Linux Hardware Compatibility HOWTO

Steven Pritchard
Southern Illinois Linux Users Group

[email protected]

3.1.4

Copyright © 2001−2002 by Steven Pritchard

Copyright © 1997−1999 by Patrick Reijnen

2002−02−17

Revision History
Revision 3.1.4 2002−02−17 Revised by: sjp
Added note about CRIS architecture. Updated WAN Cards section.
Revision 3.1.3 2001−12−30 Revised by: sjp
Updated video card section and other minor cleanups and updates.
Revision 3.1.2 2001−12−21 Revised by: sjp
Update location for GS−4500 software in the scanners section. (Thanks to Jan Willamowius for pointing out
that the page had moved.) Begin updating RAID controller section by separating SCSI RAID and IDE RAID.
Revision 3.1.1 2001−12−14 Revised by: sjp
List printers with a "F" or missing grade from the linuxprinting.org database in the incompatible
hardware section.
Revision 3.1.0 2001−12−12 Revised by: sjp
Fix/remove more broken/dead links. Import printer listing from linuxprinting.org.
Revision 3.0.7 2001−10−18 Revised by: sjp
Started fixing dead links. (Thanks to Rob Janssen, Shaul Karl, Charles McColm, and Paul Stephenson for the
corrections.)
Revision 3.0.6 2001−09−14 Revised by: sjp
Started cleaning up incompatible hardware section.
Revision 3.0.5 2001−09−04 Revised by: sjp
Updated CPU and motherboards sections. Added WAN Cards section and removed old "Frame Relay",
"X.25", and "Synchronous PPP, Cisco HDLC" sections under Network adapters.
Revision 3.0.4 2001−06−25 Revised by: sjp
Updated Network adapters and Controllers (multiport) sections to include current Cyclades products.
(Thanks to Ivan Passos at Cyclades for the update.)
Revision 3.0.3 2001−05−28 Revised by: sjp
Added USB section. Added note on non−x86 hardware to CPU section. Updated Motherboards section.
Added a link to the Sound HOWTO in the Sound cards section. Folded Related sources of
information section into introduction and removed dead links.
Revision 3.0.2 2001−05−10 Revised by: sjp
LDP−requested cleanup.
Revision 3.0.1 2001−05−07 Revised by: sjp
Updated modems section.
Revision 3.0.0 2001−04−22 Revised by: sjp
First DocBook version. Various updates.

This document attempts to list most of the hardware known to be either supported or unsupported under
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Table of Contents
1. Introduction.....................................................................................................................................................1
1.1. Notes on binary−only drivers...........................................................................................................1
1.2. Notes on commercial drivers............................................................................................................1
1.3. System architectures.........................................................................................................................1
1.4. Related sources of information.........................................................................................................2
1.5. Known problems with this document...............................................................................................2
1.6. New versions of this document.........................................................................................................2
1.7. Feedback and corrections..................................................................................................................3
1.8. Acknowledgments.............................................................................................................................3

2. Computers/Motherboards/BIOS...................................................................................................................4
2.1. Specific system/motherboard/BIOS..................................................................................................4
2.2. Unsupported......................................................................................................................................6

3. Laptops.............................................................................................................................................................7
3.1. Specific laptops.................................................................................................................................7
3.2. PCMCIA...........................................................................................................................................7

4. CPU/FPU.........................................................................................................................................................8
4.1. Intel...................................................................................................................................................8
4.2. AMD.................................................................................................................................................8
4.3. Cyrix.................................................................................................................................................8
4.4. IDT....................................................................................................................................................8
4.5. Transmeta..........................................................................................................................................8
4.6. Misc. notes........................................................................................................................................8

5. Memory..........................................................................................................................................................10

6. Video cards....................................................................................................................................................11
6.1. XFree86...........................................................................................................................................11
6.2. Commercial X servers.....................................................................................................................31
6.3. Kernel Framebuffer (fbdev)............................................................................................................31
6.4. SVGALIB (graphics for console)...................................................................................................32

7. Controllers (hard drive)...............................................................................................................................33

7.1. Alpha, Beta drivers.........................................................................................................................33

8. Controllers (SCSI)........................................................................................................................................34
8.1. Supported........................................................................................................................................34
8.2. Alpha, Beta drivers.........................................................................................................................37
8.3. Unsupported....................................................................................................................................37

9. SCSI RAID Controllers................................................................................................................................38

10. IDE RAID Controllers................................................................................................................................39

11. Controllers (I/O)..........................................................................................................................................40

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12. Controllers (multiport)...............................................................................................................................41
12.1. Non−intelligent cards....................................................................................................................41
12.1.1. Supported......................................................................................................................41
12.2. Intelligent cards.............................................................................................................................41
12.2.1. Supported......................................................................................................................41
12.2.2. Alpha, Beta drivers.......................................................................................................42

13. Network adapters........................................................................................................................................43

13.1. Supported......................................................................................................................................43
13.1.1. Ethernet.........................................................................................................................43
13.1.2. ISDN.............................................................................................................................44
13.1.3. WAN Cards...................................................................................................................45
13.1.4. Wireless........................................................................................................................47
13.1.5. Frame Relay, X.25, Synchronous PPP, Cisco HDLC..................................................48
13.1.6. Pocket and portable adapters........................................................................................48
13.1.7. Slotless..........................................................................................................................48
13.1.8. ARCnet.........................................................................................................................48
13.1.9. TokenRing....................................................................................................................48
13.1.10. FDDI...........................................................................................................................48
13.1.11. Amateur radio (AX.25)...............................................................................................49
13.1.12. PCMCIA cards............................................................................................................49
13.2. Alpha, Beta drivers.......................................................................................................................49
13.2.1. Ethernet.........................................................................................................................49
13.2.2. ISDN.............................................................................................................................49
13.2.3. ATM..............................................................................................................................49
13.2.4. Wireless........................................................................................................................49
13.3. Unsupported..................................................................................................................................49

14. Sound cards.................................................................................................................................................50

14.1. Supported......................................................................................................................................50
14.2. Alpha, Beta drivers.......................................................................................................................53
14.3. Unsupported..................................................................................................................................54

15. Hard drives..................................................................................................................................................55

15.1. Unsupported..................................................................................................................................55

16. Tape drives..................................................................................................................................................56

16.1. Supported......................................................................................................................................56
16.2. Alpha, Beta drivers.......................................................................................................................56
16.3. Unsupported..................................................................................................................................56

17. CD−ROM drives.........................................................................................................................................57

17.1. Supported......................................................................................................................................57
17.2. Alpha, Beta drivers.......................................................................................................................57
17.3. Notes.............................................................................................................................................58

18. CD−Writers.................................................................................................................................................59

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19. Removable drives........................................................................................................................................60

20. Mice..............................................................................................................................................................61
20.1. Supported......................................................................................................................................61
20.2. Alpha, Beta drivers.......................................................................................................................61
20.3. Notes.............................................................................................................................................61

21. Modems........................................................................................................................................................62

22. Printers/Plotters..........................................................................................................................................64
22.1. Ghostscript..................................................................................................................................104
22.1.1. Ghostscript 5.1 supported printers..............................................................................104
22.1.2. Alpha, Beta drivers.....................................................................................................105

23. Scanners.....................................................................................................................................................106
23.1. Supported....................................................................................................................................106
23.2. Alpha, Beta drivers.....................................................................................................................107
23.3. Unsupported................................................................................................................................107

24. USB.............................................................................................................................................................109
24.1. Digital Cameras..........................................................................................................................109
24.2. Miscellaneous.............................................................................................................................109

25. Other hardware.........................................................................................................................................110

25.1. Amateur Radio............................................................................................................................110
25.2. VESA Power Savings Protocol (DPMS) monitors.....................................................................110
25.3. Touch screens..............................................................................................................................110
25.4. Terminals on serial port..............................................................................................................110
25.5. Joysticks......................................................................................................................................110
25.6. Video capture boards / Frame Grabbers / TV tuner....................................................................111
25.7. Digital Camera............................................................................................................................112
25.7.1. Supported....................................................................................................................113
25.7.2. Unsupported................................................................................................................113
25.8. UPS.............................................................................................................................................113
25.9. Multifunction boards...................................................................................................................114
25.10. Data acquisition........................................................................................................................114
25.11. Watchdog timer interfaces........................................................................................................114
25.12. Miscellaneous...........................................................................................................................114

26. Appendix A. S3 cards supported by XFree86 3.3.x...............................................................................115

27. Appendix B. Supported PCMCIA cards................................................................................................124

27.1. Ethernet cards..............................................................................................................................124
27.2. Fast Ethernet (10/100baseT) adapters.........................................................................................126
27.3. Token−ring adapters...................................................................................................................127
27.4. Wireless network adapters..........................................................................................................127
27.5. ISDN...........................................................................................................................................128
27.6. Modem and serial cards..............................................................................................................128

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27.7. Memory cards.............................................................................................................................128
27.8. SCSI adapters..............................................................................................................................129
27.9. ATA/IDE CD−ROM adapters....................................................................................................129
27.10. Multifunction cards...................................................................................................................130
27.11. ATA/IDE card drives................................................................................................................131
27.12. ATA/IDE Interface Cards.........................................................................................................131
27.13. Parallel port cards:....................................................................................................................131
27.14. Miscellaneous cards..................................................................................................................131
27.15. Working on ..............................................................................................................................132
27.16. Unsupported..............................................................................................................................132

28. Appendix C. Supported Parallel Port devices........................................................................................133

28.1. Ethernet.......................................................................................................................................133
28.2. Hard drives..................................................................................................................................133
28.3. Tape drives..................................................................................................................................133
28.4. CD−ROM drives.........................................................................................................................133
28.5. Removable drives........................................................................................................................134
28.6. IDE Adapter................................................................................................................................134
28.7. SCSI Adapters.............................................................................................................................134
28.8. Digital Camera............................................................................................................................134
28.9. PCMCIA parallel port cards.......................................................................................................134

29. Appendix D. Plug and Play devices.........................................................................................................135

30. Appendix E. Linux incompatible Hardware..........................................................................................136

31. Glossary.....................................................................................................................................................140

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1. Introduction
This document lists most of the hardware components (not whole computers) known to be supported or not
supported under Linux, so reading through this document you can choose the components for your own
Linux computer and know what to avoid. As the list of components supported by Linux changes constantly,
this document will never be complete. If a component is not mentioned in this HOWTO, I simply have not
found support for the component and nobody has told me about support.

Subsections titled 'Alpha, Beta drivers' list hardware with alpha or beta drivers in varying degrees of
usability. 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.

1.1. Notes on binary−only drivers

Some devices are supported by binary−only modules; avoid these when you can. Binary−only modules are
modules which are compiled for ONE kernel version. The source code for these modules has NOT been
released. This may prevent you from upgrading or maintaining your system. It will also prevent you from
using the component on alternate (usually non−x86) architectures.

Linus Torvalds says "I allow binary−only modules, but I want people to know that they are _only_ ever
expected to work on the one version of the kernel that they were compiled for." (See
http://lwn.net/1999/0211/a/lt−binary.html for the rest of the message.)

1.2. Notes on commercial drivers

Various commercial drivers for sound, video, etc. exist for Linux. Tracking these commercial drivers is
beyond the scope of this document. These drivers might be mentioned at various points in this document, but
note that no effort has been made to make sure that this information is current.

1.3. System architectures

This document primarily deals with Linux for x86−based platforms. For other platforms, check the following:

• Alpha
• ARM
• CRIS (Axis Communications ETRAX 100LX embedded CPU)
• IA−64
• m68k
• MIPS
• PA−RISC
• PowerPC
• S/390
• SuperH
• SPARC

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There are also the ELKS and uClinux ports, which are forks of the mainstream kernel source designed for
MMU−less (mostly very low−end and embedded) systems.

1.4. Related sources of information

• The LDP has an index of hardware−related HOWTO documents.
• Price Watch (street price search engine, also useful for finding specs on various bits of hardware)
• Guide to Computer Vendors

1.5. Known problems with this document

This document can't possibly be up−to−date at all times. I would like to see this document be a useful
reference again. The following items need to be fixed for that to happen:

• Old cruft needs to be eliminated. Much of this document was written in 1995, give or take, when PCI
was new and not supported terribly well, and ISA PnP was seen as something evil. Oh, how the times
have changed...

Also, many of the model numbers listed in this document are no longer available, and are probably
not of much interest to the vast majority of people. Personally, I think hardware that hasn't been
available for more than 5 years or so can safely be removed. Old versions of this document will
always be available on the Internet...

• URLs in this document need updating. I've begun to do that, but it is a big job... Diffs are welcome.
• In the process of updating and converting this document to DocBook, some cruft was introduced. If
anyone wants to help clean up this, get the latest source (preferably by emailing me at
<[email protected]>) and grep for "FIXME".
• Lists in this HOWTO that are available in other HOWTOs or FAQs need to be either updated here or
dropped completely from this document. (A good example is the list of video cards supported by
XFree86.)
• Newer interfaces such as USB need to be added into the list. (Would a USB−attached hard drive go
under "USB", "Removable drives", "Hard drives", or all of the above?)
• And, of course, random hardware that just isn't listed in this document needs to be added.

All of this is going to require a lot of work. If this happens to interest you, please email
<[email protected]>. I can use the help. :−)

1.6. New versions of this document

The latest version of this document can be found on the Linux Documentation Project home site or any of its
many mirrors.

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1.7. Feedback and corrections

If you have questions or comments about this document, please feel free to email Steven Pritchard at
<[email protected]>. I also welcome corrections and additions. At some point in the near future, I plan
to set up a web interface for adding components to this document. In the mean time, please just use the word
"hardware" somewhere in the subject when sending corrections or additions.

1.8. Acknowledgments
This document has passed through many hands. I don't know if he wrote the first version, but in 1993 Ed
Carp was maintaining it. In August of 1994, FRiC (Boy of Destiny) took over. After he fell off the face of the
planet in late 1995 or early 1996 (and we all miss him from IRC, I might add), Patrick Reijnen took over
(sometime in 1997) and continued to maintain this document until late 1999.

Recent versions of this document contained the following:

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.

Many thanks to all those who have contributed to this document over the years.

In addition, I'd like to thank the many members of the Southern Illinois Linux Users Group and the Linux
Users of Central Illinois for giving me so many interesting problems to solve over the years, and, of course,
my wife Kara for putting up with me all these years. :−)

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2. Computers/Motherboards/BIOS
ISA, VLB, EISA, PCI, and AGP buses are all supported. All recent motherboards should work fine, although
certain integrated controllers may or may not work well (or at all).

2.1. Specific system/motherboard/BIOS

Please note that this is by no means a complete list. Please send updates.

Manufacturer Model Number Description Notes

Intel STL2 ServerWorks
chipset, dual
Socket 370
(PIII),
integrated
video (ATI),
ethernet
(eepro100),
and
dual−channel
SCSI (aic7xxx)
Intel 815EEA, 815EEA2L Intel 815 video,
chipset, Socket sound,
370 ethernet,
(PIII/Celeron), etc.
integrated are
video, audio, all
ethernet supported,
(815EEA2L although
only) they
require
recent
kernels
and
XFree86
SuperMicro 370DL3 ServerWorks
chipset, dual
Socket 370
(PIII),
integrated
ethernet
(eepro100),
SCSI (aic7xxx)
SuperMicro 370DLE ServerWorks
chipset, dual

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Socket 370
(PIII),
integrated
ethernet
(eepro100)
SuperMicro P6DGE Intel 440GX
chipset, dual
Slot 1
(PII/PIII/Celeron)
SuperMicro P6DBE Intel 440BX
chipset, dual
Slot 1
(PII/PIII/Celeron)
Soyo SY−K7VTA−B VIA KT133
chipset, Socket
A, integrated
ATA/100 and
AC97 audio
Tyan Thunder K7 AMD 760MP Early
(S2462NG/S2462UNG/S2462UNGM)
chipset, dual models
Athlon MP, apparently
integrated had
video (ATI bugs.
RAGE XL), Be
dual ethernet sure
(2 x 3Com you
3C920), have
dual−channel a
SCSI (Adaptec recent
AIC−7899W − BIOS
and a
S2462UNG/S2462UNGM
only) recent
2.2.x
or
2.4.x
kernel.

The following are old notes and are probably out of date.

• IBM PS/2 MCA systems

Supported since kernel version 2.0.7, but only for the stable kernel releases. For information you can
look at the Micro Channel Linux Home Page. Software for MCA systems can be found here.
Information on the MCA SCSI subsystem can be found here.

• 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 here.

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• The Zida 6MLX motherboard with PII Intel LX chipset is mentioned only to work with Linux when
the PII cache is disabled in BIOS. BIOS upgrade does not solve the problem. Symptom is random
reboots during or shortly after system boot.

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 here.
• Supermicro P5MMA98. Linux will not boot on this motherboard. A new (beta) release of the BIOS
which makes Linux boot, is available here.
• DataExpert Corp. ExpertColor TX531 V1.0 motherboard with chipset ACER M1531 (Date: 9729,
TS6) and ACER M1543 (Date: 9732 TS6) seems to present 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.

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3. Laptops
For more information about Linux and laptops, the following site is a good starting point.

• Linux Laptop Homepage

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

• Avanced Power Management

• Notebook battery status
• non−blinking cursor
• other general info

3.1. Specific laptops

• Compaq Concerto (pen driver)
• Compaq Contura Aero
• IBM ThinkPad
• IBM Thinkpad 770 series
• NEC Versa M and P
• Tadpole P1000
• Tadpole P1000 (another one)
• TI TravelMate 4000M
• TI TravelMate 5100
• Toshiba Satellite Pro 400CDT

3.2. PCMCIA
• PCMCIA

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

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4. CPU/FPU
Please see this note for more on non−x86 hardware.

4.1. Intel
Intel 386SX/DX/SL, 486SX/DX/SL/SX2/DX2/DX4, Pentium, Pentium Pro, Pentium II, Pentium III (regular
and Xeon versions), Pentium 4, and Celeron are all supported.

4.2. AMD
AMD 386SX/DX, 486SX/DX/DX2/DX4, K5, K6, K6−2, K6−3, and Athlon (all varieties, including MP) are
all supported. Older versions of K6 should be avoided as they are buggy. Setting "internal cache" disabled in
bios setup can be a workaround. Some early K6−2 300Mhz have problems with the system chips.

The old NexGen processors are also supported.

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.

4.3. Cyrix
Cyrix 386SX/DX, 486SX/DX, 5x86, 6x86, and MediaGX are all supported.

• enable cache on Cyrix processors

• Cyrix software cache control
• Cyrix 5x86 CPU register settings

4.4. IDT
IDT Winchip C6−PSME2006A processors are supported under Linux.

4.5. Transmeta
The Transmeta Crusoe processors are supported.

4.6. Misc. notes

Linux has built−in FPU emulation if you don't have a math coprocessor.

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Linux supports SMP (multiple CPUs) in all 2.x kernels. See the Linux SMP HOWTO for more information.

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)

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5. Memory
All memory like DRAM, EDO and SDRAM can be used with Linux. Be aware that older kernels or kernels
running on a mortherboard with an older BIOS may only be able to detect 64MB of RAM. If you have this
problem, 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 use a number higher than the amount of RAM you really have. This will cause crashes.

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6. Video cards
Please note that this section is currently being updated, so some information may not be entirely correct or
complete.

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. XFree86
The following is a list of cards known to work with XFree86 versions 3.3.6 and/or 4.1.0. See the XFree86
web site for more information.

Card Name Chipset XFree86 XFree86 Notes

3.3.x 4.x
server driver
2 the Max MAXColor S3 Trio64V+ S3 Trio64V+ XF86_S3 vga
2−the−Max MAXColor 6000 ET6000 XF86_SVGA
tseng
3DLabs Oxygen GMX PERMEDIA 2 XF86_3DLabs
glint
3DVision−i740 AGP Intel 740 XF86_SVGA
i740
3Dlabs Permedia2 (generic) PERMEDIA 2 XF86_3DLabs
glint
928Movie S3 928 XF86_S3 vga
ABIT G740 8MB SDRAM Intel 740 XF86_SVGA
i740
AGP 2D/3D V. 1N, AGP−740D Intel 740 XF86_SVGA
i740
AGX (generic) AGX−014/15/16XF86_AGX
vga
ALG−5434(E) CL−GD5434 XF86_SVGA
cirrus
AOpen AGP 2X 3D Navigator PA740 Intel 740 XF86_SVGA
i740
AOpen PA2010 Voodoo XF86_SVGA
tdfx
Banshee
AOpen PA45 SiS6326 XF86_SVGA
sis
AOpen PA50D SiS6326 XF86_SVGA
sis

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AOpen PA50E SiS6326 XF86_SVGA

sis
AOpen PA50V SiS6326 XF86_SVGA
sis
AOpen PA80/DVD SiS6326 XF86_SVGA
sis
AOpen PG128 S3 Trio3D XF86_SVGA
s3virge
AOpen PG975 3dimage975 XF86_SVGA
trident
AOpen PS3010 RIVATNT2 XF86_SVGA
nv
AOpen PT70 S3 ViRGE/DX XF86_SVGA
s3virge
AOpen PT75 S3 ViRGE/DX XF86_SVGA
s3virge
AOpen PT80 SiS6326 XF86_SVGA
sis
ARISTO i740 AGP (ART−i740−G) Intel 740 XF86_SVGA
i740
ASUS 3Dexplorer RIVA128 XF86_SVGA
nv
ASUS AGP−V2740 Intel 740 XF86_SVGA
i740
ASUS PCI−AV264CT ati XF86_Mach64
ati
ASUS PCI−V264CT ati XF86_Mach64
ati
ASUS Video Magic PCI V864 S3 864 XF86_S3 vga
ASUS Video Magic PCI VT64 S3 Trio64 XF86_S3 vga
AT25 Alliance AT3D XF86_SVGA
apm
AT3D Alliance AT3D XF86_SVGA
apm
ATI 3D Pro Turbo ati XF86_Mach64
ati
ATI 3D Pro Turbo PC2TV ati XF86_Mach64
ati
ATI 3D Xpression ati XF86_Mach64
ati
ATI 3D Xpression+ ati XF86_Mach64
ati
ATI 3D Xpression+ PC2TV ati XF86_Mach64
ati
ATI 8514 Ultra (no VGA) ATI−Mach8 XF86_Mach8
vga
ATI All−in−Wonder ati XF86_Mach64
ati
ATI All−in−Wonder 128 Pro AGP ati XF86_SVGA
r128
ATI All−in−Wonder Pro ati XF86_Mach64
ati
ATI Graphics Pro Turbo ati XF86_Mach64
ati
ATI Graphics Pro Turbo 1600 ati XF86_Mach64
ati
ATI Graphics Ultra ati XF86_Mach8
ati
ATI Graphics Ultra Pro ati XF86_Mach32
ati
ATI Graphics Xpression ati XF86_Mach64
ati
ATI Mach32 ati XF86_Mach32
ati
ATI Mach64 ati XF86_Mach64
ati
ATI Mach64 3D RAGE II ati XF86_Mach64
ati

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ATI Mach64 3D RAGE II+DVD ati XF86_Mach64

ati
ATI Mach64 3D Rage IIC ati XF86_Mach64
ati
ATI Mach64 3D Rage Pro ati XF86_Mach64
ati
ATI Mach64 CT (264CT) ati XF86_Mach64
ati
ATI Mach64 GT (264GT), aka 3D RAGE ati XF86_Mach64
ati
ATI Mach64 VT (264VT) ati XF86_Mach64
ati
ATI Radeon (generic) ati radeon
ATI Radeon AGP ati radeon
ATI Radeon AGP VIVO ati radeon
ATI Radeon All In Wonder AGP ati radeon
ATI Rage 128 ati XF86_SVGA
r128
ATI Rage 128 (generic) ati XF86_SVGA
r128
ATI Rage 128 Mobility ati r128
ATI Rage Fury AGP ati XF86_SVGA
r128
ATI Rage Fury Pro AGP ATI XF86_SVGA
r128
ATI Rage LT ati XF86_Mach64
ati
ATI Rage LT PRO ati XF86_Mach64
ati
ATI Rage Mobility ati ati
ATI Rage Mobility M4 AGP ati XF86_SVGA
r128
ATI Rage Mobility P ati XF86_Mach64
ati
ATI Rage XL ati XF86_SVGA
ati
ATI Rage XL AGP ati XF86_SVGA
ati
ATI Ultra Plus ati XF86_Mach32
ati
ATI Video Boost ati XF86_Mach64
ati
ATI Video Charger ati XF86_Mach64
ati
ATI Video Xpression ati XF86_Mach64
ati
ATI Video Xpression+ ati XF86_Mach64
ati
ATI WinBoost ati XF86_Mach64
ati
ATI WinCharger ati XF86_Mach64
ati
ATI WinTurbo ati XF86_Mach64
ati
ATI Wonder SVGA ati XF86_SVGA
ati
ATI XPERT 128 AGP ati XF86_SVGA
r128
ATI XPERT 99 AGP ati XF86_SVGA
r128
ATI Xpert 128 AGP ati XF86_SVGA
r128
ATI Xpert 2000 AGP ati XF86_SVGA
r128

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ATI Xpert 98 ati XF86_Mach64

ati
ATI Xpert 99 AGP ati XF86_SVGA
r128
ATI Xpert XL ati XF86_Mach64
ati
ATI Xpert@Play ati XF86_Mach64
ati
ATI Xpert@Play 98 ati XF86_Mach64
ati
ATI Xpert@Work ati XF86_Mach64
ati
ATI integrated on Intel Maui MU440EX motherboard ati XF86_Mach64
ati
ATrend ATC−2165A ET6000 XF86_SVGA
tseng
AccelStar Permedia II AGP PERMEDIA 2 XF86_3DLabs
glint
Acorp AGP i740 Intel 740 XF86_SVGA
i740
Actix GE32+ 2MB S3 801/805 XF86_S3 vga
Actix GE32i S3 805i XF86_S3 vga
Actix GE64 S3 864 XF86_S3 vga
Actix ProStar CL−GD5426/5428
XF86_SVGA
cirrus
Actix ProStar 64 CL−GD5434 XF86_SVGA
cirrus
Actix Ultra S3 928 XF86_S3 vga
Acumos AVGA3 CL−GD5420/2/4/6/8/9
XF86_SVGA
cirrus
Alliance ProMotion 6422 AP6422 XF86_SVGA
vga
Appian Jeronimo 2000 PERMEDIA 3 glint
Aristo ART−390−G S3 Savage3D S3 Savage XF86_SVGA
savage
Ark Logic ARK1000PV (generic) ARK1000PV XF86_SVGA
vga
Ark Logic ARK1000VL (generic) ARK1000VL XF86_SVGA
vga
Ark Logic ARK2000MT (generic) ARK1000MT XF86_SVGA
vga
Ark Logic ARK2000PV (generic) ARK1000PV XF86_SVGA
vga
Atrend (Speedy) 3DIO740 AGP (ATC−2740) Intel 740 XF86_SVGA
i740
Avance Logic 2101 Avance Logic XF86_SVGA
vga
Avance Logic 2228 Avance Logic XF86_SVGA
vga
Avance Logic 2301 Avance Logic XF86_SVGA
vga
Avance Logic 2302 Avance Logic XF86_SVGA
vga
Avance Logic 2308 Avance Logic XF86_SVGA
vga
Avance Logic 2401 Avance Logic XF86_SVGA
vga
Binar Graphics AnyView ET6000 XF86_SVGA
tseng
Boca Vortex (Sierra RAMDAC) AGX−015 XF86_AGX
vga
COMPAQ Armada 7380DMT S3 XF86_S3 vga
Aurora64V+

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COMPAQ Armada 7730MT S3 XF86_S3 vga

Aurora64V+
California Graphics SunTracer 6000 ET6000 XF86_SVGA
tseng
Canopus Co. Power Window 3DV S3 ViRGE XF86_SVGA
s3virge
Canopus SPECTRA 3200R2 RIVATNT XF86_SVGA
nv
Canopus SPECTRA 5400 RIVATNT2 XF86_SVGA
nv
Canopus SPECTRA 5400 Premium Edition RIVA XF86_SVGA
nv
ULTRA TNT2
Canopus Total−3D Verite 1000 XF86_SVGA
vga
Cardex Challenger (Pro) ET4000/W32(i/p)
XF86_SVGA
tseng
Cardex Cobra ET4000/W32(i/p)
XF86_SVGA
tseng
Cardex Trio64 S3 Trio64 XF86_S3 vga
Cardex Trio64Pro S3 Trio64 XF86_S3 vga
Chaintech AGP−740D Intel 740 XF86_SVGA
i740
Chaintech Desperado 3F10 Voodoo XF86_SVGA
tdfx
Banshee
Chaintech Desperado RI20 RIVA128 XF86_SVGA
nv
Chaintech Desperado RI30 RIVATNT XF86_SVGA
nv
Chaintech Desperado RI40/41 RIVATNT2 XF86_SVGA
nv
Chaintech Desperado RI50 RIVATNT2 XF86_SVGA
nv
Chaintech Desperado RI60 RIVATNT2 XF86_SVGA
nv
Chaintech Desperado SI21 SiS6326 XF86_SVGA
sis
Chaintech Desperado SI31 SiS6326 XF86_SVGA
sis
Chaintech Tornado I7000 Intel 740 XF86_SVGA
i740
Chaintech Tornado S6000 SiS6326 XF86_SVGA
sis
Chips & Technologies CT64200 ct64200 XF86_SVGA
chips
Chips & Technologies CT64300 ct64300 XF86_SVGA
chips
Chips & Technologies CT65520 ct65520 XF86_SVGA
chips
Chips & Technologies CT65525 ct65525 XF86_SVGA
chips
Chips & Technologies CT65530 ct65530 XF86_SVGA
chips
Chips & Technologies CT65535 ct65535 XF86_SVGA
chips
Chips & Technologies CT65540 ct65540 XF86_SVGA
chips
Chips & Technologies CT65545 ct65545 XF86_SVGA
chips
Chips & Technologies CT65546 ct65546 XF86_SVGA
chips
Chips & Technologies CT65548 ct65548 XF86_SVGA
chips
Chips & Technologies CT65550 ct65550 XF86_SVGA
chips

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Chips & Technologies CT65554 ct65554 XF86_SVGA

chips
Chips & Technologies CT65555 ct65555 XF86_SVGA
chips
Chips & Technologies CT68554 ct68554 XF86_SVGA
chips
Chips & Technologies CT69000 ct69000 XF86_SVGA
chips
Chips & Technologies CT69030 ct69030 XF86_SVGA
chips
Cirrus Logic GD542x CL−GD5420/2/4/6/8/9
XF86_SVGA
cirrus
Cirrus Logic GD543x CL−GD5430/5434/5436
XF86_SVGA
cirrus
Cirrus Logic GD5446 (noname card) CL−GD5446, XF86_SVGA
vga
1MB
(upgradable to
2MB).
Cirrus Logic GD544x CL−GD544x cirrus
Cirrus Logic GD5462 CL−GD5462 XF86_SVGA
cirrus
Cirrus Logic GD5464 CL−GD5464 XF86_SVGA
cirrus
Cirrus Logic GD5465 CL−GD5465 XF86_SVGA
cirrus
Cirrus Logic GD5480 CL−GD5480 XF86_SVGA
cirrus
Cirrus Logic GD62xx (laptop) CL−GD6205/15/25/35
XF86_SVGA
vga
Cirrus Logic GD64xx (laptop) CL−GD6420/6440
XF86_SVGA
vga
Cirrus Logic GD754x (laptop) CL−GD7541/42/43/48
XF86_SVGA
vga
Colorgraphic Dual Lightning ET4000/W32(i/p)
XF86_SVGA
tseng
Compaq Armada 7400 S3 ViRGE/MX XF86_SVGA
s3virge
Compaq Armada 7800 S3 ViRGE/MX XF86_SVGA
s3virge
Creative Blaster Exxtreme PERMEDIA 2 XF86_3DLabs
glint
Creative Graphics Blaster TNT2 RIVATNT2 XF86_SVGA
nv
Creative Labs 3D Blaster PCI (Verite 1000) Verite 1000 XF86_SVGA
vga
Creative Labs Graphics Blaster 3D CL−GD5464 XF86_SVGA
cirrus
Creative Labs Graphics Blaster Eclipse (OEM Model CT6510) CL−GD5465 XF86_SVGA
cirrus
Creative Labs Graphics Blaster MA201 CL−GD544x cirrus
Creative Labs Graphics Blaster MA202 CL−GD544x cirrus
Creative Labs Graphics Blaster MA302 CL−GD5462 XF86_SVGA
cirrus
Creative Labs Graphics Blaster MA334 CL−GD5464 XF86_SVGA
cirrus
Creative Labs Savage 4 3D Blaster
Cyrix MediaGX MediaGX XF86_SVGA
cyrix
DFI−WG1000 CL−GD5420/2/4/6/8/9
XF86_SVGA
cirrus
DFI−WG5000 ET4000/W32(i/p)
XF86_SVGA
tseng
DFI−WG6000 WD90C33 XF86_SVGA
vga

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DSV3325 S3 ViRGE XF86_SVGA

s3virge
DSV3326 S3 Trio64V+ XF86_S3 vga
DataExpert DSV3325 S3 ViRGE XF86_SVGA
s3virge
DataExpert DSV3365 S3 Trio64V+ XF86_S3 vga
Dell S3 805 S3 801/805 XF86_S3 vga
Dell onboard ET4000 ET4000 XF86_SVGA
tseng
Diamond Edge 3D nv1 XF86_SVGA
vga
Diamond Fire GL 1000 PERMEDIA XF86_3DLabs
glint
Diamond Fire GL 1000 PRO PERMEDIA 2 XF86_3DLabs
glint
Diamond Fire GL 3000 GLINT 500TX XF86_3DLabs
glint
Diamond Monster Fusion Voodoo XF86_SVGA
tdfx
Banshee
Diamond Multimedia Stealth 3D 2000 S3 ViRGE XF86_SVGA
s3virge
Diamond Multimedia Stealth 3D 2000 PRO S3 ViRGE/DX XF86_SVGA
s3virge
Diamond SpeedStar (Plus) ET4000 XF86_SVGA
tseng
Diamond SpeedStar 24 ET4000 XF86_SVGA
tseng
Diamond SpeedStar 24X (not fully supported) WD90C31 XF86_SVGA
vga
Diamond SpeedStar 64 CL−GD5434 XF86_SVGA
cirrus
Diamond SpeedStar A50 SiS6326 XF86_SVGA
sis
Diamond SpeedStar HiColor ET4000 XF86_SVGA
tseng
Diamond SpeedStar Pro (not SE) CL−GD5426/28XF86_SVGA
cirrus
Diamond SpeedStar Pro 1100 CL−GD5420/2/4/6/8/9
XF86_SVGA
cirrus
Diamond SpeedStar Pro SE (CL−GD5430/5434) CL−GD5430/5434/5436
XF86_SVGA
cirrus
Diamond SpeedStar64 Graphics 2000/2200 CL−GD5434 XF86_SVGA
cirrus
Diamond Stealth 24 S3 801/805 XF86_S3 vga
Diamond Stealth 32 ET4000/W32(i/p)
XF86_SVGA
tseng
Diamond Stealth 3D 2000 S3 ViRGE XF86_SVGA
s3virge
Diamond Stealth 3D 2000 PRO S3 ViRGE/DX XF86_SVGA
s3virge
Diamond Stealth 3D 3000 S3 ViRGE/VX XF86_SVGA
s3virge
Diamond Stealth 3D 4000 S3 XF86_SVGA
s3virge
ViRGE/GX2
Diamond Stealth 64 DRAM SE S3 Trio32 XF86_S3 vga
Diamond Stealth 64 DRAM with S3 SDAC S3 864 XF86_S3 vga
Diamond Stealth 64 DRAM with S3 Trio64 S3 Trio64 XF86_S3 vga
Diamond Stealth 64 VRAM S3 964 XF86_S3 vga

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Diamond Stealth 64 Video VRAM (TI RAMDAC) S3 968 XF86_S3 vga

Diamond Stealth II S220 Verite 2100 XF86_SVGA
vga
Diamond Stealth II/G460 AGP Intel 740 XF86_SVGA
i740
Diamond Stealth III (S520/S540)
Diamond Stealth Pro S3 928 XF86_S3 vga
Diamond Stealth VRAM S3 911/924 XF86_S3 vga
Diamond Stealth Video 2500 Alliance AT24 XF86_SVGA
apm
Diamond Stealth Video DRAM S3 868 XF86_S3 vga
Diamond Stealth64 Graphics 2001 series ARK2000PV XF86_SVGA
vga
Diamond Stealth64 Graphics 2xx0 series (864 + SDAC) S3 864 XF86_S3 vga
Diamond Stealth64 Graphics 2xx0 series (Trio64) S3 Trio64 XF86_S3 vga
Diamond Stealth64 Video 2001 series (2121/2201) S3 Trio64V+ XF86_S3 vga
Diamond Stealth64 Video 2120/2200 S3 868 XF86_S3 vga
Diamond Stealth64 Video 3200 S3 968 XF86_S3 vga
Diamond Stealth64 Video 3240/3400 (IBM RAMDAC) S3 968 XF86_S3 vga
Diamond Stealth64 Video 3240/3400 (TI RAMDAC) S3 968 XF86_S3 vga
Diamond Viper 330 RIVA128 XF86_SVGA
nv
Diamond Viper 550 RIVATNT XF86_SVGA
nv
Diamond Viper 770 RIVATNT2 XF86_SVGA
nv
Diamond Viper PCI 2Mb Weitek 9000 XF86_P9000
vga
Diamond Viper Pro Video Weitek P9100 XF86_SVGA
vga
Diamond Viper VLB 2Mb Weitek 9000 XF86_P9000
vga
Digital 24−plane TGA (ZLXp−E2) TGA XF86_TGA
tga
Digital 24−plane+3D TGA (ZLXp−E3) TGA XF86_TGA
tga
Digital 8−plane TGA (UDB/Multia) TGA XF86_TGA
tga
Digital 8−plane TGA (ZLXp−E1) TGA XF86_TGA
tga
EIZO (VRAM) AGX−014/15/16XF86_AGX
vga
ELSA ERAZOR II RIVATNT XF86_SVGA
nv
ELSA ERAZOR III RIVATNT2 XF86_SVGA
nv
ELSA GLoria Synergy PERMEDIA 2 XF86_3DLabs
glint
ELSA GLoria−L GLINT 500TX XF86_3DLabs
glint
ELSA GLoria−L/MX GLINT MX XF86_3DLabs
glint
ELSA GLoria−S PERMEDIA XF86_3DLabs
glint
ELSA GLoria−XL GLINT MX XF86_3DLabs
glint
ELSA GLoria−XXL GLINT MX XF86_3DLabs
glint

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ELSA Gloria−4 S3 968 XF86_S3 vga

ELSA Gloria−8 S3 968 XF86_S3 vga
ELSA Synergy II RIVATNT2 XF86_SVGA
nv
ELSA VICTORY ERAZOR RIVA128 XF86_SVGA
nv
ELSA VICTORY ERAZOR LT RIVA128 XF86_SVGA
nv
ELSA Victory 3D S3 ViRGE XF86_SVGA
s3virge
ELSA Victory 3DX S3 ViRGE/DX XF86_SVGA
s3virge
ELSA WINNER 1000/T2D
ELSA Winner 1000 R3D RIVA128 XF86_SVGA
nv
ELSA Winner 1000AVI (AT&T 20C409 version) S3 868 XF86_S3 vga
ELSA Winner 1000AVI (SDAC version) S3 868 XF86_S3 vga
ELSA Winner 1000ISA S3 805i XF86_S3 vga
ELSA Winner 1000PRO with S3 SDAC S3 864 XF86_S3 vga
ELSA Winner 1000PRO with STG1700 or AT&T RAMDAC S3 864 XF86_S3 vga
ELSA Winner 1000PRO/X S3 868 XF86_S3 vga
ELSA Winner 1000TRIO S3 Trio64 XF86_S3 vga
ELSA Winner 1000TRIO/V S3 Trio64V+ XF86_S3 vga
ELSA Winner 1000TwinBus S3 928 XF86_S3 vga
ELSA Winner 1000VL S3 928 XF86_S3 vga
ELSA Winner 2000 S3 928 XF86_S3 vga
ELSA Winner 2000/Office PERMEDIA 2 XF86_3DLabs
glint
ELSA Winner 2000AVI S3 968 XF86_S3 vga
ELSA Winner 2000AVI/3D S3 ViRGE/VX XF86_SVGA
s3virge
ELSA Winner 2000PRO−2 S3 964 XF86_S3 vga
ELSA Winner 2000PRO−4 S3 964 XF86_S3 vga
ELSA Winner 2000PRO/X−2 S3 968 XF86_S3 vga
ELSA Winner 2000PRO/X−4 S3 968 XF86_S3 vga
ELSA Winner 2000PRO/X−8 S3 968 XF86_S3 vga
ELSA Winner 3000 S3 ViRGE/VX XF86_SVGA
s3virge
ELSA Winner 3000−L−42 S3 ViRGE/VX XF86_SVGA
s3virge
ELSA Winner 3000−M−22 S3 ViRGE/VX XF86_SVGA
s3virge
ELSA Winner 3000−S S3 ViRGE XF86_SVGA
s3virge
EONtronics Picasso 740 Intel 740 XF86_SVGA
i740
EONtronics Van Gogh Intel 740 XF86_SVGA
i740
EPSON CardPC (onboard) SPC8110 XF86_SVGA

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EPSON SPC8110 (CardPC) SPC8110 XF86_SVGA

vga
ET3000 (generic) ET3000 XF86_SVGA
tseng
ET4000 (generic) ET4000 XF86_SVGA
tseng
ET4000 W32i, W32p (generic) ET4000/W32(i/p)
XF86_SVGA
tseng
ET4000/W32 (generic) ET4000/W32 XF86_W32tseng
ET6000 (generic) ET6000 XF86_SVGA
tseng
ET6100 (generic) ET6100 XF86_SVGA
tseng
ET6300 (generic) ET6300 XF86_SVGA
tseng
EliteGroup(ECS) 3DVision−i740 AGP Intel 740 XF86_SVGA
i740
Elsa Victory II Voodoo XF86_SVGA
tdfx
Banshee
Elsa Winner T3D S3 Trio3D XF86_SVGA
s3virge
Everex MVGA i740/AG Intel 740 XF86_SVGA
i740
ExpertColor DSV3325 S3 ViRGE XF86_SVGA
s3virge
ExpertColor DSV3365 S3 Trio64V+ XF86_S3 vga
Flagpoint Shocker i740 8MB Intel 740 XF86_SVGA
i740
Gainward CardExpert 740 8MB Intel 740 XF86_SVGA
i740
Gainward Challenger EV ET6000 XF86_SVGA
tseng
Generic VGA compatible Generic VGA XF86_VGA16
vga
Genoa 5400 ET3000 XF86_SVGA
tseng
Genoa 8500VL(−28) CL−GD5426/28XF86_SVGA
cirrus
Genoa 8900 Phantom 32i ET4000/W32(i/p)
XF86_SVGA
tseng
Genoa Phantom 64i with S3 SDAC S3 864 XF86_S3 vga
Genoa Systems Phantom 740 Intel 740 XF86_SVGA
i740
Genoa VideoBlitz III AV S3 968 XF86_S3 vga
Gigabyte Predator i740 8MB AGP Intel 740 XF86_SVGA
i740
Graphics Blaster TNT RIVATNT XF86_SVGA
nv
Guillemot Maxi Gamer Xentor 32 RIVATNT2 XF86_SVGA
nv
HOT−158 (Shuttle) Intel 740 XF86_SVGA
i740
Hercules Dynamite ET4000/W32 XF86_W32tseng
Hercules Dynamite 128/Video ET6000 XF86_SVGA
tseng
Hercules Dynamite 3D/GL PERMEDIA 2 XF86_3DLabs
glint
Hercules Dynamite Power ET4000/W32(i/p)
XF86_SVGA
tseng
Hercules Dynamite Pro ET4000/W32(i/p)
XF86_SVGA
tseng
Hercules Dynamite TNT RIVATNT XF86_SVGA
nv

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Hercules Graphite HG210 AGX−014 XF86_AGX

vga
Hercules Graphite Power AGX−016 XF86_AGX
vga
Hercules Graphite Pro AGX−015 XF86_AGX
vga
Hercules Graphite Terminator 64 S3 964 XF86_S3 vga
Hercules Graphite Terminator 64/DRAM S3 Trio64 XF86_S3 vga
Hercules Graphite Terminator Pro 64 S3 968 XF86_S3 vga
Hercules Stingray ALG−2228/2301/2302
XF86_SVGA
vga
Hercules Stingray 128 3D Alliance AT3D XF86_SVGA
apm
Hercules Stingray 64/V with ICS5342 ARK2000MT XF86_SVGA
vga
Hercules Stingray 64/V with ZoomDAC ARK1000PV XF86_SVGA
vga
Hercules Stingray Pro ARK1000PV XF86_SVGA
vga
Hercules Stingray Pro/V ARK1000PV XF86_SVGA
vga
Hercules Terminator 128 2X/i AGP Intel 740 XF86_SVGA
i740
Hercules Terminator 128/3D S3 Trio3D XF86_SVGA
s3virge
Hercules Terminator 3D/DX S3 ViRGE/DX XF86_SVGA
s3virge
Hercules Terminator 64/3D S3 ViRGE XF86_SVGA
s3virge
Hercules Terminator 64/Video S3 Trio64V+ XF86_S3 vga
Hercules Thriller3D Verite 2200 XF86_SVGA
vga
Integral FlashPoint ET4000/W32(i/p)
XF86_SVGA
tseng
Intel 5430 CL−GD5430 XF86_SVGA
cirrus
Intel 740 (generic) Intel 740 XF86_SVGA
i740
Intel 810 Intel 810 XF86_SVGA
i810
Intel 815 Intel 815 XF86_SVGA
i810
Intel Express 3D AGP Intel 740 XF86_SVGA
i740
Interay PMC Viper ET6000 XF86_SVGA
tseng
JAX 8241 S3 801/805 XF86_S3 vga
Jaton Video−58P ET6000 XF86_SVGA
tseng
Jaton Video−70P CL−GD5464 XF86_SVGA
cirrus
Jaton Video−740 AGP 3D Intel 740 XF86_SVGA
i740
Jazz Multimedia G−Force 128 ET6000 XF86_SVGA
tseng
Jetway J−740−3D 8MB AGP, i740 AGP 3D Intel 740 XF86_SVGA
i740
Joymedia Apollo 7400 Intel 740 XF86_SVGA
i740
KouTech KeyVision 128 EV ET6000 XF86_SVGA
tseng
LeadTek WinFast 3D S600 S3 ViRGE XF86_SVGA
s3virge
LeadTek WinFast 3D S680 XF86_SVGA
s3virge

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S3
ViRGE/GX2
LeadTek WinFast S200 ET4000/W32(i/p)
XF86_SVGA
tseng
LeadTek WinFast S430 S3 968 XF86_S3 vga
LeadTek WinFast S510 S3 968 XF86_S3 vga
Leadtek WinFast 2300 PERMEDIA 2 XF86_3DLabs
glint
Leadtek WinFast 3D S320 RIVATNT XF86_SVGA
nv
Leadtek WinFast 3D S320II RIVATNT2 XF86_SVGA
nv
Leadtek WinFast 3D S3500 RIVA128 XF86_SVGA
nv
Leadtek Winfast S900 Intel 740 XF86_SVGA
i740
MAXI Gamer AGP 8 MB Intel 740 XF86_SVGA
i740
MELCO WGA−TS RIVATNT2 XF86_SVGA
nv
MELCO WGP−VG4S S3 ViRGE XF86_SVGA
s3virge
MELCO WGP−VX8 S3 ViRGE/VX XF86_SVGA
s3virge
MSI MS−4417 SiS6326 XF86_SVGA
sis
MachSpeed VGA ET6000 ET6000 XF86_SVGA
tseng
Machspeed Raptor i740 AGP 4600 Intel 740 XF86_SVGA
i740
Magic−Pro MP−740DVD Intel 740 XF86_SVGA
i740
Matrox Comet ET4000/W32(i/p)
XF86_SVGA
tseng
Matrox Marvel II ET4000/W32(i/p)
XF86_SVGA
tseng
Matrox Millennium mga2064w XF86_SVGA
mga
Matrox Millennium G200 mgag200 XF86_SVGA
mga
Matrox Millennium G400 mgag400 XF86_SVGA
mga
Matrox Millennium G450 mgag450 mga
Matrox Millennium II mga2164w XF86_SVGA
mga
Matrox Mystique mga1064sg XF86_SVGA
mga
Matrox Mystique G200 mgag200 XF86_SVGA
mga
Matrox Productiva G100 mgag100 XF86_SVGA
mga
MediaVision Proaxcel 128 ET6000 XF86_SVGA
tseng
Mirage Z−128 ET6000 XF86_SVGA
tseng
Miro CRYSTAL VRX Verite 1000 XF86_SVGA
vga
Miro Crystal 10SD with GenDAC S3 801/805 XF86_S3 vga
Miro Crystal 12SD S3 Trio32 XF86_S3 vga
Miro Crystal 16S S3 928 XF86_S3 vga
Miro Crystal 20SD PCI with S3 SDAC S3 868 XF86_S3 vga

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Miro Crystal 20SD VLB with S3 SDAC (BIOS 3.xx) S3 864 XF86_S3 vga
Miro Crystal 20SD with ICD2061A (BIOS 2.xx) S3 864 XF86_S3 vga
Miro Crystal 20SD with ICS2494 (BIOS 1.xx) S3 864 XF86_S3 vga
Miro Crystal 20SV S3 964 XF86_S3 vga
Miro Crystal 22SD S3 Trio64 XF86_S3 vga
Miro Crystal 40SV S3 964 XF86_S3 vga
Miro Crystal 80SV S3 968 XF86_S3 vga
Miro Crystal 8S S3 801/805 XF86_S3 vga
Miro Crystal DVD SiS6326 XF86_SVGA
sis
Miro MiroMedia 3D S3 ViRGE XF86_SVGA
s3virge
Miro MiroVideo 20TD ET4000/W32(i/p)
XF86_SVGA
tseng
Miro Video 20SV S3 968 XF86_S3 vga
NVIDIA GeForce GeForce XF86_SVGA
nv
NVIDIA GeForce 2 (generic) GeForce 2 nv
NVIDIA GeForce 2 GTS (generic) GeForce 2 nv
NVIDIA GeForce 2 Go (generic) GeForce 2 nv
NVIDIA GeForce 2 MX (generic) GeForce 2 nv
NVIDIA GeForce 256 (generic) GeForce 256 nv
NVIDIA GeForce 3 (generic) GeForce 3 nv
NVIDIA GeForce DDR (generic) GeForce DDR nv
NVIDIA Riva 128 (generic) RIVA128 XF86_SVGA
nv
NVIDIA Riva TNT (generic) RIVATNT XF86_SVGA
nv
NVIDIA Riva TNT2 (generic) RIVATNT2 XF86_SVGA
nv
NatSemi Geode MediaGX XF86_SVGA
cyrix
NeoMagic (laptop/notebook) neomagic
NeoMagic 128XD (laptop/notebook) neomagic
NeoMagic 256 (laptop/notebook) MagicGraph neomagic
256 series
Number Nine FX Motion 331 S3 Trio64V+ XF86_S3 vga
Number Nine FX Motion 332 S3 ViRGE XF86_SVGA
s3virge
Number Nine FX Motion 531 S3 868 XF86_S3 vga
Number Nine FX Motion 771 S3 968 XF86_S3 vga
Number Nine FX Reality 772 S3 ViRGE/VX XF86_SVGA
s3virge
Number Nine FX Vision 330 S3 Trio64 XF86_S3 vga
Number Nine GXE Level 10/11/12 S3 928 XF86_S3 vga

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Number Nine GXE Level 14/16 S3 928 XF86_S3 vga

Number Nine GXE64 S3 864 XF86_S3 vga
Number Nine GXE64 Pro S3 964 XF86_S3 vga
Number Nine GXE64 with S3 Trio64 S3 Trio64 XF86_S3 vga
Number Nine Imagine 128 I128 XF86_I128i128
Number Nine Imagine 128 (2−8MB) I128 XF86_I128i128
Number Nine Imagine 128 Series 2 (2−4MB) I128 XF86_I128i128
Number Nine Imagine 128 T2R I128 XF86_I128i128
Number Nine Revolution 3D AGP T2R I128 XF86_I128i128
Number Nine Revolution IV (T2R4) I128 XF86_I128i128
Number Nine Visual 9FX Reality 332 S3 ViRGE XF86_SVGA
s3virge
Oak 87 ISA (generic) Oak OTI−087 XF86_SVGA
vga
Oak 87 VLB (generic) Oak OTI−087 XF86_SVGA
vga
Oak ISA Card (generic) Oak XF86_SVGA
vga
OTI−067/77
Ocean (octek) VL−VGA−1000 ARK1000VL XF86_SVGA
vga
Octek AVGA−20 CL−GD5420 XF86_SVGA
cirrus
Octek Combo−26 CL−GD5426 XF86_SVGA
cirrus
Octek Combo−28 CL−GD5428 XF86_SVGA
cirrus
Octek VL−VGA−26 CL−GD5426 XF86_SVGA
cirrus
Octek VL−VGA−28 CL−GD5428 XF86_SVGA
cirrus
Orchid Celsius (AT&T RAMDAC) AGX−015 XF86_AGX
vga
Orchid Celsius (Sierra RAMDAC) AGX−015 XF86_AGX
vga
Orchid Fahrenheit 1280 S3 801 XF86_S3 vga
Orchid Fahrenheit VA S3 801/805 XF86_S3 vga
Orchid Fahrenheit−1280+ S3 801/805 XF86_S3 vga
Orchid Kelvin 64 CL−GD5434 XF86_SVGA
cirrus
Orchid Kelvin 64 VLB Rev A CL−GD5434 XF86_SVGA
cirrus
Orchid Kelvin 64 VLB Rev B CL−GD5434 XF86_SVGA
cirrus
Orchid P9000 VLB Weitek 9000 XF86_P9000
vga
Orchid Technology Fahrenheit Video 3D S3 ViRGE XF86_SVGA
s3virge
PC−Chips M567 Mainboard SiS5597 XF86_SVGA
sis
Palit Daytona AGP740 Intel 740 XF86_SVGA
i740
Paradise Accelerator Value Oak OTI−087 XF86_SVGA
vga
Paradise/WD 90CXX WD90CXX XF86_SVGA
vga

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PixelView Combo TV 3D AGP (Prolink) CL−GD5465, XF86_SVGA

vga
4MB
PixelView Combo TV Pro (Prolink) CL−GD5480, XF86_SVGA
vga
4MB
PowerColor C740 (SG/SD) AGP Intel 740 XF86_SVGA
i740
QDI Amazing I Intel 740 XF86_SVGA
i740
RIVA TNT RIVATNT XF86_SVGA
nv
RIVA TNT2 RIVATNT2 XF86_SVGA
nv
RIVA Ultra TNT2 RIVA XF86_SVGA
nv
ULTRA TNT2
RIVA128 RIVA128 XF86_SVGA
nv
Real3D Starfighter AGP Intel 740 XF86_SVGA
i740
Real3D Starfighter PCI Intel 740 XF86_SVGA
i740
Rendition Verite 1000 Verite 1000 XF86_SVGA
vga
Rendition Verite 2x00 Verite 2x00 XF86_SVGA
vga
Revolution 3D T2R I128 XF86_I128i128
S3 801/805 (generic) S3 801/805 XF86_S3 vga
S3 801/805 with ATT20c490 RAMDAC S3 801/805 XF86_S3 vga
S3 801/805 with ATT20c490 RAMDAC and ICD2061A S3 801/805 XF86_S3 vga
S3 801/805 with Chrontel 8391 S3 801/805 XF86_S3 vga
S3 801/805 with S3 GenDAC S3 801/805 XF86_S3 vga
S3 801/805 with SC1148{2,3,4} RAMDAC S3 801/805 XF86_S3 vga
S3 801/805 with SC1148{5,7,9} RAMDAC S3 801/805 XF86_S3 vga
S3 864 (generic) S3 864 XF86_S3 vga
S3 864 with ATT 20C498 or 21C498 S3 864 XF86_S3 vga
S3 864 with SDAC (86C716) S3 864 XF86_S3 vga
S3 864 with STG1703 S3 864 XF86_S3 vga
S3 868 (generic) S3 868 XF86_S3 vga
S3 868 with ATT 20C409 S3 868 XF86_S3 vga
S3 868 with ATT 20C498 or 21C498 S3 868 XF86_S3 vga
S3 868 with SDAC (86C716) S3 868 XF86_S3 vga
S3 86C260 (ViRGE/MX) S3 ViRGE/MX XF86_SVGA
s3virge
S3 86C280 (ViRGE/MX+) S3 ViRGE/MX XF86_SVGA
s3virge
S3 86C325 (ViRGE) S3 ViRGE XF86_SVGA
s3virge
S3 86C357 (ViRGE/GX2) S3 XF86_SVGA
s3virge
ViRGE/GX2

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S3 86C365 (Trio3D) S3 Trio3D XF86_SVGA

s3virge
S3 86C368 (Trio3D/2X) S3 Trio3D XF86_SVGA
s3virge
S3 86C375 (ViRGE/DX) S3 ViRGE/DX XF86_SVGA
s3virge
S3 86C385 (ViRGE/GX) S3 ViRGE/GX XF86_SVGA
s3virge
S3 86C390 (Savage3D) S3 Savage XF86_SVGA
savage
S3 86C391 (Savage3D) S3 Savage XF86_SVGA
savage
S3 86C395 (Savage4 Pro+)
S3 86C396 (Savage4)
S3 86C397 (Savage4)
S3 86C764 (Trio64) S3 Trio64 XF86_S3 vga
S3 86C765 (Trio64V+) S3 Trio64V+ XF86_S3 vga
S3 86C775 (Trio64V2/DX) S3 Trio64V2 XF86_S3 vga
S3 86C785 (Trio64V2/GX)
S3 86C801 (generic) S3 801/805 XF86_S3 vga
S3 86C805 (generic) S3 801/805 XF86_S3 vga
S3 86C864 (generic) S3 864 XF86_S3 vga
S3 86C868 (generic) S3 868 XF86_S3 vga
S3 86C911 (generic) S3 911/924 XF86_S3 vga
S3 86C924 (generic) S3 911/924 XF86_S3 vga
S3 86C928 (generic) S3 928 XF86_S3 vga
S3 86C964 (generic) S3 964 XF86_S3 vga
S3 86C968 (generic) S3 968 XF86_S3 vga
S3 86C988 (ViRGE/VX) S3 ViRGE/VX XF86_SVGA
s3virge
S3 86CM65 (Aurora64V+) S3 XF86_S3 vga
Aurora64V+
S3 911/924 (generic) S3 911/924 XF86_S3 vga
S3 924 with SC1148 DAC S3 924 XF86_S3 vga
S3 928 (generic) S3 928 XF86_S3 vga
S3 964 (generic) S3 964 XF86_S3 vga
S3 968 (generic) S3 968 XF86_S3 vga
S3 Aurora64V+ (generic) S3 XF86_S3 vga
Aurora64V+
S3 Savage (generic) S3 Savage XF86_SVGA
savage
S3 Savage 2000 (generic) S3 Savage2000 XF86_SVGA
savage
S3 Savage/MX S3 Savage XF86_SVGA
savage

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S3 Savage3D S3 Savage XF86_SVGA

savage
S3 Savage4
S3 Savage4 (generic) S3 Savage XF86_SVGA
savage
S3 Savage4 Pro+
S3 Trio32 (generic) S3 Trio32 XF86_S3 vga
S3 Trio3D S3 Trio3D XF86_SVGA
s3virge
S3 Trio3D/2X S3 Trio3D XF86_SVGA
s3virge
S3 Trio64 (generic) S3 Trio64 XF86_S3 vga
S3 Trio64V+ (generic) S3 Trio64V+ XF86_S3 vga
S3 Trio64V2 (generic) S3 Trio64V2 XF86_S3 vga
S3 Trio64V2/DX (generic) S3 Trio64V2 XF86_S3 vga
S3 Trio64V2/GX (generic) S3 Trio64V2 XF86_S3 vga
S3 ViRGE (generic) S3 ViRGE XF86_SVGA
s3virge
S3 ViRGE (old S3V server) S3 ViRGE XF86_S3V
S3 ViRGE/DX (generic) S3 ViRGE/DX XF86_SVGA
s3virge
S3 ViRGE/GX (generic) S3 ViRGE/GX XF86_SVGA
s3virge
S3 ViRGE/GX2 (generic) S3 XF86_SVGA
s3virge
ViRGE/GX2
S3 ViRGE/MX (generic) S3 ViRGE/MX XF86_SVGA
s3virge
S3 ViRGE/MX+ (generic) S3 ViRGE/MX XF86_SVGA
s3virge
S3 ViRGE/VX (generic) S3 ViRGE/VX XF86_SVGA
s3virge
S3 Vision864 (generic) S3 864 XF86_S3 vga
S3 Vision868 (generic) S3 868 XF86_S3 vga
S3 Vision964 (generic) S3 964 XF86_S3 vga
S3 Vision968 (generic) S3 968 XF86_S3 vga
SHARP 9080 S3 XF86_S3 vga
Aurora64V+
SHARP 9090 S3 XF86_S3 vga
Aurora64V+
SNI PC5H W32 ET4000/W32(i/p)
XF86_SVGA
tseng
SNI Scenic W32 ET4000/W32(i/p)
XF86_SVGA
tseng
SPEA Mercury 64 S3 964 XF86_S3 vga
SPEA Mirage S3 801/805 XF86_S3 vga
SPEA/V7 Mercury S3 928 XF86_S3 vga
SPEA/V7 Mirage P64 S3 864 XF86_S3 vga
SPEA/V7 Mirage P64 with S3 Trio64 S3 Trio64 XF86_S3 vga

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SPEA/V7 Mirage VEGA Plus ALG−2228 XF86_SVGA

vga
SPEA/V7 ShowTime Plus ET4000/W32(i/p)
XF86_SVGA
tseng
STB Horizon CL−GD5426/28XF86_SVGA
cirrus
STB Horizon Video CL−GD5440 cirrus
STB LightSpeed ET4000/W32(i/p)
XF86_SVGA
tseng
STB LightSpeed 128 ET6000 XF86_SVGA
tseng
STB MVP−2 ET4000 XF86_SVGA
tseng
STB MVP−2 PCI ET4000/W32(i/p)
XF86_SVGA
tseng
STB MVP−2X ET4000/W32(i/p)
XF86_SVGA
tseng
STB MVP−4 PCI ET4000/W32(i/p)
XF86_SVGA
tseng
STB MVP−4X ET4000/W32(i/p)
XF86_SVGA
tseng
STB Nitro (64) CL−GD5434 XF86_SVGA
cirrus
STB Nitro 3D S3 ViRGE/GX XF86_SVGA
s3virge
STB Nitro 64 Video CL−GD5446 cirrus
STB Pegasus S3 928 XF86_S3 vga
STB Powergraph 64 S3 Trio64 XF86_S3 vga
STB Powergraph 64 Video S3 Trio64V+ XF86_S3 vga
STB Powergraph X−24 S3 801/805 XF86_S3 vga
STB Systems Powergraph 3D S3 ViRGE XF86_SVGA
s3virge
STB Systems Velocity 3D S3 ViRGE/VX XF86_SVGA
s3virge
STB Velocity 128 RIVA128 XF86_SVGA
nv
STB Velocity 64 Video S3 968 XF86_S3 vga
STB nvidia 128 RIVA128 XF86_SVGA
nv
SiS 300 SiS300 XF86_SVGA
SiS 3D PRO AGP SiS6326 XF86_SVGA
sis
SiS 530 SiS530 XF86_SVGA
sis
SiS 540 SiS540 XF86_SVGA
sis
SiS 5597 SiS5597 XF86_SVGA
sis
SiS 5598 SIS5598 XF86_SVGA
sis
SiS 620 SIS620 XF86_SVGA
sis
SiS 630 SiS630 XF86_SVGA
sis
SiS 6326 SiS6326 XF86_SVGA
sis
SiS SG86C201 SIS86C201 XF86_SVGA
sis
SiS SG86C205 SIS86C205 XF86_SVGA
sis
SiS SG86C215 SIS86C215 XF86_SVGA
sis

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SiS SG86C225 SIS86C225 XF86_SVGA

sis
Sierra Screaming 3D Verite 1000 XF86_SVGA
vga
Sigma Concorde ET4000/W32 XF86_W32tseng
Sigma Legend ET4000 XF86_SVGA
tseng
Silicon Motion Lynx (generic) Lynx XF86_SVGA
siliconmotion
Silicon Motion LynxEM Lynx XF86_SVGA
siliconmotion
Soyo AGP (SY−740 AGP) Intel 740 XF86_SVGA
i740
Spacewalker Hot−158 Intel 740 XF86_SVGA
i740
Spider Black Widow AGX−015 XF86_AGX
vga
Spider Black Widow Plus AGX−016 XF86_AGX
vga
Spider Tarantula 64 S3 964 XF86_S3 vga
Spider VLB Plus CL−GD5428 XF86_SVGA
cirrus
TechWorks Thunderbolt ET4000/W32 XF86_W32tseng
Techworks Ultimate 3D CL−GD5464 XF86_SVGA
cirrus
Toshiba Satellite 2050 CDS S3 ViRGE/MX XF86_SVGA
s3virge
Toshiba Satellite 2520 CDS S3 ViRGE/MX XF86_SVGA
s3virge
Toshiba Satellite 4030CDT Cyber9525 XF86_SVGA
trident
Toshiba Satellite 4060CDT Cyber9525 XF86_SVGA
trident
Toshiba Satellite 4080CDT Cyber9525 XF86_SVGA
trident
Toshiba Tecra 540CDT S3 ViRGE/MX XF86_SVGA
s3virge
Toshiba Tecra 550CDT S3 ViRGE/MX XF86_SVGA
s3virge
Toshiba Tecra 750CDT S3 ViRGE/MX XF86_SVGA
s3virge
Toshiba Tecra 750DVD S3 ViRGE/MX XF86_SVGA
s3virge
Trident 3DImage975 (generic) 3dimage975 XF86_SVGA
trident
Trident 3DImage975 AGP 3dimage975 XF86_SVGA
trident
Trident 3DImage985 (generic) 3dimage985 XF86_SVGA
trident
Trident 8900/9000 (generic) TVGA8900/9000XF86_SVGA
vga
Trident 8900D (generic) TVGA8900D XF86_SVGA
vga
Trident 9910 CyberBladeXP XF86_SVGA
trident
Trident 9930 CyberBladeXPmXF86_SVGA
trident
Trident Blade3D (generic) Blade3D XF86_SVGA
trident
Trident Cyber 9320 (generic) Cyber9320 XF86_SVGA
trident
Trident Cyber 9325 (generic) Cyber9325 XF86_SVGA
trident
Trident Cyber 9382 (generic) Cyber9382 XF86_SVGA
trident
Trident Cyber 9385 (generic) Cyber9385 XF86_SVGA
trident

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Trident Cyber 9388 (generic) Cyber9388 XF86_SVGA

trident
Trident Cyber 9397 (generic) Cyber9397 XF86_SVGA
trident
Trident Cyber 939a (generic) Cyber939a trident
Trident Cyber 9520 (generic) Cyber9520 trident
Trident Cyber 9525 (generic) Cyber9525 XF86_SVGA
trident
Trident CyberBlade (generic) CyberBlade XF86_SVGA
trident
Trident CyberBladeXP CyberBladeXP XF86_SVGA
trident
Trident CyberBladeXPm CyberBladeXPmXF86_SVGA
trident
Trident Providia 9682 (generic) Providia9682 trident
Trident Providia 9685 (generic) Providia9685 trident
Trident TGUI9400CXi (generic) TGUI9400CXi XF86_SVGA
trident
Trident TGUI9420 (generic) TGUI9420 trident
Trident TGUI9420DGi (generic) TGUI9420DGi XF86_SVGA
trident
Trident TGUI9430DGi (generic) TGUI9430DGi XF86_SVGA
trident
Trident TGUI9440 (generic) TGUI9440 XF86_SVGA
trident
Trident TGUI9660 (generic) TGUI9660 XF86_SVGA
trident
Trident TGUI9680 (generic) TGUI9680 XF86_SVGA
trident
Trident TGUI9682 (generic) TGUI9682 XF86_SVGA
trident
Trident TGUI9685 (generic) TGUI9685 XF86_SVGA
trident
Trident TVGA 8800BR Generic VGA XF86_VGA16
vga
Trident TVGA 8800CS Generic VGA XF86_VGA16
vga
Trident TVGA9200CXr (generic) TVGA9200CXr XF86_SVGA
vga
Unsupported VGA compatible Generic VGA XF86_VGA16
vga
VI720 CL−GD5434 XF86_SVGA
cirrus
VL−41 S3 801/805 XF86_S3 vga
VidTech FastMax P20 S3 864 XF86_S3 vga
VideoExcel AGP 740 Intel 740 XF86_SVGA
i740
VideoLogic GrafixStar 300 S3 Trio64 XF86_S3 vga
VideoLogic GrafixStar 400 S3 Trio64V+ XF86_S3 vga
VideoLogic GrafixStar 500 S3 868 XF86_S3 vga
VideoLogic GrafixStar 550 CL−GD5464 XF86_SVGA
cirrus
VideoLogic GrafixStar 560 (PCI/AGP) CL−GD5465 XF86_SVGA
cirrus
VideoLogic GrafixStar 600 ET6000 XF86_SVGA
tseng
VideoLogic GrafixStar 700 S3 968 XF86_S3 vga
ViewTop PCI ET4000/W32(i/p)
XF86_SVGA
tseng

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ViewTop ZeusL 8MB Intel 740 XF86_SVGA

i740
Voodoo Banshee (generic) Voodoo XF86_SVGA
tdfx
Banshee
Voodoo Rush (generic) Voodoo Rush XF86_SVGA
tdfx
Voodoo3 (generic) Voodoo3 XF86_SVGA
tdfx
Voodoo5 (generic) Voodoo5 tdfx
WD 90C24 (laptop) WD90C24 XF86_SVGA
vga
WD 90C24A or 90C24A2 (laptop) WD90C24A XF86_SVGA
vga
Weitek P9100 (generic) Weitek P9100 XF86_SVGA
vga
WinFast S200 ET4000/W32(i/p)
XF86_SVGA
tseng
WinFast S430 S3 968 XF86_S3 vga
WinFast S510 S3 968 XF86_S3 vga
Winfast S900 i740 AGP 8MB Intel 740 XF86_SVGA
i740
XGA−1 (ISA bus) XGA−1 XF86_AGX
vga
XGA−2 (ISA bus) XGA−2 XF86_AGX
vga

6.2. 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. Contact the vendors directly or check the Commercial
HOWTO for more info.

• Xi Graphics (Accelerated−X)
• Metro Link (Metro−X)

6.3. Kernel Framebuffer (fbdev)

The kernel supports a graphical console on some video cards. This support was originally designed for
non−x86 architectures which generally do not have text−capable video cards. It was integrated into the kernel
in 2.2, and now supports various video cards.

More information can be found at linux−fbdev.org.

The following cards are supported:

• Amiga builtin chipset (amifb)

• ATARI builtin chipset (atafb)
• ATI Rage128 (aty128fb)
• ATI Mach64, RageII, RageII+, RageIIc (atyfb)
• Hercules Graphics Adaptor (hgafb)
• Matrox Millennium I, Millennium II, Mystique, G200 (matroxfb)

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• PowerMAC "platinum" (platinumfb)

• S3 Savage4 (savagefb)
• 3Dfx Voodoo, Voodoo2, Voodoo3 (tdfxfb)
• S3 Trio64 (trio64fb)
• All VESA 2.0 cards (vesafb)

6.4. 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

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7. Controllers (hard drive)
Enhanced IDE (EIDE) interfaces are supported, including support for UDMA and ATA/33, ATA/66, and so
on for some controllers and compatible drives. Linux will detect these IDE interfaces:

• CMD−640 (Support for buggy interfaces in kernel 2.2)

• RZ1000 (Support for buggy interfaces in kernel 2.2)
• AEC62XX
• ALI M15x3
• AMD Viper
• CY82C693
• Cyrix CS5530 MediaGX
• HPT34X
• HPT366
• Intel PIIXn
• NS87415
• OPTi 82C621
• Promise PDC20246/PDC20262/PDC20267
• ServerWorks OSB4
• SiS5513
• SLC90E66
• Tekram TRM290
• VIA82CXXX
• DTC 2278D
• FGI/Holtek HT−6560B VLB (Support for secondary interface in kernel 2.2)
• Triton I (82371FB) (with busmaster DMA)
• Triton II (82371SB) (with busmaster DMA)
• ALI M14xx
• Promise DC4030
• QDI QD6580
• UMC 8672

Please see the IDE RAID controller section for information on IDE controllers with hardware RAID support.

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.

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

Generic 8 bit XT controllers also work.

7.1. Alpha, Beta drivers

• UMC 8672 interfaces (experimental in kernel 2.2)
• Promise DC4030VL caching interface card (experimental support in kernel 2.2)

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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.

Please see the SCSI RAID controller section for information on SCSI controllers with hardware RAID
support.

8.1. Supported
• AMI Fast Disk (VLB/EISA) (BusLogic compatible)
• Adaptec AVA−1502E (ISA/VLB) (AIC−6360) (AHA1520)
• Adaptec AVA−1505/1515 (ISA) (Adaptec AHA−152x compatible)
• Adaptec AVA−1825 (VLB) (Adaptec AHA−152x compatible)

This card has a SCSI, EIDE and floppy port which all work nicely.

• 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/274xT (EISA) (AIC−7771). The 274xT is supported since kernel series 2.1.x
(AHA2740)
• Adaptec AHA−284x (VLB) (AIC−7770) (AHA2740)
• Adaptec AHA−2910B (PCI) (since kernel series 2.1.x)
• Adaptec AHA−2920 (PCI). Use the Future Domain driver. LILO parameters are needed when used
for hard disks.
• Adaptec AHA−2920C (PCI)
• Adaptec AHA−2930/U/U2 (PCI)
• Adaptec AHA−2940/U/W/AU/UW/U2W/U2/U2B/U2BOEM (PCI) (AIC−7861, AIC−7871,
AIC−7844, AIC−7881, AIC−7884). Some of these are only supported since kernel series 2.1.x
(AHA2740)
• Adaptec AHA−2944D/WD/UD/UWD (PCI). Some of these are only supported since kernel series
2.1.x (AHA2740)
• Adaptec AHA−2950U2/U2B/U2W
• Adaptec AHA−3940/U/W/UW/AUW/U2W (PCI) (AIC−7872, AIC−7882) (since 1.3.6). Some of
these are only supported since kernel series 2.1.x
• Adaptec AHA−3950U2B/U2D
• Adaptec AHA−3985U/W/UW (PCI) (AIC−7873, AIC−7883). Some of these are only supported
since kernel series 2.1.x
• Adaptec PCI controllers with AIC−7850, AIC−7855, AIC−7860
• Adaptec on board controllers with AIC−777x (EISA), AIC−785x, AIC−786x, AIC−787x (PCI),
AIC−788x (PCI), AIC−789x, AIC−3860. AIC−786x and AIC−789x are supported since kernel series
2.1.x
• AdvanSys ABP510/5150 Bus−Master (ISA)

(more info)

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• AdvanSys ABP5140 Bus−Master (ISA) PnP

(more info)

• AdvanSys ABP5142 Bus−Master (ISA) PnP with floppy

(more info)

• AdvanSys ABP920 Bus−Master (PCI)

(more info)

• AdvanSys ABP930/U Bus−Master (PCI/Ultra>)

(more info)

• AdvanSys ABP960/U Bus−Master (PCI/ULTRA) MAC/PC

(more info)

• AdvanSys ABP542 Bus−Master (ISA) with floppy (single channel)

(more info)

• AdvanSys ABP742 Bus−Master (EISA) (single channel)

(more info)

• AdvanSys ABP842 Bus−Master (VL) (single channel)

(more info)

• AdvanSys ABP940/U Bus−Master (PCI/Ultra) (single channel)

(more info)

• AdvanSys ABP970/U Bus−Master (PCI/Ultra) MAC/PC (single channel)

(more info)

• AdvanSys ABP752 Dual Channel Bus−Master (EISA) (dual channel)

(more info)

• AdvanSys ABP852 Dual Channel Bus−Master (VL) (dual channel)

(more info)

• AdvanSys ABP950 Dual Channel Bus−Master (PCI) (dual channel)

(more info)

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• Always IN2000
• AMD AM53C974
• BusLogic FlashPoint LT/DL/LW/DW (BT−930(R), BT−920, BT−932(R), BT−950(R), BT−952(R))

(more info)

• Compaq Smart Array 2

• DPT PM2001, PM2012A (EATA−PIO)
• DPT Smartcache/SmartRAID Plus,III,IV families (ISA/EISA/PCI) (EATA−DMA)

Take a look at this page for more information. Cards in these families are PM2011, PM2021,
PM2041, PM3021, PM2012B, PM2022, PM2122, PM2322, PM2042, PM3122, PM3222, PM3332,
PM2024, PM2124, PM2044, PM2144, PM3224, PM3334

• DTC 3180/3280
• 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 here. 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 here. 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.
• Iomega PPA3 parallel port SCSI Host Bus Adapter embedded in ZIP drive
• Initio Corp. INI−9090U INI−9100, INI−9100W/A/UW, INI−9200U/UW, INI−9400U/UW,
INI−9520U/UW, INI−A100U2W
• Initio Corp. INIC−950
• Media Vision Pro Audio Spectrum 16 SCSI (ISA)
• Mylex (formerly BusLogic) W Series (PCI) (BT−948, BT−958, BT−958D)
• Mylex (formerly BusLogic) C Series (ISA/EISA/VLB/PCI) (BT−946C, BT−956C, BT−956CD,
BT−445, BT−747C, BT−757C, BT−757CD, BT−545C, BT−540CF)
• Mylex (formerly Buslogic) S Series (ISA/EISA/VLB) (BT−445S, BT−747S, BT−747D, BT−757S,
BT−757D, BT−545S, BT−542D, BT−742A, BT−542B)
• Mylex (formerly BusLogic) A Series (ISA/EISA) (BT−742A, BT−542B)
• 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 (the 53C710 is only supported in PCI variant)
• NCR chips 53C810(A), 53C815, 53C820, 53C825(A), 53C860, 53C875, 53C895 (53C895 supported
'on paper')
• Qlogic / Control Concepts SCSI/IDE (FAS408) (ISA/VLB)
• Qlogic FASXXX/FASXX family of chips (ISA/VLB)
• QLogic IQ−PCI, IQ−PCI−10, IQ−PCI−D (PCI) (ISP1020 chip)
• Quantum ISA−200S, ISA−250MG
• Seagate ST−01/ST−02 (ISA)
• SIIG Ultrawide SCSI Pro (Initio chipset).
• SoundBlaster 16 SCSI−2 (Adaptec 152x compatible) (ISA)
• Tekram DC−390, DC−390W/U/F

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• Trantor T128/T128F/T228 (ISA)

• UltraStor 14F (ISA), 24F (EISA), 34F (VLB)
• Western Digital WD7000 SCSI

8.2. Alpha, Beta drivers

• AMD AM79C974 (PCI) (Compaq, HP, Zeos onboard SCSI)

(driver)

• Adaptec ACB−40xx SCSI−MFM/RLL bridgeboard

(driver)

• Always Technologies AL−500

(driver)

• Iomega PC2/2B

(driver)

• Ricoh GSI−8

(driver)

8.3. Unsupported
• Adaptec AHA 2940UW Pro
• Adaptec AAA−13x RAID Adapters
• Adaptec AAA−113x Raid Port Cards
• Adaptec AIC−7810
• NCR chip 53C710 (ISA) (old obsolete chip, but still used in some Compaq models)
• Non Adaptec compatible DTC boards (327x, 328x)

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This is by no means a complete list. This section will be updated in a future revision of this document.

• Mylex RAID controllers

More information can be found here.

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10. IDE RAID Controllers
• Tekram D690CD IDE PCI Cache Controller (with RAID level 1 Mirroring and caching)
• ARCO Inc. DupliDisk IDE disk mirroring controller

Support for ATA, IDE, E−IDE and UDMA drive. Controllers available can be plugged into ISA and
PCI slots, and directly into the IDE controller. Furthermore, 3.5−inch and 5.25−inch Bay Mount units
are available that fit into the respective drive bays. More information at Arco's web site. Make sure
you have at least rev 3.00 of the firmware.

• 3ware Escalade IDE RAID controllers

3ware's 5000−series and 6000−series controllers have been supported since kernel 2.2.15. Support
for the 7000−series controllers and RAID5 on the 6000−series controllers requires kernel 2.4.5 or
2.2.20 or better. Also make sure to use a recent firmware for RAID 5, since older firmware revisions
(and older versions of the driver) can cause data corruption when a RAID 5 array runs degraded.

• Adaptec ATA RAID 2400A

4−port ATA/100 controller which supports RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 1+0, and RAID 5. Use the
dpt_i2o driver, which is included in recent 2.4.x kernels.

• Promise SuperTRAK SX6000

6−port ATA/100 controller which supports RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 1+0, RAID 3, and RAID 5. Use
the pti_st driver or the generic i2o drivers. Be sure to set the BIOS on the card for "Other OS" instead
of "Linux", and check for firmware updates.

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11. 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
< [email protected]>

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12. Controllers (multiport)
12.1. Non−intelligent cards
12.1.1. 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.

12.2. Intelligent cards

12.2.1. Supported
• Computone IntelliPort II (4/8/16 port)

(driver)

• Cyclades Cyclom−Y (RISC−based, 8−32 ports) (ISA/PCI)

(driver)

• Cyclades−Z (high−end, 16−64 ports) (PCI)

(driver)

• DigiBoard PC/Xe (ISA), PC/Xi (EISA) and PC/Xeve

(driver)

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• Equinox SST Intelligent serial I/O cards

(driver)

• 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 (driver)
• Stallion EasyIO (ISA) / EasyConnection 8/32 (ISA/MCA) / EasyConnection 8/64 (PCI) For DIP
switch settings and configuration files check (driver)
• Stallion EasyConnection 8/64 (ISA/EISA) / ONboard (ISA/EISA/MCA) / Brumby (ISA) The latest
driver can be found at (driver)

12.2.2. Alpha, Beta drivers

• Comtrol RocketPort (8/16/32 port)

(driver) (kernels 1.2.x). A driver for kernels 2.x can be found at (driver)

• DigiBoard COM/Xi Contact Simon Park ([email protected]) or Mark Hatle

([email protected]). 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

(driver)

• RISCom/8
• Specialix SIO/XIO (modular, 4 to 32 ports)

(driver)

• Specialix IO8+ Contact

[email protected]

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13. Network adapters
13.1. Supported
13.1.1. Ethernet
Ethernet adapters vary greatly in performance. In general the newer the design the better. Some very old
cards like the 3Com 3c501 are only useful because they can be found in junk heaps for $5 a time. Be careful
with clones, not all are good clones and bad clones often cause erratic lockups under Linux. Read the
Ethernet HOWTO for detailed descriptions of various cards.

For ethernet cards with the DECchip DC21x4x family the "Tulip" driver is available. More information on
this driver can be found at Donald Becker's site.

• 3Com 3c501 − "avoid like the plague" (3c501 driver)

• 3Com 3c503 (3c503 driver), 3c505 (3c505 driver), 3c507 (3c507 driver), 3c509/3c509B (ISA) /
3c579 (EISA)
• 3Com Etherlink III Vortex Ethercards (3c590, 3c592, 3c595, 3c597) (PCI), 3Com Etherlink XL
Boomerang (3c900, 3c905) (PCI) and Cyclone (3c905B, 3c980) Ethercards (3c59x driver) and 3Com
Fast EtherLink Ethercard (3c515) (ISA) (3c515 driver) Newer versions of this drivers are available at
Donald Becker's site Avoid the 3c900 card when possible as the driver is not functioning well for this
card.
• 3Com 3ccfe575 Cyclone Cardbus (3c59x driver)
• 3Com 3c575 series Cardbus (3c59x driver) (ALL PCMCIA ??)
• AMD LANCE (79C960) / PCnet−ISA/PCI (AT1500, HP J2405A, NE1500/NE2100)
• AT&T GIS WaveLAN
• Allied Telesis AT1700
• Allied Telesis LA100PCI−T
• Allied Telesyn AT2400T/BT ("ne" module)
• Ansel Communications AC3200 (EISA)
• Apricot Xen−II / 82596
• Cabletron E21xx
• Cogent EM110
• Crystal Lan CS8920, Cs8900 (driver)
• Danpex EN−9400
• DEC DE425 (EISA) / DE434/DE435 (PCI) / DE450/DE500 (DE4x5 driver)
• DEC DE450/DE500−XA (dc21x4x) (Tulip driver)
• DEC DEPCA and EtherWORKS
• DEC EtherWORKS 3 (DE203, DE204, DE205)
• DEC QSilver's (Tulip driver)
• Digi International RightSwitch
• DLink DE−220P, DE−528CT, DE−530+, DFE−500TX, DFE−530TX
• 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) Driver here, more
information at Donald Becker's site
• ICL EtherTeam 16i / 32 (EISA)
• Intel EtherExpress

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• Intel EtherExpress Pro

• KTI ET16/P−D2, ET16/P−DC ISA (work jumperless and with hardware−configuration options)
• Macromate MN−220P (PnP or NE2000 mode)
• NCR WaveLAN
• 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)
• Sun LANCE adapters (kernel 2.2 and newer)
• Sun Intel adapters (kernel 2.2 and newer)
• Schneider & Koch G16
• Western Digital WD80x3
• Zenith Z−Note / IBM ThinkPad 300 built−in adapter
• Znyx 312 etherarray (Tulip driver)

13.1.2. ISDN
• ISDN for Linux WWW page
• ISDN4Linux tools are available from here.

• 3Com Sonix Arpeggio (driver)

• ASUSCOM Network Inc. ISDNLink 128K PC adapter (HiSax)
• AVM A1 (HiSax)
• AVM B1 (avmb1)
• Combinet EVERYWARE 1000 ISDN (driver)
• Compaq ISDN S0 (ISA) (HiSax)
• Creatix PnP S0 (HiSax)
• Dr. Neuhaus Niccy PnP/PCI (HiSax)
• Dynalink IS64PH (HiSax)
• Eicon.Diehl Diva 2.0 (ISA/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 SO−8/SO−16.0/SO−16.3/SO−16.3c/SO−16.4 and compatible ones (HiSax)
• Traverse Technologie NETjet PCI S0 (HiSax)
• USR Sportster internal TA (HiSax)
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work.

13.1.3. WAN Cards

Manufacturer Model Bus Driver Notes

name
Cyclades PC300/RSV
PCI 1 or 2 ports,
RS−232 and
V.35
Cyclades PC300/X21
PCI 1 or 2 ports,
X.21
Cyclades PC300/TE
PCI 1 or 2 ports,
T1 and E1
Emerging Technologies Inc. ET/5025ISA 1 port, 8−bit
Emerging Technologies Inc. ET/5025−16
ISA 1 port,
16−bit
Emerging Technologies Inc. ET/5025−25
ISA 2 port,
16−bit
Emerging Technologies Inc. ET/5025pq
PCI 4 port
FarSite Communications FarSync PCI 2 port
X21
T2P/WAN
T2P
FarSite Communications FarSync PCI 4 port
X21
T4P/WAN
T4P
ImageStream WANic PCI See 1 or 2
520 ImageStream's
synchronous
web site serial, T1,
or E1 ports
ImageStream WANic PCI See 4 or 8
600 ImageStream's
synchronous
web site serial, T1,
or E1 ports
ImageStream WANic PCI See 1 or 2 HSSI,
720 ImageStream's
DS3, or E3
web site ports with
i960
co−processor
ImageStream WANic PCI See 1 or 2 HSSI,
800 ImageStream's
DS3, or E3

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web site ports

ImageStream WANic PCI See 1 ATM
1000 ImageStream's
DS3/E3,
web site single mode
OC3, or
multimode
OC3
ImageStream Aries CompactPCI
See 1 or 2
500 ImageStream's
synchronous
web site serial ports
ImageStream Aries CompactPCI
See 4 or 8
600 ImageStream's
synchronous
web site serial, T1,
or E1
ImageStream Aries CompactPCI
See 1 or 2 HSSI,
720 ImageStream's
DS3, or E3
web site ports with
i960
co−processor
ImageStream Aries CompactPCI
See 1 or 2 HSSI,
800 ImageStream's
DS3, or E3
web site ports
ImageStream Maxim PCI See 1, 2, or 4
520 Mezzanine
ImageStream's
synchronous
Card web site serial, T1,
(PMC) or E1 ports
ImageStream Maxim PCI See 4
600 Mezzanine
ImageStream's
synchronous
Card web site serial + 4
(PMC) T1 or E1
ports
ImageStream Maxim PCI See 1 or 2 HSSI
800 Mezzanine
ImageStream's
ports
Card web site
(PMC)
ImageStream Maxim PCI See 1 ATM
1000 Mezzanine
ImageStream's
DS3/E3,
Card web site single mode
(PMC) OC3, or
multimode
OC3
ImageStream ATM/OC12
PCI See 1 ATM
Mezzanine
ImageStream's
OC12 port
Card web site (32/64−bit
(PMC) PMC)

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Sangoma S514/FT1PCI Wanpipe 1.54Mbps

(T1). The
card can be
configured
to support
from
64kbps to
1.54Mbps.
Sangoma S5141 PCI Wanpipe RS232/V.35/X.21on
dual ports.
Main port is
4Mpbs,
secondary is
512kbps.
Sangoma S5142 PCI Wanpipe RS232/V.35/X.21on
four ports.
Main ports
are 4Mpbs,
secondaries
are
512kbps.
Functionally
identical to
two separate
S5141 cards.
Sangoma S508/FT1ISA Wanpipe 1.54Mbps
(T1). The
card can be
configured
to support
from
64kbps to
1.54Mbps.
Sangoma S508 ISA Wanpipe 4Mbps,
RS232/V.35/X.21
Sangoma S503 ISA Wanpipe 64kbps,
RS232/V.35/X.21
Sangoma S502 ISA Wanpipe obsolete
card

13.1.4. Wireless
• ZCOM WL2420 ISA Product information can be found here. Object file kernel drivers are available
here.

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13.1.5. Frame Relay, X.25, Synchronous PPP, Cisco HDLC

See WAN cards section.

13.1.6. Pocket and portable adapters

• For more information on Linux and use of the parallel port, go to the Linux Parallel Port Home
Page ( alternate location). Check Appendix C for a complete list of supported parallel port devices
(excluding printers).

13.1.7. Slotless
• SLIP/CSLIP/PPP (serial port)
• EQL (serial IP load balancing)
• PLIP (parallel port) − using ``LapLink cable'' or bi−directional cable

13.1.8. ARCnet
• Works with all ARCnet cards

13.1.9. TokenRing
Take a look at the token ring web site here.

• 3Com 3C619/B/C Tokenlink 16/4 (ibmtr)

• 3Com 3C319 Velocity ISA (ibmtr)
• IBM PCI token ring adapter
• IBM Wake on Lan TR adapter
• IBM 16/4 TR PCI Adapter 2, Adapter 2 Wake on Lan, Adapter 2 Wake on Lan Special
• IBM High Speedd 100/16/4 token ring
• IBM ISA 16/4, MCA 16/4 (ibmtr)
• IBM Tropic chipset cards
• Olicom RapidFire 3139, 3140, 3141, 3540 (more info)
• Olicom OC−3136, OC−3137, OC−3138, OC−3129 (more info)
• Madge Smart 100/16/4 PCI, 16/4 PCI Mk3, 16/4 PCI Mk2 (more info)
• Madge Presto PCI, 16/4 CardBus (more info)
• Syskonnect TR4/16(+) SK−4190 ISA, SK−4590 PCI, SK−4591 PCI (sktr)

13.1.10. FDDI
• DEC DEFEA (EISA) / DEFPA (PCI) (kernel 2.0.24 and later)

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13.1.11. Amateur radio (AX.25)

• Gracilis PackeTwin
• Ottawa PI/PI2
• Most generic 8530 based HDLC boards

13.1.12. PCMCIA cards

• See Appendix B for complete list or the webpages of David Hinds here.

13.2. Alpha, Beta drivers

13.2.1. Ethernet
• Racal−Interlan NI5210 (i82586 Ethernet chip). Improved support in kernel 2.2 and newer
• 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)??

13.2.2. ISDN
• SpellCaster's Datacomute/BRI, Telecomute/BRI (ISA) (sc)

13.2.3. ATM
• Efficient Networks ENI155P−MF 155 Mbps ATM adapter (PCI) (driver)

13.2.4. Wireless
• Proxim RangeLan2 7100 (ISA) / 630x (OEM mini−ISA) (driver)

13.3. Unsupported
• 3Com 3C359 Velocity XL PCI
• 3Com 3C339 Velocity PCI
• IBM PCI LANStreamer, MCA LANStreamer token ring
• Intel TokenExpress PRO, TokenExpress 16/4
• Sysconnect / Schneider & Koch Token Ring cards (all of them)

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14. Sound cards
More information on sound drivers and sound cards can be found on Alan Cox's OSS page, ALSA, and the
Linux Sound HOWTO.

14.1. Supported
• 4Front Technology Virtual Mixer (includes SoftOSS)
• 4Front Technology Virtual Synth (SoftOSS)
• 6850 UART MIDI
• A−Plus Sound of Music (OPL3−SA)
• A−Trend Harmony 3Ds751 (PCI)
• AcerMagic S23
• Adlib FM synthesizer card
• Adlib MSC 16 PnP (CS4235)
• AMD Interwave reference card
• ARC Probook
• Audio Excell DSP16
• Avance Logic ALS−007 chip based cards. Code for this chip is integrated in the Sound Blaster 16
driver. Isapnptools should be used for configuration.
• AW32 Pro (R2.2−W2)
• AW35 (CS4237)
• AW37 Pro (CS4235)
• Aztech Sound Galaxy NX Pro, NX Pro 16, WaveRider 32+
• Aztech Washington
• BTC Mozart Sound System
• BTC−1831 Sound Card (Opti 1688)
• Bravo Sound Card (Opti 82C930)
• Bull PowerPc builtin audio
• CDR4235−6/−8
• CS32−3DI
• Compaq Deskpro XL integrated Business Audio
• Creative EMU8000 add on (PnP)
• Creative Phone Blaster 28.8/33.6
• Creative Sound Blaster 1.0 to 2.0
• Creative Sound Blaster Pro
• Creative Sound Blaster 16
• Creative Sound Blaster 16 ASP
• Creative Sound Blaster 16 PnP (type−1 up to type−10)
• Creative Sound Blaster 16 Vibra
• Creative Sound Blaster 2.x
• Creative Sound Blaster 32/AWE
• Creative Sound Blaster 32/AWE PnP (type−1 up to type−10)
• Creative Sound Blaster AWE64 (type−1 up to type−7)
• Creative Sound Blaster AWE64 Gold (type−1 and type−2)
• Creative Sound Blaster PCI64/128
• Creative Sound Blaster AWE64/Gold and 16/32/AWE PnP cards need to be activated using
isapnptools

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• Creative ViBRA16C/CL/S (type−1 and type−2) PnP

• Creative ViBRA16X PnP (half duplex only)
• CrystaLake Crystal Clear Series 100
• Crystal Audio (CS4235)
• Crystal CRD4236B−1E
• Crystal CRD4237B−5/−8
• Crystal CSC0B35 (CS4236B)
• Crystal CX4237B−SIDE
• Crystal Onboard PnP Audio (CS4235)
• Dell Latidude builtin audio
• Diamond Crystal MM PC/104
• Digital AXP builtin audio
• ECHO−PSS cards (Orchid SoundWave32, Cardinal DSP16)
• ESS 1868, 1869 (type−1 and type−2), 1878, 1879, 1968 PnP AudioDrive
• Ensoniq AudioPCI (ES1371)
• Ensoniq AudioPCI / SoundBlaster PCI (ES1370)
• Ensoniq Soundscape Elite
• Ensoniq Soundscape PnP (model 1 and 2)
• Ensoniq Soundscape S−2000
• Ensoniq Soundscape VIVO, VIVO90
• Ensoniq ActionNote 880 C/CX
• Gallant's sound card (SC−6000 and SC−66000 based)
• Generic AD1815 based soundcard (PnP)
• Generic CMI8330 based soundcard (PnP)
• Generic Crystal CS4232 based soundcard or motherboard (non PnP)
• Generic Crystal CS4232 by Acer (PnP mode)
• Generic Crystal CS4232 type−1 up to type−3 (PnP mode)
• Generic Crystal CS4235 type−1
• Generic Crystal CS4236 (type−1 up to type−3)
• Generic Crystal CS4236 based soundcard or motherboard (non PnP)
• Generic Crystal CS4236A (type−1 and type−2), CS4236B
• Generic Crystal CS4237 based soundcard or motherboard (non PnP)
• Generic Crystal CS4237B (type−1 and type−2)
• Generic Crystal CS4238 based soundcard or motherboard (non PnP)
• Generic ESS ES688, ES1688, ES1788, ES1868, ES1869, ES1887, ES1888 based soundcard or
motherboard
• Generic Jazz16 based soundcard
• Generic MAD16 (OPTi 82C928), MAD16 Pro, MAD16 Pro (duplex) (OPTi 82C929)
• Generic Mozart soundcard (OAK OTI−601 chip)
• Generic OPTi 82C924, 82C925 based sound card (PnP)
• Generic OPTi 82C924 soundcard (non PnP mode). Use the MSS driver and the isapnp tools
• Generic OPTi 82C930
• Generic OPTi 82C931 (more info)
• Generic Soundscape based soundcard
• Generic Windows Sound System compatible
• Generic Yamaha OPL3−SA1 (YMF701) based soundcard
• Generic Yamaha OPL3−SA2 (YMF711) based soundcard (type−1, type−3, type−4)
• Generic Yamaha OPL3−SA3 (YMF715) based soundcard
• Generic Yamaha OPL3−SAx (YMF715/YMF719) non−PnP
• Gravis Ultrasound
• Gravis Ultrasound Extreme

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• Gravis Ultrasound 16−bit sampling daughterboard

• Gravis Ultrasound MAX
• Gravis Ultrasound ACE
• Gravis Ultrasound PnP (with RAM), PnP Pro
• HP OmniBook 2100 (CS4236)
• Home Studio 64 (analog audio only)
• IBM Audio Feature (CS423x)
• Logitech SoundMan Games (SBPro, 44kHz stereo support)
• Logitech SoundMan Wave (Jazz16/OPL4)
• Logitech SoundMan 16 (PAS−16 compatible)
• MED3201 audio card
• Maxi Sound 32 PnP (analog audio only)
• Maxi Sound 64 Dynamic 3D (analog audio only)
• Media Sound SW/32 (non PnP mode)
• MediaTriX AudioTriX Pro, 3D XG
• Media Vision Premium 3D (Jazz16)
• Media Vision Pro Sonic 16 (Jazz)
• Media Vision Pro Audio Spectrum 16 (PAS−16)
• Media Vision Pro Audio Studio 16
• Media Vision Thunderboard
• Microsoft Windows Sound System board (AD1848)
• MiroSound PCM!−pro
• MultiWave AudioWave Green 16
• Music Quest MIDI connector card (MCC)
• Music Quest MQX−16, MQX−16S MIDI adapter
• Music Quest MQX−32, MQX−32M MIDI adapter
• Music Quest PC MIDI card
• NEC Harmony
• Orchid SoundDrive 16EZ
• Pine PT201
• Primax SoundStorm FM 16, SoundStorm Wave
• Pro Audio Spectrum 16, Studio 16
• RME Digi32, Digi32 Pro, Digi32/8
• Reveal SC300
• Reveal WaveExtreme Pro (with RAM)
• Roland MPU IPC−T MIDI adapter
• S3 SonicVibes
• Shark Mako
• Sharp PC8800
• Shuttle Sound System 48
• Spacewalker HOT−255 PCI 3D (PCI)
• TerraTec Maestro 32/96
• Terratec EWS64XL (audio only)
• Terratec Sound System Base 1 (AD1816)
• Terratec Sound System Base 64 (AD1816)
• Tomato Sound System (OPTi 82C930)
• Trust Sound Expert De Luxe Wave 32
• Turtle Beach Classic/Tahiti/Monterey
• Turtle Beach Maui
• Turtle Beach Monte Carlo 928, Monte Carlo 929
• Turtle Beach Pinnacle/Fiji

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• Turtle Beach Tropez, Tropez Plus (audio only)

• Turtle Beach Daytona (audio only)
• Wearnes Classic 16
• Yamaha Sound Edge SW20−PC
• Zefiro Acoustics ZA2 (NOT RECOMMENDED)
• Zenith Z−Player

• 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 Intelligent mode (don't enable blindly)

♦ MPU IPC−T
♦ MQX−32M
• MPU−401 MIDI UART only dumb port (don't enable blindly)
• Yamaha FM synthesizers (OPL2, OPL3, OPL3−SAx (since kernel series 2.1.x) and OPL4)

OSS supports all MIDI daughter cards including Wave Blaster, TB Rio and Yamaha DB50XG. The only
requirement is that the "host" card is supported by OSS. Note that only the "host" card needs to be configured
using soundconf. The daughter card will be automatically accessible through the MIDI of the "host" card.

14.2. Alpha, Beta drivers

• 4Front Tech. Waveloop loopback audio device
• Acer FX−3D (AD1816 based)
• AVM Apex Pro card (AD1816 based)
• Aztech AZT1008, AZT2320, AZT3000
• Aztech SC−16 3D (AD1816 based)
• Creative Sound Blaster Vibra16x
• Creative Sound Blaster Live! and Live! Value Edition Creative Labs has beta driver for this card.
They work with kernels 2.0.36 and 2.2.5 (and most probably newer kernels in these series). The
drivers can be downloaded under the software download area at Creative's web site.
• Highscreen Sound−Boostar 32 Wave 3D (AD1816 based)
• Highscreen Sound−Boostar 16 (AD1816 based)
• HP Kayak (AD1816 based)
• IBM MWave
• Newcom SC−16 3D (AD1816 based)
• PC speaker / Parallel port DAC (driver)
• Rockwell WaveArtist chipset
• Sonorus STUDI/O
• SY−1816 (AD1816 based)
• Terratec Base 1, Base 64 (AD1816 based)
• Terratec EWS64S (AD1816 based)
• Turtle Beach Malibu (driver)

For the AD1816 sound chip based sound cards isapnptools is needed for configuration.

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14.3. Unsupported
• A−Trend Harmony 3DS724 (PCI)
• Actech PCI 388−A3D q
• Adaptec AME−1570
• Aureal Vortex (PCI)
• Cardinal DSP 16
• Contributed lowlevel drivers
• Crystal CS4614 (PCI)
• Cyrix MediaGX builtin audio
• Diamond Monster Sound MX300
• Diamond Sonic Impact
• Dream 94PnP Home Studio
• EON Bach SP901 (A3D)
• ESS (PCI)
• ESS Maestro−1 (PCI), Maestro−2 (PCI)
• ESS Solo−1 (PCI)
• Echo Personal Sound System
• Generic ALS007, ALS100 based soundcard
• Orchid NuSound 3D
• Orchid SoundWave 32
• Paradise DSP−16
• Quicknet Internet LineJACK
• Terratec XLerate (A3D)
• Turtle Beach Montego
• Turtle Beach TBS−2000
• Videologic SonicStorm
• Wearnes Beethoven ADSP−16
• Western Digital Paradise DSP−16
• Yamaha YMF724 (PCI)

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

Nathan Laredo < [email protected]> 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.

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15. 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.

Many Maxtor and Western Digital IDE drives are reported to not happily co−exist on the same IDE cable
with the other manufacturers drive. Usually one of the drives will fail during operation. Solution is to put
them on different IDE cables.

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) (driver)

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

• NEC D3817, D3825, 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." Problems are mentioned for
D3825 and D3827 (both revision 0407). Revision 0410 of these two hard drives seems to solve this
problem.

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16. Tape drives
16.1. 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)

16.2. Alpha, Beta drivers

• 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 here
• 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

16.3. Unsupported
• Emerald and Tecmar QIC−02 tape controller cards − Chris Ulrich < [email protected] >
• 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

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17. CD−ROM drives
For more information on CD−ROM drives check the CDROM−HOWTO.

17.1. 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)

17.2. Alpha, Beta drivers

• LMS/Philips CM 205/225/202 here
• NEC CDR−35D (old) here
• Sony SCSI multisession CD−XA here

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• Parallel Port Driver here

17.3. 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 here 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.

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18. CD−Writers
Many CD−Writers are supported by Linux now. For an up to date list of CD−Writers supported check the
CD−Writing HOWTO, check here or check here. Cdwrite here and cdrecord here 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 here.

• Grundig CDR 100 IPW

• HP CD−Writer+ 7100
• HP SureStore 4020i
• HP SureStore 6020es/i
• JVC XR−W2010
• Kodak PCD 225
• Mitsubishi CDRW−226
• Mitsumi CR−2600TE
• Olympus CDS 620E
• Philips CDD−521/10,522,2000,2600,3610
• 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

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19. 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 here
• Parallel port Avatar Shark−250 here

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 here.

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

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20. Mice
20.1. 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

20.2. Alpha, Beta drivers

• Sejin J−mouse here
• MultiMouse − use multiple mouse devices as single mouse here
• Microsoft Intellimouse

20.3. 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.)

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21. Modems
All external modems connected via a RS−232 serial port should work. This includes external ISDN adapters,
although some of the extended features of external ISDN adapaters (such as multilink) may or may not work.

Internal modems are another story, however. There are many so−called "winmodems" available now. In fact,
it seems that most PCI modems are winmodems. Some of them do have drivers for Linux now, but many of
the drivers are often binary−only. (See the note on binary−only drivers.) See Linmodems.org for more
information on Linux−supported winmodems.

Note that there are external USB winmodems on the market now, so be very careful when shopping for
external modems.

Furthermore, many flash upgradable modems only have flash programs for Win95/NT. These modems
cannot be upgraded under Linux.

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.

Most 16−bit PCMCIA modems should work with the PCMCIA drivers. CardBus modems are usually
winmodems much like PCI modems. Your best bet for now is to find a card that lists compatibility with DOS
and Windows 3.1.

All that said, if a modem is known to have a real UART (or hardware UART emulation), whether it is ISA,
PCMCIA, etc., it should work under Linux.

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.

An exception to this is the Linux efax program which supports both Class 1 and Class 2 fax modems. In some
cases there can be a few (minor) technical problems with Class 1 modems. If you have a choice it is
recommend to get a Class 2 modem.

See Appendix E Linux Incompatible Hardware for specific cards known not to work with Linux.

The following are other good resources for finding Linux−compatible modems:

• Rob Clark's "Winmodems are not modems" page

• Andrew Comech's "PCI modems and Linux" page
• Andrew Comech's "Cheap /Linux/ Box" section on modems
• Linmodems.org
Most of the information below is from those sites.

Other useful documents include the following:

• Modem HOWTO
• Linmodem HOWTO
• Winmodems and Linux HOWTO (may be superceded by the Linmodem HOWTO)

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Below is a very incomplete list of modems currently known to work under Linux.

Manufacturer Model Chipset

BusDriverNotes
name
Actiontec PCI56012−01CW PCI
Multitech MultiModem PCI
MT5634ZPX−PCI
IBM 33L4618 PCI
Topic FM−56PCI−TP PCI
3Com 3CP5610 PCI
3Com 3CP5613 PCI
Internet
Gaming
Modem
3Com 3CP2976 PCI
3Com 3CP2977 PCI
Archtek Smartlink PCI
5634PCV
Zoom 2920 PCI
Well Communications FM−56PCI−TP PCI

The following is old information and may not be entirely correct. It may be removed in a future revision of
this document.

• Digicom Connection 96+/14.4+ − DSP code downloading program here

• 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 here
• ZyXEL Elite 2864 series − modem/fax/voice control program here
• ZyXEL Omni TA 128 − modem/fax/voice control program here

Also multimodem cards are supported by Linux.

• Moreton Bay RAStel multimodem card Check here for Linux drivers.

The following modem is mentioned not to be supported

• Aztech MDP3858 56.6 (PCI)

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22. Printers/Plotters
The following is a list of printers from the linuxprinting.org database. See their web site and the Linux
Printing HOWTO for more information.

Manufacturer Model Number Functionality

Alps MD−1000 Works
mostly
Alps MD−1300 Works
mostly
Alps MD−1500 Works
mostly
Alps MD−2000 Works
mostly
Alps MD−4000 Works
mostly
Alps MD−5000 Works
mostly
Apollo P−1200 Works
partially
Apollo P−2100 Works
mostly
Apollo P−2150 Works
mostly
Apollo P−2200 Works
mostly
Apollo P−2500 Works
mostly
Apollo P−2600 Works
mostly
Apple 12/640ps Works
perfectly
Apple Color StyleWriter Works
1500 mostly
Apple Color StyleWriter Works
2200 mostly
Apple Color StyleWriter Works
2400 mostly
Apple Color StyleWriter Works
2500 mostly
Apple Dot Matrix Works

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perfectly
Apple ImageWriter Works
perfectly
Apple ImageWriter II Works
mostly
Apple ImageWriter LQ Works
perfectly
Apple LaserWriter 16/600 Works
perfectly
Apple LaserWriter 4/600 Works
perfectly
Apple LaserWriter IINTX Works
perfectly
Apple LaserWriter IIg Works
perfectly
Apple LaserWriter NT Works
mostly
Apple LaserWriter Pro 630 Works
perfectly
Apple LaserWriter Select Works
360 perfectly
Apple StyleWriter 1200 Works
mostly
Apple StyleWriter I Works
mostly
Apple StyleWriter II Works
mostly
Avery Personal Label Printer Works
mostly
Avery Personal Label Works
Printer+ perfectly
Brother 4550 None −
Paperweight
Brother DCP−1200 Works
partially
Brother HJ−400 Works
mostly
Brother HL−1020 Works
perfectly
Brother HL−1030 Works
mostly

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Brother HL−1040 Works

perfectly
Brother HL−1050 Works
mostly
Brother HL−1060 Works
mostly
Brother HL−1070 Works
perfectly
Brother HL−10V Works
perfectly
Brother HL−10h Works
perfectly
Brother HL−1240 Works
mostly
Brother HL−1250 Works
perfectly
Brother HL−1260 Works
perfectly
Brother HL−1270N Works
perfectly
Brother HL−1440 Works
perfectly
Brother HL−1450 Works
perfectly
Brother HL−1470N Works
perfectly
Brother HL−1650 Works
perfectly
Brother HL−1660e Works
perfectly
Brother HL−1670N Works
perfectly
Brother HL−2060 Works
perfectly
Brother HL−2400CeN Works
perfectly
Brother HL−2460 Works
perfectly
Brother HL−2460N Works
perfectly
Brother HL−3400CN Works

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perfectly
Brother HL−4Ve Works
perfectly
Brother HL−630 Works
perfectly
Brother HL−660 Works
perfectly
Brother HL−720 Works
perfectly
Brother HL−730 Works
perfectly
Brother HL−760 Works
perfectly
Brother HL−8 Works
perfectly
Brother HL−820 Works
perfectly
Brother HL−960 Works
perfectly
Brother MC−3000 Works
partially
Brother MFC 7150C Works
partially
Brother MFC−4350 Works
partially
Brother MFC−6550MC Works
partially
Brother MFC−8300 Works
partially
Brother MFC−9050 Works
partially
Brother MFC−9100c Works
partially
Brother MFC−9500 Works
partially
Brother MFC−9600 Works
partially
Brother MFC−P2500 Works
partially
Brother MP−21C None −
Paperweight

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CItoh M8510 Works

perfectly
CalComp Artisan 1023 Works
penplotter perfectly
Canon BJ−100 Works
perfectly
Canon BJ−10e Works
perfectly
Canon BJ−10v Works
perfectly
Canon BJ−15v Works
perfectly
Canon BJ−20 Works
perfectly
Canon BJ−200 Works
perfectly
Canon BJ−30 Works
perfectly
Canon BJ−300 Works
partially
Canon BJ−330 Works
perfectly
Canon BJ−35v Works
perfectly
Canon BJ−5 Works
perfectly
Canon BJC−1000 Works
mostly
Canon BJC−2000 Works
mostly
Canon BJC−2010 Works
mostly
Canon BJC−210 Works
perfectly
Canon BJC−2100 Works
mostly
Canon BJC−210SP Works
partially
Canon BJC−240 Works
mostly
Canon BJC−250 Works

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perfectly
Canon BJC−250ex Works
perfectly
Canon BJC−3000 Works
mostly
Canon BJC−4000 Works
perfectly
Canon BJC−4100 Works
perfectly
Canon BJC−4200 Works
perfectly
Canon BJC−4300 Works
perfectly
Canon BJC−4310SP Works
mostly
Canon BJC−4400 Works
perfectly
Canon BJC−4550 Works
perfectly
Canon BJC−50 Works
mostly
Canon BJC−5000 None −
Paperweight
Canon BJC−5100 None −
Paperweight
Canon BJC−55 Works
mostly
Canon BJC−600 Works
perfectly
Canon BJC−6000 Works
mostly
Canon BJC−610 Works
perfectly
Canon BJC−6100 Works
partially
Canon BJC−620 Works
perfectly
Canon BJC−6200 Works
partially
Canon BJC−6500 Works
partially

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Canon BJC−680J Works

perfectly
Canon BJC−70 Works
perfectly
Canon BJC−7000 Works
partially
Canon BJC−7004 Works
mostly
Canon BJC−7100 Works
partially
Canon BJC−80 Works
mostly
Canon BJC−800 Works
perfectly
Canon BJC−8200 Works
mostly
Canon BJC−85 Works
mostly
Canon BJC−8500 None −
Paperweight
Canon BJC−880J Works
perfectly
Canon GP 335 Works
perfectly
Canon GP 405 Works
perfectly
Canon LBP−1000 Works
perfectly
Canon LBP−1260 Works
perfectly
Canon LBP−1760 Works
perfectly
Canon LBP−310 Works
perfectly
Canon LBP−320 Pro Works
perfectly
Canon LBP−350 Works
perfectly
Canon LBP−4+ Works
perfectly
Canon LBP−430 Works

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perfectly
Canon LBP−460 None −
Paperweight
Canon LBP−4U Works
perfectly
Canon LBP−4sx Works
mostly
Canon LBP−600 None −
Paperweight
Canon LBP−660 None −
Paperweight
Canon LBP−800 None −
Paperweight
Canon LBP−8A1 Works
perfectly
Canon LIPS−II+ Works
perfectly
Canon LIPS−III Works
perfectly
Canon LIPS−IV Works
perfectly
Canon LIPS−IVv Works
perfectly
Canon MultiPASS C2500 Works
partially
Canon MultiPASS C3000 Works
partially
Canon MultiPASS C3500 Works
partially
Canon MultiPASS C5000 Works
partially
Canon MultiPASS C5500 Works
partially
Canon Multipass C50 Unknown
Canon Multipass L6000 None −
Paperweight
Canon S400 Works
mostly
Canon S450 Works
partially
Canon S4500

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Works
partially
Canon S600 Works
partially
Canon S800 Works
partially
Citizen ProJet II Works
perfectly
Citizen ProJet IIc Works
perfectly
Citizen printiva600C Works
perfectly
Compaq A900 Unknown
Compaq IJ1200 Works
mostly
Compaq IJ300 None −
Paperweight
Compaq IJ750 Works
mostly
Compaq IJ900 Works
partially
DEC 1800 Works
mostly
DEC DECWriter 500i Works
perfectly
DEC DECwriter 110i Works
perfectly
DEC DECwriter 520ic Works
perfectly
DEC LA50 Works
perfectly
DEC LA70 Works
perfectly
DEC LA75 Works
perfectly
DEC LA75 Plus Works
perfectly
DEC LJ250 Works
perfectly
DEC LN03 Works
perfectly

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DEC LN07 Works

perfectly
DEC LN17 Works
mostly
Dymo−CoStar ASCII 250 Works
perfectly
Dymo−CoStar ASCII+ Works
perfectly
Dymo−CoStar EL40 Works
perfectly
Dymo−CoStar EL60 Works
perfectly
Dymo−CoStar LabelWriter II Works
perfectly
Dymo−CoStar LabelWriter XL Works
perfectly
Dymo−CoStar LabelWriter XL+ Works
perfectly
Dymo−CoStar SE250 Works
perfectly
Dymo−CoStar SE250+ Works
perfectly
Dymo−CoStar Turbo Works
perfectly
Epson ActionLaser 1100 Works
perfectly
Epson ActionLaser II Works
perfectly
Epson ActionPrinter 3250 Works
perfectly
Epson AcuLaser C1000 None −
Paperweight
Epson AcuLaser C2000 Works
perfectly
Epson AcuLaser C2000PS Works
perfectly
Epson AcuLaser C8500 Works
perfectly
Epson AcuLaser C8500PS Works
perfectly
Epson Dot Matrix Works

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perfectly
Epson EPL−5200 Works
perfectly
Epson EPL−5200+ Works
perfectly
Epson EPL−5500W None −
Paperweight
Epson EPL−5700 Works
mostly
Epson EPL−5700L None −
Paperweight
Epson EPL−5800 Works
perfectly
Epson EPL−5800L None −
Paperweight
Epson EPL−5800PS Works
perfectly
Epson EPL−5900 Works
perfectly
Epson EPL−5900PS Works
perfectly
Epson EPL−7100 Works
perfectly
Epson EPL−N1600 Works
perfectly
Epson EPL−N1600PS Works
perfectly
Epson EPL−N2050 Works
perfectly
Epson EPL−N2050+ Works
perfectly
Epson EPL−N2050PS Works
perfectly
Epson EPL−N2050PS+ Works
perfectly
Epson EPL−N2120 Works
perfectly
Epson EPL−N2750 Works
perfectly
Epson EPL−N2750PS Works
perfectly

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Epson L−1000 Works

perfectly
Epson LP 8000 Works
perfectly
Epson LP−2000 Works
perfectly
Epson LP−2000 Unknown
Epson LP−3000 Works
perfectly
Epson LP−7000 Works
perfectly
Epson LP−7000G Works
perfectly
Epson LP−xx00 Works
perfectly
Epson LQ−24 Works
perfectly
Epson LQ−2550 Works
perfectly
Epson LQ−500 Works
perfectly
Epson LQ−570+ Works
perfectly
Epson LQ−850 Works
perfectly
Epson LX−1050 Works
perfectly
Epson MachJet Works
perfectly
Epson PM−760C Works
mostly
Epson PM−770C Works
mostly
Epson PM−800C Works
mostly
Epson PM−820C/3300C Works
mostly
Epson SQ 1170 Works
perfectly
Epson Stylus Works
perfectly

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Epson Stylus 800 Works

perfectly
Epson Stylus B/W 820 Unknown
Epson Stylus C20SX Works
mostly
Epson Stylus C20UX Works
mostly
Epson Stylus C40SX Works
mostly
Epson Stylus C40UX Works
mostly
Epson Stylus C60 Works
perfectly
Epson Stylus C70 Works
perfectly
Epson Stylus C80 Works
perfectly
Epson Stylus Color Works
perfectly
Epson Stylus Color 1160 Works
perfectly
Epson Stylus Color 1500 Works
perfectly
Epson Stylus Color 1520 Works
perfectly
Epson Stylus Color 200 Works
mostly
Epson Stylus Color 300 Works
mostly
Epson Stylus Color 3000 Works
perfectly
Epson Stylus Color 400 Works
perfectly
Epson Stylus Color 440 Works
perfectly
Epson Stylus Color 460 Works
perfectly
Epson Stylus Color 480 Works
partially
Epson Stylus Color 500 Works
perfectly

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Epson Stylus Color 580 Works

partially
Epson Stylus Color 600 Works
perfectly
Epson Stylus Color 640 Works
perfectly
Epson Stylus Color 660 Works
perfectly
Epson Stylus Color 670 Works
perfectly
Epson Stylus Color 680 Works
mostly
Epson Stylus Color 740 Works
perfectly
Epson Stylus Color 760 Works
perfectly
Epson Stylus Color 777 Works
perfectly
Epson Stylus Color 8 3 Works
mostly
Epson Stylus Color 800 Works
perfectly
Epson Stylus Color 850 Works
perfectly
Epson Stylus Color 860 Works
perfectly
Epson Stylus Color 880 Works
mostly
Epson Stylus Color 900 Works
perfectly
Epson Stylus Color 980 Works
mostly
Epson Stylus Color I Works
perfectly
Epson Stylus Color II Works
mostly
Epson Stylus Color IIs Works
mostly
Epson Stylus Color PRO Works
perfectly
Epson Stylus Photo Works

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perfectly
Epson Stylus Photo 1200 Works
perfectly
Epson Stylus Photo 1270 Works
perfectly
Epson Stylus Photo 1280 Works
perfectly
Epson Stylus Photo 1290 Works
perfectly
Epson Stylus Photo 2000P Works
partially
Epson Stylus Photo 700 Works
perfectly
Epson Stylus Photo 720 Works
perfectly
Epson Stylus Photo 750 Works
perfectly
Epson Stylus Photo 780 Works
perfectly
Epson Stylus Photo 785 Works
perfectly
Epson Stylus Photo 790 Works
perfectly
Epson Stylus Photo 810 Works
perfectly
Epson Stylus Photo 820 Works
perfectly
Epson Stylus Photo 870 Works
perfectly
Epson Stylus Photo 875 Works
perfectly
Epson Stylus Photo 890 Works
perfectly
Epson Stylus Photo 895 Works
perfectly
Epson Stylus Photo EX Works
perfectly
Epson Stylus Photo PM760 Works
perfectly
Epson Stylus Photo PM820 Works
perfectly

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Epson Stylus Pro 10000 Works

partially
Epson Stylus Pro 5000 Works
mostly
Epson Stylus Pro 5500 Works
mostly
Epson Stylus Pro 7000 Works
perfectly
Epson Stylus Pro 7500 Works
mostly
Epson Stylus Pro 9000 Works
partially
Epson Stylus Pro 9500 Works
partially
Epson Stylus Pro XL Works
mostly
Epson Stylus Scan 2000 Works
perfectly
Epson Stylus Scan 2500 Works
perfectly
Fujitsu 1200 Works
perfectly
Fujitsu 2400 Works
perfectly
Fujitsu 3400 Works
perfectly
Fujitsu FMLBP2xx Page Works
Printer perfectly
Fujitsu FMPR Works
perfectly
Fujitsu PrintPartner 10V Works
perfectly
Fujitsu PrintPartner 16DV Works
perfectly
Fujitsu PrintPartner 20W Works
perfectly
Fujitsu PrintPartner 8000 Works
perfectly
HP 2000C Works
perfectly
HP 2500C Works

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perfectly
HP 2563 Works
perfectly
HP Business Inkjet 2200 Works
mostly
HP Business Inkjet 2250 Works
perfectly
HP Business Inkjet Works
2250TN perfectly
HP Color Inkjet Printer Works
CP1160 mostly
HP Color Inkjet Printer Works
CP1700 mostly
HP Color LaserJet 4500 Works
perfectly
HP Color LaserJet 4550 Works
perfectly
HP Color LaserJet 5 Works
mostly
HP Color LaserJet 5000 Works
partially
HP Color LaserJet Works
8550GN perfectly
HP DesignJet 230 Works
mostly
HP DesignJet 3500CP Works
perfectly
HP DesignJet 350C Works
mostly
HP DesignJet 650C Works
mostly
HP DesignJet 750C Works
mostly
HP DesignJet 750C Plus Works
mostly
HP DesignJet ColorPro Works
CAD mostly
HP DeskJet Works
perfectly
HP DeskJet 1000C Works
mostly

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HP DeskJet 1100C Works

mostly
HP DeskJet 1120C Works
mostly
HP DeskJet 1125C Works
mostly
HP DeskJet 1200C Works
perfectly
HP DeskJet 1220C Works
mostly
HP DeskJet 1600C Works
perfectly
HP DeskJet 1600CM Works
perfectly
HP DeskJet 310 Works
mostly
HP DeskJet 320 Works
mostly
HP DeskJet 340C Works
mostly
HP DeskJet 350C Works
mostly
HP DeskJet 400 Works
perfectly
HP DeskJet 420C Works
perfectly
HP DeskJet 500 Works
perfectly
HP DeskJet 500C Works
perfectly
HP DeskJet 505J Plus Works
perfectly
HP DeskJet 510 Works
perfectly
HP DeskJet 520 Works
perfectly
HP DeskJet 540C Works
perfectly
HP DeskJet 550C Works
perfectly
HP DeskJet 560C Works

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perfectly
HP DeskJet 600 Works
perfectly
HP DeskJet 610C Works
mostly
HP DeskJet 610CL Works
mostly
HP DeskJet 612C Works
mostly
HP DeskJet 630C Works
mostly
HP DeskJet 632C Works
mostly
HP DeskJet 640C Works
mostly
HP DeskJet 640C Unknown
HP DeskJet 648C Works
mostly
HP DeskJet 656C Works
mostly
HP DeskJet 660C Works
mostly
HP DeskJet 670C Works
mostly
HP DeskJet 672C Works
mostly
HP DeskJet 680C Works
mostly
HP DeskJet 682C Works
mostly
HP DeskJet 690C Works
mostly
HP DeskJet 692C Works
mostly
HP DeskJet 693C Works
mostly
HP DeskJet 694C Works
mostly
HP DeskJet 695C Works
mostly
HP DeskJet 697C

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Works
mostly
HP DeskJet 710C Works
mostly
HP DeskJet 712C Works
mostly
HP DeskJet 720C Works
mostly
HP DeskJet 722C Works
mostly
HP DeskJet 810C Works
mostly
HP DeskJet 812C Works
mostly
HP DeskJet 815C Works
mostly
HP DeskJet 816C Works
mostly
HP DeskJet 820C Works
mostly
HP DeskJet 825C Works
mostly
HP DeskJet 830C Works
mostly
HP DeskJet 832C Works
mostly
HP DeskJet 840C Works
mostly
HP DeskJet 842C Works
mostly
HP DeskJet 845C Works
mostly
HP DeskJet 850C Works
mostly
HP DeskJet 855C Works
mostly
HP DeskJet 870C Works
mostly
HP DeskJet 880C Works
mostly
HP DeskJet 882C Works

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mostly
HP DeskJet 890C Works
mostly
HP DeskJet 895C Works
mostly
HP DeskJet 920C Works
mostly
HP DeskJet 930C Works
mostly
HP DeskJet 932C Works
mostly
HP DeskJet 940C Works
mostly
HP DeskJet 948C Works
mostly
HP DeskJet 950C Works
mostly
HP DeskJet 952C Works
mostly
HP DeskJet 955C Works
mostly
HP DeskJet 960C Works
mostly
HP DeskJet 970C Works
mostly
HP DeskJet 980C Works
mostly
HP DeskJet 990C Works
mostly
HP DeskJet 995C Works
mostly
HP DeskJet Plus Works
perfectly
HP DeskJet Portable Works
perfectly
HP LaserJet Works
perfectly
HP LaserJet 1000 None −
Paperweight
HP LaserJet 1100 Works
perfectly

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HP LaserJet 1100A Works

perfectly
HP LaserJet 1200 Works
perfectly
HP LaserJet 1220 Works
perfectly
HP LaserJet 2 Works
perfectly
HP LaserJet 2 w/PS Works
perfectly
HP LaserJet 2100 Works
perfectly
HP LaserJet 2100M Works
perfectly
HP LaserJet 2200 Works
perfectly
HP LaserJet 2D Works
perfectly
HP LaserJet 2P Works
perfectly
HP LaserJet 2P Plus Works
perfectly
HP LaserJet 3 Works
perfectly
HP LaserJet 3100 None −
Paperweight
HP LaserJet 3150 None −
Paperweight
HP LaserJet 3200 Works
mostly
HP LaserJet 3200m Works
mostly
HP LaserJet 3200se Works
mostly
HP LaserJet 3D Works
perfectly
HP LaserJet 3P w/ PCL5 Works
perfectly
HP LaserJet 3P w/PS Works
perfectly
HP LaserJet 4 Works

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perfectly
HP LaserJet 4 Plus Works
perfectly
HP LaserJet 4000 Works
perfectly
HP LaserJet 4050 Works
perfectly
HP LaserJet 4100 Works
perfectly
HP LaserJet 4L Works
perfectly
HP LaserJet 4M Works
perfectly
HP LaserJet 4ML Works
perfectly
HP LaserJet 4P Works
perfectly
HP LaserJet 4Si Works
perfectly
HP LaserJet 4V Works
perfectly
HP LaserJet 4V/4LJ Pro Works
perfectly
HP LaserJet 5 Works
perfectly
HP LaserJet 5000 Works
perfectly
HP LaserJet 5L Works
perfectly
HP LaserJet 5M Works
perfectly
HP LaserJet 5MP Works
perfectly
HP LaserJet 5P Works
perfectly
HP LaserJet 5Si Works
perfectly
HP LaserJet 6 Works
perfectly
HP LaserJet 6L Works
perfectly

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HP LaserJet 6MP Works

perfectly
HP LaserJet 6P Works
perfectly
HP LaserJet 8000 Works
perfectly
HP LaserJet 8100 Works
perfectly
HP LaserJet 8150 Works
perfectly
HP LaserJet 9000 Works
perfectly
HP LaserJet Plus Works
perfectly
HP Mopier 240 Works
perfectly
HP Mopier 320 Works
perfectly
HP OfficeJet 500 Works
mostly
HP OfficeJet 600 Works
mostly
HP OfficeJet 625 Works
mostly
HP OfficeJet 635 Works
mostly
HP OfficeJet 710 Works
mostly
HP OfficeJet G55 Works
mostly
HP OfficeJet G85 Works
mostly
HP OfficeJet G95 Works
mostly
HP OfficeJet K60 Works
mostly
HP OfficeJet K80 Works
mostly
HP OfficeJet Pro 1150C Works
mostly
HP OfficeJet Pro 1170C Works

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perfectly
HP OfficeJet Pro 1175C Works
perfectly
HP OfficeJet R45 Works
perfectly
HP OfficeJet R60 Works
perfectly
HP OfficeJet R65 Works
perfectly
HP OfficeJet R80 Works
perfectly
HP OfficeJet T45 Works
mostly
HP OfficeJet T65 Works
mostly
HP OfficeJet V40 Works
mostly
HP Officejet LX Unknown
HP PSC 300 Works
perfectly
HP PSC 500 Works
mostly
HP PSC 750 Works
mostly
HP PSC 950 Works
mostly
HP PaintJet Works
perfectly
HP PaintJet XL Works
perfectly
HP PaintJet XL300 Works
perfectly
HP PhotoSmart P100 Works
mostly
HP PhotoSmart P1000 Works
mostly
HP PhotoSmart P1100 Works
mostly
HP PhotoSmart P1115 Works
mostly
HP PhotoSmart P1215

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Works
mostly
HP PhotoSmart P1218 Works
mostly
HP PhotoSmart P1315 Works
mostly
HP ThinkJet Works
partially
HP e−printer e20 Works
mostly
Heidelberg Digimaster 9110 Works
perfectly
Hitachi DDP 70 (with Works
MicroPress) perfectly
IBM 3853 JetPrinter Works
perfectly
IBM 4019 Works
perfectly
IBM 4029 030 LaserPrinter Works
10 partially
IBM 4029 10P Works
perfectly
IBM 4303 Network Color Works
Printer perfectly
IBM Execjet 4072 Works
perfectly
IBM Infoprint 12 Works
perfectly
IBM Page Printer 3112 Works
perfectly
IBM ProPrinterII Works
perfectly
Imagen ImPress Works
perfectly
Infotec 4651 MF Works
perfectly
Kodak DigiSource 9110 Works
perfectly
Kodak IS 70 CPII Works
perfectly
Kyocera F−1010 Works

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perfectly
Kyocera F−1200 Unknown
Kyocera F−3300 Works
perfectly
Kyocera F−800T Works
perfectly
Kyocera FS−1000 Works
perfectly
Kyocera FS−1200 Works
perfectly
Kyocera FS−1700+ Works
perfectly
Kyocera FS−1750 Works
perfectly
Kyocera FS−3500 Works
mostly
Kyocera FS−3700+ Unknown
Kyocera FS−3750 Works
perfectly
Kyocera FS−5900C Works
perfectly
Kyocera FS−600 Works
perfectly
Kyocera FS−600 (KPDL−2) Works
perfectly
Kyocera FS−680 Works
perfectly
Kyocera FS−800 Works
perfectly
Kyocera P−2000 Works
perfectly
LaserMaster LM 1000 None −
Paperweight
Lexmark 1000 Works
partially
Lexmark 1020 Works
partially
Lexmark 1020 Business Works
mostly
Lexmark 1100 Works
partially

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Lexmark 2030 Works

partially
Lexmark 2050 Works
partially
Lexmark 2070 Works
partially
Lexmark 3000 Works
mostly
Lexmark 3200 Works
mostly
Lexmark 4039 10plus Works
perfectly
Lexmark 4076 Works
mostly
Lexmark 5000 Works
partially
Lexmark 5700 Works
partially
Lexmark 7000 Works
partially
Lexmark 7200 Works
partially
Lexmark Optra Color 1200 Works
perfectly
Lexmark Optra Color 1275 Works
perfectly
Lexmark Optra Color 40 Works
perfectly
Lexmark Optra Color 45 Works
perfectly
Lexmark Optra E Works
perfectly
Lexmark Optra E+ Works
perfectly
Lexmark Optra E310 Works
perfectly
Lexmark Optra E312 Works
perfectly
Lexmark Optra Ep Works
perfectly
Lexmark Optra K 1220 Works

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perfectly
Lexmark Optra M410 Works
perfectly
Lexmark Optra M412 Works
perfectly
Lexmark Optra R+ Works
perfectly
Lexmark Optra S 1250 Works
perfectly
Lexmark Optra S 1855 Works
perfectly
Lexmark Optra S1650 Unknown
Lexmark Optra Se 3455 Works
perfectly
Lexmark Optra T610 Works
perfectly
Lexmark Optra T612 Works
perfectly
Lexmark Optra T614 Works
perfectly
Lexmark Optra T616 Works
perfectly
Lexmark Optra W810 Works
perfectly
Lexmark Valuewriter 300 Works
perfectly
Lexmark Winwriter 100 None −
Paperweight
Lexmark Winwriter 150c None −
Paperweight
Lexmark Winwriter 200 None −
Paperweight
Lexmark Winwriter 400 Works
partially
Lexmark Z11 Works
partially
Lexmark Z12 None −
Paperweight
Lexmark Z22 Works
partially
Lexmark Z23

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None −
Paperweight
Lexmark Z31 Works
partially
Lexmark Z32 Works
partially
Lexmark Z33 None −
Paperweight
Lexmark Z42 Works
mostly
Lexmark Z43 Works
partially
Lexmark Z51 Works
partially
Lexmark Z52 Works
perfectly
Lexmark Z53 None −
Paperweight
Lexmark Z82 Works
partially
Minolta PagePro 1100 Works
perfectly
Minolta PagePro 1100L None −
Paperweight
Minolta PagePro 6 Works
perfectly
Minolta PagePro 6L None −
Paperweight
Minolta PagePro 6e Works
perfectly
Minolta PagePro 6ex Works
perfectly
Minolta PagePro 8 Works
perfectly
Minolta PagePro 8L Works
partially
Mitsubishi CP50 Color Printer Works
perfectly
NEC MultiWriter Works
perfectly
NEC P2X Works

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perfectly
NEC PC−PR1000 Works
perfectly
NEC PC−PR150 Works
perfectly
NEC PC−PR2000 Works
perfectly
NEC PC−PR201 Works
perfectly
NEC PICTY180 Works
perfectly
NEC PinWriter P6 Works
perfectly
NEC PinWriter P6 plus Works
perfectly
NEC PinWriter P60 Works
perfectly
NEC PinWriter P7 Works
perfectly
NEC PinWriter P7 plus Works
perfectly
NEC PinWriter P70 Works
perfectly
NEC Pinwriter P20 Works
perfectly
NEC SilentWriter LC 890 Works
perfectly
NEC Silentwriter 95f Works
perfectly
NEC Silentwriter2 S60P Works
perfectly
NEC Silentwriter2 model Works
290 perfectly
NEC SuperScript 100C Works
partially
NEC SuperScript 1260 Works
partially
NEC SuperScript 150C Works
partially
NEC SuperScript 1800 Works
perfectly

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NEC SuperScript 4600N Works

perfectly
NEC SuperScript 610plus None −
Paperweight
NEC SuperScript 650C Works
partially
NEC SuperScript 660 None −
Paperweight
NEC SuperScript 660i Works
perfectly
NEC SuperScript 660plus None −
Paperweight
NEC SuperScript 750C Works
partially
NEC SuperScript 860 Works
partially
NEC SuperScript 870 Works
partially
Oce 3165 Works
perfectly
Oce 9050 Works
perfectly
Okidata 6e Unknown
Okidata 6w Unknown
Okidata DP 5000 Works
mostly
Okidata ML 320 Works
perfectly
Okidata ML 321 Works
perfectly
Okidata ML 380 Works
perfectly
Okidata Microline 182 Works
mostly
Okidata Microline 192+ Works
partially
Okidata Microline 600CL Works
perfectly
Okidata Microline 620CL Works
perfectly
Okidata

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Microline IBM Works

compatible 9 pin perfectly
Okidata OL 400e Unknown
Okidata OL 400w Works
mostly
Okidata OL 410e Works
mostly
Okidata OL 600e Works
perfectly
Okidata OL 610e/PS Works
perfectly
Okidata OL 610e/S Works
mostly
Okidata OL 800 Works
perfectly
Okidata OL 810e/PS Works
perfectly
Okidata OL400ex Works
perfectly
Okidata OL810ex Works
perfectly
Okidata OL820 Works
partially
Okidata OL830Plus Works
perfectly
Okidata Okijet 2010 None −
Paperweight
Okidata Okijet 2500 Works
mostly
Okidata Okipage 10e Works
perfectly
Okidata Okipage 10ex Works
perfectly
Okidata Okipage 12i Works
perfectly
Okidata Okipage 20DXn Works
perfectly
Okidata Okipage 4w Works
mostly
Okidata Okipage 4w+ Works
mostly

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Okidata Okipage 6e Works

perfectly
Okidata Okipage 6ex Works
perfectly
Okidata Okipage 6w Works
mostly
Okidata Okipage 8c Works
perfectly
Okidata Okipage 8p Works
perfectly
Okidata Okipage 8w Works
mostly
Okidata Okipage 8w Lite Works
mostly
Okidata Okipage 8z Works
mostly
Okidata Super 6e Works
mostly
Olivetti JP350S Works
perfectly
Olivetti JP450 Works
mostly
Olivetti JP470 Works
perfectly
Olivetti PG 306 Works
perfectly
PCPI 1030 Works
perfectly
Panasonic KX−P1123 Works
perfectly
Panasonic KX−P1124 Works
perfectly
Panasonic KX−P1150 Works
perfectly
Panasonic KX−P1180i Works
partially
Panasonic KX−P1624 Works
partially
Panasonic KX−P2023 Works
perfectly
Panasonic KX−P2123 Works

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mostly
Panasonic KX−P2135 Works
perfectly
Panasonic KX−P2150 Works
perfectly
Panasonic KX−P4410 Works
perfectly
Panasonic KX−P4450 Works
perfectly
Panasonic KX−P5400 Works
perfectly
Panasonic KX−P6100 None −
Paperweight
Panasonic KX−P6150 Works
mostly
Panasonic KX−P6300 GDI None −
Paperweight
Panasonic KX−P6500 Works
partially
Panasonic KX−P8410 None −
Paperweight
Panasonic KX−P8420 Works
perfectly
Panasonic KX−P8475 Works
perfectly
Panasonic KX−PS600 Works
partially
Panasonic KX−Pxxxx 24−pin Works
partially
Panasonic KXP−2624 Unknown
Pentax PocketJet 200 Works
perfectly
Pentax PocketJet II Works
perfectly
Printrex 820 DL Works
partially
QMS 2425 Turbo EX Works
perfectly
QMS LPK−100 Works
perfectly
QMS magicolor 2

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None −
Paperweight
QMS magicolor 2+ Works
perfectly
QMS ps−810 Works
mostly
Raven LP−410 Works
mostly
Ricoh 4081 Works
perfectly
Ricoh 4801 Works
perfectly
Ricoh 6000 Works
perfectly
Ricoh Aficio 220 Works
perfectly
Ricoh Aficio 401 Works
mostly
Ricoh Aficio 700 Works
perfectly
Ricoh Aficio AP2000 Works
perfectly
Ricoh Aficio Color 2206 None −
Paperweight
Ricoh Afico FX10 None −
Paperweight
Ricoh RPDL I Laser Printer Works
perfectly
Ricoh RPDL II Laser Printer Works
perfectly
Ricoh RPDL III Laser Printer Works
perfectly
Ricoh RPDL IV Laser Works
Printer perfectly
Samsung ML−1000 Works
perfectly
Samsung ML−1010 Works
perfectly
Samsung ML−1020 Works
perfectly
Samsung ML−1200 Works

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perfectly
Samsung ML−1210 Works
perfectly
Samsung ML−1220 Works
perfectly
Samsung ML−200 Works
perfectly
Samsung ML−210 Works
perfectly
Samsung ML−4500 Works
perfectly
Samsung ML−4600 Works
perfectly
Samsung ML−5000a Works
perfectly
Samsung ML−5050G None −
Paperweight
Samsung ML−5080 Works
perfectly
Samsung ML−6000/6100 Works
perfectly
Samsung ML−6040 Works
perfectly
Samsung ML−7000/7000P/7000NWorks
perfectly
Samsung ML−7050 Works
perfectly
Samsung ML−85 Works
perfectly
Samsung ML−85G Works
mostly
Samsung QL−5100A Works
perfectly
Samsung QL−6050 Works
perfectly
Samsung QL−85G Works
mostly
Samsung SF/MSYS/MJ−4700/4800/4500C
None −
Paperweight
Samsung SI−630A Works
perfectly

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Seiko SLP Works

mostly
Seiko SLP 120 Works
mostly
Seiko SLP 220 Works
mostly
Seiko SLP EZ30 Works
mostly
Seiko SLP Plus Works
mostly
Seiko SLP Pro Works
mostly
Seiko SLP−100 Works
mostly
Seiko SLP−200 Works
mostly
Seiko SLP−240 Works
mostly
Seiko SpeedJET 200 Works
perfectly
Sharp AJ−1800 Works
mostly
Sharp AJ−1805 Works
mostly
Sharp AJ−2000 Works
mostly
Sharp AJ−2005 Works
mostly
Sharp AJ−2100 None −
Paperweight
Sharp AR−161 Works
perfectly
Star JJ−100 Works
perfectly
Star LC 90 Works
mostly
Star LC24−100 Works
perfectly
Star LC24−200 Works
mostly
Star LS−04 Works

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perfectly
Star LaserPrinter 8 Works
mostly
Star NL−10 Works
perfectly
Star NX−1001 Works
mostly
Star StarJet 48 Works
mostly
Star WinType 4000 None −
Paperweight
Tally MT908 Works
perfectly
Tektronix 3693d color printer, Works
8−bit mode perfectly
Tektronix 4693d color printer, Works
2−bit mode perfectly
Tektronix 4693d color printer, Works
4−bit mode perfectly
Tektronix 4695 Works
perfectly
Tektronix 4696 Works
perfectly
Tektronix 4697 Works
perfectly
Tektronix Phaser 350 Works
mostly
Tektronix Phaser 780 Works
perfectly
Tektronix Phaser 850 Works
perfectly
Tektronix Phaser IISX Works
perfectly
Tektronix Phaser PX Works
perfectly
Xerox 2700 XES Works
perfectly
Xerox 3700 XES Works
perfectly
Xerox 4045 XES Works
perfectly

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Xerox DocuPrint 4508 Works

perfectly
Xerox DocuPrint C11 Works
partially
Xerox DocuPrint C20 Works
perfectly
Xerox DocuPrint C55 Works
perfectly
Xerox DocuPrint C6 Works
mostly
Xerox DocuPrint C8 Works
partially
Xerox DocuPrint M750 Works
mostly
Xerox DocuPrint M760 Works
mostly
Xerox DocuPrint N17 Works
perfectly
Xerox DocuPrint N32 Works
perfectly
Xerox DocuPrint N4512 Works
perfectly
Xerox DocuPrint N4512 PS Works
perfectly
Xerox DocuPrint P12 Works
mostly
Xerox DocuPrint P1202 Works
mostly
Xerox DocuPrint P8 None −
Paperweight
Xerox DocuPrint P8e Works
mostly
Xerox DocuPrint XJ6C Works
partially
Xerox DocuPrint XJ8C Works
partially
Xerox Document Centre 400 Works
perfectly
Xerox Document Works
Homecentre partially
Xerox WorkCentre 385 None −

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Paperweight
Xerox WorkCentre 450cp Works
partially
Xerox WorkCentre 470cx Works
partially
Xerox WorkCentre XD120f None −
Paperweight
Xerox WorkCentre XE80 None −
Paperweight
Xerox WorkCentre XE90fx None −
Paperweight
Xerox WorkCentre XK35c Works
partially

The following is old information and will be removed in a future revision of this document:

• HP LaserJet 4 series − free−lj4, printing modes control program here

• BiTronics parallel port interface here
• Epson Stylus Color 850. Use Magicfilter with either of the filters 'stylus800−filter',
'stylus_color_360dpi−filter' or 'stylus_color_720dpi−filter'.

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

• Ghostscript here

22.1.1. Ghostscript 5.1 supported printers

• Apple Imagewriter
• Apple Dot Matrix printer
• Apple StyleWriter 2x00 (bjc600)
• Brother HL−660 (ljet4)
• C. Itoh M8510
• Canon BubbleJet BJ10e, BJ20 (bj10e)
• Canon BubbleJet BJ100, BJ200, BJC−210 (B/W only), BJC−240 (B/W only), BJC−250 (B/W only),
BJC−70 (B/W only) (bj200)
• Canon BubbleJet BJC−600, BJC−610, BJC−4000, BJC−4100 (B/W only), BJC−4200, BJC−4300,
BJC−4400, BJC−4550, BJC−210, BJC−450, MultiPASS C2500, BJC−240, BJC−70 (bjc600)
• Canon BubbleJet BJC−800, BJC−7000 (bjc800)
• Canon Bubblejet BJC−610 (uniprint)
• Canon LBP−8II, LIPS III
• DEC LA50/70/75/75plus

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• DEC LN03, LJ250 (decl250)

• Epson 9 pin, 24 pin, LQ series, AP3250
• Epson Stylus Color/Color II/400/500/600/800 (stcolor)
• Epson Stylus Color/Color II/500/600/800/1520 (uniprint)
• Fujitsu 3400,2400,1200
• HP 2563B
• HP DesignJet 650C
• HP DeskJet, Deskjet Plus (deskjet)
• HP Deskjet 500, Deskjet Portable (djet500)
• HP Deskjet 500C (cdeskjet)
• HP Deskjet 550C (uniprint)
• HP DeskJet 400/500C/520C/540C/690C/693C (cdj500)
• HP DeskJet 550C/560C/600/660C/660Cse/682C/683C/693C/694C/695C/850/870Cse (cdj550)
• HP DeskJet 850/855/870Cse/870Cxi/890C/672C/680/1100C (cdj850)
• HP DeskJet 500C/510/520/5540C/693C printing black only (cdjmono)
• HP DeskJet 600 (lj4dith)
• HP DeskJet 600/870Cse, LaserJet 5/5L/6L (ljet4)
• HP Deskjet 600/1200C/1600C (pjxl300)
• HP Deskjet 500/500C/510/520/540/550C/560C/850C/855C and other PCL3 printers here
• HP Deskjet 710, 720, 820 and 1000 series here
• HP Paintjet (pjtest)
• HP Paintjet XL (pjxltest)
• HP PaintJet XL300 (pjxl300)
• HP LaserJet/Plus/II/III/4/5/6
• IBM 3853 Jetprinter color
• IBM Proprinter
• Imagen ImPress
• Lexmark Optra E+ (ljet4)
• Mitsubishi CP50 color
• NEC P6/P6+/P60
• NEC Pinwriter P2X (uniprint)
• NEC SuperScript 860 (ljetplus)
• 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.)

22.1.2. Alpha, Beta drivers

• Epson Stylus Color 440

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23. Scanners
For scanner support there is the package SANE (Scanner Access Now Easy). Information can be found at
here. It can be downloaded from here. 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 here

Many scanners also have their own, scanner specific, software packages which include drivers.

23.1. Supported
• A4 Tech AC 4096 / AS 8000P (a4scan) here
• Adara Image Star I ??? here ??? here
• Conrad Personal Scanner 64, P105 handheld scanners (scan−driver) here
• Epson GT−5500 (SANE epson)
• Epson GT−6000 here
• Escom Image Scanner 256 (SANE umax)
• Fujitsu SCSI−2 scanners contact Dr. G.W. Wettstein
< greg%[email protected]>
• Genius ColorPage−SP2 ??? here ??? here
• Genius GS−B105G handheld scanner (gs105) here
• Genius GeniScan GS−4500, GS−4500A handheld scanners (gs4500) here
• HighScreen Greyscan 256 handheld scanner (BW only) (gs4500) here
• HP ScanJet II series SCSI here
• HP ScanJet IIc, IIcx, IIp, 3c, 4c, 4p, 5p, 5pse, plus here
• Linotype Hell Jade, Jade2 (SANE umax)
• Logitech Scanman+, Scanman 32, Scanman 256 handheld scanners (logiscan) here
• Microtek ScanMaker E3, E6, II, IIXE, III and 35t models ??? here ??? here E3 and E6 scanners are
also supported by here
• Mustek M105 handheld scanner (scan−driver) here
• Mustek HT800 Turbo, Matador 105, Matador 256 handheld scanners (scan−driver) here
• Mustek Paragon 6000CX here
• Nikon Coolscan SCSI 35mm film scanner here
• Nikon AX−210 (SANE umax)
• Pearl 256 handheld scanner (scan−driver) here
• Polaroid DMC (SANE dmc)
• Vobis/Highscreen Scanboostar Premium (SANE umax)
• UMAX SCSI scanners here
• UMAX Vista S6, S6E, T630, Supervista S−12 (SANE umax)
• UMAX S−6E, S−6EG, S−12, S−12G (SANE umax)
• UMAX Astra 600S, 610S, 1200S, 1220S (SANE umax)
• UMAX UC 630, 840, 1200S, 1200SE (SANE umax)
• UMAX UG 80, 630 (SANE umax)
• UMAX PSD, Gemini D−16 (SANE umax)

NOTE: The Mustek drivers work only with GI1904 interface cards. Eric Chang [email protected] has
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23.2. Alpha, Beta drivers

• Abaton Scan 300/S (SANE abaton)
• Abaton Scan 300/GS (SANE abaton)
• Agfa Focus, Focus II (SANE agfafocus)
• Agfa Focus Color, Focus Color Plus (SANE agfafocus)
• Agfa Focus Lineart (SANE agfafocus)
• Agfa Arcus II (SANE microtek)
• Agfa StudioScan II, IIsi (SANE microtek)
• Agfa SnapScan 300, 310, 600 (SANE snapscan)
• Apple Scanner, OneScanner, ColorOneScanner (SANE apple)
• Artec/Ultima AT3, AT6, AT12 (SANE artec)
• Artec A6000C+ (SANE artec)
• Canon CanoScan 300, CanoScan 600, CanoScan 2700F (SANE canon)
• Genius Colorpage−Vivid+ Info can be found on here. The driver can also be found here.
• Genius GS−4000, ScanMate/32, ScanMate/GS handheld scanners (gs4500) here
• HP ScanJet IIc, IIp, IIcx, 3c, 4c, 3p, 4p, 5p, 6100c, 6200c (SANE hp)
• HP PhotoSmart PhotoScanner (SANE hp)
• Kodak DC210 (SANE dc210)
• Kodak DC20, DC25 (SANE dc25)
• Microtek Scanmaker E2, E3, E6, II, IIG, IIHR, IISP, III, 35t+, 600Z(S), 600G(S) (SANE microtek)
• Microtek ScanMaker E3plus, 330, 630, 636, X6 (SANE microtek2)
• Microtek Phantom 636 (SANE microtek2)
• Mustek MFC−600S, MFC−600CD, MFC−800S (SANE mustek)
• Mustek MFS−6000CX, MFS−6000SP, MFS−8000SP, MFS−1200SP, MFS−12000CX (SANE
mustek)
• Mustek SE−6000SP, SE−12000SP (SANE mustek)
• Mustek HT105, M800 handheld scanners (scan−driver) here
• Nework Scanny MM100 Info can be found on here. The driver can also be found here.
• Nikon LS−20, LS−30, LS−1000 (SANE Coolscan)
• Plustek OpticPro 4830P, OpticPro 4831P, OpticPro 9630P/PL, OpticPro 600P, OpticPro FBIII,
OpticPro FBIV (SANE plustek) The sane driver can be found at here
• Primax Colorado Direct 300, Colorado Direct 600/30bit, Storm Totalscan Info can be found on here.
The driver can also be found here.
• Siemens S9036 (SANE agfafocus)
• Tamarack Artiscan 6000C, 8000C, 12000C (SANE tamarack)
• UMAX Vista−S8, UC−1260, Mirage IIse, PL−II (SANE umax)
• Vobis HighScan (SANE microtek2)
• Voelkner Personal Scanner 64 handheld scanner (scan−driver) here
• Vuego 310S (SANE snapscan)

23.3. Unsupported
• Acer scanners. Acer is not releasing any programming information.
• Escom 256 (Primax Lector Premier 256) handheld scanner
• Genius ScanMate/256, ScanMate/Color, EasyScan handheld scanners

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• Mustek CG 8000 handheld scanner

• Primax Colorado Direct 9600, Colorado 1200p, Colorado USB 19200 Info can be found on here
• Trust Ami Scan handheld scanner
• UMAX parallel scanners

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24. USB
USB is supported in all 2.4.x kernels, as well as 2.2.18 and higher. The kernel driver supports both the
Universal Host Controller Interface (UHCI, used by Intel and Via motherboard chipsets) and the Open Host
Controller Interface (OHCI, used by Compaq, Apple, SiS, OPTi, Lucent and ALi chipsets).

For more information, see linux−usb.org.

Below is a very incomplete list of USB hardware known to work with the Linux USB driver.

24.1. Digital Cameras

Manufacturer Model Driver Notes

Name
Sony DSC−F505V
usb−storage
Information from
www.cybershotcentral.com/oses.asp
Sony DSC−S70
usb−storage
Information from
www.cybershotcentral.com/oses.asp
Sony DSC−S50
usb−storage
Information from
www.cybershotcentral.com/oses.asp
Sony DSC−S30
usb−storage
Information from
www.cybershotcentral.com/oses.asp
Sony DSC−P1usb−storage
Information from
www.cybershotcentral.com/oses.asp

24.2. Miscellaneous

Manufacturer Model Description

Driver Notes
Name
SanDisk ImageMate
CompactFlash
usb−storage
reader
Sony MSAC−US1
Memory usb−storage
Information from
Stick www.cybershotcentral.com/oses.
Standalone
USB
Adaptor

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25. Other hardware
25.1. 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

25.2. VESA Power Savings Protocol (DPMS) monitors

Support for power savings is included in the Linux kernel. Use setterm to enable support in the Linux
console, and xset to enable support under X.

25.3. Touch screens

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

• Carrol Touch serial touch screen here

• EloGraphics
• Lucas Deeco
• MicroTouch

25.4. 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

25.5. Joysticks
Joystick support is in the latest XFree86 distributions (3.3.x) and in kernel versions 2.1.xx and 2.2.xx. For
older kernels the links below are usefull.

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• Joystick driver For information check here. An FTP archive can be found at here.

Currently supported joysticks are:

• Amiga joysticks on Amiga

• CH Flightstick Pro compatibles with additional two hats and two buttons
• DirectPad Pro parallel port joystick interfaces ( here)
• FP Gaming Assasin 3D ( here)
• Gamepads with 6 and 8 buttons
• Genius Flight2000 Digital F−23 ( here)
• Gravis Blackhawk Digital ( here)
• Gravis GamePad Pro ( here)
• Gravis Xterminator GamePad ( here)
• Logitech CyberMan 2 ( here)
• Logitech ThunderPad Digital
• Logitech WingMan Extreme Digital ( here)
• MadCatz Panther ( here)
• MadCatz Panther XL ( here)
• Microsoft SideWinder 3D Pro ( here)
• Microsoft SideWinder Force Feedback Pro ( here)
• Microsoft SideWinder GamePad ( here)
• Microsoft SideWinder Precision Pro ( here)
• Multisystem joysticks (Atari, Amiga, Commodore, Amstrad)
• Multisystem joysticks using 0.8.0.2 hw interface
• Nintendo Entertainment System (and clone − SVI, Pegasus ...) gamepads
• PDPI Lightning L4 gamecard ( here)
• Sega Genesis (MegaDrive) gamepads
• Sega Master System gamepads
• Sega Saturn gamepads
• SNESKey parallel port joystick interfaces
• Sony PlayStation gamepads
• Standard joysticks with 2, 3 or 4 axes, and up to 4 buttons
• Super Nintendo Entertainment System gamepads
• ThrustMaster FCS compatibles with additional hat
• ThrustMaster Millenium 3D Inceptor ( here)
• ThrustMaster Rage 3D ( here)
• TurboGraFX parallel port joystick interface ( here)

25.6. Video capture boards / Frame Grabbers / TV tuner

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

• BTTV here
• Xawtv
• Xtvscreen

All cards with Bt848/Bt848a/Bt849/Bt878/Bt879 and normal Composite/S−VHS inputs are supported.
Teletext and Intercast support (PAL only) via VBI samples decoding in software.

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• Adlink 7200 Digital I/O device here

• Adlink 7300A Digital I/O device here
• 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 here
• Data Translation DT3155 here
• Diamond DTV2000 (based on Bt848)
• Dipix XPG1000/FPG/PPMAPA (based on TI C40 DSP). Most add−on cards are supported. here or
here. The driver can be found at here
• Epix SVM
• Epix Silicon Video MUX series of video frame grabbing boards here
• FAST Screen Machine II here
• Hauppage Wincast TV PCI (based on Bt848) here
• Imaging Technology ITI/IC−PCI here
• ImageNation Cortex I here
• ImageNation CX100 here
• ImageNation PX500 here
• ImageNation PXC200 here
• Imaging Technology Inc. IC−PCI frame grabber board here
• Matrix Vision MV−Delta here
• Matrox Meteor here
• Matrox PIP−1024 here
• MaxiTV/PCI (based on ZR36120) here
• Miro PCTV (based on Bt848) here
• MuTech MV1000 PCI here
• MuTech MV200 here
• Philips PCA10TV (not in production anymore) here
• Pinnacle PCTV (based on Bt848)
• Pro Movie Studio here
• Quanta WinVision B&W video capture card here
• Quickcam here
• Nomadic Technologies Sensus 700 here for common information. Alas, Nomadic Technologies has
removed the page about the Sensus 700.
• Smart Video Recoder III (based on Bt848) here
• STB TV PCI Television Tuner (based on Bt848) here
• Tekram C210 (based on ZR36120) here
• Video Blaster, Rombo Media Pro+ here
• VT1500 TV cards here

25.7. Digital Camera

Currently there are five programs which can be used in combination with digital cameras.

• Camediaplay ( here) You can download it from here

• Photopc ( here) It can be downloaded from here
• Qvplay ( here) It can be downloaded from here
• JCAM, a Java application which allows digital camera owners to access and download pictures from
a wide variety of popular digital cameras ( here) It can be downloaded from here

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• gPhoto ( here) It can be downloaded from here

Photopc can be extended with a graphical Tk frontend. This can be found at here. Also Qvplay cab be
extended with a graphical Tk frontend, which can be found at here

25.7.1. Supported
• Agfa ePhoto line of cameras (photopc, camediaplay, JCAM)
• Apple QuickTake 200 (JCAM)
• Casio QV10, QV−10A, QV−11, QV−30, QV−70, QV−100, QV−200, QV−300, QV−700, QV−770
(qvplay) here
• Casio QV−10A, QV−11, QV−30, QV−70, QV−100, QV−300, QV−700, QV−770 (JCAM)
• Chinon ES−1000 (same hardware, protocol and image format as Kodak DC20) (JCAM) here
• Epson "Colorio Photo" CP−100 (PhotoPC) (photopc, camediaplay) here
• Epson "Colorio Photo" CP−200 (PhotoPC 500) (photopc, camediaplay, JCAM) here
• Epson "Colorio Photo" CP−200 (PhotoPC 550) (JCAM)
• Epson "Colorio Photo" CP−500 (PhotoPC 600) (photopc, camediaplay, JCAM) here
• Epson "Colorio Photo" CP−500 (PhotoPC 700) (JCAM)
• Epson PhotoPC 550 (photopc, camediaplay) here
• Fuji DS−7, DX−5 (DS−10), DX−7 (DS−20), DX−9 (DS−30), DS−300, MX−700 (JCAM)
• HP Photo Smart Digital Camera (Some people say it is supported, others say it isn't !!??)
• Kodak DC−20, DC−25, DC−200/210 (JCAM) here
• Olympus C−300L, C−320L, C−420L, C−800L, C−840L, C−1000L, C−1400L (JCAM) here
• Olympus "Camedia" C−400L (D−200L) (photopc, camediaplay, JCAM) here
• Olympus "Camedia" C−820L (D−320L) (photopc, camediaplay, JCAM) here
• Olympus C2000Z (photocd)
• Sanyo VPC−G200/G200EX (photopc, camediaplay) here
• Sanyo DSC−V1 (VPC−G200E) (photopc, camediaplay) here
• Sanyo DSC−X1 (VPC−X300) (JCAM)
• Sanyo DSC−X300 (photopc, camediaplay) here
• Nikon Coolpix 600/900 (Coolpix 600 untested) (photopc) here and here
• Sierra Imaging SD640 (photopc) here
• Toshiba PDR−2 (not sure: photopc) here

25.7.2. Unsupported
• Casio QV−120, QV−5000SX, QV−7000SX
• Kodak DC40, DC50, DC120

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

• APC SmartUPS here

• APC−BackUPS 400/600, APC−SmartUPS SU700/1400RM here
• Fenton PowerPal here for downloads and manuals. Web site information can be found at here

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• Fenton Tele−UPS here for downloads and manuals. Web site information can be found at here
• Fenton PowerOn here for downloads and manuals. Web site information can be found at here
• UPS's with RS−232 monitoring port (genpower package) here
• MGE UPS's here and here
• A daemon to shut down and up computers connected to ups's. It's network aware and allows server−
and client−mode here

25.9. Multifunction boards

• Pro Audio Spectrum 16 SCSI / Sound interface card

25.10. 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 here

• 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

< [email protected] >

25.11. Watchdog timer interfaces

• Berkshire Products PC Watchdog Card (ISA cards rev. A and C) Check here for the PC Watchdog
program. A driver is included in recent kernels. More information on this product can be found at here
• ICS WDT500−P here
• ICS WDT501−P (with and without fan tachometer) here
• Outsource Engineering & Manufacturing Inc. Basic Watchdog Timer Board (ISA) Information can
be found at here. Drivers currently running on 2.0.29, 2.0.33 and 2.0.36 kernels

25.12. Miscellaneous
• Mattel Powerglove
• AIMS Labs RadioTrack FM radio card here
• Reveal FM Radio card here
• Videotext cards here

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26. Appendix A. S3 cards supported by XFree86
3.3.x.

CHIPSET RAMDAC
CLOCKCHIP
BPPCARD

801/805 AT&T 16 Actix GE

20C490 32 / 32+
2Mb
Orchid
Fahrenheit
1280(+)
801/805 AT&T ICD2061A 16 STB
20C490 PowerGraph
X.24
801/805 Del S3
805
Miro
Crystal 8S
Orchid
Fahrenheit
VA
VL−41
805 S3 16 Miro
GENDAC 10SD
VLB/PCI
SPEA
Mirage
VLB
801/805 SS2410 ICD2061A 8 Diamond
Stealth 24
VLB/ISA
801/805 AT&T Ch8391 16 JAX
20C490 8231/8241,
SPEA
Mirage
801/805 S3 Miro
GENDAC Crystal
10SD
805i Actix GE
32i

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ELSA
Winner
1000 ISA
928 AT&T 16 Actix
20C490 Ultra
928 Sierra ICD2061A 32 ELSA
SC15025 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 ICS2494 32 Miro
20C498 (Crystal)

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20SD
(BIOS
1.xx)
864 AT&T ICD2061A/32 ELSA
20C498/ Winner
1000
PRO
VLB/PCI
864 STG1700ICS9161 MIRO
20SD
(BIOS
2.x)
ELAS
Winner
1000 PRO
864 STG1700ICD2061A 32 Actix GE
64 VLB
864 AT&T ICS2595 16 SPEA(/V7)
20C498/ Mirage
P64
DRAM
(BIOS
3.x)
AT&T
21C498
864 S3 32 ELSA
86C716 Winner
SDAC 1000 PRO
Miro
20SD
(BIOS
3.x)
SPEA
Mirage
P64
DRAM
(BIOS
4.x)
Diamond
Stealth 64
DRAM
Genoa
Phantom
64i

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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 ICD2061A 32 #9
20C498−13 GXE64
PCI
864 ASUS
Video
Magic
PCI V864
VidTech
FastMax
P20

CHIPSET RAMDAC
CLOCKCHIP
BPPCARD

964 ELSA Winner

2000 PRO−2,4
spider
Tarantula 64
964 AT&T ICD2061A32 Miro Crystal
20C505 20SV
PCI/40SV
964 Bt485 ICD2061A32 Diamond
Stealth 64
964 Bt9485 ICS9161A32 SPEA Mercury
64
964 Ti3020 ICD2061A8 ELSA Winner
2000 PRO PCI
964 Ti3025 Ti3025 32 #9 GXE64 Pro
VLB/PCI

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Miro Crystal
40SV
964 IBM 32 Hercules
RGB Graphite
Terminator 64
868 S3 32 ELSA Winner
86C716 1000AVI
SDAC
Miro Crystal
20SD PCI
868 AT&T ELSA Winner
29C409 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−
Genoa
VideoBlitz III
AV
Hercules
Graphite
Terminator Pro
64
LeadTek
WinFast S430

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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 32 Genoa
RGB VideoBlitz III
AVI
Hercules
Terminator Pro
64
STB Velocity
64 Video
#9 FX Motion
771
Diamond
Stealth 64
Video
3240/3400
968 TI Diamond
RAMDAC 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)

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Diamond
Stealth 64
DRAM
Diamond
Stealth 64
Graphics 2xx0
#9 FX Vision
330
STB
PowerGraph 64
(all Trio64
based cards)

CHIPSET RAMDAC
CLOCKCHIP
BPPCARD

(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

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(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

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#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

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

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27. Appendix B. Supported PCMCIA cards
These cards are supported by David Hinds' PCMCIA package and this list is taken from his web page ( here).

CardBus cards are listed at the end of each section. At this time, all CardBus drivers should be treated as
experimental. Beware that some cards have 16−bit and CardBus versions with very similar names. If the
CardBus version is not specifically listed as supported here, then you should not expect it to work.

27.1. 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 (3c589_cs)

• 3Com Megahertz 3CCE589E, 3CXE589D, 3CXE589EC (3c589_cs)
• Accton EN2212, EN2216 EtherCard (pcnet_cs)
• Accton SOHO BASIC EN220 (pcnet_cs)
• Addtron Ethernet (pcnet_cs)
• AIBrain EPCM−T (pcnet_cs)
• Allied Telesis CentreCOM CE6001, LA−PCM, LA−PCM V2 (pcnet_cs)
• AmbiCom AMB8002, AMB8002T (pcnet_cs)
• AnyCom ECO Ethernet (pcnet_cs)
• Apollo RE450CT (pcnet_cs)
• Argosy EN210 (pcnet_cs)
• Asante FriendlyNet (pcnet_cs) (new cards seem not to work!!)
• AST 1082 Ethernet (pcnet_cs)
• Billionton LNT−10TB, LNT−10TN (pcnet_cs)
• Califormia Access LAN Adapter
• CeLAN EPCMCIA (pcnet_cs)
• CNet CN30BC, CN40BC Ethernet (pcnet_cs)
• Compaq Ethernet Adapter (xirc2ps_cs)
• Compex/ReadyLINK Ethernet Combo (pcnet_cs)
• Compex Linkport Ethernet (pcnet_cs)
• COMPU−SHACK BASEline Ethernet (pcnet_cs)
• Connectware LANdingGear Adapter (pcnet_cs)
• Corega Ether PCC−T, PCM−T (pcnet_cs)
• CyQ've ELA−010 10baseT (pcnet_cs)
• CONTEC C−NET(PC)C (fmvj18x_cs)
• Danpex EN−6200P2 Ethernet (pcnet_cs)
• Datatrek NetCard (pcnet_cs)
• Dayna Communications CommuniCard E (pcnet_cs)
• Digital DEPCM−AA, PCP78−AC Ethernet (pcnet_cs)
• Digital EtherWORKS Turbo Ethernet (pcnet_cs)
• D−Link DE−650, DE−660 (pcnet_cs)
• DynaLink L10C Ethernet (pcnet_cs)

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• Eagle NE200 Ethernet (fmvj18x_cs)

• Edimax Technology Ethernet Combo (pcnet_cs)
• EFA InfoExpress 205, 207 Combo (pcnet_cs)
• Eiger Labs EPX−ET10T2 Combo (pcnet_cs)
• Eiger Labs EPX−10BT, EPX−ET 10BT EPX−ET 10TZ (fmvj18x_cs)
• ELECOM Laneed LD−CDWA, LD−CDX, LD−CDNIA, LD−CDY, LD−CDF (pcnet_cs)
• EP−210 Ethernet (pcnet_cs)
• Epson Ethernet (pcnet_cs)
• EtherPRIME Ethernet (pcnet_cs)
• Explorer NE−10000 Ethernet (pcnet_cs)
• EZLink 4109 Ethernet (pcnet_cs)
• Farallon Etherwave, EtherMac (3c589_cs)
• Fiberline FL−4680 (pcnet_cs)
• Fujitsu FMV−J181, FMV−J182, FMV−J182A, FMV−J183 (fmvj18x_cs)
• Fujitsu Towa LA501, FMV−1080, FM50N−183 (fmvj18x_cs)
• Gateway 2000 Ethernet (pcnet_cs)
• Genius ME3000II Ethernet (pcnet_cs)
• Grey Cell Ethernet (pcnet_cs)
• GVC NIC−2000P Ethernet Combo (pcnet_cs)
• Hitachi HT−4840−11 EtherCard (fmvj18x_cs)
• Hypertec HyperNet (pcnet_cs)
• IBM CreditCard Ethernet Adapter (pcnet_cs)
• IC−Card Ethernet (pcnet_cs)
• Infotel IN650ct Ethernet (pcnet_cs)
• I−O Data PCLA/T, PCLA/TE (pcnet_cs)
• Katron PE−520 Ethernet (pcnet_cs)
• KingMax Technology EN10−T2 Ethernet (pcnet_cs)
• Kingston KNE−PCM/M, KNE−PC2, KNE−PC2T (pcnet_cs)
• KTI PE−520 Plus (pcnet_cs)
• LANEED LD−CDW Ethernet (pcnet_cs)
• LanPro EP4000A (pcnet_cs)
• Lantech Ethernet (pcnet_cs)
• Level One EPC−0100TB (pcnet_cs)
• Linksys EtherCard (pcnet_cs)
• Logitec LPM−LN10T, LPM−LN10BA, LPM−LN20T Ethernet (pcnet_cs)
• Longshine ShineNet LCS−8534TB Ethernet (pcnet_cs)
• Macnica ME−1 Ethernet (pcnet_cs)
• Maxtech PCN2000 Ethernet (pcnet_cs)
• Megahertz XJ10BT, XJ10BC, CC10BT Ethernet (smc91c92_cs)
• Melco LPC−TJ, LPC−TS, LPC−T, LPC2−T (pcnet_cs)
• Microdyne NE4200 Ethernet (pcnet_cs)
• Midori LANNER LT−PCMT (pcnet_cs)
• Micronet Etherfast Adapter (pcnet_cs)
• NDC Instant−Link (pcnet_cs)
• Network General ``Sniffer'' (pcnet_cs)
• New Media EtherLAN (nmclan_cs)
• New Media LanSurfer (pcnet_cs)
• New Media LiveWire (NOT the LiveWire+) (nmclan_cs)
• New Media BASICS Ethernet (smc91c92_cs)
• NextCom NC5310 (fmvj18x_cs)
• Novell/National NE4100 InfoMover (pcnet_cs)

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• Ositech Four of Diamonds (smc91c92_cs)

• OvisLink Ethernet (pcnet_cs)
• Panasonic CF−VEL211P−B (pcnet_cs)
• Planet SmartCom 2000, 3500, ENW−3501−T, ENW−3502−T (pcnet_cs)
• Pretec Ethernet (pcnet_cs)
• PreMax PE−200 Ethernet (pcnet_cs)
• Proteon Ethernet (pcnet_cs)
• Ratoc REX−9822, REX−5588A/W, REX−R280 (fmvj18x_cs)
• Relia RE2408T Ethernet (pcnet_cs)
• Reliasys 2400A Ethernet (pcnet_cs)
• RPTI EP400, EP401 Ethernet (pcnet_cs)
• SCM Ethernet (pcnet_cs)
• Sky Link Express (pcnet_cs)
• SMC 8020BT EtherEZ (not the EliteCard) (smc91c92_cs)
• SMC 8022 EZCard−10 (pcnet_cs)
• Socket Communications EA LAN Adapter (pcnet_cs)
• Socket Communications LPE Low Power Ethernet (pcnet_cs)
• SOHOware Ethernet (pcnet_cs)
• SuperSocket RE450T (pcnet_cs)
• Surecom Ethernet (pcnet_cs)
• SVEC PN605C (pcnet_cs)
• TDK LAC−CD02x, LAK−CD021, LAK−CD022A, LAK−CD021AX, LAK−CD021BX
(fmvj18x_cs)
• Thomas−Conrad Ethernet (pcnet_cs)
• Trust Ethernet Combo (pcnet_cs)
• UNEX NexNIC MA010 (pcnet_cs)
• Volktek NPL−402CT Ethernet (pcnet_cs)
• Xircom CreditCard CE2 (xirc2ps_cs)

27.2. Fast Ethernet (10/100baseT) adapters

epic_cb and tulip_cb drivers are experimental and need a 2.2.x or newer kernel

• 3Com 3c574TX, 3CCFE574BT (3c574_cs)

• 3Com 3c575TX, 3CCFE575BT, 3CXFE575BT CardBus (3c575_cb, performance problem)
• Abocom LinkMate FE1000 (pcnet_cs)
• Accton Fast EtherCard−16 (xirc2ps_cs)
• Accton EN2220 CardBus (tulip_cb)
• Allied Telesyn AT−2800 (tulip_cb)
• AmbiCom AMB8100 (tulip_cb)
• AnyCom ECO Ethernet 10/100 (pcnet_cs)
• Apollo Fast Ethernet (pcnet_cs)
• Argosy EN220 (smc91c92_cs)
• Compaq Netelligent 10/100 (xirc2ps_cs)
• Compex Linkport TX (tulip_cb)
• COMPU−SHACK FASTline 10/100 (pcnet_cs)
• Corega FastEther PCC−TX (pcnet_cs)
• D−Link DFE−650 (pcnet_cs)
• D−Link DFE−660TX (tulip_cb)

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• Dynalink L100C (smc91c92_cs)

• EXP ThinLan 100 (pcnet_cs)
• Fiberline Fast Ethernet (pcnet_cs)
• Hamlet FE1000 10/100 (pcnet_cs)
• Intel EtherExpress PRO/100 (xirc2ps_cs, 16−bit NOT 32−bit)
• IO DATA PCET/TX (pcnet_cs)
• Kingston KNE−CB4TX (tulip_cb)
• KTI KF−C16 (pcnet_cs)
• Laneed LD−10/100CD (pcnet_cs)
• Lantech FastNet/TX (smc91c92_cs)
• LevelOne FPC−0100TX (pcnet_cs)
• LevelOne FPC−0101TX 10/100Mbps CardBus (tulip_cb)
• Linksys PCMPC100 EtherFast 10/100 (pcnet_cs)
• Linksys PCMPC200 EtherFast CardBus (tulip_cb)
• Logitec LPM−LN100TX (pcnet_cs)
• Melco LPC2−TX (pcnet_cs)
• Melco/SMC LPC−TX (smc91c92_cs)
• Microcom TravelCard 10/100 (pcnet_cs)
• Micronet EtherFast Adapter (pcnet_cs)
• NetGear FA410TXC (pcnet_cs)
• Ositech Seven of Diamonds (smc91c92_cs)
• Ositech Seven of Spades CardBus (epic_cb)
• Planet FNW−3600T (pcnet_cs)
• SMC EZ CardBus 10/100 Ethernet (tulip_cb)
• SVEC FD606 10/100 Ethernet (tulip_cb)
• TDK NetworkFlyer LAK−CB100X, LAK−CB100AX CardBus (tulip_cb)
• Toshiba IPC5008A, Advanced Network 10/100 (xirc2ps_cs)
• UMAX Technologies UMAX250 (tulip_cb)
• WiseCom WC−PC400 (smc91c92_cs)
• Xircom CBEII−10/100 (tulip_cb)
• Xircom CreditCard CE3 (xirc2ps_cs, new cards may not work !!)

27.3. Token−ring adapters

You should at least have kernel 1.3.72

• 3Com 3c389 Tokenlink Velocity (ibmtr_cs)

• 3Com 3c689 TokenLink III (ibmtr_cs)
• IBM Token ring Adapter (ibmtr_cs)
• IBM Turbo 16/4 Token Ring (ibmtr_cs)

27.4. Wireless network adapters

• Aironet PC4500, PC4800 wireless network adapters (airco_cs) (Ben Reed [email protected])
• AT&T / NCR / Lucent WaveLAN version 2.0 (wavelan_cs)
• DEC RoamAbout/DS (wavelan_cs)
• Harris PRISM/AM79C930 IEEE 802.11 wireless LAN here (Mark Mathews [email protected])

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• Lucent WaveLAN/IEEE wireless network adapter (wavelan2_cs) (Lucent Technologies

[email protected])
• Raylink Wireless Network here (Corey Thomas [email protected])
• WaveLAN/IEEE wireless network adapter here (Andreas Neuhaus [email protected]−dortmund.de)
• Xircom CreditCard Netwave (netwave_cs)

27.5. ISDN
• Elsa MicroLink ISDN adapter (elsa_cs) (Klaus Lichtenwalder
[email protected])
• MPS ISLINEnote ISDN adapter (mpsuni_cs) (Detlef Glaschick glaschick@mps−software.de)
• Sedlbauer Speed Star ISDN adapter (sedl_cs) (Marcus Niemann
niemann@www−bib.fh−bielefeld.de)
• Teles ISDN adapter (teles_cs) (Christof Petig ea0141@uni−wuppertal.de)

27.6. 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 (serial_cs)

• Argosy dual serial (serial_cs)
• Black Box I114A RS−422/485 (serial_cs)
• National Instruments PCMCIA−232, PCMCIA−232/2, PCMCIA−232/4 (serial_cs)
• National Instruments PCMCIA−485, PCMCIA−485/2 (serial_cs)
• Omega Engineering QSP−100 (serial_cs)
• Quatech, IOTech dual RS−232 cards (serial_cs)
• Quatech quad RS−232 card (serial_cs)
• Socket Communications dual RS−232 card (serial_cs)
• Trimble Mobile GPS (serial_cs)

27.7. Memory cards

All SRAM cards should work. Unsupported flash cards can be read but not written.

• Epson 2MB SRAM

• IBM 8MB Flash (memory_cs)
• Intel Series 2, Series 2+ and Value Series 100 Flash (memory_cs)
• Maxtor MobileMax 16MB Flash (memory_cs)
• New Media SRAM
• RATOC SmartMedia Adapter (memory_cs)
• TDK Flash Memory SFM20W/C 20MB (memory_cs)

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27.8. 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−1450A, APA−1460, APA−1460A/B/C/D SlimSCSI (aha152x_cs)

• Adaptec SlimSCSI 1480 Cardbus (apa1480_cb, experimental, requires kernel 2.2.2.x or later)
• Digital SCSI II adapter
• Eiger Labs SCSI (qlogic_cs)
• Epson SC200 (qlogic_cs)
• Future Domain SCSI2GO (fdomain_cs)
• IBM SCSI (fdomain_cs)
• Iomega ZIP and JAZ Cards (PPA3) (aha152x_cs)
• 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 (qlogic_cs)
• Melco IFC−SC2, IFC−DC
• Midori CN−SC43 (qlogic_cs)
• NEC PC−9801N−J03R (qlogic_cs)
• New Media Bus Toaster SCSI (older cards only) (aha152x_cs)
• New Media Toast 'n Jam (SCSI only) (aha152x_cs)
• Noteworthy Bus Toaster SCSI (aha152x_cs)
• Panasonic KXL−D740, KXL−DN740A, KXL−DN740A−NB 4X CD−ROM
• Pioneer PCP−PR1W, PCP−PR2W CD−ROM
• Qlogic FastSCSI (qlogic_cs)
• Raven CD−Note 4X (qlogic_cs)
• RATOC REX−9530 SCSI−2 (qlogic_cs)
• Simple Technologies SCSI (fdomain_cs)
• Sony CD−ROM Discman PRD−250
• Taxan ICD−400PN
• Toshiba NWB0107ABK, SCSC200A, SCSC200B (qlogic_cs)

27.9. ATA/IDE CD−ROM adapters

You should at least have kernel 1.3.72

• Argosy EIDE CD−ROM (ide_cs)

• Caravelle CD−36N (ide_cs)
• CNF CARDport CD−ROM (ide_cs)
• Creative Technology CD−ROM (ide_cs)
• Digital Mobile Media CD−ROM (ide_cs)
• EXP CD940 CD−ROM (ide_cs, Some work, some do not)
• EXP Traveler 620 CD−ROM (ide_cs)
• H45 Technologies Quick 2x CD−ROM (ide_cs)
• H45 Technologies QuickCD 16X (ide_cs)

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• IBM Max 20X CD−ROM (ide_cs)

• IO DATA CDP−TX4/PCIDE, CDP−TX6/PCIDE, CDV−HDN6/PCIDE (ide_cs)
• IO DATA CDP−TX10/PCIDE, CDP−FX24/CBIDE, MOP−230/PCIDE (ide_cs)
• IO DATA HDP−1G/PCIDE, HDP−1.6G/PCIDE (ide_cs)
• Microtech International MicroCD (ide_cs)
• Microtech Mii Zip 100 (ide_cs)
• NOVAC NV−CD410 (ide_cs)
• Sony PCGA−CD5 CD−ROM (ide_cs)
• TEAC IDE Card/II (ide_cs)

27.10. Multifunction cards

You should at least have kernel 1.3.73

• 3Com 3c562, 3c562B/C/D, 3c563B/C/D (3c589_cs)

• 3Com Megahertz 3CCEM556, 3CXEM556, 3CCEM556B (3c589_cs)
• 3Com Megahertz 3CCFEM556 (3c574_cs)
• 3Com 3CCFEM656B (3c575_cb, ethernet only!!)
• Accton UE2218 (pcnet_cs)
• ActionTex ComNet 33.6 (pcnet_cs)
• AnyCom Fast Ethernet + 56K Combo (pcnet_cs)
• Asus combo card (pcnet_cs)
• Billionton LM5LT−10B (pcnet_cs)
• Compaq Microcom CPQ550 Modem + 10/100 LAN (xirc2ps_cs)
• Dayna Communicard (pcnet_cs)
• D−Link DME336T, DMF560TX (pcnet_cs)
• Gateway Telepath Combo (smc91c92_cs)
• Grey Cell GCS3400 (pcnet_cs)
• GVC LAN modem (pcnet_cs)
• IBM Home and Away, Home and Away 28.8 (pcnet_cs)
• IO DATA PCEM−336T (pcnet_cs)
• Intel EtherExpress PRO/100 LAN/Modem (xirc2ps_cs)
• Linksys LANmodem 28.8 (PCMLM28), 33.6 (PCMLM336) (pcnet_cs)
• Linksys EtherFast LANmodem 56K (PCMLM56) (pcnet_cs)
• Megahertz/U.S. Robotics EM1144, EM3288, EM3336 (smc91c92_cs)
• Motorola Mariner (smc91c92_cs)
• Motorola Marquis (3c589_cs)
• Ositech Jack of Diamonds, Jack of Hearts (smc91c92_cs)
• Ositech Jack of Spades CardBus (epic_cb, experimental, requires kernel 2.2.x or later)
• PREMAX LAN modem (pcnet_cs)
• Psion V.34 Gold Card (pcnet_cs)
• Psion Gold Card Netglobal 56K+10Mb (pcnet_cs)
• Rover ComboCard 33.6 (pcnet_cs)
• TDK 3000/3400/5670 (pcnet_cs)
• Telecom Device SuperSocket LM336 (pcnet_cs)
• Xircom CreditCard CEM28, CEM33, CEM56 (xirc2ps_cs)
• Xircom RealPort REM10BT, REM56G−100 (xirc2ps_cs)
• Xircom RBEM56G−100BTX, CBEM56G−100BTX (tulip_cb, experimental, requires kernel 2.2.x or
later)

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27.11. 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. The very old Western Digital 40MB drives are not supported, because they do not conform to
the PCMCIA ATA specifications.

27.12. ATA/IDE Interface Cards

• Archos Zip100 MiniDrive (ide_cs)
• Microtech International XpressDock (ide_cs)
• DataStor Technology PCMCIA ATA/ATAPI Card (ide_cs)
• Creo DNBoy (ide_cs)
• GREYSTONE DD−25 (ide_cs)
• Shining Technology CitiDISK 250PE (ide_cs)
• Sicon Periperal Micro Mate (ide_cs)

27.13. Parallel port cards:

See the appendix on supported parallel port devices

27.14. Miscellaneous cards

• GemPlus GPR400 Smart Card Reader here (Wolf Geldmacher [email protected])
• IBM Smart Capture (iscc_cs) (Koji Okamura [email protected]−u.ac.jp)
• IBM Etherjet (cs89x0_cs) (Danilo Beuche [email protected]−magdeburg.de)
• National Instruments DAQcard700 here (Oleg Subbotin)
• Netwave AirSurfer Plus (asplus_cs) here (Jay Moorman [email protected])
• New Media Bus Toaster SCSI (new version) (sym53c500_cs) (Tim Corner [email protected])
• New Media BASICS SCSI (sym53c500_cs) (Tim Corner [email protected])
• Nokia/InTalk ST−500A here (Mark Mathews [email protected])
• Proxim RangeLAN2 and Symphony wireless LAN cards here (Dave Koberstein
[email protected])
• RATOC REX−9590 (iscc_cs) (Koji Okamura [email protected]−u.ac.jp)
• Samsung MagicWave SWL−1000N here (Mark Mathews [email protected])
• Silicom SPE ethernet, SEM EtherModem, SES EtherSerial here
• SIMA TECH SCSI9000 (sym53c500_cs) (Tim Corner [email protected])
• SST 5136−DN−PC DeviceNet Interface (ss5136_cs) here (Mark Sutton [email protected])
• Trimble Mobile GPS (uses serial/modem driver)
• Y−E Data FlashBuster floppy drive adapter (floppy_cs) (David Bateman [email protected])
• Zoom Telephonics ZoomAir 4000 here (Mark Mathews [email protected])

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27.15. Working on ...

People are working on the following cards:

• Roland SCP−55 MIDI (Toshiaki Nakatsu ir9k−[email protected])

• CyberRom CD−ROM (David Rowntree [email protected])
• IO DATA PCSC−II (Katayama Nobuhiro kata−[email protected])
• Macnica mPS−1x0 (Katayama Nobuhiro kata−[email protected])
• Proxim RangeLAN/2 here (Jim Duchek [email protected]
• TView Preso (Brenden Tuck [email protected])

27.16. Unsupported
• Adaptec/Trantor APA−460 SlimSCSI
• Eiger Labs SCSI w/FCC ID K36..
• New Media .WAVjammer and all other sound cards
• New Media LiveWire+
• Nikon CoolPix100
• Panasonic KXL−D720, KXL−D745, KXL−D783
• SMC 8016 EliteCard
• Xircom CE II Ethernet/Modem
• Xircom CE−10BT Ethernet

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28. Appendix C. Supported Parallel Port devices
More and more, the parallel port is used to connect other devices than printers. To support this parallel port
drivers are written for the devicesto work. This appendix presents devices for which parallel port support is
written.

To be clear: printers are not presented in this appendix as they are not supported by parallel port support
projects.

Also, check the Linux Parallel Port support pages for more information here. Here you can find

• paride subsystem for parallel port IDE devices ( here)

• support for parallel port SCSI devices ( here)

28.1. Ethernet
• Accton EtherPocket adapter
• AT−Lan−Tec/RealTek parallel port ethernet adapter
• D−Link DE600/DE620 parallel port ethernet adapter

28.2. Hard drives

• H45 Quick HD
• KingByte IDE/ATAPI disks
• KT Technologies PHd portable hard disk
• MicroSolutions backpack hard−drives
• SyQuest EZ−135
• SyQuest EZ−230
• SyQuest SparQ
• ValueStor external hard−drive

28.3. Tape drives

• Hewlett−Packard Colorado Tracker 250 tape drive (all except the T1000e)
• Hewlett−Packard HP Colorado 5GB tape drive
• Iomega Ditto tape drive
• MicroSolutions backpack 8000t, 8000td tape drives

28.4. CD−ROM drives

• Freecom Power CD
• Freecom Traveller CD−ROM
• H45 Quick CD

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• Hewlett−Packard HP 7100e/7200e CD−R

• KingByte IDE/ATAPI CD−ROMs
• MicroSolutions backpack CD−ROM. Models 163550 and later are supported by the paride driver.
For models 160550 and 162550 seperate drivers are availavble.
• MicroSolutions backpack PD/CD drive
• SyQuest SyJet

28.5. Removable drives

• Avatar Shark 250
• Imation Superdisk
• Iomega ZIP, ZIP Plus drives

28.6. IDE Adapter

• Arista ParaDrive products
• DataStor Commuter disks
• Fidelity International Technologies TransDisk products
• Freecom IQ Cable Parallel
• Shuttle Technology EPAT/EPEZ parallel port IDE adapter
• Shuttle Technology EPIA parallel port IDE adapter

28.7. SCSI Adapters

• Adaptec APA−348 mini−SCSI plus adapter cable Driver available at here
• Adaptec APA−358 mini−SCSI EPP adapter cable Driver available at here
• Shuttle Technology EPSA−2 parallel port SCSI adapter Driver available at here
• Shuttle Technology EPST parallel port SCSI adapter Driver available at here

28.8. Digital Camera

• Connectix QuickCam

28.9. PCMCIA parallel port cards

The parport_cs driver requires kernel 2.2.x or later

• Quatech SPP−100
• IOtech DBK35, WBK20A

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29. Appendix D. 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.

More information on ISA PnP utilities can be found on the website of Peter Fox: here

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.

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30. Appendix E. Linux incompatible Hardware
Some hardware manufacturers have created devices which are compatible with MS−DOS and Windows
95/98 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".

• Printers

Manufacturer Model Number Functionality

Brother 4550 None −
Paperweight
Brother MP−21C None −
Paperweight
Canon BJC−5000 None −
Paperweight
Canon BJC−5100 None −
Paperweight
Canon BJC−8500 None −
Paperweight
Canon LBP−460 None −
Paperweight
Canon LBP−600 None −
Paperweight
Canon LBP−660 None −
Paperweight
Canon LBP−800 None −
Paperweight
Canon Multipass C50 Unknown
Canon Multipass L6000 None −
Paperweight
Compaq A900 Unknown
Compaq IJ300 None −
Paperweight
Epson AcuLaser C1000 None −
Paperweight
Epson EPL−5500W None −
Paperweight
Epson EPL−5700L None −

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Paperweight
Epson EPL−5800L None −
Paperweight
Epson LP−2000 Unknown
Epson Stylus B/W 820 Unknown
HP DeskJet 640C Unknown
HP LaserJet 1000 None −
Paperweight
HP LaserJet 3100 None −
Paperweight
HP LaserJet 3150 None −
Paperweight
HP Officejet LX Unknown
Kyocera F−1200 Unknown
Kyocera FS−3700+ Unknown
LaserMaster LM 1000 None −
Paperweight
Lexmark Optra S1650 Unknown
Lexmark Winwriter 100 None −
Paperweight
Lexmark Winwriter 150c None −
Paperweight
Lexmark Winwriter 200 None −
Paperweight
Lexmark Z12 None −
Paperweight
Lexmark Z23 None −
Paperweight
Lexmark Z33 None −
Paperweight
Lexmark Z53 None −
Paperweight
Minolta PagePro 1100L None −
Paperweight
Minolta PagePro 6L None −
Paperweight
NEC SuperScript 610plus None −
Paperweight
NEC SuperScript 660 None −
Paperweight

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NEC SuperScript 660plus None −

Paperweight
Okidata 6e Unknown
Okidata 6w Unknown
Okidata OL 400e Unknown
Okidata Okijet 2010 None −
Paperweight
Panasonic KX−P6100 None −
Paperweight
Panasonic KX−P6300 GDI None −
Paperweight
Panasonic KX−P8410 None −
Paperweight
Panasonic KXP−2624 Unknown
QMS magicolor 2 None −
Paperweight
Ricoh Aficio Color 2206 None −
Paperweight
Ricoh Afico FX10 None −
Paperweight
Samsung ML−5050G None −
Paperweight
Samsung SF/MSYS/MJ−4700/4800/4500C
None −
Paperweight
Sharp AJ−2100 None −
Paperweight
Star WinType 4000 None −
Paperweight
Xerox DocuPrint P8 None −
Paperweight
Xerox WorkCentre 385 None −
Paperweight
Xerox WorkCentre XD120f None −
Paperweight
Xerox WorkCentre XE80 None −
Paperweight
Xerox WorkCentre XE90fx None −
Paperweight

The following is old information and will be removed in a future version of this document:

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♦ Canon LBP−465 printer

♦ Sharp JX−9210 printer
• Modems

♦ 3Com 3CXM356/3CCM356 and 3CXM656/3CCM656 PCMCIA

♦ AOpen FM56−P and FM56−H
♦ Boca Research 28.8 internal modem (model MV34AI)
♦ Boca Research 33.6 internal modem (model MV34)(Joe Harjung has succeeded in
configuring the modem under Win95 and then soft booting into Linux with the modem still
working. Filippo is using this modem under Linux directly without any problems and without
soft booting from Windows. I definitely need more info on these Boca Research modems.)
The Boca Research 33.6 modem (model M336I) is mentioned to work with Linux. The only
thing that needed to be done was diabling Plug and Play. Here are the specs of the modem

◊ Three stickers saying "MC2920A−3.3", "E6030D 4035−01" and "1721 8011 A"
◊ Chips etc on the board

⋅ Cirrus Logic CL−MD3450D−SC−B

⋅ Cirrus Logic MD1724−11VC−D
⋅ Datatronic VLM301−1??
⋅ Omron G5V−1 (2 of them)
⋅ AST (?) M628032−20E1
⋅ Cirrus Logic CL−MD4450C−SC−A
⋅ Abracon 23−040−20
⋅ two empty places for additional chips, one of which might be a Cirrus Logic
CL−MD1724D
◊ 4 jumpers for COM port selection
◊ 10 jumpers for IRQ selection
◊ other unknown jumpers
♦ Compaq 192 PCMCIA modem/serial card
♦ HP Fastmodem D4810B
♦ Multiwave Innovation CommWave V.34 modem
♦ Megahertz XJ/CC2560 PCMCIA
♦ New Media Winsurfer PCMCIA modem/serial card
♦ Rockwell SoftK56
♦ US Robotics WinModem series
♦ Zoltrix 33.6 Win HSP Voice/Speaker Phone modem

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31. 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.
here

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

Compact Disk Digital Audio. 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

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ISDN

Integrated Services Digital Network

MCA

MicroChannel Architecture

MFM

Modified Frequency Modulation

MMX

Multimedia Extensions. Extra instructions meant to speed multimedia.

PCI

Pheripheral Component Interconnect. 32−bit bus designed by Intel. Information can be found here.

RAID

Redudant Arrays of Inexpensive Disks. The basic idea of RAID is to combine 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 types of redundant array Architectures; RAID−1 through
RAID−5. A non−redudant array of disk drives is referred to as RAID−0. Some RAID systems can
mix formats. (more info)

PPA

Printing Performance Architecture. Protocol developed by Hewlett Packard for their series of Deskjet
printers. In essence, the protocol moves the low−level processing of the data to the host computer
rather than the printer. This allows for a low−cost printer with a small amount of memory and
computing power and a flexible driver. However, this comes at the price of compatibility. HP's
decision was to develop drivers only for Windows 95 for this printer.

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. (more info)

SVGA

Super Video Graphics Adapter

UART

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Universal Asynchronous Receiver Transmitter

USB

Universal Serial Bus.

VGA

Video Graphics Adapter

VLB

VESA Local Bus. Used in some 486 PC's.

WORM

Write Once Read Many

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