Linux Hardware Compatibility HOWTO
Patrick Reijnen, <patrickr@bart.nl>
v97.2, 14 June 1997
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 components supported by Linux, so reading through
this document you can choose the components for your own Linux
computer. Still need some help selecting components after reading this
document? Check the "Build Your Own PC" site at
<http://www.verinet.com/pc/>.
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
<http://users.bart.nl/~patrickr/hardware-howto/Hardware-HOWTO.html>,
SunSite and all the usual mirror sites.
If you know of any Linux hardware (in)compatibilities not listed here
please let me know, just send mail. 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
� Linux/8086
<http://www.linux.org.uk/Linux8086.html>
� Linux/Alpha
<http://www.azstarnet.com/~axplinux/>
� Linux/MIPS
<http://www.fnet.fr/linux-mips/>
� Linux/PowerPC
<http://www.linuxppc.org/>
� Linux for Acorn
<http://www.ph.kcl.ac.uk/~amb/linux.html>
� Linux for PowerMac
<http://ftp.sunet.se/pub/os/Linux/mklinux/mkarchive/info/index.html>
2. Computers/Motherboards/BIOS
ISA, VLB, EISA, and PCI buses are all supported.
PS/2 and Microchannel (MCA) is supported in the standard kernel 2.0.7.
There is support for MCA in kernel 2.1.16 and newer, but this code is
still a little buggy. For more information you can always look at the
Micro Channel Linux Home Page ( <http://glycerine.itsmm.uni.edu/mca/>)
2.1. Specific systems
� IBM PS/2 MCA systems
<ftp://ftp.dcrl.nd.edu/pub/misc/linux/>
3. Laptops
For more information about Linux and laptops, the following site is a
good starting point.
� Linux Laptop Homepage
<http://www.cs.utexas.edu/users/kharker/linux-laptop/>
� Avanced Power Management
<ftp://ftp.cs.unc.edu/pub/users/faith/linux/>
� Notebook battery status
<ftp://sunsite.unc.edu/pub/Linux/system/power/>
� non-blinking cursor
<ftp://sunsite.unc.edu/pub/Linux/kernel/patches/console/noblink-1.7.tar.gz>
� 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>
� NEC Versa M and P
<http://www.santafe.edu:80/~nelson/versa-linux/>
� Tadpole P1000
<http://www.tadpole.com/Support/linux.html>
� Tadpole P1000 (another one)
� TI TravelMate 4000M
<ftp://ftp.biomath.jussieu.fr/pub/linux/TM4000M-mini-HOWTO.txt.Z>
� TI TravelMate 5100
� 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>
� Cyrix 5x86 CPU register settings
<ftp://sunsite.unc.edu/pub/Linux/kernel/patches/cx5x86mod_1.0c.tgz>
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.
``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.
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/Linux/BETA/Xega/>
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
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
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://sunsite.unc.edu/pub/Linux/kernel/patches/scsi/BusLogic-1.3.0.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://sunsite.unc.edu/pub/Linux/kernel/patches/serial/comtrol-1.04.tar.gz>
� 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 C102, C104, C168, C218 (8 port), C320 (8/16/24/32 expandable)
and C320T
<ftp://ftp.moxa.com.tw/drivers/linux/>
� Specialix SIO/XIO (modular, 4 to 32 ports)
<ftp://sunsite.unc.edu/pub/Linux/kernel/patches/serial/sidrv.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 Etherlink III Vortex Ethercards (3C590, 3c592, 3C595, 3c597)
(PCI), 3Com Etherlink XL Boomerang Ethercards (3c900, 3c905) (PCI)
and 3Com Fast EtherLink Ethercard (3c515) (ISA)
<http://cesdis.gsfc.nasa.gov/linux/drivers/vortex.html>
� DEC 21040/21041/21140/21142 ``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/kernel/patches/network/combinet1000isdn-1.02.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/>
10.2.6. Wireless
� Proxim RangeLan2 7100 (ISA) / 630x (OEM mini-ISA)
<http://www.komacke.com/distribution.html>
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/lmscd0.4.tar.gz>
� Mitsumi FX001D/F (alternate drivers)
<ftp://ftp.gwdg.de/pub/linux/cdrom/drivers/mitsumi-mcdx>
� 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-1.5.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/patches/misc/bt-
ALPHA-0.0.1.module.patch.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/850C/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 BJC600/800 color printers
<ftp://petole.imag.fr/pub/postscript/ghostscript/bjc600/>
19. Scanners
� A4 Tech AC 4096 / AS 8000P
<ftp://ftp.informatik.hu-
berlin.de/pub/local/linux/a4scan/a4scan.tgz>
� Epson GT6000
<ftp://sunsite.unc.edu/pub/Linux/apps/graphics/capture/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/gs4500-2.0.tar.gz>
� HP ScanJet II series SCSI
<ftp://sunsite.unc.edu/pub/Linux/apps/graphics/capture/hpscanpbm-0.3a.tar.gz>
� HP ScanJet IIc, IIcx, IIp, 3c, 4c, 4p, 5p, 5pse, plus
<http://www.tummy.com/xvscan/>
� Logitech Scanman 32 / 256
<ftp://tsx-11.mit.edu/pub/linux/ALPHA/scanner/logiscan-0.0.4.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/capture/muscan-2.0.6.taz>
� Nikon Coolscan SCSI 35mm film scanner
<ftp://sunsite.unc.edu/pub/Linux/apps/graphics/capture/coolscan-0.2.tgz>
� 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-0.8.0.tgz>
� Joystick driver (module)
<ftp://sunsite.unc.edu/pub/Linux/kernel/patches/console/joyfixed.tgz>
20.3. Video capture boards / Frame Grabbers
� Data Translation DT 2851 Frame Grabber
<ftp://sunsite.unc.edu/pub/Linux/apps/video/dt2851-2.01.tar.gz>
� Data Translation 3155
<http://krusty.eecs.umich.edu/people/ncowan/linux/welcome.html>
� Diamond DTV2000 (based on BT848)
� Dipix XPG1000/FPG
<http://www.thp.Uni-Koeln.DE/~rjkm/linux/bttv.html>
� Epix Silicon Video MUX series of video frame grabbing boards
<http://www.ssc.com/lj/issue13/npc13c.html>
� FAST Screen Machine II
<ftp://sunsite.unc.edu/pub/Linux/apps/video/ScreenMachineII.2.0.tgz>
� Hauppage Wincast TV PCI (based on BT848)
<http://www.thp.Uni-Koeln.DE/~rjkm/linux/bttv.html>
� ImageNation Cortex I
<ftp://sunsite.unc.edu/pub/Linux/apps/video/cortex.drv.1.1.tgz>
� ImageNation CX100
<ftp://sunsite.unc.edu/pub/Linux/apps/video/cxdrv-0.86.tar.gz>
� ImageNation PX500 (being worked on). Ask for current status
rubini@linux.it
� Imaging Technology Inc. IC-PCI frame grabber board
<ftp://gandalf.expmech.ing.tu-bs.de/pub/driver/icpci-0.2.0.tar.gz>
� Matrox Meteor
<ftp://sunsite.unc.edu/pub/Linux/apps/video/meteor-1.4a.tgz>
� Miro PCTV (based on BT848)
<http://www.thp.Uni-Koeln.DE/~rjkm/linux/bttv.html>
� MuTech MV1000 PCI
<ftp://sunsite.unc.edu/pub/Linux/apps/video/mv1000drv-0.33.tgz>
� Pro Movie Studio
<ftp://sunsite.unc.edu/pub/Linux/apps/video/PMS-grabber.3.0.tgz>
� Quanta WinVision B&W video capture card
<ftp://sunsite.unc.edu/pub/Linux/apps/video/fgrabber-1.0.tgz>
� Quickcam
<ftp://sunsite.unc.edu/pub/Linux/apps/video/qcam-0.7c-5.tar.gz>
� Sensus 700
<http://www.robots.com/s700.htm>
� Smart Video Recorder III (based on BT848)
<http://www.thp.Uni-Koeln.DE/~rjkm/linux/bttv.html>
� STB TV PCI Television Tuner (based on BT848)
<http://www.thp.Uni-Koeln.DE/~rjkm/linux/bttv.html>
� Video Blaster, Rombo Media Pro+
<ftp://sunsite.unc.edu/pub/Linux/apps/video/vid_src-0.6.tgz>
� VT1500 TV cards
<ftp://sunsite.unc.edu/pub/Linux/apps/video/vt1500-1.0.9.tar.gz>
20.4. UPS
� APC SmartUPS
<ftp://sunsite.unc.edu/pub/Linux/system/ups/apcd-0.5.tar.gz>
� APC-BackUPS 400/600, APC-SmartUPS SU700/1400RM
<ftp://sunsite.unc.edu/pub/Linux/system/ups/apcupsd-2.2.tar.gz>
� UPS's with RS-232 monitoring port (genpower package)
<ftp://sunsite.unc.edu/pub/Linux/system/ups/genpower-1.0.1.tgz>
� A daemon to shut down and up computers connected to ups's. It's
network aware and allows server- and client-mode
<ftp://sunsite.unc.edu/pub/Linux/system/ups/powerd-2.0.tar.gz>
� 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
<http://www.llp.fu-berlin.de/>
� 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
� Mattel Powerglove
� AIMS Labs RadioTrack FM radio card
<ftp://sunsite.unc.edu/pub/Linux/apps/sound/radio/radiotrack-1.1.tgz>
� Reveal FM Radio card
<ftp://magoo.uwsuper.edu/docs/radio.html>
� Videotext cards
<ftp://sunsite.unc.edu/pub/Linux/apps/video/videoteXt-0.6.tar.gz>
21. Related sources of information
� Cameron Spitzer's hardware FAQ archive (??)
<ftp://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://guide.sbanetweb.com/>
� 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 FRiC, Zane
Healy and Ed Carp, the original authors of this HOWTO; 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
� SMC, Megahertz and Ositech cards use the smc91c92_cs driver
� 3Com and Faralloncards use the 3c589_cs driver
� Fujitsu, TDK, RATOC, CONTEC and Nextcom cards use the fmvj18x_cs
driver
All other cards use the pcnet_cs driver. Other NE2000-compatible
cards that are not on the list are also likely to work with
pcnet_cs.
� 3Com 3c589, 3c589B, 3c589C, 3c589D
� Accton EN2212, EN2216 EtherCard
� Allied Telesis CentreCOM CE6001, LA-PCM
� Asante FriendlyNet
� AST 1082 Ethernet
� CeLAN EPCMCIA
� CNet CN30BC, CN40BC Ethernet
� Compex/ReadyLINK Ethernet Combo
� Connectware LANdingGear Adapter
� CONTEC C-NET(PC)C
� Danpex EN-6200P2 Ethernet
� Datatrek NetCard
� Dayna Communications CommuniCard E
� Digital DEPCM-AA Ethernet
� Digital EtherWORKS Turbo Ethernet
� D-Link DE-650
� Edimax Technology Ethernet Combo
� EFA InfoExpress 205, 207 Combo
� Eiger Labs EPX-ET10T2 Combo
� ELECOM Laneed LD-CDWA, LD-CDX, LD-CDNIA
� EP-210 Ethernet
� Epson Ethernet
� Explorer NE-10000 Ethernet
� EZLink 4109 Ethernet
� Farallon Etherwave
� Fiberline FL-4680
� Fujitsu FMV-J181, FMV-J182, FMV-J182A
� Fujitsu Towa LA501
� Gateway 2000 Ethernet
� Genius ME3000II Ethernet
� Grey Cell Ethernet
� GVC NIC-2000P Ethernet Combo
� Hitachi HT-4840-11 EtherCard
� Hypertec HyperEnet
� IBM CreditCard Ethernet Adapter
� IC-Card Ethernet
� Infotel IN650ct Ethernet
� I-O Data PCLA/T
� Katron PE-520 Ethernet
� Kingston KNE-PCM/M, KNE-PC2
� LANEED Ethernet
� Lantech Ethernet
� Linksys EtherCard
� Logitec LPM-LN10T, LPM-LN10BA Ethernet
� Longshine Ethernet
� Macnica ME-1 Ethernet
� Maxtech PCN2000 Ethernet
� Megahertz XJ10BT, CC10BT Ethernet
� Melco LPC-TJ, LPC-TS
� Micronet Etherfast Adapter
� NDC Instant-Link
� Network General ``Sniffer''
� New Media Ethernet
� NextCom NC5310
� Novell/National NE4100 InfoMover
� Ositech Four of Diamonds
� Panasonic CF-VEL211P-B
� Planet SmartCom 2000, 3500
� PreMax PE-200 Ethernet
� Proteon Ethernet
� Ratoc REX-9822, REX-5588A/W
� Relia RE2408T Ethernet
� RPTI EP400 Ethernet
� SCM Ethernet
� SMC 8020BT EtherEZ (not the EliteCard)
� Socket Communications Socket EA LAN Adapter
� Surecom Ethernet
� SVEC PN605C
� TDK LAC-CD02x, LAK-CD021, LAK-CD022A, LAK-CD021AX Ethernet
� Thomas-Conrad Ethernet
� Trust Ethernet Combo
� Volktek NPL-402CT Ethernet
24.2. Token-ring adapters
You should at least have kernel 1.3.72
� IBM Token ring Adapter
� 3Com 3c689 TokenLink III
24.3. Wireless network adapters
� AT&T GIS / NCR WaveLAN version 2.0
� DEC RoamAbout/DS
� Xircom creditCard Netwave
24.4. Modem and serial cards
Virtually all modem cards, simple serial port cards, and digital
cellular modems should work. Also ISDN modems that emulate a standard
UART are supported.
� Advantech COMpad-32/85 dual serial
� Quatech, IOTech dual RS-232 cards
� socket Communications dual RS-232 card
24.5. Memory cards
All SRAM cards should work. Unsupported flash cards can be read but
not written.
� Epson 2MB SRAM
� IBM 8MB Flash
� Intel Series 2 and Series 2+ Flash
� Maxtor MobileMax 16MB Flash
� New Media SRAM
� TDK Flash Memory SFM20W/C 20 MB
24.6. SCSI adapters
� Adaptec APA-1460, APA-1460A SlimSCSI
� Digital SCSI II adapter
� Eiger Labs SCSI
� Future Domain SCSI2GO
� IBM SCSI
� Iomega ZIP Card
� IO-DATA PCSC-II, PCSC-II-L
� IO-DATA CDG-PX44/PCSC CD-ROM
� Logitec LPM-SCSI2
� Logitec LCD-601 CD-ROM
� MACNICA mPS110, mPS110-LP SCSI
� Melco IFC-SC2, IFC-DC
� NEC PC-9801N-J03R
� New Media Bus Toaster SCSI
� New Media Toast 'n Jam (SCSI only)
� Panasonic KXL-D740, KXL-DN740A, KXL-DN740A-NB 4X CD-ROM
� Pioneer PCP-PR1W CD-ROM
� Qlogic FastSCSI
� Raven CD-Note 4X
� RATOC REX-9530 SCSI-2
� Simple Technologies SCSI
� Sony CD-ROM Discman PRD-250
� Taxan ICD-400PN
� Toshiba NWB0107ABK, SCSC200B
24.7. ATA/IDE CD-ROM adapters
You should at least have kernel 1.3.72
� Argosy EIDE CD-ROM
� Caravelle CD-36N
� Creative Technology CD-ROM
� Digital Mobile Media CD-ROM
� EXP CD940 CD-ROM
� IO-DATA CDP-TX4/PCIDE, CDP/PCIDE, CDP-TX10/PCIDE, CDV-HDN6/PCIDE,
MOP-230/PCIDE
� H45 Technologies Quick 2x CD-ROM
24.8. Multifunction cards
You should at least have kernel 1.3.73
� 3Com 3c562, 3c562B, 3c563B, 3c562C, 3c563C
� IBM Home and Away Card
� Linksys LANmodem 28.8, 33.6
� Megahertz EM1144, EM3288, EM3336
� Motorola Marquis
� Ositech Jack of Diamonds
24.9. ATA/IDE card drives
These card drives are supported starting with kernel 1.3.72. Both
Flash-ATA cards and rotating-media cards are supported.
24.10. Miscellaneous cards
� Trimble Mobile GPS (uses serial/modem driver)
24.11. Working on ...
People are working on the following cards:
� Nat'l Inst DAQCard (Eric Gonzalez root@colomsat.net.co)
� IBM Smart Capture (Koij Okamura oka@nanotsu.kobe-u.ac.jp)
� Roland SCP-55 MIDI (Toshiaki Nakatsu ir9k-nkt@asahi.net.or.jp)
� CyberRom CD-ROM (David Rowntree rowntree@dircon.co.uk)
� IO DATA PCSC-II (Katayama Nobuhiro kata-n@po.iijnet.or.jp)
� Macnica mPS-1x0 (Katayama Nobuhiro kata-n@po.iijnet.or.jp)
� FORTEZZA encryption (Rex Riggins rriggins@radium.ncsc.mil)
� Harris PRISM/AM79C930 (Mark Mathews mark@mail.absoval.com)
� IBM Etherjet (Danilo Beuche danili@cs.tu-berlin.de). The driver can
be found at <http://www.first.gmd.de/~danilo/pc-driver>
24.12. Unsupported
� Adaptec/Trantor APA-460 SlimSCSI
� CanonCompaq PCMCIA floppy drive
� Motorola Mariner
� New Media .WAVjammer and all other sound cards
� All 100baseT ethernet adapters
� Panasonic KXL-D720, KXL-D745
� SMC 8016 EliteCard
� Telxon/Aironet wireless adapter
� Xircom ethernet and ethernet/modem cards
25. Appendix C. Linux incompatible Hardware
Some hardware manufacturers have created devices which are compatible
with MS-Dos and Windows 95 only. Specification on these devices are
not presented to the world so it is almost impossible to write drivers
for these devices. Below a list of devices reported as being Linux
incompatible will be given.
� All Hewlet Packard HP Deskjet 820xx printers