rather than anything
  else. Such low end SCSI controllers are no better than IDE. See the
  SCSI HOWTO and look at performance figures before buying a SCSI card.

  7.1.  Supported

    AMI Fast Disk VLB/EISA (BusLogic compatible)

    Adaptec AVA-1505/1515 (ISA) (Adaptec 152x compatible)

    Adaptec AHA-1510/152x (ISA) (AIC-6260/6360)

    Adaptec AHA-154x (ISA) (all models)

    Adaptec AHA-174x (EISA) (in enhanced mode)

    Adaptec AHA-274x (EISA) / 284x (VLB) (AIC-7770)

    Adaptec AHA-2940/3940 (PCI) (AIC-7870) (since 1.3.6)

    Always IN2000

    BusLogic (ISA/EISA/VLB/PCI) (all models)

    DPT PM2001, PM2012A (EATA-PIO)

    DPT Smartcache (EATA-DMA) (ISA/EISA/PCI) (all models)

    DTC 329x (EISA) (Adaptec 154x compatible)

    Future Domain TMC-16x0, TMC-3260 (PCI)

    Future Domain TMC-8xx, TMC-950

    Media Vision Pro Audio Spectrum 16 SCSI (ISA)

    NCR 5380 generic cards

    NCR 53c400 (Trantor T130B) (use generic NCR 5380 SCSI support)

    NCR 53c406a (Acculogic ISApport / Media Vision Premium 3D SCSI)

    NCR 53c7x0, 53c8x0 (PCI)

    Qlogic / Control Concepts SCSI/IDE (FAS408) (ISA/VLB)

    Seagate ST-01/ST-02 (ISA)

    SoundBlaster 16 SCSI-2 (Adaptec 152x compatible) (ISA)

    Trantor T128/T128F/T228 (ISA)

    UltraStor 14F (ISA), 24F (EISA), 34F (VLB)

    Western Digital WD7000 SCSI

  7.2.  Others

    AMD AM53C974, AM79C974 (PCI) (Compaq, HP, Zeos onboard SCSI)
     <ftp://sunsite.unc.edu/pub/Linux/kernel/patches/scsi/AM53C974-0.3.tgz>

    Adaptec ACB-40xx SCSI-MFM/RLL bridgeboard
     <ftp://sunsite.unc.edu/pub/Linux/kernel/patches/scsi/adaptec-40XX.tar.gz>

    Always Technologies AL-500
     <ftp://sunsite.unc.edu/pub/Linux/kernel/patches/scsi/al500-0.2.tar.gz>

    BusLogic (ISA/EISA/VLB/PCI) (new beta driver)
     <ftp://ftp.dandelion.com/BusLogic-1.0-beta.tar.gz>

    Iomega PC2/2B
     <ftp://sunsite.unc.edu/pub/Linux/kernel/patches/scsi/iomega_pc2-1.1.x.tar.gz>

    Qlogic (ISP1020) (PCI)
     <ftp://sunsite.unc.edu/pub/Linux/kernel/patches/scsi/isp1020-0.5.gz>

    Ricoh GSI-8
     <ftp://tsx-11.mit.edu/pub/linux/ALPHA/scsi/gsi8.tar.gz>

  7.3.  Unsupported

    Parallel port SCSI adapters

    Non Adaptec compatible DTC boards (327x, 328x)

  8.  Controllers (I/O)

  Any standard serial/parallel/joystick/combo cards. Linux supports
  8250, 16450, 16550, and 16550A UART's. Cards that support non-standard
  IRQ's (IRQ > 9) can be used.

  See National Semiconductor's ``Application Note AN-493'' by Martin S.
  Michael. Section 5.0 describes in detail the differences between the
  NS16550 and NS16550A. Briefly, the NS16550 had bugs in the FIFO
  circuits, but the NS16550A (and later) chips fixed those. However,
  there were very few NS16550's produced by National, long ago, so these
  should be very rare. And many of the ``16550'' parts in actual modern
  boards are from the many manufacturers of compatible parts, which may
  not use the National ``A'' suffix. Also, some multiport boards will
  use 16552 or 16554 or various other multiport or multifunction chips
  from National or other suppliers (generally in a dense package
  soldered to the board, not a 40 pin DIP). Mostly, don't worry about it
  unless you encounter a very old 40 pin DIP National ``NS16550'' (no A)
  chip loose or in an old board, in which case treat it as a 16450 (no
  FIFO) rather than a 16550A. - Zhahai Stewart <zstewart@hisys.com>

  9.  Controllers (multiport)

  9.1.  Non-intelligent cards

  9.1.1.  Supported

    AST FourPort and clones (4 port)

    Accent Async-4 (4 port)

    Arnet Multiport-8 (8 port)

    Bell Technologies HUB6 (6 port)

    Boca BB-1004, 1008 (4, 8 port) - no DTR, DSR, and CD

    Boca BB-2016 (16 port)

    Boca IO/AT66 (6 port)

    Boca IO 2by4 (4 serial / 2 parallel, uses 5 IRQ's)

    Computone ValuePort (4, 6, 8 port) (AST FourPort compatible)

    DigiBoard PC/X (4, 8, 16 port)

    Comtrol Hostess 550 (4, 8 port)

    PC-COMM 4-port (4 port)

    SIIG I/O Expander 4S (4 port, uses 4 IRQ's)

    STB 4-COM (4 port)

    Twincom ACI/550

    Usenet Serial Board II (4 port)

  Non-intelligent cards usually come in two varieties, one using
  standard com port addresses and use 4 IRQ's, and another that's AST
  FourPort compatible and uses a selectable block of addresses and a
  single IRQ. (Addresses and IRQ's are set using setserial.) If you're
  getting one of these cards, be sure to check which standard it
  conforms to, prices are no indication.

  9.2.  Intelligent cards

  9.2.1.  Supported

    Cyclades Cyclom-8Y/16Y (8, 16 port) (ISA/PCI)

    Stallion EasyIO (ISA) / EasyConnection 8/32 (ISA/MCA)

    Stallion EasyConnection 8/64 / ONboard (ISA/EISA/MCA) / Brumby /
     Stallion (ISA)

  9.2.2.  Others

    Comtrol RocketPort (8/16/32 port)
     <ftp://tsx-11.mit.edu/pub/linux/packages/comtrol/>

    Computone IntelliPort II (4/8/16 port)
     contact Michael H. Warfield <mhw@wittsend.atl.ga.us>

    DigiBoard COM/Xi
     contact Simon Park <si@wimpol.demon.co.uk>

    DigiBoard PC/Xe (ISA) and PC/Xi (EISA)
     <ftp://ftp.digibd.com/drivers/linux/>

    Hayes ESP8
     contact Dennis Boylan <dennis@lan.com>

    Moxa C218 (8 port) / C320 (8/16/24/32 expandable)
     <ftp://ftp.moxa.com.tw/drivers/c-218-320/linux/>

    Specialix SIO/XIO (modular, 4 to 32 ports)
     <ftp://sunsite.unc.edu/pub/Linux/kernel/patches/serial/sidrv0_5.taz>

  10.  Network adapters

  Ethernet adapters vary greatly in performance. In general the newer
  the design the better. Some very old cards like the 3Com 3C501 are
  only useful because they can be found in junk heaps for $5 a time. Be
  careful with clones, not all are good clones and bad clones often
  cause erratic lockups under Linux. Read the Ethernet HOWTO for
  detailed descriptions of various cards.

  10.1.  Supported

  10.1.1.  Ethernet

    3Com 3C501 - ``avoid like the plague''

    3Com 3C503, 3C505, 3C507, 3C509/3C509B (ISA) / 3C579 (EISA)

    AMD LANCE (79C960) / PCnet-ISA/PCI (AT1500, HP J2405A,
     NE1500/NE2100)

    AT&T GIS WaveLAN

    Allied Telesis AT1700

    Ansel Communications AC3200 EISA

    Apricot Xen-II

    Cabletron E21xx

    DEC DE425 (EISA) / DE434/DE435 (PCI)

    DEC DEPCA and EtherWORKS

    HP PCLAN (27245 and 27xxx series)

    HP PCLAN PLUS (27247B and 27252A)

    HP 10/100VG PCLAN (ISA/EISA/PCI)

    Intel EtherExpress

    Intel EtherExpress Pro

    NE2000/NE1000 (be careful with clones)

    New Media Ethernet

    Racal-Interlan NI5210 (i82586 Ethernet chip)

    Racal-Interlan NI6510 (am7990 lance chip) - doesn't work with more
     than 16 megs RAM

    PureData PDUC8028, PDI8023

    SEEQ 8005

    SMC Ultra

    Schneider & Koch G16

    Western Digital WD80x3

    Zenith Z-Note / IBM ThinkPad 300 built-in adapter

  10.1.2.  Pocket and portable adapters

    AT-Lan-Tec/RealTek parallel port adapter

    D-Link DE600/DE620 parallel port adapter

  10.1.3.  Slotless

    SLIP/CSLIP/PPP (serial port)

    EQL (serial IP load balancing)

    PLIP (parallel port) - using ``LapLink cable'' or bi-directional
     cable

  10.1.4.  ARCnet

    works with all ARCnet cards

  10.1.5.  Token Ring

    IBM Tropic chipset cards

  10.1.6.  Amateur radio (AX.25)

    Ottawa PI/PI2

    Most generic 8530 based HDLC boards

  10.2.  Others

  10.2.1.  Ethernet

    3Com Demon Ethercards (3C592, 3C597 (100 mbps)) (EISA)
     <http://cesdis.gsfc.nasa.gov/linux/drivers/vortex.html>

    3Com Vortex Ethercards (3C590, 3C595 (100 mbps)) (PCI)
     <http://cesdis.gsfc.nasa.gov/linux/drivers/vortex.html>

    DEC 21040/21140 ``Tulip'' / SMC PCI EtherPower 10/100
     <http://cesdis.gsfc.nasa.gov/linux/drivers/tulip.html>

    HP J2585 (PCI) / HP J2573 (ISA) (ATT2MDx1 / 100VG)
     <http://cesdis1.gsfc.nasa.gov:80/linux/drivers/100vg.html>

  10.2.2.  ISDN

    Linux ISDN WWW page
     <http://www.ix.de/ix/linux/linux-isdn.html>

    3Com Sonix Arpeggio
     <ftp://sunsite.unc.edu/pub/Linux/kernel/patches/network/sonix.tgz>

    Combinet EVERYWARE 1000 ISDN
     <ftp://sunsite.unc.edu/pub/Linux/patches/network/combinet1000isdn-1.02.tar.gz>

    Diehl SCOM card
     <ftp://sunsite.unc.edu/pub/Linux/kernel/patches/network/isdndrv-0.1.1.tar.gz>

    ICN ISDN / Teles ISDN / Creatix AVM ISDN cards
     <ftp://ftp.franken.de/pub/isdn4linux/>

     ISDN cards that emulate standard modems or common Ethernet adapters
     don't need any special drivers to work.

  10.2.3.  PCMCIA cards

    See Appendix B for complete list

  10.2.4.  ATM

    Efficient Networks ENI155P-MF 155 Mbps ATM adapter (PCI)
     <http://lrcwww.epfl.ch/linux-atm/>

  10.2.5.  Frame Relay

    Sangoma S502 56K Frame Relay card
     <ftp://ftp.sovereign.org/pub/wan/fr/>

  10.3.  Unsupported

    Xircom adapters (PCMCIA and parallel port) are not supported.

  11.  Sound cards

  11.1.  Supported

    6850 UART MIDI

    Adlib (OPL2)

    Audio Excell DSP16

    Aztech Sound Galaxy NX Pro

    Crystal CS4232 (PnP) based cards

    ECHO-PSS cards (Orchid SoundWave32, Cardinal DSP16)

    Ensoniq SoundScape

    Gravis Ultrasound

    Gravis Ultrasound 16-bit sampling daughterboard

    Gravis Ultrasound MAX

    Logitech SoundMan Games (SBPro, 44kHz stereo support)

    Logitech SoundMan Wave (Jazz16/OPL4)

    Logitech SoundMan 16 (PAS-16 compatible)

    MPU-401 MIDI

    MediaTriX AudioTriX Pro

    Media Vision Premium 3D (Jazz16)

    Media Vision Pro Sonic 16 (Jazz)

    Media Vision Pro Audio Spectrum 16

    Microsoft Sound System (AD1848)

    OAK OTI-601D cards (Mozart)

    OPTi 82C928/82C929 cards (MAD16/MAD16 Pro)

    Sound Blaster

    Sound Blaster Pro

    Sound Blaster 16

    Turtle Beach Wavefront cards (Maui, Tropez)

    Wave Blaster (and other daughterboards)

  11.2.  Others

    MPU-401 MIDI (intelligent mode)
     <ftp://sunsite.unc.edu/pub/Linux/kernel/sound/mpu401-0.2.tar.gz>

    PC speaker / Parallel port DAC
     <ftp://ftp.informatik.hu-berlin.de/pub/os/linux/hu-sound/>

    Turtle Beach MultiSound/Tahiti/Monterey
     <ftp://ftp.cs.colorado.edu/users/mccreary/archive/tbeach/multisound/>

  11.3.  Unsupported

  The ASP chip on Sound Blaster 16 series and AWE32 is not supported.
  AWE32's onboard E-mu MIDI synthesizer is not supported.

  Nathan Laredo <laredo@gnu.ai.mit.edu> is willing to write AWE32
  drivers if you send him a complimentary card. He is also willing to
  write drivers for almost any hardware if you send him free samples of
  your hardware.

  Sound Blaster 16's with DSP 4.11 and 4.12 have a hardware bug that
  causes hung/stuck notes when playing MIDI and digital audio at the
  same time. The problem can happen with either Wave Blaster
  daughterboards or MIDI devices attached to the MIDI port. There is no
  known fix.

  12.  Hard drives

  All hard drives should work if the controller is supported.

  (From the SCSI HOWTO) All direct access SCSI devices with a block size
  of 256, 512, or 1024 bytes should work. Other block sizes will not
  work (Note that this can often be fixed by changing the block and/or
  sector sizes using the MODE SELECT SCSI command).

  Large IDE (EIDE) drives work fine with newer kernels. The boot
  partition must lie in the first 1024 cylinders due to PC BIOS
  limitations.

  Some Conner CFP1060S drives may have problems with Linux and ext2fs.
  The symptoms are inode errors during e2fsck and corrupt file systems.
  Conner has released a firmware upgrade to fix this problem, contact
  Conner at 1-800-4CONNER (US) or +44-1294-315333 (Europe). Have the
  microcode version (found on the drive label, 9WA1.6x) handy when you
  call.

  Certain Micropolis drives have problems with Adaptec and BusLogic
  cards, contact the drive manufacturers for firmware upgrades if you
  suspect problems.
    Multiple device driver (RAID-0, RAID-1)
     <ftp://sweet-smoke.ufr-info-p7.ibp.fr/public/Linux/>

  13.  Tape drives

  13.1.  Supported

    SCSI tape drives
     (From the SCSI HOWTO) Drives using both fixed and variable length
     blocks smaller than the driver buffer length (set to 32k in the
     distribution sources) are supported. Virtually all drives should
     work. (Send mail if you know of any incompatible drives.)

    QIC-02 drives

  13.2.  Others

    QIC-117, QIC-40/80, QIC-3010/3020 (QIC-WIDE) drives
     Most tape drives using the floppy controller should work. Various
     dedicated controllers (Colorado FC-10/FC-20, Mountain Mach-2,
     Iomega Tape Controller II) are also supported
     <ftp://sunsite.unc.edu/pub/Linux/kernel/tapes>

  13.3.  Unsupported

    Emerald and Tecmar QIC-02 tape controller cards - Chris Ulrich
     <insom@math.ucr.edu>

    Drives that connect to the parallel port (eg: Colorado Trakker)

    Some high speed tape controllers (Colorado TC-15)

    Irwin AX250L/Accutrak 250 (not QIC-80)

    IBM Internal Tape Backup Unit (not QIC-80)

    COREtape Light

  14.  CD-ROM drives

  14.1.  Supported

    SCSI CD-ROM drives
     (From the CD-ROM HOWTO) Any SCSI CD-ROM drive with a block size of
     512 or 2048 bytes should work under Linux; this includes the vast
     majority of CD-ROM drives on the market.

    EIDE (ATAPI) CD-ROM drives

    Aztech CDA268, Orchid CDS-3110, Okano/Wearnes CDD-110, Conrad TXC

    GoldStar R420

    LMS Philips CM 206

    Matsushita/Panasonic, Creative Labs, Longshine, Kotobuki (SBPCD)

    Mitsumi

    Optics Storage Dolphin 8000AT

    Sanyo H94A

    Sony CDU31A/CDU33A

    Sony CDU-535/CDU-531

    Teac CD-55A SuperQuad

  14.2.  Others

    LMS/Philips CM 205/225/202
     <ftp://sunsite.unc.edu/pub/Linux/kernel/patches/cdrom/lmscd0.3d.tar.gz>

    Mitsumi FX001D/F (alternate drivers)
     <ftp://ftp.gwdg.de//pub/linux/cdrom/drivers/mitsumi/mcdx-1.0a.tar.gz>

    NEC CDR-35D (old)
     <ftp://sunsite.unc.edu/pub/Linux/kernel/patches/cdrom/linux-
     neccdr35d.patch>

    Sony SCSI multisession CD-XA
     <ftp://tsx-11.mit.edu/pub/linux/patches/sony-multi-0.00.tar.gz>

  14.3.  Notes

  PhotoCD (XA) is supported.

  All CD-ROM drives should work similarly for reading data. There are
  various compatibility problems with audio CD playing utilities.
  (Especially with newer low-end NEC drives.) Some alpha drivers may not
  have audio support yet.

  Early (single speed) NEC CD-ROM drives may have trouble with currently
  available SCSI controllers.

  15.  Removable drives

  All SCSI drives should work if the controller is supported, including
  optical (MO), WORM, floptical, Bernoulli, Zip, SyQuest, PD, and
  others.

    Parallel port Zip drives
     <ftp://gear.torque.net/pub/>

  Removable drives work like floppies, just fdisk/mkfs and mount the
  disks. Linux provides drive locking if your drives support it.  mtools
  can also be used if the disks are in MS-DOS format.

  CD-R drives require special software to work. Read the CD-R Mini-
  HOWTO.

  Linux supports both 512 and 1024 bytes/sector disks.

  16.  Mice

  16.1.  Supported

    Microsoft serial mouse

    Mouse Systems serial mouse

    Logitech Mouseman serial mouse

    Logitech serial mouse

    ATI XL Inport busmouse

    C&T 82C710 (QuickPort) (Toshiba, TI Travelmate)

    Microsoft busmouse

    Logitech busmouse

    PS/2 (auxiliary device) mouse

  16.2.  Others

    Sejin J-mouse
     <ftp://sunsite.unc.edu/pub/Linux/kernel/patches/console/jmouse.1.1.70-jmouse.tar.gz>

    MultiMouse - use multiple mouse devices as single mouse
     <ftp://sunsite.unc.edu/pub/Linux/system/Misc/MultiMouse-1.0.tgz>

  16.3.  Notes

  Touchpad devices like Alps Glidepoint also work, so long they're
  compatible with another mouse protocol.

  Newer Logitech mice (except the Mouseman) use the Microsoft protocol
  and all three buttons do work. Eventhough Microsoft's mice have only
  two buttons, the protocol allows three buttons.

  The mouse port on the ATI Graphics Ultra and Ultra Pro use the
  Logitech busmouse protocol.  (See the Busmouse HOWTO for details.)

  17.  Modems

  All internal modems or external modems connected to the serial port.

  A small number of modems come with DOS software that downloads the
  control program at runtime. These can normally be used by loading the
  program under DOS and doing a warm boot. Such modems are probably best
  avoided as you won't be able to use them with non PC hardware in the
  future.

  All PCMCIA modems should work with the PCMCIA drivers.

  Fax modems need appropriated fax software to operate.

    Digicom Connection 96+/14.4+ - DSP code downloading program
     <ftp://sunsite.unc.edu/pub/Linux/system/Serial/smdl-
     linux.1.02.tar.gz>

    ZyXEL U-1496 series - ZyXEL 1.4, modem/fax/voice control program
     <ftp://sunsite.unc.edu/pub/Linux/system/Serial/ZyXEL-1.4.tar.gz>

  18.  Printers/Plotters

  All printers and plotters connected to the parallel or serial port
  should work.

    HP LaserJet 4 series - free-lj4, printing modes control program
     <ftp://sunsite.unc.edu/pub/Linux/system/Printing/free-
     lj4-1.1p1.tar.gz>

    BiTronics parallel port interface
     <ftp://sunsite.unc.edu/pub/Linux/kernel/misc/bt-ALPHA-0.0.1.tar.gz>

  18.1.  Ghostscript

  Many Linux programs output PostScript files. Non-PostScript printers
  can emulate PostScript Level 2 using Ghostscript.

    Ghostscript
     <ftp://ftp.cs.wisc.edu/pub/ghost/aladdin/>

  18.1.1.  Ghostscript supported printers

    Apple Imagewriter

    C. Itoh M8510

    Canon BubbleJet BJ10e, BJ200

    Canon LBP-8II, LIPS III

    DEC LA50/70/75/75plus

    DEC LN03, LJ250

    Epson 9 pin, 24 pin, LQ series, Stylus, AP3250

    HP 2563B

    HP DesignJet 650C

    HP DeskJet/Plus/500

    HP DeskJet 500C/520C/550C/1200C color

    HP LaserJet/Plus/II/III/4

    HP PaintJet/XL/XL300 color

    IBM Jetprinter color

    IBM Proprinter

    Imagen ImPress

    Mitsubishi CP50 color

    NEC P6/P6+/P60

    Okidata MicroLine 182

    Ricoh 4081

    SPARCprinter

    StarJet 48 inkjet printer

    Tektronix 4693d color 2/4/8 bit

    Tektronix 4695/4696 inkjet plotter

    Xerox XES printers (2700, 3700, 4045, etc.)

  18.1.2.  Others

    Canon BJC600 and Epson ESC/P color printers
     <ftp://petole.imag.fr/pub/postscript/>

  19.  Scanners

    A4 Tech AC 4096
     <ftp://ftp.informatik.hu-berlin.de/pub/local/linux/ac4096.tgz>

    Epson GT6000
     <ftp://sunsite.unc.edu/pub/Linux/apps/graphics/scanners/ppic0.5.tar.gz>

    Fujitsu SCSI-2 scanners
     contact Dr. G.W. Wettstein <greg%wind.UUCP@plains.nodak.edu>

    Genius GS-B105G
     <ftp://tsx-11.mit.edu/pub/linux/ALPHA/scanner/gs105-0.0.1.tar.gz>

    Genius GeniScan GS4500 handheld scanner
     <ftp://tsx-11.mit.edu/pub/linux/ALPHA/scanner/gs4500-1.3.tar.gz>

    HP ScanJet, ScanJet Plus
     <ftp://ftp.ctrl-c.liu.se/unix/linux/wingel/>

    HP ScanJet II series SCSI
     <ftp://sunsite.unc.edu/pub/Linux/apps/graphics/scanners/hpscanpbm-0.3a.tar.gz>

    HP ScanJet family (including ScanJet 3c)
     <http://www.tummy.com/xvscan/>

    Logitech Scanman 32 / 256
     <ftp://tsx-11.mit.edu/pub/linux/ALPHA/scanner/logiscan-0.0.2.tar.gz>

    Mustek M105 handheld scanner with GI1904 interface
     <ftp://tsx-11.mit.edu/pub/linux/ALPHA/scanner/scan-
     driver-0.1.8.tar.gz>

    Mustek Paragon 6000CX
     <ftp://sunsite.unc.edu/pub/Linux/apps/graphics/scanners/muscan-1.1.5.taz>

    Nikon Coolscan SCSI 35mm film scanner
     <ftp://sunsite.unc.edu/pub/Linux/apps/graphics/scanners/>

    UMAX SCSI scanners
     contact Craig Johnston <mkshenk@u.washington.edu>

  20.  Other hardware

  20.1.  VESA Power Savings Protocol (DPMS) monitors

  Support for power savings is included in the Linux kernel. Just use
  setterm to enable support.

  20.2.  Joysticks

    Joystick driver
     <ftp://sunsite.unc.edu/pub/Linux/kernel/patches/console/joystick-0.7.3.tgz>

    Joystick driver (module)
     <ftp://sunsite.unc.edu/pub/Linux/kernel/patches/console/joyfixed.tgz>

  20.3.  Video capture boards

    FAST Screen Machine II
     <ftp://sunsite.unc.edu/pub/Linux/apps/video/ScreenMachineII.1.2.tgz>

    ImageNation Cortex I
     <ftp://sunsite.unc.edu/pub/Linux/apps/video/cortex.drv.0.1.tgz>

    ImageNation CX100
     <ftp://sunsite.unc.edu/pub/Linux/apps/video/cxdrv-0.1beta.tar.gz>

    Pro Movie Studio
     <ftp://sunsite.unc.edu/pub/Linux/apps/video/PMS-grabber.2.0.tgz>

    Quanta WinVision video capture card
     <ftp://sunsite.unc.edu/pub/Linux/apps/video/fgrabber-1.0.tgz>

    Video Blaster, Rombo Media Pro+
     <ftp://sunsite.unc.edu/pub/Linux/apps/video/vid_src.gz>

    VT1500 TV cards
     <ftp://sunsite.unc.edu/pub/Linux/apps/video/vt1500-1.0.5.tar.gz>

  20.4.  UPS

    APC SmartUPS
     <ftp://sunsite.unc.edu/pub/Linux/system/UPS/apcd-0.1.tar.gz>

    UPS's with RS-232 monitoring port (unipower package)
     <ftp://sunsite.unc.edu/pub/Linux/system/UPS/unipower-1.0.0.tgz>

    various other UPS's are supported, read the UPS HOWTO

  20.5.  Data acquisition

  The Linux Lab Project site collects drivers for hardware dealing with
  data acquisition, they also maintain some mailing lists dealing with
  the subject. I have no experience with data acquisition so please
  check the site for more details.

    Linux Lab Project
     <ftp://koala.chemie.fu-berlin.de/pub/linux/LINUX-LAB/>

    CED 1401

    DBCC CAMAC

    IEEE-488 (GPIB, HPIB) boards

    Keithley DAS-1200

    National Instruments AT-MIO-16F / Lab-PC+

    Analog Devices RTI-800/815 ADC/DAC board
     contact Paul Gortmaker <gpg109@anu.edu.au>

  20.6.  Miscellaneous

    Maralu chip-card reader/writer
     <ftp://ftp.thp.uni-koeln.de/pub/linux/chip/>

    Mattel Powerglove
     <ftp://sunsite.unc.edu/pub/Linux/apps/linux-powerglove.tgz>

    AIMS Labs RadioTrack FM radio card
     <ftp://sunsite.unc.edu/pub/Linux/apps/sound/radiotrack-1.1.tgz>

    Reveal FM Radio card
     <ftp://magoo.uwsuper.edu/pub/fm-radio/>

    Videotext cards
     <ftp://sunsite.unc.edu/pub/Linux/apps/video/videoteXt-0.5.tar.gz>

  21.  Related sources of information

    Cameron Spitzer's hardware FAQ archive
     <ftp://rahul.net/pub/cameron/PC-info/>

    Computer Hardware and Software Vendor Phone Numbers
     <http://mtmis1.mis.semi.harris.com/comp_ph1.html>

    Guide to Computer Vendors
     <http://www.ronin.com/SBA/>

    System Optimization Information
     <http://www.dfw.net/~sdw/>

  22.  Acknowledgments

  Thanks to all the authors and contributors of other HOWTO's, many
  things here are shamelessly stolen from their works; to Zane Healy and
  Ed Carp, the original authors of this list; and to everyone else who
  sent in updates and feedbacks. Special thanks to Eric Boerner and lilo
  (the person, not the program) for the sanity checks. And thanks to Dan
  Quinlan for the original SGML conversion.

  23.  Appendix A. S3 cards supported by XFree86 3.1.2.

  CHIPSET   RAMDAC            CLOCKCHIP   BPP   CARD

  801/805   AT&T 20C490                    16    Actix GE 32
                                                 Orchid Fahrenheit 1280+
  801/805   AT&T 20C490       ICD2061A     16    STB PowerGraph X.24
  805       S3 GENDAC                      16    Miro 10SD VLB/PCI
                                                 SPEA Mirage VLB
  805       SS2410            ICD2061A     8     Diamond Stealth 24 VLB
  801/805   AT&T 20C490       Ch8391       16    JAX 8231, SPEA Mirage
  928       AT&T 20C490                    16    Actix Ultra
  928       Sierra SC15025    ICD2061A     32    ELSA Winner 1000 ISA/VLB/EISA
  928       Bt485             ICD2061A     32    STB Pegasus VL
  928       Bt485             SC11412      16    SPEA Mercury VLB
  928       Bt485             ICD2061A     32    #9 GXE Level 10/11/12
  928       Ti3020            ICD2061A     32    #9 GXE Level 14/16
  864       AT&T 20C498       ICS2494      32    Miro 20SD (BIOS 1.x)
  864       AT&T 20C498/      ICD2061A/    32    ELSA Winner 1000 PRO VLB/PCI
            STG1700           ICS9161            MIRO 20SD (BIOS 2.x)
  864       STG1700           ICD2061A     32    Actix GE 64 VLB
  864       AT&T 20C498/      ICS2595      16    SPEA Mirage P64 DRAM (BIOS 3.x)
            AT&T 21C498
  864       S3 86C716 SDAC                 32    ELSA Winner 1000 PRO
                                                 Miro 20SD (BIOS 3.x)
                                                 SPEA Mirage P64 DRAM (BIOS 4.x)
                                                 Diamond Stealth 64 DRAM
  864       ICS5342           ICS5342      32    Diamond Stealth 64 DRAM (some)
  864       AT&T 20C498-13    ICD2061A     32    #9 GXE64 PCI
  964       AT&T 20C505       ICD2061A     32    Miro Crystal 20SV PCI
  964       Bt485             ICD2061A     32    Diamond Stealth 64
  964       Bt9485            ICS9161A     32    SPEA Mercury 64
  964       Ti3020            ICD2061A     8     ELSA Winner 2000 PRO PCI
  964       Ti3025            Ti3025       32    #9 GXE64 Pro VLB/PCI
                                                 Miro Crystal 40SV
  964       IBM RGB                        32    Hercules Terminator 64
  868       S3 86C716 SDAC                 32    ELSA Winner 1000AVI
  968       TVP3026                        32    ELSA Winner 2000PRO/X
                                                 Diamond Stealth 64 Video VRAM
  968       IBM RGB                        32    Genoa VideoBlitz III AVI
                                                 Hercules Terminator Pro 64
                                                 STB Velocity 64V
                                                 #9 FX Motion 771
  732       (Trio32)                       32    Diamond Stealth 64 DRAM SE
                                                 (all Trio32 based cards)
  764       (Trio64)                       32    SPEA Mirage P64 (BIOS 5.x)
                                                 Diamond Stealth 64 DRAM
                                                 #9 FX Vision 330
                                                 STB PowerGraph 64
                                                 (all Trio64 based cards)

  24.  Appendix B. Supported PCMCIA cards

  These cards are supported by David Hinds' PCMCIA package and this list
  is taken from his web page.

  24.1.  Ethernet cards

    3Com 3c589, 3c589B

    Accton EN2212 EtherCard

    CNet CN30BC Ethernet

    D-Link DE-650

    EFA InfoExpress SPT EFA 205 10baseT

    EP-210 Ethernet

    Farallon Etherwave

    GVC NIC-2000P Ethernet Combo

    HYPERTEC HyperEnet

    IBM CreditCard Ethernet Adapter

    IC-Card Ethernet

    Katron PE-520 Ethernet

    Kingston KNE-PCM/M

    LANEED Ethernet

    Linksys EtherCard

    Maxtech PCN2000 Ethernet

    Network General ``Sniffer''

    New Media Ethernet

    Novell/National NE4100 InfoMover

    Proteon Ethernet

    PreMax PE-200 Ethernet

    RPTI EP400 Ethernet

    Socket Communications Socket EA LAN Adapter

    Thomas-Conrad Ethernet

    Volktek Ethernet

  24.2.  Modem cards

    All modem cards should work

  24.3.  Memory cards

    New Media SRAM

    Epson 2MB SRAM

    Intel Series 2 and Series 2+ Flash

  24.4.  SCSI adapters

    Qlogic FastSCSI PCMCIA

    New Media Bus Toaster SCSI

    Adaptec APA-1460 SlimSCSI

  24.5.  Unsupported

    Xircom ethernet and ethernet/modem cards

    Canon/Compaq PCMCIA floppy drive

