  Linux Hardware Compatibility HOWTO
  Patrick Reijnen, <antispam.patrickr@antispam.bart.nl (remove
  "antispam")>
  v98.3, 30 July 1998

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

  Table of Contents
























































  1. Introduction

     1.1 Welcome
     1.2 Copyright
     1.3 System architectures

  2. Computers/Motherboards/BIOS

     2.1 Specific systems
     2.2 Unsupported

  3. Laptops

     3.1 Specific laptops
     3.2 PCMCIA

  4. CPU/FPU

  5. Memory

  6. Video cards

     6.1 Diamond video cards
     6.2 SVGALIB (graphics for console)
     6.3 XFree86 3.3.2
        6.3.1 Accelerated
        6.3.2 Unaccelerated
        6.3.3 Monochrome
        6.3.4 Others
     6.4 S.u.S.E. X-Server
     6.5 Commercial X servers
        6.5.1 Xi Graphics, Inc
        6.5.2 Metro-X 4.3

  7. Controllers (hard drive)

  8. Controllers (SCSI)

     8.1 Supported
     8.2 Others
     8.3 Unsupported

  9. Controllers (I/O)

  10. Controllers (multiport)

     10.1 Non-intelligent cards
        10.1.1 Supported
     10.2 Intelligent cards
        10.2.1 Supported
        10.2.2 Others

  11. Network adapters

     11.1 Supported
        11.1.1 Ethernet
        11.1.2 ISDN
        11.1.3 Pocket and portable adapters
        11.1.4 Slotless
        11.1.5 ARCnet
        11.1.6 TokenRing
        11.1.7 FDDI
        11.1.8 Amateur radio (AX.25)
        11.1.9 PCMCIA cards
     11.2 Others
        11.2.1 Ethernet
        11.2.2 ISDN
        11.2.3 ATM
        11.2.4 Frame Relay
        11.2.5 Wireless
     11.3 Unsupported

  12. Sound cards

     12.1 Supported
     12.2 Others
     12.3 Unsupported

  13. Hard drives

     13.1 Unsupported

  14. Tape drives

     14.1 Supported
     14.2 Others
     14.3 Unsupported

  15. CD-ROM drives

     15.1 Supported
     15.2 Others
     15.3 Notes

  16. CD-Writers

  17. Removable drives

  18. Mice

     18.1 Supported
     18.2 Others
     18.3 Notes

  19. Modems

  20. Printers/Plotters

     20.1 Ghostscript
        20.1.1 Ghostscript supported printers
        20.1.2 Others

  21. Scanners

     21.1 Supported
     21.2 Others
     21.3 Unsupported

  22. Other hardware

     22.1 Amateur Radio
     22.2 VESA Power Savings Protocol (DPMS) monitors
     22.3 Touch screens
     22.4 Terminals on serial port
     22.5 Joysticks
     22.6 Video capture boards / Frame Grabbers / TV tuner
     22.7 Digital Camera
     22.8 UPS
     22.9 Multifunction boards
     22.10 Data acquisition
     22.11 Watchdog timer interfaces
     22.12 Miscellaneous
  23. Related sources of information

  24. Acknowledgments

  25. Appendix A. S3 cards supported by XFree86 3.3.1.

  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 Miscellaneous cards
     26.13 Cards with separately distributed drivers
     26.14 Working on ...
     26.15 Unsupported

  27. Appendix C. Plug and Play devices

  28. Appendix D. Linux incompatible Hardware

  29. Glossary



  ______________________________________________________________________

  1.  Introduction


  NOTE: Great news: HP Deskjet 720, 820 and 1000 series printers are
  supported under Linux. Have a look at
  <http://www.rpi.edu/~normat/technical/ppa>


  1.1.  Welcome

  Welcome to the Linux Hardware Compatibility HOWTO. This document lists
  most of the hardware components (not computers with components build
  in) supported by Linux, so reading through this document you can
  choose the components for your own Linux computer. As the list of
  components supported by Linux is growing rapidly, this document will
  never be complete. So, when components are not mentioned in this
  HOWTO, the only reason will be that I don't know they are supported. I
  simply have not found support for the component and/or nobody has told
  me about support.

  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. Translations of this and other
  Linux HOWTO's can be found at
  <http://sunsite.unc.edu/pub/Linux/docs/HOWTO/translations> and
  <ftp://sunsite.unc.edu/pub/Linux/docs/HOWTO/translations>.
  If you know of any Linux hardware (in)compatibilities not listed here
  please let me know, just send mail.

  Still need some help selecting components after reading this document?
  Check the "Build Your Own PC" site at  <http://www.verinet.com/pc/>.



  1.2.  Copyright

  Copyright 1997, 1998 Patrick Reijnen

  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.

  This document is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
  without any warranty; without even the implied warranty of
  merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose. See the GNU
  General Public License for more details.  You can obtain a copy of the
  GNU General Public License by writing to the Free Software
  Foundation,, Inc., 675 Mass Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.

  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://www.arm.uk.linux.org/~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/>

  ·  EFA E5TX-AT motherboard has a solvable problem with RedHat Linux
     5.0 and possibly other versions of Linux. It spontaneously reboots
     while probing hardware. To solve, update BIOS to version 1.01. Get
     the BIOS update at
     <http://www.efacorp.com/download/Motherboard/e5tx101.exe>.

  Many new PCI boards are causing a couple of failure messages during
  boot time when "Probing PCI Hardware". The procedure presents the
  folowing message


      Warning : Unknown PCI device (8086:7100).  Please read include/linux/pci.h



  It tells you to read the pci.h file. From this file is the following
  quote


           PROCEDURE TO REPORT NEW PCI DEVICES
      We are trying to collect information on new PCI devices, using
      the standard PCI identification procedure. If some warning is
      displayed at boot time, please report
           - /proc/pci
           - your exact hardware description. Try to find out
             which device is unknown. It may be you mainboard chipset.
             PCI-CPU bridge or PCI-ISA bridge.
           - If you can't find the actual information in your hardware
             booklet, try to read the references of the chip on the board.
           - Send all that to linux-pcisupport@cao-vlsi.ibp.fr,
             and I'll add your device to the list as soon as possible

      BEFORE you send a mail, please check the latest linux releases
      to be sure it has not been recently added.

             Thanks
                   Frederic Potter.



  Normally spoken you motherboard and the unknown PCI devices will
  function correctly.


  2.2.  Unsupported


  ·  Supermicro P5MMA with BIOS versions 1.36, 1.37 and 1.4. Linux will
     not boot on this motherboard. A new (beta) release of the BIOS
     which makes Linux boot, is available at
     <ftp.supermicro.com/mma9051.zip>

  ·  Supermicro P5MMA98. Linux will not boot on this motherboard. A new
     (beta) release of the BIOS which makes Linux boot, is available at
     <ftp.supermicro.com/a98905.zip>?

  ·  DataExpert Corp. ExpertColor TX531 V1.0 motherboard with chipset
     ACER M1531 (Date: 9729, TS6) and ACER M1543 (Date: 9732 TS6) seems
     not reproducible segmentations faults, kernel oops and kernel hangs
     under heavy load and tape access. The problem seems to be the PCI-
     bus, respectively the ACER chipset.


  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/>

  Other information related to laptops can be found at the following
  sites:


  ·  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/HyperNews/get/pcmcia/home.html>

  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.  See Appendix B for a list of supported
  PCMCIA cards.



  4.  CPU/FPU

  Intel/AMD/Cyrix 386SX/DX/SL/DXL/SLC, 486SX/DX/SL/SX2/DX2/DX4 are
  supported. Intel Pentium, Pentium Pro and Pentium II (basically it's a
  Pentium Pro with MMX) also work. AMD K5 and K6 work good, although
  older versions of K6 should be avoided as they are buggy. Setting
  "internal cache" disabled in bios setup can be a workaround.

  Also IDT Winchip C6-PSME2006A processors are supported under Linux.

  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.  Memory

  All memory like DRAM, EDO and SDRAM can be used with Linux. There is
  one thing you have to look at: normally the kernel is not supporting
  more than 64 Mb of memory. When you add more than 64 Mb of memory you
  have to add the following line to your LILO configuration file.


     append="mem=<number of Mb>M"



  So, when you have 96 Mb of memory this should become


     append="mem=96M"



  Don't type a number higher than the number Mb you really have. This
  can present unpredictable crashes.
  6.  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.

  AGP (Accelerated Graphics Port) support is growing fast. Most of the
  X-servers (both freely available and commercial versions) have more or
  less support for AGP.


  6.1.  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.


  6.2.  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


  6.3.  XFree86 3.3.2



  6.3.1.  Accelerated


  ·  ARK Logic ARK1000PV/VL, ARK2000PV/MT

  ·  ATI Mach8

  ·  ATI Mach32 (16 bpp supported for cards with RAMDAC ATI68875,
     AT&T20C49x, BT481 and 2Mb video ram)

  ·  ATI Mach64 (16/32 bpp supported for cards with RAMDAC ATI68860,
     ATI68875, CH8398, STG1702, STG1703, AT&T20C408, 3D Rage II,
     internal, IBM RGB514)

  ·  Chips & Technologies 64200, 64300, 65520, 65525, 65530, 65535,
     65540, 65545, 65546, 65548, 65550, 65554

  ·  Cirrus Logic 5420, 542x/5430 (16 bpp), 5434 (16/32 bpp), 5436,
     544x, 546x, 5480, 62x5, 754x

  ·  Diamond Viper 330

  ·  Gemini P1 (ET6000 chip)

  ·  IBM 8514/A

  ·  IBM XGA-I, XGA-II

  ·  IIT AGX-010/014/015/016 (16 bpp)

  ·  Matrox MGA2064W (Millennium)

  ·  Matrox MGA1064SG (Mystique)

  ·  Number Nine Imagine I128

  ·  Oak OTI-087

  ·  S3 732 (Trio32), 764 (Trio64), Trio64V+, 801, 805, 864, 866, 868,
     86C325 (ViRGE), 86C375 (ViRGE/DX), 86C385 (ViRGE/GX), 86C988
     (ViRGE/VX), 911, 924, 928, 964, 968

  ·  see Appendix A for list of supported S3 cards

  ·  SiS 86c201, 86c202, 86c205

  ·  Trident 9440, 96xx, Cyber938x

  ·  Tseng ET4000/W32/W32i/W32p, ET6000

  ·  Weitek P9000 (16/32 bpp)

  ·  Diamond Viper VLB/PCI

  ·  Orchid P9000

  ·  Western Digital WD90C24/24A/24A2/31/33


  6.3.2.  Unaccelerated


  ·  Alliance AP6422, AT24

  ·  ATI VGA Wonder series

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

  ·  Cirrus Logic 6420/6440, 7555

  ·  Compaq AVGA


  ·  DEC 21030

  ·  Genoa GVGA

  ·  MCGA (320x200)

  ·  MX MX68000/MX68010

  ·  NCR 77C22, 77C22E, 77C22E+

  ·  NVidia NV1

  ·  Oak OTI-037C, OTI-067, OTI-077

  ·  RealTek RTG3106

  ·  SGS-Thomson STG2000

  ·  Trident 8800CS, 8200LX, 8900x, 9000, 9000i, 9100B, 9200CXr,
     9320LCD, 9400CXi, 9420, 9420DGi, 9430DGi

  ·  Tseng ET3000, ET4000AX

  ·  VGA (standard VGA, 4 bit, slow)

  ·  Video 7 / Headland Technologies HT216-32

  ·  Western Digital/Paradise PVGA1, WD90C00/10/11/30


  6.3.3.  Monochrome


  ·  Hercules mono

  ·  Hyundai HGC-1280

  ·  Sigma LaserView PLUS

  ·  VGA mono


  6.3.4.  Others


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


  6.4.  S.u.S.E. X-Server

  S.u.S.E. is building a serie of X-servers based on the XFree-86 code.
  These X-servers support new video cards and are bug fixe releases for
  XFree86 X-servers. S.u.S.E is building these X-servers together with
  The XFree86 Project, Inc. These X-Servers will be in the next XFree86
  version. These X-servers can be found at
  <http://www.suse.de/index.html>. At this moment S.u.S.E. X-Servers are
  available for the following video cards.


  ·  XSuSE Elsa GLoria X-Server

  ·  ELSA GLoria L, GLoria L/MX, Gloria S

  ·  Video cards with the Alliance Semiconductor AT3D (also AT25) Chip

  ·  Hercules Stingray 128 3D

  ·  XSuSE NVidia X-Server (PCI and AGP support, NV1 chipset and
     Riva128)

  ·  ASUS 3Dexplorer

  ·  Diamond Viper 330

  ·  ELSA VICTORY Erazor

  ·  STB Velocity 128

  ·  XSuSE Matrox. Support for Mystique, Millennium, Millennium II and
     Millennium II AGP

  ·  XSuSE Trident. Support for the 9685 (including ClearTV) and the
     latest Cyber chipset

  ·  XSuSE Tseng. W32, W32i ET6100 and ET6300 support.


  6.5.  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.


  6.5.1.  Xi Graphics, Inc


  Xi Graphics, Inc  <http://www.xig.com> (formerly known as X Inside,
  Inc) is selling three X server products (cards supported are sorted by
  manufacturer):


  ·  Accelerated-X Display Server

  ·  3Dlabs

  ·  300SX

  ·  500TX Glint

  ·  500MX Glint

  ·  Permedia 4MB/8MB

  ·  Permedia II 4MB/8MB

  ·  Actix

  ·  GE32plus 1MB/2MB

  ·  GE32ultra 2MB

  ·  GraphicsENGINE 64 1MB/2MB

  ·  ProSTAR 64 1MB/2MB

  ·  Alliance

  ·  ProMotion-3210 1MB/2MB

  ·  ProMotion-6410 1MB/2MB

  ·  ProMotion-6422 1MB/2MB

  ·  ARK Logic

  ·  ARK1000PV 1MB/2MB

  ·  ARK1000VL 1MB/2MB

  ·  ARK2000PV 1MB/2MB

  ·  AST

  ·  Manhattan 5090P (GD5424) 512KB

  ·  ATI

  ·  3D Xpression 1MB/2MB

  ·  3D Pro Turbo PC2TV 4MB/8MB

  ·  3D Pro Turbo PC2TV 6144

  ·  3D Xpression+ PC2TV 2MB/4MB

  ·  3D Xpression+ 2MB/4MB

  ·  ALL-IN-WONDER 4MB/8MB

  ·  ALL-IN-WONDER PRO 4MB/8MB

  ·  Graphics Ultra (Mach8) 1MB

  ·  Graphics Pro Turbo (Mach64/VRAM) 2MB/4MB

  ·  Graphics Pro Turbo 1600 (Mach64/VRAM) 2MB/4MB

  ·  Graphics Ultra Plus (Mach32) 2MB

  ·  8514/Ultra (Mach8) 1MB

  ·  Graphics Ultra Pro (Mach32) 1MB2MB

  ·  Graphics Vantage (Mach8) 1MB

  ·  VGA Wonder Plus 512KB

  ·  VGA Wonder XL 1MB

  ·  Video Xpression 1MB

  ·  XPERT@Play 4MB/6MB/8MB

  ·  XPERT@Work 4MB/6Mb/8MB

  ·  Video Xpression 2MB

  ·  WinBoost (Mach64/DRAM) 2MB

  ·  WinTurbo (Mach64/VRAM) 2MB

  ·  Graphics Wonder (Mach32) 1MB

  ·  Graphics Xpression 1MB/2MB

  ·  Rage II (SGRAM) 2MB/4MB/8MB

  ·  Rage II+ (SGRAM) 2MB/4MB/8MB

  ·  Rage Pro 2MB/4MB/8MB

  ·  Avance Logic

  ·  ALG2101 1MB

  ·  ALG2228 1MB/2MB

  ·  ALG2301 1MB/2MB

  ·  Boca

  ·  Voyager 1MB/2MB

  ·  Vortek-VL 1MB/2MB

  ·  Colorgraphic

  ·  Dual Lightning 2MB

  ·  Pro Lightning Accelerator 2MB

  ·  Quad Pro Lightning Accelerator 2MB

  ·  Twin Turbo Accelerator 1MB/2MB

  ·  Chips & Technology

  ·  64300 1MB/2MB

  ·  64310 1MB/2MB

  ·  65510 512KB

  ·  65520 1MB

  ·  65530 1MB

  ·  65535 1MB

  ·  65540 1MB

  ·  65545 1MB

  ·  65550 2MB

  ·  82C450 512KB

  ·  82C451 256KB

  ·  82C452 512KB

  ·  82C453 1MB

  ·  82C480 1MB/2MB

  ·  82C481 1MB/2MB

  ·  Cirrus Logic

  ·  GD5402 512KB

  ·  GD5420 1MB

  ·  GD5422 1MB

  ·  GD5424 1MB

  ·  GD5426 1MB/2MB

  ·  GD5428 1MB/2MB

  ·  GD5429 1MB/2MB

  ·  GD5430 1MB/2MB

  ·  GD5434 1MB/2MB

  ·  GD5436 1MB/2MB

  ·  GD5440 1MB/2MB

  ·  GD5446 1MB/2MB

  ·  GD5462 2MB/4MB PCI and AGP

  ·  GD5464 2MB/4MB PCI and AGP

  ·  GD5465 2MB/4MB PCI and AGP

  ·  GD54M30 1MB/2MB

  ·  GD54M40 1MB/2MB

  ·  Compaq

  ·  ProLiant Series 512KB

  ·  ProSignia Series 512KB

  ·  QVision 1024 1MB

  ·  QVision 1280 1MB/2MB

  ·  QVision 2000+ 2MB

  ·  QVision 2000 2MB

  ·  DEC

  ·  DECpc XL 590 (GD5428) 512KB

  ·  Dell

  ·  466/M & 466/ME (S3 805) 1MB

  ·  OnBoard ET4000 1MB

  ·  DGX (JAWS) 2MB

  ·  OptiPlex XMT 590 (Vision864) 2MB

  ·  Diamond

  ·  Fire GL 1000 Pro 4MB/8MB

  ·  Fire GL 1000 4MB/8Mb

  ·  Stealth 3D 2000 2MB/4MB

  ·  Stealth 3D 3000XL 2MB/4MB

  ·  Stealth 64 Graphics 2001 1MB/2MB

  ·  Stealth 64 Graphics 2121XL 1MB/2MB

  ·  Stealth 64 Graphics 2201XL 2MB

  ·  SpeedStar 1MB

  ·  SpeedStar 64 Graphics 2000 1MB/2MB

  ·  SpeedStar 24 1MB

  ·  SpeedStar 24X 1MB

  ·  SpeedStar 64 1MB/2MB

  ·  SpeedStar Hicolor 1MB

  ·  SpeedStar PCI 1MB

  ·  SpeedStar Pro 1MB

  ·  SpeedStar Pro SE 1MB/2MB

  ·  Stealth 1MB

  ·  Stealth 24 1MB

  ·  Stealth 32 1MB/2MB

  ·  Stealth 64 VRAM 2MB/4MB

  ·  Stealth 64 DRAM 1MB/2MB

  ·  Stealth 64 Video VRAM (175MHz) 2MB/4MB

  ·  Stealth 64 Video DRAM 1MB/2MB

  ·  Stealth 64 Video VRAM (220MHz) 2MB/4MB

  ·  Stealth Hicolor 1MB

  ·  Stealth Pro 1MB/2MB

  ·  Stealth SE 1MB/2MB

  ·  Stealth 64 Video 2001TV 2MB

  ·  Stealth 64 Video 2121 1MB/2MB

  ·  Stealth 64 Video 2121TV 1MB/2MB

  ·  Stealth 64 Video 2201 2MB

  ·  Stealth 64 Video 2201TV 2MB

  ·  Stealth 64 Video 3200 2MB

  ·  Stealth 64 Video 3240 2MB/4MB

  ·  Stealth 64 Video 3400 4MB

  ·  Viper 1MB/2MB

  ·  Viper Pro 2MB

  ·  Viper Pro Video 2MB/4MB

  ·  Viper SE 2MB/4MB

  ·  ELSA

  ·  VICTORY 3D 2MB/4MB

  ·  WINNER 1000 1MB/2MB

  ·  WINNER 1000AVI 1MB/2MB

  ·  WINNER 1000ISA 1MB/2MB

  ·  WINNER 1000PRO 1MB/2MB

  ·  WINNER 1000TRIO 1MB/2MB

  ·  WINNER 1000TRIO/V 1MB/2MB

  ·  WINNER 100VL 1MB

  ·  WINNER 2000 2MB/4MB

  ·  WINNER 2000AVI 2MB/4MB

  ·  WINNER 2000AVI/3D 2MB/4MB

  ·  WINNER 2000PRO 2MB/4MB

  ·  WINNER 2000PRO/X 2MB/4MB/8MB

  ·  WINNER3000-L 4MB

  ·  WINNER3000-M 2MB

  ·  WINNER3000-S 2MB

  ·  WINNER 1024 1MB

  ·  WINNER 1280, TLC34075 Palette 2MB

  ·  WINNER 1280, TLC34076 Palette 2MB

  ·  Gloria-XL

  ·  Gloria-MX

  ·  Gloria-L

  ·  Synergy

  ·  Everex

  ·  ViewPoint 64P 1MB/2MB

  ·  VGA Trio 64P 1MB/2MB

  ·  Gateway

  ·  Mach64 Accelerator (Mach64/VRAM) 2MB

  ·  Genoa

  ·  5400 512KB

  ·  8500/8500VL 1MB

  ·  Phantom 32i 8900 2MB

  ·  Phantom 64 2MB

  ·  Hercules

  ·  Dynamite 1MB

  ·  Dynamite Pro 1MB/2MB

  ·  Dynamite Power 2MB

  ·  Dynamite 3D / GL

  ·  Graphite 1MB

  ·  Stingray 64 1MB/2MB

  ·  Stingray Pro 1MB/2MB

  ·  Stringray 1MB

  ·  Terminator 3D 2MB/4MB

  ·  Terminator 64/Video 2MB

  ·  Graphite Terminator Pro 2MB/4MB

  ·  HP

  ·  NetServer LF/LC/LE (TVGA9000i) 512KB

  ·  Vectra VL2 (GD5428) 1MB

  ·  Vectra XM2i (Vision864) 1MB/2MB

  ·  Vectra XU (Vision864) 1MB/2MB

  ·  IBM

  ·  8514/A 1MB

  ·  PC 300 Series (GD5430) 1MB

  ·  PC 300 Series (Vision864) 1MB/2MB

  ·  PC 700 Series (Vision864) 1MB/2MB

  ·  PS/ValuePoint Performance Series (Vision864) 1MB/2MB

  ·  VC550 1MB

  ·  VGA 256KB

  ·  XGA-NI 1MB

  ·  XGA 1MB

  ·  IIT

  ·  AGX014 1MB

  ·  AGX015 1MB/2MB

  ·  Integral

  ·  FlashPoint 1MB/2MB

  ·  Leadtek

  ·  WinFast L2300 4MB/8MB

  ·  Matrox

  ·  Comet 2MB

  ·  Marvel II 2MB

  ·  Impression (MGA-IMP/3/A/H, MGA-IMP/3/V/H, MGA-IMP/3/M/H) 3MB

  ·  Impression Lite (MGA-IMP+/LTE/P) 2MB

  ·  Impression Plus Lite (MGA-IMP+/LTE/V) 2MB

  ·  Millennium (MGA-MIL) 2MB/4MB/8MB

  ·  Millennium 220 (MGA-MIL) 2MB/4Mb/8MB

  ·  Millennium PowerDoc (WRAM) 2MB/4MB/8MB

  ·  Millennium II (WRAM) 2MB/4MB/8MB PCI and AGP

  ·  Mystique (MGA-MYS) 2MB/4MB

  ·  Mystique 220

  ·  Matrox (con.t)

  ·  Impression Plus (MGA-IMP+/P, MGA-IMP+/A) 2MB/4MB

  ·  Impression Plus 220 (MGA-IMP+/P/H, MGA-IMP+/A/H) 2MB/4MB

  ·  Impression Pro (MGA-PRO/4.5/V) 4.5MB

  ·  Ultima Plus (MGA-PCI/2+, MGA-VLB/2+) 2MB/4MB

  ·  Ultima (MGA-ULT/2/A, MGA-PCI/2, MGA-VLB/2) 2MB

  ·  Ultima (MGA-ULT/2/A/H, MGA-ULT_2/M/H) 2MB

  ·  Ultima Plus 200 (MGA-PCI/4/200, MGA-VLB/4/200) 4MB

  ·  MaxVision

  ·  VideoMax 2000 2MB/4MB

  ·  Metheus

  ·  Premier 801 1MB

  ·  Premier 928-1M 1MB

  ·  Premier 928-2M 2MB

  ·  Premier 928-4M 4MB

  ·  Micronics

  ·  Mpower 4 Plus (Mach64) 1MB

  ·  MIRO

  ·  miroCRYSTAL 10AD 1MB

  ·  miroCRYSTAL 12SD 1MB

  ·  miroCRYSTAL 12SD 2MB

  ·  miroCRYSTAL 20PV 2MB

  ·  miroCRYSTAL 20SD 2MB

  ·  miroCRYSTAL 20SV 2MB

  ·  miroCRYSTAL 22SD 2MB

  ·  miroCRYSTAL 40SV 4MB

  ·  miroCRYSTAL VR2000 2MB/4MB

  ·  miroMAGIC 40PV 4MB

  ·  miroMAGIC plus 2MB

  ·  miroVIDEO 12PD 1MB/2MB

  ·  miroVIDEO 20SD 2MB

  ·  miroVIDEO 20SV 2MB

  ·  miroVIDEO 20TD 2MB

  ·  miroVIDEO 22SD 2MB

  ·  miroVIDEO 40SV 4MB

  ·  NEC

  ·  Versa P Series 1MB

  ·  Nth Graphics

  ·  Engine/150 2MB

  ·  Engine/250 2MB

  ·  Number Nine

  ·  GXE Level 10, AT&T 20C491 Palette 1MB

  ·  GXE Level 10, Bt485 or AT&T20C505 Palette 1MB

  ·  GXE Level 11 2MB

  ·  GXE Level 12 3MB

  ·  GXE Level 14 4MB

  ·  GXE Level 16 4MB

  ·  GXE64 1MB/2MB

  ·  GXE64pro 2MB/4Mb

  ·  GXE64pro (-1600) 2MB/4MB

  ·  Imagine 128 2MB

  ·  Image 128 (-1280) 4MB

  ·  Image 128 Series 2 (DRAM) 2MB/4Mb

  ·  Image 128 Pro (-1600) 4MB/8MB

  ·  Image 128 Series 2 (VRAM) 2MB/4MB/8MB

  ·  Image 128 Series III (Revolution 3D) (WRAM) 8MB/16MB PCI and AGP

  ·  Revolution 3D "Ticket to Ride" (WRAM) 8MB/16MB PCI and AGP

  ·  9FX Motion331 1MB/2MB

  ·  9FX Motion531 1MB/2MB

  ·  9FX Motion771 2MB/4MB

  ·  9FX Reality332 2MB

  ·  9FX Reality772 2MB/4MB

  ·  9FX Reality 334 PCI and AGP

  ·  9FX Vision330 1MB/2MB

  ·  Oak Technology

  ·  OTI-067 512KB

  ·  OTI-077 1MB

  ·  OTI-087 1MB

  ·  OTI-107 1MB/2MB

  ·  OTI-111 1MB/2MB

  ·  Orchid

  ·  Farenheit 1280 Plus, ATT20C491 Palette 1MB

  ·  Farenheit 1280 1MB

  ·  Farenheit 1280 Plus, SC15025 Palette 1MB

  ·  Farenheit ProVideo 64 2MB/4MB

  ·  Farenheit Video 3D 2MB

  ·  Kelvin 64 1MB/2MB

  ·  Kelvin Video64 1MB/2MB

  ·  P9000 2MB

  ·  Packard Bell

  ·  Series 5000 Motherboard 1MB

  ·  Paradise

  ·  8514/A 1MB

  ·  Accelerator 24 1MB

  ·  Accelerator Value card 1MB

  ·  Bahamas 64 1MB/2MB

  ·  Bali 32 1MB/2MB

  ·  VGA 1024 512KB

  ·  VGA Professional 512KB

  ·  Pixelworks

  ·  WhrilWIN WL1280 (110MHz) 2MB

  ·  WhrilWIN WL1280 (135MHz) 2MB

  ·  WhirlWIN WW1280 (110MHz) 2MB

  ·  WhirlWIN WW1280 (135MHz) 2MB

  ·  WhrilWIN WW1600 1MB

     Radius

  ·  XGA-2 1MB

  ·  Reveal

  ·  VC200 1MB

  ·  VC300 1MB

  ·  VC700 1MB

  ·  S3

  ·  ViRGE 2MB/4MB

  ·  ViRGE/DX  2MB/4MB

  ·  ViRGE/GX  2MB/4MB

  ·  ViRGE/GX /2 2MB/4MB

  ·  ViRGE/VX  2MB/4MB

  ·  Trio32 1MB/2MB

  ·  Trio64 1MB/2MB

  ·  Trio64V+ 1MB/2MB

  ·  Trio64V2/DX 1MB/2MB

  ·  Trio64V2/GX 1MB/2MB

  ·  801 1MB/2MB

  ·  805 1MB/2MB

  ·  Vision864 1MB/2MB

  ·  Vision866 1MB/2MB

  ·  Vision868 1MB/2MB

  ·  911 1MB

  ·  924 1MB

  ·  928 1MB

  ·  928 2MB/4MB

  ·  Sierra

  ·  Falcon/64 1MB/2MB

  ·  Sigma

  ·  Legend 1MB

  ·  SPEA/V7

  ·  Mercury P64 2MB

  ·  Storm Pro 4MB

  ·  ShowTime Plus 2MB

  ·  STB

  ·  Evolution VGA 1MB

  ·  Horizon Plus 1MB

  ·  Horizon VGA 1MB

  ·  Horizon 64 1MB/2MB

  ·  Horizon 64 Video 1MB/2MB

  ·  Horizon Video 1MB

  ·  LightSpeed 2MB

  ·  LightSpeed 128 2MB

  ·  Nitro 3D 2MB/4MB

  ·  Nitro 64 1MB/2MB

  ·  Nitro 64 Video 1MB/2MB

  ·  PowerGraph VL-24 1MB

  ·  PowerGraph X-24 1MB

  ·  PowerGraph 64 3D 2MB

  ·  PowerGraph 64 1MB/2MB

  ·  PowerGraph 64 Video 1MB/2MB

  ·  PowerGraph Pro 2MB

  ·  Velocity 3D 4MB

  ·  Velocity 64V 2MB/4MB

  ·  Toshiba

  ·  T4900CT 1MB

  ·  Trident

  ·  TGUI9400CXi 1MB/2MB

  ·  TGUI9420DGi 1MB/2MB

  ·  TGUI9440 1MB/2MB

  ·  TGUI9660 1MB/2MB

  ·  TGUI9680 1MB/2MB

  ·  TVGA8900B 1MB

  ·  TVGA8900C 1MB

  ·  TVGA8900CL 1MB

  ·  TVGA8900D 1MB

  ·  TVGA9000 512KB

  ·  TVGA9000i 512KB

  ·  TVGA9200CXr 1MB/2MB

  ·  Tseng Labs

  ·  ET3000 512KB

  ·  ET4000 1MB

  ·  ET6000 2MB/4MB

  ·  VGA/16 (ISA) 1MB

  ·  VGA/16 (VLB) 1MB/2MB

  ·  VGA/32 1MB/2MB

  ·  ET4000/W32 1MB

  ·  ET4000/W32i 1MB/2MB

  ·  ET4000/W32p 1MB/2MB

  ·  VLSI

  ·  VL82C975 (AT&T RAMDAC) 2MB

  ·  VL82C975 (BrookTree RAMDAC) 2MB

  ·  VL82C976 (Internal RAMDAC) 2MB

  ·  Western Digital

  ·  WD90C00 512KB

  ·  WD90C11 512KB

  ·  WD90C24 1MB

  ·  WD90C26 512KB

  ·  WD90C30 1MB

  ·  WD90C31 1MB

  ·  WD90C33 1MB

  ·  WD9510-AT 1MB

  ·  Weitek

  ·  P9100 2MB

  ·  P9000 2MB

  ·  W5186 1MB

  ·  W5286 1MB


  ·  Laptop Accelerated-X Display Server

  ·  Broadax

  ·  NP8700 (Cyber 9385)

  ·  Chips & Technology

  ·  65510 512KB

  ·  65520 1MB

  ·  65530 1MB

  ·  65535 1MB

  ·  65540 1MB

  ·  65545 1MB

  ·  65554 2MB/4MB

  ·  65555 2MB

  ·  Cirrus Logic

  ·  GD7541 1MB/2MB

  ·  GD7543 1MB/2MB

  ·  GD7548 2MB

  ·  Compaq

  ·  LTE 5400 (Cirrus Logic CL5478)

  ·  Presario 1090ES (NM 2093)


  ·  Dell

  ·  Latitude XPi 896 (NeoMagic 2070)

  ·  Latitude XPi (NM 2070)

  ·  Latitude XPi CD 1MB (NM 2090)

  ·  Latitude LM (NM 2160)

  ·  Latitude CP (NM 2160)

  ·  Inspiron 3000 (NM 2160)

  ·  Digital (DEC)

  ·  HiNote VP (NeoMagic 2090)

  ·  Fujitsu

  ·  Lifebook 435DX (NeoMagic 2093)

  ·  Gateway 2000

  ·  Solo 2300 (NeoMagic 2160)

  ·  Solo 2300 SE (NM 2160)

  ·  Solo 9100 (C&T 65554)

  ·  Solo 9100XL (C&T 65555)

  ·  Hewlett Packard

  ·  OmniBook 800 (NM 2093)

  ·  Hitachi

  ·  Notebook E133T (NeoMagic 2070)

  ·  IBM

  ·  VGA 256KB

  ·  Thinkpad 380D (NeoMagic 2090)*

  ·  Thinkpad 385ED (NeoMagic 2090)*

  ·  Thinkpad 560E (Cyber 9382)

  ·  Thinkpad 760XD (Cyber 9385)

  ·  Thinkpad 770 (Cyber 9397)

  ·  Micron

  ·  TransPort XKE (NeoMagic 2160)

  ·  Millenia Transport (Cirrus Logic GD7548)

  ·  NEC

  ·  Versa P Series 1MB

  ·  Versa 6230 2MB (NeoMagic 2160)

  ·  NeoMagic

  ·  MagicGraph128 / NM2070 896

  ·  MagicGraph128 / NM2070

  ·  MagicGraph128V / NM2090

  ·  MagicGraph128V+ / NM2097

  ·  MagicGraph128ZV / NM2093

  ·  MagicGraph128XD / NM2160

  ·  Sony

  ·  VAIO PCG-505 (NeoMagic 2097)

  ·  Toshiba

  ·  T4900CT 1MB

  ·  Tecra 740CDT (C&T 65554)

  ·  Trident

  ·  Cyber 9397

  ·  Cyber 9385

  ·  Cyber 9382

  ·  Twinhead

  ·  Slimnote 9166TH (Cyber 9385)

     * Numerous XiG customers have comfirmed support.

  ·  Multi-head Accelerated-X Display Server


  6.5.2.  Metro-X 4.3

  Metro Link <sales@metrolink.com>

  Supported Cards:


  7.  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



  Graphics                                    Card Chipset
  ATI 3D RAGE                                 3D RAGE
  ATI 3D RAGE II                              3D RAGE II
  ATI ALL-IN-WONDER PRO AGP                   3D RAGE PRO
  ATI ALL-IN-WONDER PRO PCI                   3D RAGE PRO
  ATI Graphics Pro Turbo                      Mach64
  ATI Graphics Ultra                          Mach8
  ATI Graphics Xpression                      Mach64
  ATI Mach32                                  Mach32
  ATI Mach64                                  Mach64
  ATI VGA STEREO-F/X                          ATI 28800
  ATI Winturbo PCI                            Mach64
  ATI XPERT@Play                              3D RAGE PRO
  ATI XPERT@Play AGP                          3D RAGE PRO
  ATI XPERT@Work                              3D RAGE PRO
  ATI XPERT@Work AGP                          3D RAGE PRO
  Diamond Fire GL 1000Pro                     PERMEDIA 2
  Diamond SpeedStar 24X                       Western Digital 90C31
  Diamond SpeedStar Pro SE                    Cirrus 5430
  Diamond Stealth 24                          S3 801
  Diamond Stealth 32                          ET4000/W32p
  Diamond Stealth 3D 2000                     S3 ViRGE
  Diamond Stealth 64                          S3 964, Bt485KPJ135
  Diamond Stealth 64 DRAM                     S3 Trio64
  Diamond Stealth 64 DRAM (SDAC)              S3 864, S3 SDAC
  Diamond Stealth 64 Graphics 2000 Series     S3 864, S3 SDAC
  Diamond Stealth 64 Graphics 2200            S3 Trio64
  Diamond Stealth 64 VRAM                     S3 968, IBM RGB526CF22
  Diamond Stealth 64 Video 3000 Series        S3 968, TI 3026-175
  Diamond Stealth 64 Video VRAM               S3 968, TI 3026-175
  Diamond Stealth Video (SDAC)                S3 868, S3 SDAC
  Diamond Stealth Video 2000 Series           S3 868, S3 SDAC
  Diamond Viper (110 MHz RAMDAC)              P9000
  Diamond Viper (135 MHz RAMDAC)              P9000
  ELSA GLoria Synergy                         PERMEDIA 2
  ELSA Victory 3D                             S3 ViRGE
  ELSA WINNER 2000 Office AGP                 PERMEDIA 2
  ELSA Winner 1000 TRIO/V                     S3 Trio64V+
  ELSA Winner 2000 AVI                        S3 968, TI 3026-175
  ELSA Winner 2000 PRO/X-2, -4                S3 968, TI 3026-220
  ELSA Winner 2000 PRO/X-8                    S3 968, IBM RGB528CF25
  EPS Apex L-200                              C&T 65550
  Generic                                     ATI 28800
  Generic                                     Alliance ProMotion
  Generic                                     Ark 2000
  Generic                                     Avance Logic 22xx/23xx/24xx
  Generic                                     Chips & Technologies
  Generic                                     Cirrus 5420
  Generic                                     Cirrus 5422/5424
  Generic                                     Cirrus 5426/5428
  Generic                                     Cirrus 5429
  Generic                                     Cirrus 5430
  Generic                                     Cirrus 5434
  Generic                                     Cirrus 5436
  Generic                                     Cirrus 5446
  Generic                                     Cirrus 5462
  Generic                                     Cirrus 5462/5465
  Generic                                     Cirrus 5480
  Generic                                     Cirrus 62x5
  Generic                                     Cirrus 6410/6412/6420/6440
  Generic                                     Cirrus 754x
  Generic                                     ET3000
  Generic                                     ET4000/W32P
  Generic                                     ET4000AX
  Generic                                     ET6000
  Generic                                     Mach32
  Generic                                     Mach64
  Generic                                     Mach8
  Generic                                     P9000
  Generic                                     PERMEDIA 2
  Generic                                     S3 864/868/924/928/964
  Generic                                     S3 968
  Generic                                     S3 Trio64
  Generic                                     S3 Trio64V+
  Generic                                     S3 ViRGE
  Generic                                     S3 ViRGE/GX/DX
  Generic                                     SiS 86c201/86c202/86c205
  Generic Trident                             TGUI9440
  Generic Trident                             TGUI96xx
  Generic                                     Trident8900
  Generic                                     VGA
  Generic                                     Western Digital SVGA
  Genoa Phantom 64                            S3 Trio64V+
  Genoa WindowsVGA 8500VL                     Cirrus 5426
  Hercules Dynamite 128/Video                 ET6000
  Hercules Dynamite 3D/GL                     PERMEDIA 2
  Hercules Dynamite 3D/GL AGP                 PERMEDIA 2
  Hercules Stingray                           Avance Logic 2301
  Hercules Stingray 128/3D                    Alliance ProMotion AT3D
  Hercules Stingray 64                        Ark 2000
  Hercules Terminator 3D                      S3 ViRGE/DX
  IBM VGA
  Matrox Marvel                               ET4000
  Matrox Marvel II                            ET4000
  Matrox Millennium                           MGA Storm
  Matrox Millennium II AGP                    MGA 2164, TI 3026-250
  Matrox Millennium II PCI (220 MHz)          MGA 2164, TI 3026-220
  Matrox Millennium II PCI (250 MHz)          MGA 2164, TI 3026-250
  Matrox Mystique                             MGA 1064
  Matrox Mystique 220                         MGA 1164
  Number Nine GXE64                           S3 864
  Number Nine Imagine 128                     Imagine 128
  Number Nine Imagine 128 Series 2            Imagine 128 Series 2
  Number Nine Motion 531                      S3 868
  Number Nine Motion 771                      S3 968
  Number Nine Revolution 3D                   Ticket to Ride
  Number Nine Vision 330                      S3 Trio64
  Orchid Kelvin 64                            Cirrus 5434
  SPEA Mirage Video                           S3 Trio64V+
  STB NITRO 3D                                S3 ViRGE/GX
  STB/Symmetric GLyder MAX-2                  PERMEDIA 2
  Sigma Designs VGA Legend                    ET4000
  Tech Source Raptor                          Imagine 128 Series 2
  Trident 64-Bit Providia 9685
  Trident 8900                                Trident 8900
  Trident 9440                                TGUI9440-2
  V PCI-53                                    Cirrus 5434

  ·  RZ1000

  ·  Triton I (82371FB) (with busmaster DMA)

  ·  Triton II (82371SB) (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.


  Starting with pre-patch-2.0.31-3 IDE/ATAPI is provided.

  Other Controllers Supported:

  ·  Tekram D690CD IDE PCI Cache Controller (with RAID level 1 Mirroring
     and caching)


  8.  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.


  8.1.  Supported


  ·  AMI Fast Disk VLB/EISA (BusLogic compatible)

  ·  Adaptec AVA-1502E (ISA/VLB) (AIC-6360). Use the AHA-152x driver

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

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

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

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

  ·  Adaptec AHA-274x (EISA) (AIC-7771)

  ·  Adaptec AHA-284x (VLB) (AIC-7770)

  ·  Adaptec AHA-2920 (PCI). Use the Future Domain driver. LILO
     parameters are needed when used for hard disks.

  ·  Adaptec AHA-2940AU (PCI) (AIC-7861)

  ·  Adaptec AHA-294x/U/W/UW/D/WD (AIC-7871, AIC-7844, AIC-7881,
     AIC-7884)

  ·  Adaptec AHA-3940/U/W (PCI) (AIC-7872, AIC-7882) (since 1.3.6)

  ·  Adaptec AHA-398x/U/W (PCI) (AIC-7873, AIC-7883)

  ·  Adaptec PCI controllers with AIC-7850, AIC-7855, AIC-7860

  ·  Adaptec on board controllers with AIC-777x (EISA), AIC-785x,
     AIC-787x (PCI), AIC-788x (PCI)

  ·  Advansys 5140 (ISA)
     <http://advansys.com/5140o.htm> for information.

  ·  Always IN2000

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

  ·  DPT PM2001, PM2012A (EATA-PIO)

  ·  DPT Smartcache/SmartRAID Plus,III,IV families (ISA/EISA/PCI)
     Take a look at  <http://www.uni-mainz.de/~neuffer/scsi/dpt/>(EATA-
     DMA)
     Cards in these families are PM2011, PM2021, PM2041, PM3021,
     PM2012B, PM2022, PM2122, PM2322, PM2042, PM3122, PM3222, PM3332,
     PM2024, PM2124, PM2044, PM2144, PM3224, PM3334

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

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

  ·  Future Domain TMC-8xx, TMC-950

  ·  Future Domain chips TMC-1800, TMC-18C50, TMC-18C30, TMC-36C70

  ·  ICP-Vortex PCI-SCSI Disk Array Controllers (many RAID levels
     supported)
     Patches for Linux 1.2.13 and 2.0.29 are available at  <ftp://icp-
     vortex.com/download/linux/>. The controllers GDT6111RP, GDT6121RP,
     GDT6117RP, GDT6127RP, GDT6511RP, GDT6521RP, GDT6517RP, GDT6527RP,
     GDT6537RP and GDT6557RP are supported. You can also use pre-
     patch-2.0.31-4 to pre-patch-2.0.31-9.

  ·  ICP-Vortex EISA-SCSI Controllers (many RAID levels supported)
     Patches for Linux 1.2.13 and 2.0.29 are available at  <ftp://icp-
     vortex.com/download/linux/>. The controllers GDT3000B, GDT3000A,
     GDT3010A, GDT3020A and GDT3050A are supported. You can also use
     pre-patch-2.0.31-4 to pre-patch-2.0.31-9.

  ·  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 chips 53C7x0

  ·  NCR chips 53C810, 53C815, 53C820, 53C825, 53C860, 53C875, 53C895

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

  ·  Quantum ISA-200S, ISA-250MG

  ·  Seagate ST-01/ST-02 (ISA)

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

  ·  Tekram DC-390, DC-390W/U/F

  ·  Trantor T128/T128F/T228 (ISA)

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

  ·  Western Digital WD7000 SCSI


  8.2.  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>


  8.3.  Unsupported


  ·  Parallel port SCSI adapters

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


  9.  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>


  10.  Controllers (multiport)

  10.1.  Non-intelligent cards

  10.1.1.  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, PC/Xem, PCI/Xem, EISA/Xem, PCI/Xr (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.


  10.2.  Intelligent cards

  10.2.1.  Supported


  ·  Computone IntelliPort II (4/8/16 port)
     <ftp://ftp.computone.com/pub/bbs/beta/ip2linux-1.0.2.tar.gz>

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

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

  ·  Equinox SST Intelligent serial I/O cards
     <http://www.equinox.com>

  ·  Hayes ESP 1, 2 and 8 port versions
     Included in kernel since 2.1.15. The driver for kernel versions
     2.0.x can be found at  <http://www.nyx.net/~arobinso>

  ·  Stallion EasyIO (ISA) / EasyConnection 8/32 (ISA/MCA) /
     EasyConnection 8/64 (PCI)
     For DIP switch settings and configuration files check
     <http://www.stallion.com>

  ·  Stallion EasyConnection 8/64 (ISA/EISA) / ONboard (ISA/EISA/MCA) /
     Brumby (ISA)
     The latest driver can be found at
     <ftp://ftp.stallion.com/drivers/ata5/Linux/v544.tar.gz>


  10.2.2.  Others


  ·  Comtrol RocketPort (8/16/32 port)
     <ftp://sunsite.unc.edu/pub/Linux/kernel/patches/serial/comtrol-1.04.tar.gz>

  ·  DigiBoard COM/Xi
     Contact Simon Park (si@wimpol.demon.co.uk) or Mark Hatle
     (fray@krypton.mankato.msus.edu). NOTE: both email addresses seem
     not to exist any longer.

  ·  Moxa C102, C104, C168, C218 (8 port), C320 (8/16/24/32 expandable)
     and C320T
     <ftp://ftp.moxa.com.tw/drivers/linux/>

  ·  RISCom/8

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

  ·  Specialix IO8+
     Contact devices@BitWizard.nl


  11.  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,
  <http://sunsite.unc.edu/LDP/HOWTO/>, for detailed descriptions of
  various cards.


  11.1.  Supported

  11.1.1.  Ethernet

  For ethernet cards with the DECchip DC21x4x family the "Tulip" driver
  is available. More information on this driver can be found at
  <http://cesdis.gsfc.nasa.gov/linux/drivers/tulip.html>.


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

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

  ·  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)
     Newer versions of this driver are available at
     <http://cesdis.gsfc.nasa.gov/linux/drivers/vortex.html>
     Avoid the 3c900 card when possible as the driver is not functioning
     well for this card.

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

  ·  AT&T GIS WaveLAN

  ·  Allied Telesis AT1700

  ·  Allied Telesis LA100PCI-T

  ·  Ansel Communications AC3200 EISA

  ·  Apricot Xen-II / 82596

  ·  Cabletron E21xx

  ·  Cogent EM110

  ·  Crystal Lan CS8920, Cs8900
     <http://www.cirrus.com/private/drivers/ethernet/edrivers.html>


  ·  Danpex EN-9400

  ·  DEC DE425 (EISA) / DE434/DE435 (PCI) / DE450/DE500 (DE4x5 driver)

  ·  DEC DE450/DE500-XA (Tulip driver)

  ·  DEC DEPCA and EtherWORKS

  ·  DEC EtherWORKS 3

  ·  DEC QSilver's (Tulip driver)

  ·  Fujitsu FMV-181/182/183/184

  ·  HP PCLAN (27245 and 27xxx series)

  ·  HP PCLAN PLUS (27247B and 27252A)

  ·  HP 10/100VG PCLAN (J2577, J2573, 27248B, J2585) (ISA/EISA/PCI)
     More information at
     <http://cesdis1.gsfc.nasa.gov:80/linux/drivers/100vg.html>

  ·  ICL EtherTeam 16i / 32 EISA

  ·  Intel EtherExpress

  ·  Intel EtherExpress Pro

  ·  KTI ET16/P-D2, ET16/P-DC ISA (work jumperless and with hardware-
     configuration options)

  ·  NE2000/NE1000 (be careful with clones)

  ·  Netgear FA-310TX (Tulip chip)

  ·  New Media Ethernet

  ·  PureData PDUC8028, PDI8023

  ·  SEEQ 8005

  ·  SMC Ultra / EtherEZ (ISA)

  ·  SMC 9000 series

  ·  SMC PCI EtherPower 10/100 (Tulip driver)

  ·  SMC EtherPower II (epic100.c driver)

  ·  Schneider & Koch G16

  ·  Western Digital WD80x3

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

  ·  Znyx 312 etherarray (Tulip driver)


  11.1.2.  ISDN


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

  ·  ISDN4Linux tools are available from
     <ftp://ftp.franken.de/pub/isdn4linux/v2.0>
  ·  3Com Sonix Arpeggio
     <ftp://sunsite.unc.edu/pub/Linux/kernel/patches/network/sonix.tgz>

  ·  ASUSCOM Network Inc. ISDNLink 128K PC adapter (HiSax)

  ·  AVM A1 (HiSax)

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

  ·  Compaq ISDN S0 (ISA) (HiSax)

  ·  Creatix PnP S0 (HiSax)

  ·  Dr. Neuhaus Niccy PnP/PCI (HiSax)

  ·  Dynalink IS64PH (HiSax)

  ·  Eicon.Diehl Diva 2.0 ISA and PCI (S0 and U interface, no PRO
     version) (HiSax)

  ·  Eicon.Diehl Diva Piccola (HiSax)

  ·  Elsa Microlink PCC-16, PCF, PCF-Pro, PCC-8 (HiSax)

  ·  ELSA QuickStep 1000/1000PCI/3000 (HiSax)

  ·  HFC-2BS0 based cards (HiSax)

  ·  IBM Active 2000 (ISA) (act2000)

  ·  ICN ISDN cards (icn)

  ·  Ith Kommunikationstechnik GmbH MIC 16 (ISA) (HiSax)

  ·  ITK ix1-micro Rev.2 (HiSax)

  ·  Octal PCBIT (pcbit)

  ·  Sedlbauer Speed Card (HiSax)

  ·  Teles 8.0/16.0/16.3 and compatible ones (HiSax)

  ·  Teles 16.3c (HiSax)

  ·  Teles S0 (HiSax)

  ·  Traverse Technologie NETjet PCI S0 (HiSax)

  ·  USR Sportster internal TA (HiSax)

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


  11.1.3.  Pocket and portable adapters

  For more information on Linux and use of the parallel port, go to the
  Linux Parallel Port Home Page  <http://www.torque.net/linux-pp.html>


  ·  Accton parallel port ethernet adapter
     <http://paradigm.uor.edu/~harshman/linux/accton.html>

  ·  AT-Lan-Tec/RealTek parallel port adapter

  ·  D-Link DE600/DE620 parallel port adapter


  11.1.4.  Slotless


  ·  SLIP/CSLIP/PPP (serial port)

  ·  EQL (serial IP load balancing)

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


  11.1.5.  ARCnet


  ·  Works with all ARCnet cards


  11.1.6.  TokenRing


  ·  Any IBM tokenring card not using DMA

  ·  IBM Tropic chipset cards

  ·  Madge TokenRing OCI 16/4 Mk2


  11.1.7.  FDDI


  ·  DEC DEFEA (EISA) / DEFPA (PCI) (kernel 2.0.24 and later)


  11.1.8.  Amateur radio (AX.25)


  ·  Gracilis PackeTwin

  ·  Ottawa PI/PI2

  ·  Most generic 8530 based HDLC boards


  11.1.9.  PCMCIA cards


  ·  See Appendix B for complete list


  11.2.  Others

  11.2.1.  Ethernet


  ·  Racal-Interlan NI5210 (i82586 Ethernet chip). Avoid this card. It
     is not functioning properly with the current driver.

  ·  Racal-Interlan NI6510 (am7990 lance chip). Starting with kernel
     1.3.66 more than 16Mb Ram is supported.

  ·  Racal-Interlan PCI card (AMD PC net chip 97c970) ??


  11.2.2.  ISDN


  ·  SpellCaster's Datacomute/BRI, Telecomute/BRI (ISA) (sc)


  11.2.3.  ATM


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


  11.2.4.  Frame Relay


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


  11.2.5.  Wireless


  ·  Proxim RangeLan2 7100 (ISA) / 630x (OEM mini-ISA)
     <http://www.komacke.com/distribution.html>


  11.3.  Unsupported


  ·  Xircom adapters (PCMCIA and parallel port)

  ·  IBM PCI Token Ring cards (all of them)

  ·  Sysconnect / Schneider & Koch Token Ring cards (all of them)


  12.  Sound cards

  12.1.  Supported


  ·  6850 UART MIDI

  ·  Adlib (OPL2)

  ·  Audio Excell DSP16

  ·  Aztech Sound Galaxy NX Pro

  ·  Crystal CS4232/CS4236 (PnP) based cards

  ·  ECHO-PSS cards (Orchid SoundWave32, Cardinal DSP16)

  ·  Ensoniq SoundScape

  ·  Gravis Ultrasound

  ·  Gravis Ultrasound 16-bit sampling daughterboard

  ·  Gravis Ultrasound MAX

  ·  Gravis Ultrasound ACE (No MIDI port and audio recording)

  ·  Gravis Ultrasound PnP (with RAM)

  ·  Logitech SoundMan Games (SBPro, 44kHz stereo support)

  ·  Logitech SoundMan Wave (Jazz16/OPL4)

  ·  Logitech SoundMan 16 (PAS-16 compatible)

  ·  MediaTriX AudioTriX Pro

  ·  Media Vision Premium 3D (Jazz16)

  ·  Media Vision Pro Sonic 16 (Jazz)

  ·  Media Vision Pro Audio Spectrum 16

  ·  Media Vision Pro Audio Studio 16

  ·  Microsoft Sound System (AD1848)

  ·  OAK OTI-601D cards (Mozart)

  ·  OPTi 82C924/82C925 cards. Use the MSS driver and the isapnp tools

  ·  OPTi 82C928/82C929 cards (MAD16/MAD16 Pro/ISP16/Mozart)

  ·  OPTi 82C931 cards. See  <http://oto.dyn.ml.org/~drees/opti931.html>

  ·  Sound Blaster

  ·  Sound Blaster Pro

  ·  Sound Blaster 16

  ·  Sound Blaster 32/64/AWE (Configure like Sound Blaster 16)

  ·  Sound Blaster AWE63/Gold and 16/32/AWE PnP cards need to be
     activated using isapnptools

  ·  Turtle Beach Wavefront cards (Maui, Tropez)

  ·  Wave Blaster (and other daughterboards)

  ·  Cards based on the ESS Technologies AudioDrive chips (688, 1688)


  ·  AWE32/64 supports is started in kernel series 2.1.x (check the
     SoundBlaster AWE mini-HOWTO by Marcus Brinkmann for installation
     details)

  ·  MPU-401 MIDI


  12.2.  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/>




  12.3.  Unsupported

  The ASP chip on Sound Blaster 16 series 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.


  13.  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/>


  13.1.  Unsupported

  The following hard drives are mentioned as not supported by Linux.
  Read the bug report available.


  ·  NEC D3817, D3827, D3847
     "These drives are slightly non-SCSI-2 compliant in the values
     reported in Mode Sense Page 3. In Mode Sense Page 3 all NEC D38x7
     drives report their sector size as zero. The NEC drives are the
     first brand of drive we have ever encountered that reported the
     sector size as zero. Unfortunately, that field in Mode Sense Page 3
     is not modifiable and there is no way to update the firmware on the
     D38x7 drives to correct this problem."


  14.  Tape drives



  14.1.  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.)

  ·  Seagate Sidewinder 50 AIT (on ICP 6527 RAID-controller)

  ·  QIC-02 drives

  ·  Iomega DITTO internal (ftape 3.04c and newer)


  14.2.  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>

  ·  ATAPI tape drives
     For these an alpha driver (ide-tape.c) is available in the kernel.
     ATAPI tape drives supported are

  ·  Seagate TapeStor 8000

  ·  Conner CTMA 4000 IDE ATAPI Streaming tape drive


  14.3.  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


  15.  CD-ROM drives

  For more information on CD-ROM drives check the CDROM-HOWTO at
  <http://sunsite.unc.edu/LDP/HOWTO/>.


  15.1.  Supported


  Common CD-ROM drives

  ·  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 (IDECD)
     Almost all double, quad and six speed drives are supported,
     including

  ·  Mitsumi FX400

  ·  Nec-260

  ·  Sony 55E

  Proprietary CD-ROM drives

  ·  Aztech CDA268-01A, Orchid CDS-3110, Okano/Wearnes CDD-110, Conrad
     TXC, CyCDROM CR520ie/CR540ie/CR940ie (AZTCD)

  ·  Creative Labs CD-200(F) (SBPCD)

  ·  Funai E2550UA/MK4015 (SBPCD)

  ·  GoldStar R420 (GSCD)

  ·  IBM External ISA (SBPCD)

  ·  Kotobuki (SBPCD)

  ·  Lasermate CR328A (OPTCD)

  ·  LMS Philips CM 206 (CM206)

  ·  Longshine LCS-7260 (SBPCD)

  ·  Matsushita/Panasonic CR-521/522/523/562/563 (SBPCD)

  ·  MicroSolutions Backpack parallel portdrive (BPCD)

  ·  Mitsumi CR DC LU05S (MCD/MCDX)

  ·  Mitsumi FX001D/F (MCD/MCDX)

  ·  Optics Storage Dolphin 8000AT (OPTCD)

  ·  Sanyo CDR-H94A (SJCD)

  ·  Sony CDU31A/CDU33A (CDU31A)

  ·  Sony CDU-510/CDU-515 (SOMYCD535)

  ·  Sony CDU-535/CDU-531 (SONYCD535)

  ·  Teac CD-55A SuperQuad (SBPCD)


  15.2.  Others


  ·  LMS/Philips CM 205/225/202
     <ftp://sunsite.unc.edu/pub/Linux/kernel/patches/cdrom/lmscd0.4.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>


  ·  Parallel Port Driver
     <http://www.torque.net/linux-pp.html>



  15.3.  Notes

  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.

  PhotoCD (XA) is supported. The hpcdtoppm program by Hadmut Danisch
  converts PhotoCD files to the portable pixmap format. The program can
  be obtained from  <ftp://ftp.gwdg.de/pub/linux/hpcdtoppm> or as part
  of the PBM utilities.

  Also, reading video CD is supported in kernel series 2.1.3x and later.
  A patch is available for kernel 2.0.30.

  Finally, most IDE CD-ROM Changers are supported.


  16.  CD-Writers

  Many CD-Writers are supported by Linux now. For an up to date list of
  CD-Writers supported check the CD-Writing mini-HOWTO at
  <http://sunsite.unc.edu/LDP/HOWTO/mini/CD-Writing>, check
  <http://www.shop.de/cgi-bin/winni/lsc.pl> or check
  <http://www.guug.de/cgi-bin/winni/lsc.pl>. Cdwrite
  <ftp://sunsite.unc.edu/pub/Linux/utils/disk-management/> and cdrecord
  <http://www.fokus.gmd.de/nthp/employees/schilling/cdrecord.html> can
  be used for writing CD's. The X-CD-Roast package for Linux is a
  graphical front-end for using CD writers. The package can be found at
  <ftp://sunsite.unc.edu/pub/Linux/utils/disk-
  management/xcdroast-0.96b.tar.gz>.


  ·  Grundig CDR 100 IPW

  ·  HP CD-Writer+ 7100

  ·  HP SureStore 4020i

  ·  HP SureStore 6020es/i

  ·  JVC XR-W2010

  ·  Mitsubishi CDRW-225

  ·  Mitsumi CR-2600TE

  ·  Olympus CDS 620E

  ·  Philips CDD-522/2000/2600/3610

  ·  Pinnacle Micro RCD-5020/5040

  ·  Plextor CDR PX-24CS

  ·  Ricoh MP 1420C


  ·  Ricoh MP 6200S/6201S

  ·  Sanyo CRD-R24S

  ·  Smart and Friendly Internal 2006 Plus 2.05

  ·  Sony CDU 920S/924/926S

  ·  Taiyo Yuden EW-50

  ·  TEAC CD-R50S

  ·  WPI(Wearnes) CDR-632P

  ·  WPI(Wearnes) CDRW-622

  ·  Yamaha CDR-100

  ·  Yamaha CDR-200/200t/200tx

  ·  Yamaha CDR-400t/400tx


  17.  Removable drives

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


  ·  Panasonic MO (combines a CD-ROM drive and an optical removable
     disk). You have to set a switch when configuring the kernel to get
     both part work at the same time.

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

  ·  Parallel port Avatar Shark-250
     <http://www.torque.net/shark.html>

  Removable drives work like hard disks and 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. Starting with
  kernel 2.1.32 Linux also supports 2048 bytes/sector. A patch to kernel
  2.0.30 is available at <http://liniere.gen.u-tokyo.ac.jp/2048.html>.

  The 2048 bytes/sector support is needed for

  ·  Fujitsu magneto-optical disk drives M2513

  Starting with pre-patch-2.0.31-3 IDE/ATAPI internal Zip drives,
  flopticals and PD's are supported.

  ·  LS-120 floptical

  ·  PD-CD




  18.  Mice

  18.1.  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


  18.2.  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>

  ·  Microsoft Intellimouse



  18.3.  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.)


  19.  Modems

  All internal modems or external modems connected to the serial port
  should work. Alas, some manufactures have created Windows 95 only
  modems. Check Appendix D for Linux incompatible hardware.

  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. Also be sure
  that the fax part of the modem supports Class 2 or Class 2.0. It seems
  to be generally true for any fax software on unix that support for
  Class 1.0 is not available.

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

  ·  Motorola ModemSURFR internal 56K. Add a couple of line to RC.SERIAL
     to account for IRQ and ports if they are non-standard.

  ·  ZyXEL U-1496 series - ZyXEL 1.4, modem/fax/voice control program
     <http://www.pe1chl.demon.nl/ZyXEL/ZyXEL-1.6.tar.gz>

  ·  ZyXEL Elite 2864 series - modem/fax/voice control program
     <http://www.pe1chl.demon.nl/ZyXEL/ZyXEL-1.6.tar.gz>

  ·  ZyXEL Omni TA 128 - modem/fax/voice control program
     <http://www.pe1chl.demon.nl/ZyXEL/ZyXEL-1.6.tar.gz>

  Also multimodem cards are supported by Linux.

  ·  Moreton Bay RAStel multimodem card
     Check  <http://www.moreton.com.au/linux.htm> for Linux drivers.


  20.  Printers/Plotters

  All printers and plotters connected to the parallel or serial port
  should work. Alas, some manufacturers have created Windows 95 only
  printers. Check Appendix D for Linux incompatible hardware.

  ·  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>


  20.1.  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/>


  20.1.1.  Ghostscript supported printers


  ·  Apple Imagewriter

  ·  C. Itoh M8510

  ·  Canon BubbleJet BJ10e (bj10e)

  ·  Canon BubbleJet BJ200, BJC-210 (B/W only), BJC-240 (B/W only)
     (bj200)

  ·  Canon BubbleJet BJC-600, BJC-610, BJC-4000, BJC-4100, BJC-450,
     MultiPASS C2500, BJC-240, BJC-70 (bjc600)

  ·  Canon BubbleJet BJC-800 (bjc800)

  ·  Canon LBP-8II, LIPS III

  ·  DEC LA50/70/75/75plus

  ·  DEC LN03, LJ250

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

  ·  Epson Stylus Color/Color II/500/800 (stcolor)

  ·  HP 2563B

  ·  HP DesignJet 650C

  ·  HP DeskJet, Deskjet Plus (deskjet)

  ·  HP Deskjet 500, Deskjet Portable (djet500)

  ·  HP DeskJet 400/500C/540C/690C/693C (cdj500)

  ·  HP DeskJet 550C/560C/600/660C/682C/683C/693C/850/870Cse (cdj550)

  ·  HP DeskJet 850/870Cse/870Cxi/680 (cdj850)

  ·  HP DeskJet 500C/510/520/5540C/693C printing black only (cdjmono)

  ·  HP DeskJet 600 (lj4dith)

  ·  HP DeskJet 600/870Cse, LaserJet 5/5L (ljet4)

  ·  HP Deskjet 500/500C/510/520/540/550C/560C/850C/855C
     <ftp:ftp.pdb.sni.de/pub/utilities/misc/hpdj-2.1.tar.gz>

  ·  HP Deskjet 720, 820 and 1000 series
     <http://www.rpi.edu/~normat/technical/ppa>

  ·  HP PaintJet XL300, Deskjet 600/1200C/1600C (pjxl300)

  ·  HP LaserJet/Plus/II/III/4

  ·  HP PaintJet/XL

  ·  IBM Jetprinter color

  ·  IBM Proprinter

  ·  Imagen ImPress

  ·  Mitsubishi CP50 color

  ·  NEC P6/P6+/P60

  ·  Oki OL410ex LED (ljet4)

  ·  Okidata MicroLine 182

  ·  Ricoh 4081/6000 (r4081)

  ·  SPARCprinter

  ·  StarJet 48 inkjet printer

  ·  Tektronix 4693d color 2/4/8 bit

  ·  Tektronix 4695/4696 inkjet plotter

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


  20.1.2.  Others


  ·  Canon BJC600/800 color printers
     <ftp://petole.imag.fr/pub/postscript/ghostscript/bjc600/>


  21.  Scanners

  For scanner support there is the package SANE (Scanner Access Now
  Easy). Information can be found at  <http://www.mostang.com/sane/>. It
  can be downloaded from  <ftp://ftp.mostang.com/pub/sane/>. This is a
  universal scanner interface. It comes complete with documentation and
  several frontends and backends.

  More information on handheld scanners can be found at  <http://swt-
  www.informatik.uni-hamburg.de/~1willamo/scanner.html>


  21.1.  Supported


  ·  A4 Tech AC 4096 / AS 8000P
     <ftp://ftp.informatik.hu-
     berlin.de/pub/local/linux/a4scan/a4scan.tgz>

  ·  Adara Image Star I
     <http://fb4-1112.uni-muenster.de/ffwd/>
     <ftp://fb4-1112.uni-muenster.de/pub/ffwd/mtekscan-0.2.tar.gz>

  ·  Conrad Personal Scanner 64, P105 handheld scanners
     <ftp://tsx-11.mit.edu/pub/linux/ALPHA/scanner/scan-
     driver-0.1.8.tar.gz>

  ·  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 ColorPage-SP2
     <http://fb4-1112.uni-muenster.de/ffwd/>
     <ftp://fb4-1112.uni-muenster.de/pub/ffwd/mtekscan-0.2.tar.gz>

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

  ·  Genius GeniScan GS4500, GS4500A handheld scanners
     <ftp://tsx-11.mit.edu/pub/linux/ALPHA/scanner/gs4500-2.0.tar.gz>

  ·  HighScreen Greyscan 256 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+, Scanman 32, Scanman 256 handheld scanners
     <ftp://tsx-11.mit.edu/pub/linux/ALPHA/scanner/logiscan-0.0.4.tar.gz>


  ·  Microtek ScanMaker E3, E6, II, IIXE, III and 35t models
     <http://fb4-1112.uni-muenster.de/ffwd/>
     <ftp://fb4-1112.uni-muenster.de/pub/ffwd/mtekscan-0.2.tar.gz>

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

  ·  Mustek HT800 Turbo, Matador 105, Matador 256 handheld scanners
     <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>

  ·  Pearl 256 handheld scanner
     <ftp://tsx-11.mit.edu/pub/linux/ALPHA/scanner/scan-
     driver-0.1.8.tar.gz>

  ·  UMAX SCSI scanners
     <ftp://tsx-11.mit.edu/pub/linux/ALPHA/scanner/umax-0.5.5.tar.gz>

  The Mustek drivers work only with GI1904 interface cards. Eric Chang
  eric.chang@chrysalis.org has created a patch to use them with IF960
  interface cards.


  21.2.  Others


  ·  Genius GS-4000, ScanMate/32, ScanMate/GS handheld scanners
     <ftp://tsx-11.mit.edu/pub/linux/ALPHA/scanner/gs4500-2.0.tar.gz>

  ·  Mustek HT105, M800 handheld scanners
     <ftp://tsx-11.mit.edu/pub/linux/ALPHA/scanner/scan-
     driver-0.1.8.tar.gz>

  ·  Voelkner Personal Scanner 64 handheld scanner
     <ftp://tsx-11.mit.edu/pub/linux/ALPHA/scanner/scan-
     driver-0.1.8.tar.gz>


  21.3.  Unsupported


  ·  Acer scanners. Acer is not releasing any programming information.

  ·  Escom 256 (Primax Lector Premier 256) handheld scanner

  ·  Genius ScanMate/256, EasyScan handheld scanners

  ·  Mustek CG8000 handheld scanner

  ·  Trust Ami Scan handheld scanner


  22.  Other hardware

  22.1.  Amateur Radio

  The following cards etc. are supported:


  ·  KISS based Terminal Node Controllers

  ·  Ottawa PI card

  ·  Gracilis PacketTwin card

  ·  Other Z8530 SCC based cards

  ·  Parallel and serial port Baycom modems

  ·  Soundblaster cards

  ·  Soundcards based on the Crystal chipset


  22.2.  VESA Power Savings Protocol (DPMS) monitors

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


  22.3.  Touch screens

  The Metro-X X-server is supporting the following touch screen
  controllers:

  ·  Carrol Touch serial touch screen
     <http://www.carrolltouch.com>

  ·  EloGraphics

  ·  Lucas Deeco

  ·  MicroTouch


  22.4.  Terminals on serial port

  Old terminals can easily be used under Linux by connecting them to the
  serial port of your system. At least the following terminals will be
  supported:


  ·  VT52

  ·  VT100

  ·  VT220

  ·  VT320

  ·  VT420


  22.5.  Joysticks

  Joystick support is in the latest XFree86 distributions (3.3.x) and in
  kernel versions 2.1.xx. For older kernels the links below are usefull.


  ·  Joystick driver
     <ftp://sunsite.unc.edu/pub/Linux/kernel/patches/console/joystick-1.0.6.tar.gz>

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

  22.6.  Video capture boards / Frame Grabbers / TV tuner

  A couple of programs are available that support TV tuners. These are:

  ·  BTTV  <http://www.thp.Uni-Koeln.DE/~rjkm/linux/bttv.html>

  ·  Xawtv

  ·  Xtvscreen


  ·  CMOS Video Conferencing Kit. The video capture card has a BT849
     chipset. It comes with a CCD camera.

  ·  Data Translation DT2803

  ·  Data Translation DT2851 Frame Grabber
     <ftp://sunsite.unc.edu/pub/Linux/apps/video/dt2851-2.01.tar.gz>

  ·  Data Translation DT3155
     <http://krusty.eecs.umich.edu/people/ncowan/linux/welcome.html>

  ·  Diamond DTV2000 (based on BT848)

  ·  Dipix XPG1000/FPG/PPMAPA (based on TI C40 DSP). Most add-on cards
     are supported.
     <http://www.thp.Uni-Koeln.DE/~rjkm/linux/bttv.html>

  ·  Epix SVM

  ·  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>

  ·  Imaging Technology ITI/IC-PCI
     <ftp://ftp.gom-online.de/pub/IC-PCI/icpci-0.3.2.tar.gz>

  ·  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>

  ·  Matrox PIP-1024
     <http://www.powerup.com.au/~sobeyp/pip_tar.gz>

  ·  MaxiTV/PCI (based on ZR36120)
     <ftp://sunsite.unc.edu/pub/Linux/kernel/misc-
     cards/zr36120-971127.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>

  ·  MuTech MV200
     <http://www.powerup.com.au/~sobeyp/mu_tar.gz>

  ·  Philips PCA10TV (not in production anymore)
     <ftp://ftp.il.ft.hse.nl/pub/tv1000/pctv1000.02.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 Recoder 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>

  ·  Tekram C210 (based on ZR36120)
     <ftp://sunsite.unc.edu/pub/Linux/kernel/misc-
     cards/zr36120-971127.tgz>

  ·  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>


  22.7.  Digital Camera


  ·  HP Photo Smart Digital Camera ??
     <ftp://ftp.itojun.org/pub/digi-cam/>


  22.8.  UPS

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


  ·  APC SmartUPS
     <http://www.dyer.vanderbilt.edu/server/apcupsd>

  ·  APC-BackUPS 400/600, APC-SmartUPS SU700/1400RM
     <http://www.dyer.vanderbilt.edu/server/apcupsd>

  ·  UPS's with RS-232 monitoring port (genpower package)
     <ftp://sunsite.unc.edu/pub/Linux/system/ups/genpower-1.0.1.tgz>

  ·  MGE UPS's
     <http://www.mgeups.com/download/softlib.htm> and
     <http://www.mgeups.com/download/software/linux/upsp.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>
  22.9.  Multifunction boards



  ·  Pro Audio Spectrum 16 SCSI / Sound interface card


  22.10.  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>


  22.11.  Watchdog timer interfaces


  ·  Berkshire Products PC Watchdog Card (ISA cards rev. A and C)
     Check  <ftp://ftp.bitgate.com/pub/bitgate/pcwd> for the PC Watchdog
     program. A driver is included in recent kernels. More information
     on this product can be found at  <http://www.berkprod.com/wdog.htm>

  ·  ICS WDT500-P (
     <http://www.indcomp.src.com/products/data/html/wdt500-p.html>)

  ·  ICS WDT501-P (with and without fan tachometer) (
     <http://www.indcomp.src.com/products/data/html/wdt500-p.html>)


  22.12.  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>




  23.  Related sources of information


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

  ·  Guide to Computer Vendors
     <http://guide.sbanetweb.com/>

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


  24.  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.


  25.  Appendix A. S3 cards supported by XFree86 3.3.1.





  NOTE: for the ViRGE/VX,DX,GX,GX2 chipsets you need XFree86 3.3.1. You
  should use the XF86_SVGA server.


  26.  Appendix B. Supported PCMCIA cards


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



  26.1.  Ethernet cards


  ·  SMC, Megahertz and Ositech cards use the smc91c92_cs driver

  ·  3Com and Farallon cards use the 3c589_cs driver

  ·  Fujitsu, TDK, RATOC, CONTEC, Eagle 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



  CHIPSET   RAMDAC            CLOCKCHIP   BPP   CARD

  801/805   AT&T 20C490                    16    Actix GE 32 / 32+ 2Mb
                                                 Orchid Fahrenheit 1280(+)
  801/805   AT&T 20C490       ICD2061A     16    STB PowerGraph X.24
  801/805                                        Del S3 805
                                                 Miro Crystal 8S
                                                 Orchid Fahrenheit VA
                                                 VL-41
  805       S3 GENDAC                      16    Miro 10SD VLB/PCI
                                                 SPEA Mirage VLB
  801/805   SS2410            ICD2061A     8     Diamond Stealth 24 VLB/ISA
  801/805   AT&T 20C490       Ch8391       16    JAX 8231/8241, SPEA Mirage
  801/805   S3 GENDAC                            Miro Crystal 10SD
  805i                                           Actix GE 32i
                                                 ELSA Winner 1000 ISA
  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(/V7) Mercury VLB
  928       Bt485             ICD2061A     32    #9 GXE Level 10/11/12
  928       Ti3020            ICD2061A     32    #9 GXE Level 14/16
  928                                            928Movie
                                                 Diamond Stealth Pro
                                                 ELSA Winner 1000TwinBus
                                                 ELSA Winner 1000VL
                                                 ELSA Winner 2000
                                                 Miro Crystal 16S
  864                         ICD2061A           Miro Crystal 20SD (BIOS 2.xx)
  864       AT&T 20C498       ICS2494      32    Miro (Crystal) 20SD (BIOS 1.xx)
  864       AT&T 20C498/      ICD2061A/    32    ELSA Winner 1000 PRO VLB/PCI
  864       STG1700           ICS9161            MIRO 20SD (BIOS 2.x)
                                                 ELAS Winner 1000 PRO
  864       STG1700           ICD2061A     32    Actix GE 64 VLB
  864       AT&T 20C498/      ICS2595      16    SPEA(/V7) 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
                                                 Genoa Phantom 64i
                                                 Miro Crystal 20SD VLB (BIOS 3.xx)
  864       ICS5342           ICS5342      32    Diamond Stealth 64 DRAM (some)
  864       SDAC                                 Diamond Stealth 64 Graphics 2001
  864       AT&T 20C498-13    ICD2061A     32    #9 GXE64 PCI
  864                                            ASUS Video Magic PCI V864
                                                 VidTech FastMax P20

  ·  AST 1082 Ethernet

  ·  CeLAN EPCMCIA

  ·  CNet CN30BC, CN40BC Ethernet

  ·  Compex/ReadyLINK Ethernet Combo

  ·  Compex Linkport Ethernet

  ·  Connectware LANdingGear Adapter

  ·  CONTEC C-NET(PC)C

  ·  Danpex EN-6200P2 Ethernet



  CHIPSET   RAMDAC            CLOCKCHIP   BPP   CARD

  964                                            ELSA Winner 2000 PRO-2,4
                                                 spider Tarantula 64
  964       AT&T 20C505       ICD2061A     32    Miro Crystal 20SV PCI/40SV
  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 Graphite Terminator 64
  868       S3 86C716 SDAC                 32    ELSA Winner 1000AVI
                                                 Miro Crystal 20SD PCI
  868       AT&T 29C409                          ELSA Winner 1000AVI
  868                                            Diamond Stealth Video DRAM
                                                 Diamond Stealth 64 Video 2120/2200
                                                 ELSA Winner 1000PRO/X
                                                 #9 FX Motion 531
                                                 VideoLogic GrafixStar 500
  968                                            Diamond Stealth 64 Video 3200
                                                 ELSA Gloria-4/8
                                                 ELSA Winner 2000AVI
                                                 ELSA Winner 2000PRO/X-2/X-4/X-8
                                                 Genoa VideoBlitz III AV
                                                 Hercules Graphite Terminator Pro 64
                                                 LeadTek WinFast S430
                                                 LeadTek WinFast S510
                                                 Miro Crystal 80SV
                                                 Miro Crystal 20SV
                                                 #9 FX Motion 771
                                                 VideoLogic GrafixStar 700
                                                 WinFast S430/S510
  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 64 Video
                                                 #9 FX Motion 771
                                                 Diamond Stealth 64 Video 3240/3400
  968       TI RAMDAC                            Diamond Stealth 64 Video 3240/3400
  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
                                                 Diamond Stealth 64 Graphics 2xx0
                                                 #9 FX Vision 330
                                                 STB PowerGraph 64
                                                 (all Trio64 based cards)

  ·  Datatrek NetCard

  ·  Dayna Communications CommuniCard E

  ·  Digital DEPCM-AA Ethernet

  ·  Digital EtherWORKS Turbo Ethernet

  ·  D-Link DE-650, DE-660

  ·  Eagle NE200 Ethernet

  ·  Edimax Technology Ethernet Combo

  ·  EFA InfoExpress 205, 207 Combo


  CHIPSET   RAMDAC        CLOCKCHIP   BPP   CARD

            (Trio64V+)                       DSV3326
                                             Diamond Stealth 64 Video 2001
                                             DataExpert DSV3365
                                             ExpertColor DSV3365
                                             MAXColor S3 Trio64V+
                                             ELSA Winner 1000TRIO/V
                                             Hercules Terminator 64/Video
                                             #9 FX Motion 331
                                             STB Powergraph 64 Video
                                             VideoLogic GrafixStar 400
            (Trio64V2)                       ELSA Winner 1000/T2D
            (ViRGE)                          Canopus Co. Power Window 3DV
                                             DSV3325
                                             DataExpert DSV3325
                                             Diamond Multimedia Stealth 3D 2000
                                             Diamond Multimedia Stealth 3D 2000 PRO
                                             Diamond Stealth 3D 2000
                                             Diamond Stealth 3D 2000 PRO
                                             Diamond Stealth 3D 3000
                                             ELSA Victory 3D
                                             ELSA Victory 3DX
                                             ELSA Winner 3000-S
                                             Expertcolor DSV3325
                                             Hercules Terminator 64/3D
                                             LeadTek WinFast 3D S600
                                             MELCO WGP-VG4S
                                             #9 FX Motion 332
                                             Orchid Tech. Fahrenheit Video 3D
                                             STB systems Powergraph 3D
                                             WinFast 3D S600
            (ViRGE/DX)                       Hercules Terminator 3D/DX
            (ViRGE/GX)                       STB Nitro 3D
            (ViRGE/VX)                       ELSA Winner 2000AVI/3D
                                             ELSA Winner 3000
                                             ELSA Winner 3000-L-42/-M-22
                                             MELCO WGP-VX8
                                             STB Systems Velocity 3D
  911/924                                    Diamond Stealth VRAM
  924       SC1148 DAC

  ·  Eiger Labs EPX-ET10T2 Combo

  ·  ELECOM Laneed LD-CDWA, LD-CDX, LD-CDNIA, LD-CDY

  ·  EP-210 Ethernet

  ·  Epson Ethernet

  ·  EtherPRIME 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

  ·  LanPro EP4000A

  ·  Lantech Ethernet

  ·  Linksys EtherCard

  ·  Logitec LPM-LN10T, LPM-LN10BA Ethernet

  ·  Longshine Ethernet

  ·  Macnica ME-1 Ethernet

  ·  Maxtech PCN2000 Ethernet

  ·  Megahertz XJ10BT, XJ10BC, CC10BT Ethernet

  ·  Melco LPC-TJ, LPC-TS

  ·  Micronet Etherfast Adapter

  ·  NDC Instant-Link

  ·  Network General ``Sniffer''

  ·  New Media EthernetLAN

  ·  New Media LiveWir (NOT the LiveWire+)

  ·  New Media BASICS 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, EP401 Ethernet

  ·  SCM Ethernet

  ·  SMC 8020BT EtherEZ (not the EliteCard)

  ·  Socket Communications Socket EA LAN Adapter

  ·  SuperSocket RE450T

  ·  Surecom Ethernet

  ·  SVEC PN605C

  ·  TDK LAC-CD02x, LAK-CD021, LAK-CD022A, LAK-CD021AX Ethernet

  ·  Thomas-Conrad Ethernet

  ·  Trust Ethernet Combo

  ·  Volktek NPL-402CT Ethernet

  ·  Xircom CreditCard CE2


  26.2.  Fast Ethernet (10/100baseT) adapters


  ·  Linksys EtherFast 10/100

  ·  Xircom CreditCard CE3


  26.3.  Token-ring adapters

  You should at least have kernel 1.3.72


  ·  IBM Token ring Adapter

  ·  3Com 3c689 TokenLink III


  26.4.  Wireless network adapters


  ·  AT&T GIS / NCR WaveLAN version 2.0

  ·  DEC RoamAbout/DS

  ·  Xircom CreditCard Netwave


  26.5.  ISDN


  ·  ELSA PCMCIA

  ·  Sedlbauer Speed Star

  ·  Teles S0/PCMCIA


  26.6.  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

  ·  Quatech quad RS-232 card

  ·  Socket Communications dual RS-232 card


  26.7.  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 20MB


  26.8.  SCSI adapters

  Be careful. Many vendors, particularly CD-ROM vendors, seem to switch
  controller chips at will. Generally, They will use a different product
  code, but not always: older (supported) New Media Bus Toaster cards
  are not easily distinguishable from the current (unsupported) Bus
  Toaster cards.


  ·  Adaptec APA-1460, APA-1460A, APA-1450A SlimSCSI

  ·  Digital SCSI II adapter

  ·  Eiger Labs SCSI (Not the Eiger SS-1000)

  ·  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 (older cards only)

  ·  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


  26.9.  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 q

  ·  EXP CD940 CD-ROM

  ·  IO-DATA CDP-TX4/PCIDE, CDP-TX6/PCIDE, CDP-TX10/PCIDE, CDV-
     HDN6/PCIDE, MOP-230/PCIDE

  ·  H45 Technologies Quick 2x CD-ROM


  26.10.  Multifunction cards

  You should at least have kernel 1.3.73


  ·  3Com 3c562, 3c562B/C/D, 3c563B/C/D

  ·  ActionTec Comnet EF336 modem 28.8 + ethernet 10Mb (only modem part
     works)


  ·  IBM Home and Away Card

  ·  Linksys LANmodem 28.8, 33.6

  ·  Megahertz/U.S. Robotics EM1144, EM3288, EM3336

  ·  Motorola Mariner

  ·  Motorola Marquis

  ·  Ositech Jack of Diamonds

  ·  Xircom CreditCard CEM28, CEM33, CEM56


  26.11.  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.


  26.12.  Miscellaneous cards


  ·  Trimble Mobile GPS (uses serial/modem driver)


  26.13.  Cards with separately distributed drivers


  ·  IBM Smart Capture (Koji Okamura oka@nanotsu.kobe-u.ac.jp)


  26.14.  Working on ...

  People are working on the following cards:

  ·  Nat'l Inst DAQCard (Eric Gonzalez root@colomsat.net.co)

  ·  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

  ·  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>

  ·  Teles

  ·  Hayes ESP
     contact Dennis Boylan <dennis@lan.com>

  ·  Hayes ESP
     contact Dennis Boylan <dennis@lan.com> PCMCIA

  ·  Xircom CE3 (Werner Koch werner.koch@guug.de)



  26.15.  Unsupported


  ·  ActionTec Comnet EF336 modem 28.8 + ethernet 10Mb (ethernet part
     not supported)

  ·  Adaptec/Trantor APA-460 SlimSCSI

  ·  CanonCompaq PCMCIA floppy drive

  ·  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 CE II Ethernet/Modem

  ·  Xircom CE-10BT Ethernet



  27.  Appendix C. Plug and Play devices

  For people having trouble getting Plug and Play devices to work, the
  ISA PnP utilities written by Peter Fox are available. Quote from the
  README:


  These programs allow ISA Plug-And-Play devices to be configured
  on a Linux machine.

  This program is suitable for all systems, whether or not they
  include a PnP BIOS.



  Commands have been taken from the Plug and Play ISA specification
  Version 1.0a. ( <ftp://ftp.redhat.com/pub/pnp/docs/>)

  More information on ISA PnP utilities can be found on the website of
  Peter Fox:  <http://www.roestock.demon.co.uk/isapnptools/>

  Please let me know about hardware (not normally supported under Linux)
  which can be put to work with the aid of these utilities. A list of
  this hardware will be put in this appendix.


  28.  Appendix D. Linux incompatible Hardware

  Some hardware manufacturers have created devices which are compatible
  with MS-Dos and Windows 95 only. They seem to emulate part of the
  normally available hardware in the devices by software packages sold
  together with the device. 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.

  Simply put, it is best to avoid hardware which states things like
  "Needs Windows" or "Windows only".


  ·  Canon LBP-465 printer

  ·  Lexmark 1000 inkjet printer

  ·  Sharp JX-9210 printer

  ·  Epson stylus color 400

  ·  Boca Research 28.8 internal modem (model MV34AI)

  ·  Boca Research 33.6 internal modem (Joe Harjung has succeeded in
     configuring the modem under Win95 and then soft booting into Linux
     with the modem still working)

  ·  HP Fastmodem D4810B

  ·  IBM Mwave ("Dolphin") card. This card is a combination of sound,
     modem, fax, voice control and dictation. Software should be loaded
     to get things working.

  ·  Multiwave Innovation CommWave V.34 modem (
     <http://www.multiwave.com/>)

  ·  US Robotics WinModem series

  ·  Zoltrix 33.6 Win HSP Voice/Speaker Phone modem

  ·  Compaq 192 PCMCIA modem/serial card

  ·  New Media Winsurfer PCMCIA modem/serial card


  29.  Glossary


     AGP
        Accelerated Graphics Port. A bus interconnect mechanism designed
        to improve performance of 3D graphics applications. AGP is a
        dedicated bus from the graphics subsystem to the core-logic
        chipset.
        <http://www.euro.dell.com/intl/euro/r+d/r+dnews/vectors/vect_2-1/v2-1_agp.htm>

     ATAPI
        AT Attachment Packet Interface. A new protocol for controlling
        mass storage devices similar to SCSI protocols. It builds on the
        ATA (AT Attachment) interface, the official ANSI Standard name
        for the IDE interface developed for hard disk drives. ATAPI is
        commonly used for hard disks, CD-ROM drives, tape drives, and
        other devices.

     ATM
        Asynchronous Transfer Mode

     CDDA
        ?? Capability of CD-ROM/Writer to read out audio tracks.

     DMA
        Direct Memory Access

     EGA
        Enhanced Graphics Adapter

     EIDE
        Enhanced IDE


     EISA
        Extended Industry System Architecture

     FDDI
        Fiber Distributed Data Interface. High-speed ring local area
        network.

     IDE
        Integrated Drive Electronics. Each drive has a built-in
        controller.

     ISA
        Industry System Architecture

     ISDN
        Integrated Services Digital Network

     MCA
        MicroChannel Architecture

     MFM
        Modified Frequency Modulation

     MMX
        Multimedia Extensions. Added to the newest generation of Intel
        Pentium Processors. It offers better audio and video quality

     PCI
        Pheripheral Component Interconnect. 32-bit bus designed by
        Intel. information can be found on  <http://www.pcisig.com> and
        <http://infoserver.ee.siue.edu/~jbutter/EE580_1.html>.

     RAID
        Redudant Arrays of Inexpensive Disks. The basic idea of RAID is
        to combinr multiple small, inexpensive disk drives into an array
        of disk drives which yields performance exceeding that of a
        single large expensive drive. There are five type of redundant
        array Architectures; RAID-1 through RAID-5. A non-redudant array
        of disk drives is referred to as RAID-0.
        <http://www.uni-mainz.de/~neuffer/scsi/what_is_raid.html>

     RLL
        Run Length Limited

     SCSI
        Small Computer Systems Interface. A standerd interface defined
        for all devices in a computer. It make it possible to use a
        single adapter for all devices.
        <http://www.uni-mainz.de/~neuffer/scsi/what_is_scsi.html>

     SVGA
        Super Video Graphics Adapter

     UART
        Universal Asynchronous Receiver Transmitter

     VGA
        Video Graphics Adapter

     VLB
        VESA Local Bus

     WORM
        Write Once Read Many




































































