Linux Hardware Compatibility HOWTO

Steven Pritchard

Southern Illinois Linux Users Group / K&S Pritchard Enterprises, Inc.

  steve@silug.org

3.2.0

Copyright © 2001-2002 by Steven Pritchard

Copyright © 1997-1999 by Patrick Reijnen

2002-08-13

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
1.9. Revision History
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
6.2. Commercial X servers
6.3. Kernel Framebuffer (fbdev)
6.4. SVGALIB (graphics for console)
7. Controllers (hard drive)
7.1. Alpha, Beta drivers
8. Controllers (SCSI)
8.1. Supported
8.2. Alpha, Beta drivers
8.3. Unsupported
9. SCSI RAID Controllers
10. IDE RAID Controllers
11. Controllers (I/O)
12. Controllers (multiport)
12.1. Non-intelligent cards
12.2. Intelligent cards
13. Network adapters
13.1. Supported
13.2. Alpha, Beta drivers
13.3. Unsupported
14. Sound cards
14.1. Supported
14.2. Alpha, Beta drivers
14.3. Unsupported
15. Hard drives
15.1. Unsupported
16. Tape drives
16.1. Supported
16.2. Alpha, Beta drivers
16.3. Unsupported
17. CD-ROM drives
17.1. Supported
17.2. Alpha, Beta drivers
17.3. Notes
18. CD-Writers
19. DVD drives
20. Removable drives
21. Mice
21.1. Supported
21.2. Alpha, Beta drivers
21.3. Notes
22. Modems
23. Printers/Plotters
23.1. Ghostscript
24. Scanners
24.1. Supported
24.2. Alpha, Beta drivers
24.3. Unsupported
25. USB
25.1. Digital Cameras
25.2. Miscellaneous
26. PCMCIA/Cardbus cards
27. Other hardware
27.1. Amateur Radio
27.2. VESA Power Savings Protocol (DPMS) monitors
27.3. Touch screens
27.4. Terminals on serial port
27.5. Joysticks
27.6. Video capture boards / Frame Grabbers / TV tuner
27.7. Digital Camera
27.8. UPS
27.9. Multifunction boards
27.10. Data acquisition
27.11. Watchdog timer interfaces
27.12. Miscellaneous
28. Appendix A. Supported Parallel Port devices
28.1. Ethernet
28.2. Hard drives
28.3. Tape drives
28.4. CD-ROM drives
28.5. Removable drives
28.6. IDE Adapter
28.7. SCSI Adapters
28.8. Digital Camera
28.9. PCMCIA parallel port cards
29. Appendix B. Linux incompatible Hardware
30. Glossary
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