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<FONT SIZE=6 COLOR="#FF0000"><B>Hardware Compatibility</B></FONT></CENTER></H2>



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<P>In most of the chapters dealing with hardware in this book, you've been referred to compatibility files supplied on many versions of the Linux distribution. For convenience, this appendix summarizes the main contents of the Hardware How-To file. This version of the compatibility list is current with the Linux version supplied on the CD-ROM that accompanies this book.



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<P>This appendix deals with only Linux for Intel platforms. For other platforms, check the following:



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&lt;<A TARGET="resource window" HREF="http://www-users.informatik.rwth-aachen.de/~hn/linux68k.html">http://www-users.informatik.rwth-aachen.de/~hn/linux68k.html</A>&gt;</FONT>



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&lt;<A TARGET="resource window" HREF="http://www.waldorf-gmbh.de/linux-mips-faq.html">http://www.waldorf-gmbh.de/linux-mips-faq.html</A>&gt;</FONT>



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&lt;<A HREF="ftp://sunsite.unc.edu">ftp://sunsite.unc.edu/pub/Linux/docs/ports/Linux-PowerPC-FAQ.gz</A>&gt;</FONT>



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Linux for Acorn



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&lt;<A TARGET="resource window" HREF="http://www.ph.kcl.ac.uk/~amb/linux.html">http://www.ph.kcl.ac.uk/~amb/linux.html</A>&gt;</FONT>



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<P>ISA, VLB, EISA, and PCI buses are all supported. PS/2 and Microchannel (MCA) are not supported in the standard kernel. Alpha test PS/2 MCA kernels are available but are not yet recommended for serious use.



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<P>Some laptops have unusual video adapters or power management; it is not uncommon to be unable to use the power management features.



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<P>PCMCIA drivers currently support all common PCMCIA controllers, including Databook TCIC/2, Intel i82365SL, Cirrus PD67xx, and Vadem VG-468 chipsets. The Motorola 6AHC05GA controller used in some Hyundai laptops is not supported.



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



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<P>Linux does not support SMP yet. Multiprocessor systems will run Linux, but only the first processor will be used. Some work on this area is being done right now; check the Linux Project Map for details.



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<P>A few very early AMD 486DX processors may hang in some special situations. All current chips should be OK, and getting a chip swap for old CPUs should not be a problem.



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<P>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.



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<P>There are problems with TLB flushing in UMC U5S chips. Newer kernels have fixed these problems.



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<P>Linux works with all video cards in text mode. VGA cards not listed in the hardware compatibility list probably will still work with mono VGA and/or standard VGA drivers. If you're looking into buying a cheap video card to run X, keep in mind that accelerated cards (ATI Mach, ET4000/W32p, S3) are much faster than unaccelerated or partially accelerated (Cirrus, WD) cards. S3 801 (ISA), S3 805 (VLB), ET4000/W32p, and ATI Graphics Wonder (Mach32) are good low-end accelerated cards.



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<P>Cards advertised as 32 bpp are actually 24-bit color aligned on 32-bit boundaries. It does not mean the cards are capable of 32-bit color; 32 bpp is still 24-bit color (16,777,216 colors). XFree86 does not support 24-bit packed pixels modes, so cards that can display 24-bit color modes in other operating systems may not able to do this in X. These cards include Mach32, Cirrus 542x, S3 801/805, ET4000, and others.



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<P>The current release of XFree86 supports most recent Diamond cards. Early Diamond cards are not supported by XFree86, but there are ways of getting them to work. Diamond support for XFree86 is available at &lt;http://www.diamondmm.com/linux.html&gt;.



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<P>Linux works with standard IDE, MFM, and RLL controllers. When using MFM/RLL controllers, use ext2fs and the bad block checking options when formatting the disk. Enhanced IDE (EIDE) interfaces with up to two IDE interfaces and up to four hard drives and/or CD-ROM drives are also supported. ESDI controllers that emulate the ST-506 (that is MFM/RLL/IDE) interface also work with Linux. The bad block checking comment also applies to these controllers. Generic 8-bit XT controllers also work with Linux.



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<P>Be careful when picking a SCSI controller. Parallel-port SCSI controllers are not supported. Many cheap ISA SCSI controllers are designed to drive CD-ROMs only. Such low-end SCSI controllers are no better than IDE. See the SCSI HOWTO file and look at performance figures before buying a SCSI card. The following SCSI controllers are supported:



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



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<P>Some Conner CFP1060S drives may have problems with Linux and ext2fs. The symptoms are i-node errors during e2fsck and corrupt filesystems. Conner has released a firmware upgrade to fix this problem; contact Conner at 1-800-4CONNER (US) or [phone] (Europe). Have the microcode version number (found on the drive label, 9WA1.6x) handy when you call.



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<P>Certain Micropolis drives have problems with Adaptec and BusLogic cards; contact the drive manufacturers for firmware upgrades if you suspect problems.



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<P>All SCSI drives should work if the controller is supported, including optical drives, WORM, CD-R, floptical, and others. Iomega Bernoulli and Zip drives and SyQuest drives all work fine. Linux supports both 512 and 1024 bytes/sector disks.



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