OpenBSD/i386

OpenBSD/i386 runs on the standard PC's and clones, with a wide variety of processors, I/O bus architectures and peripherals supported.

Table of contents

• History of the port
• Current status
• Supported hardware
• Installation with other operating systems
• Getting and installing OpenBSD/i386

History:

The OpenBSD/i386 port has been present since the inception of the project. Over the years, more and more hardware support has been written specifically for OpenBSD (such as the cryptographic accelerator drivers), or adapted from FreeBSD and NetBSD.

Current status:

It can be expected to install and run with minimal difficulty on most current hardware. Machines using custom BIOS (such as older proprietary PC's, laptops, and some specialized server machines) may cause problems.

Through its binary compatibility layer, OpenBSD/i386 can run Linux, FreeBSD, BSD/OS, SVR4 (including Solaris) and IBCS2 binaries, to some extent. Most applications will work flawlessly.

X Window System support is available for most graphics cards, using either the recent X.Org (6.9.0 as of OpenBSD 4.1) server whenever possible, or XFree86 3.3.6 servers otherwise.

Supported hardware:

Most laptops are supported. We have a page that details the specifics of some common laptops.

The list of supported hardware is relevant to OpenBSD-current. It will differ slightly from the support provided in the latest release version.

Processors

All CPU chips compatible with the Intel 80386 (i386) architecture, except for the 80386 itself, are supported:

• 80486 (DX/DX2/DX4)
• Intel Pentium/Pentium-MMX
• Intel Pentium Pro/II/III/Celeron/Xeon
• Intel Pentium 4
• AMD 5x86
• AMD K5/K6/K6-2/K6-3
• AMD Athlon/Duron
• AMD Athlon 64 (Also see OpenBSD/amd64 for 64-bit support)
• Cyrix MediaGX/M1/M2
• Cyrix 6x86
• VIA C3
• Rise mP6
• IDT WinChip and C3
• NexGen 586
• NS Geode GX1 and M1
• Transmeta TMS3200, TMS5400, TMS5600

Regular floating-point coprocessors (80487SX) are required when not built into the processor.

Everything that is a clone of the 486 or up should work fine.

SMP support

As this is a new feature, developers will want to see what hardware does and doesn't work when running SMP, so it is even more important to send a dmesg after install.

Buses

• All standard ISA, EISA, VLB, and PCI bus, including:
  • Intel 450GX/KX
  • Intel 450NX
  • ServerWorks chipset
  (We just had to mention those last three, since they are the hardest to support).
• 16-Bit PCMCIA PC Cards
• 32-Bit CardBus PC Cards
• Universal Serial Bus (USB)
• Inter IC (I2C) bus

The MCA bus found in various official IBM PCs is not supported.

Bus interfaces

• Standard PCI-PCI bridges, including PCI expansion backplanes (ppb)
• YENTA-compatible PCI-CardBus bridges (cbb)

Entropy sources

• Interrupt latency collection from many devices.
• Intel 82802 random number generator found on i810, i815, i820, i840, i850 and i860 based systems.

Disk Controllers

• Floppy controllers
• ISA MFM, ESDI, IDE, and RLL hard disk controllers

PCI IDE and Serial ATA Controllers (pciide)

• Acard ATP850U, ATP860, ATP860-A, ATP865-A, ATP865-R
• Acer Labs M5229
• Adaptec AAR-1210SA
• Advanced Micro Devices AMD-756, AMD-766, AMD-768, AMD-8111
• CMD Tech PCI0640, PCI0643, PCI0646, PCI0648, PCI0649, PCI0680
• Contaq Microsystems/Cypress CY82C693
• HighPoint HPT366, HPT370, HPT372, HPT302, HPT371, HPT374
• Intel PIIX, PIIX3, and PIIX4
• Intel 82801 (ICH/ICH0/ICH2/ICH3/ICH4/ICH4-M/ICH5/ICH5R/ICH6/ICH6M/ICH6R/ICH7)
• Intel 6300ESB
• ITE IT8212F
• National Semiconductor PC87415
• National Semiconductor SCx200 (found on SC1100 SoC)
• NVIDIA nForce/nForce2/nForce2-400/nForce3/nForce3-250/nForce4
• Promise PDC20246, PDC20262, PDC20265, PDC20267, PDC20268, PDC20268R, PDC20269, PDC20271, PDC20275, PDC20276, PDC20277, PDC20318, PDC20319, PDC20371, PDC20375, PDC20376, PDC20377, PDC20378, PDC20379
• ServerWorks OSB4, CSB5, CSB6 (including support for the third channel)
• Silicon Image SiI3112 (including ATI IXP SATA), SiI3512, SiI3114
• Silicon Integrated System 180, 181, 5513 (5597/5598), 540, 550, 620, 630, 630S, 633, 635, 640, 645, 645DX, 648, 650, 651, 652, 655, 658, 730, 733, 735, 740, 745, 746, 748, 750, 751, 752, 755, 962, 963
• VIA Technologies VT82C586/A/B, VT82C596A/B, VT82C686A/B, VT8231, VT8366, VT8233, VT8235, VT8237, VT8251, VT6410

Some of these chips are sometimes used in low-cost software-based RAID systems. This mode of operation is not supported in OpenBSD.

SCSI Host Adapters

• Adaptec AHA-1540, AHA-154xA, AHA-154xB, AHA-1542C, AHA-1542CF, AHA-1542CP, AHA-1640 (aha)^{(B) (C)}
• Adaptec AHA-174x (ahb)^{(B) (C)}
• Adaptec AIC-6260 and AIC-6360 based host adapters including the Adaptec AHA-152x and various SoundBlaster cards (Note that you cannot boot from the SoundBlaster cards unless the optional boot ROM has been installed) (aic)^(B),
• Adaptec AIC-7770, AIC-7850, AIC-7860, AIC-7870, AIC-7880, AIC-7890, AIC-7891, AIC-7892, AIC-7895, AIC-7896, AIC-7897 and AIC-7899 based host adapters (ahc)^{(B) (C)} including the Adaptec cards
  • AHA-274X[W,T]
  • AHA-284X
  • AHA-2910, AHA-2915
  • AHA-2920
  • AHA-2930[C,U2]
  • AHA-2940[J,N,U,AU,UW,UW Dual,UW Pro,U2W,U2B]
  • AHA-2950[U2W,U2B]
  • AHA-3940[U,AU,UW,AUW,U2W]
  • AHA-3950U2
  • AHA-3960
  • AHA-3985
  • AHA-4944UW
  • AHA-19160B
  • AHA-29160[B,N]
  • AHA-39160
• Adaptec AIC-7901, AIC-7901A and AIC-7902 based host adapters (ahd)^{(A) (C)} including the Adaptec cards
  • AHA-29320
  • AHA-39320
• AdvanSys "U", "UW", "U2W" and "U160" PCI host adapters including the ABP940U[AW], ASB3940U[AW]-00, ASB3940U2W-00 and ASB3950U160 (adw)^{(A) (C)} and (adv)^{(B) (C)}
• AMD Am53c974 PCscsi-PCI host adapters including the Tekram DC-390 (pcscp)^{(A) (B) (C)}
• Buslogic BT-54x (Adaptec AHA-154x clones) (aha)^{(B) (C)}
• BusLogic 445, 74x, 9xx host adapters, but not the new "FlashPoint" series (bha)^{(B) (C)}
• Initio INIC-940 and INIC-950 based PCI host adapters including the Initio INI-9090U and INI-9100U/UW, Iwill 2935UW, and DTC Domex 3194U Plus (iha)^{(A) (C)}
• LSI Logic Fusion-MPT (Symbios Logic/NCR) (mpi)^{(A) (C)}
  • LSI53C1020, LSI53C1020A, LSI53C1030, LSI53C1030T, LSI53C1035,
  • LSIFC909, LSIFC919, LSIFC919X, LSIFC929, LSIFC929X, LSIFC949, LSIFC949X,
  • LSISAS1064, LSISAS1064E, LSISAS1068, LSISAS1068E
• These chipsets can be found on the following controllers:
  • Apple Fibre Channel PCI Express Card, Fibre Channel PCI-X Card
  • Dell PERC 4/im, SAS 5/E, SAS 5/i, SAS 5/iR
  • Hewlett-Packard 8 Internal Port SAS Host Bus Adapter with RAID,
  • A7173A, AB290A
  • LSI Logic LSI20320-R, LSI21320-IS, LSI21320-R, LSI22320-R,
  • LSI40919H, LSI40919LH, LSI40919LO, LSI40919O, LSI40929H,
  • LSI40929LH, LSI40929LO, LSI40929O, LSI7102XP, LSI7202CP-LC,
  • LSI7202XP, LSI7402XP, LSI7104XP-LC, LSI7204XP-LC, LSI7404XP-LC,
  • LSISAS3041E-R, LSISAS3041X-R, LSISAS3080X-R, LSISAS3442E-R,
  • LSISAS3442X, LSISAS3442X-R, LSISAS3800X, LSIU320
• The LSI Logic LSI53C1030 is emulated in the following products:
  • VMware ESX Server 2.0 and higher
  • GSX Server 3.0 and higher
  • Player, Server, Workstation 4.5 and higher
• QLogic PCI host adapters (isp)^{(A) (C)}
• Seagate/Future Domain ISA host adapters (sea)^{(A) (B) (C)} including:
  • ST01/02
  • Future Domain TMC-885
  • Future Domain TMC-950
• Symbios Logic (NCR) 53C8xx, 53C1010 and 53C1510D-based PCI host adapters including generic cards, old ASUS cards, the DTC-3130 series, and Diamond Fireport series (siop)^{(B) (C)}
• Tekram DC-300B and DC-320E (Adaptec AHA-154x clones) (aha)^{(B) (C)}
• Tekram DC-315U and DC-395U/UW/F TRM-S1040 based PCI host adapters (trm)^{(A) (C)}
• Ultrastor 14f, 24f, and 34f (uha)^{(A) (C)}
• WD-7000 host adapters (wds)^{(A) (B) (C)}

RAID and Cache Controllers

• ICP-Vortex and Intel GDT series (gdt) ^{(A) (C)}
• Adaptec FSA-based RAID controllers (aac), including: ^(*)
  Note: In the past year Adaptec has lied to us repeatedly about forthcoming documentation so that RAID support for these (rather buggy) raid controllers could be stabilized, improved, and managed.
  As a result, we do not recommend the Adaptec cards for use.
  • Adaptec AAC-2622, AAC-364, AAC-3642, 2130S, 2200S, 2230SLP, 2410SA, 2610SA, 2810SA, 21610SA
• American Megatrends Inc. MegaRAID controllers in "Mass Storage" mode (ami), including: ^{(A) (C)}
  • ACER MegaRAID ROMB-2E
  • Dell CERC-PATA, PERC 2/DC, PERC 3/DC, PERC 3/DCL, PERC 3/QC, PERC 3/SC, PERC 4/DC, PERC 4/Di, PERC 4/SC, PERC 4e/DC, PERC 4e/Di, PERC 4e/SC, PERC 4e/Si
  • FSC MegaRAID PCI Express ROMB
  • Hewlett-Packard 438, 466, and T[567]
  • Intel RAID Controller SROMBU42E, SRCU42X, SRCU42E, SRCU41L, SRCS16, SRCS28X, SRCZCRX
  • LSI/AMI MegaRAID, MegaRAID 320-0, MegaRAID 320-1, MegaRAID 320-2, MegaRAID 320-1E, MegaRAID 320-2E, MegaRAID 320-0X, MegaRAID 320-2X, MegaRAID 320-4X, MegaRAID i4
  • LSI/Symbios 523 SATA, MegaRAID 150-4, MegaRAID 150-6, MegaRAID 300-4x, MegaRAID 300-8x
  • NEC MegaRAID PCI Express ROMB
• 3ware Escalade 3W-5x00, 3W-6x00 and 3W-7x00 series (twe) ^{(A) (C)}
• Compaq Smart ARRAY 2*, 3* and 4* RAID controllers (cac), including: ^{(A) (C)}
  • Compaq Integrated Array
  • Compaq IAES
  • Compaq IDA, IDA-2
  • Compaq RAID LC2
  • Compaq Smart Array 221, 3100ES, 3200, 4200, 4250ES, 431
  • Compaq SMART, SMART-2/E, SMART-2/P, SMART-2DH, SMART-2SL
• Compaq and Hewlett-Packard Smart ARRAY 5* and 6* RAID controllers (ciss)
• DPT SmartCache and SmartRaid III/IV PCI/EISA adapters (dpt) ^{(A) (C)}
• I2O adapters (iop), including: ^{(A) (C)}
  • Adaptec SCSI RAID (ASR-2100S, ASR-2110S, ASR-3200S, etc.)
  • Adaptec ATA RAID (AAR-2400A)
  • other vendors' controllers supporting I2O, including Intel and Mylex, but these were not tested
• LSI/Dell MegaRAID SAS (mfi), including: ^{(A) (C)}
  • Dell PERC 5/e, PERC 5/i
  • Intel RAID Controller SRCSAS18E, SRCSAS144E
  • LSI Logic MegaRAID SAS 8208ELP, MegaRAID SAS 8208XLP, MegaRAID SAS 8300XLP, MegaRAID SAS 8308ELP, MegaRAID SAS 8344ELP, MegaRAID SAS 8408E, MegaRAID SAS 8480E
• Areca Technology Corporation PCI-X and PCI Express Sata RAID controllers (arc), including: ^{(A) (B) (C)}
  • ARC-1110 PCI-X 4 Port SATA RAID Controller
  • ARC-1110ML PCI-X 4 Port SATA RAID Controller
  • ARC-1120 PCI-X 8 Port SATA RAID Controller
  • ARC-1120ML PCI-X 8 Port SATA RAID Controller
  • ARC-1130 PCI-X 12 Port SATA RAID Controller
  • ARC-1130ML PCI-X 12 Port SATA RAID Controller
  • ARC-1160 PCI-X 16 Port SATA RAID Controller
  • ARC-1160ML PCI-X 16 Port SATA RAID Controller
  • ARC-1170 PCI-X 24 Port SATA RAID Controller
  • ARC-1210 PCI Express 4 Port SATA RAID Controller
  • ARC-1220 PCI Express 8 Port SATA RAID Controller
  • ARC-1230 PCI Express 12 Port SATA RAID Controller
  • ARC-1230ML PCI Express 12 Port SATA RAID Controller
  • ARC-1231ML PCI Express 12 Port SATA RAID Controller
  • ARC-1260 PCI Express 16 Port SATA RAID Controller
  • ARC-1260ML PCI Express 16 Port SATA RAID Controller
  • ARC-1261ML PCI Express 16 Port SATA RAID Controller
  • ARC-1280 PCI Express 24 Port SATA RAID Controller
  • ARC-1280ML PCI Express 24 Port SATA RAID Controller

CD-ROM and DVD-ROM Drives

• Mitsumi CD-ROM drives (mcd) ^(*) [Note: The Mitsumi driver device probe is known to cause trouble with several devices!]
• Most SCSI CD-ROM, CD-R, CD-RW, DVD and DVD-RW drives. (cd)
• Most ATAPI (IDE) CD-ROM, CD-R, CD-RW, DVD and DVD-RW drives. (cd)

Sony and Panasonic proprietary CD-ROM interfaces are not supported.

Tape Drives

• Most SCSI tape drives (st)
• Most SCSI tape changers (ch) ^(G)

Display Adapters

• MDA, CGA, EGA, and HGC display adapters (pcdisplay).
• VGA-compatible and SVGA display adapters (including PCI and AGP cards) (vga).

Note that not all of the display adapters OpenBSD/i386 supports can be used under the X Window System (please refer to the X.Org documentation for more information).

Serial Ports

• 8250/16450-based ports (com)
• 16550-based ports (com)
• ST16650-based ports (com)
• XR16850-based ports (only in the pccom driver)
• AST-style 4-port serial boards (ast) ^(G)
• BOCA 8-port serial cards (boca) ^(*)
• Cyclades Cyclom-{4, 8, 16}Y serial boards (cy) ^(G)
• Cyclades-Z series multiport serial boards (cz) ^(G)
• IBM PC-RT 4-port serial boards (rtfps) ^(*)
• Addonics FlexPort 8S (addcom) ^(*)

Parallel Ports

• Any standard parallel port (lpt) ^(G)

Communications Controllers

• Universal Serial Bus host controllers, including:
  • USB Universal Host Controller (uhci) ^{(A) (B) (C)}
  • USB Open Host Controller (ohci) ^{(A) (B) (C)}
  • USB 2.0 Enhanced Host Controller (ehci) ^{(A) (B) (C)}
• PCI "universal" communication cards (puc), providing serial (com) and parallel (lpt) children, including: ^(G)
  • Dolphin Peripherals 4014 (dual parallel) and 4035 (dual serial)
  • SIIG Cyber 2P1S (dual parallel, single serial) and 2S1P (dual serial, single parallel) PCI
  • SIIG Cyber 4S PCI (quad serial)
  • SIIG Cyber I/O PCI (single parallel, single serial)
  • SIIG Cyber Parallel, Parallel Dual, Serial, Serial Dual PCI
  • VScom PCI-800 (8 port serial, probably OEM)
  • VScom PCI 011H (1 port parallel)
  • VScom PCI 100H (1 port serial)
  • VScom PCI 110H (1 port serial and 1 port parallel)
  • VScom PCI 200H (2 port serial)
  • VScom PCI 210H (2 port serial and 1 port parallel)
  • VScom PCI 400H (4 port serial)
  • VScom PCI 410H (4 port serial and 1 port parallel)
  • VScom PCI 800H (8 port serial)
  • VScom PCI 100L (1 port serial)
  • VScom PCI 200L (2 port serial)
  • VScom PCI 210L (2 port serial and 1 port parallel)
  • VScom PCI 400L (4 port serial)
  • VScom PCI 800L (8 port serial)
  • AT&T/Lucent Venus Modem (found on IBM 33L4618 card, Actiontec 56K, and others)
  • US Robotics 3CP5609 PCI (modem)
  • Lava Computers 2SP-PCI (parallel port)
  • Lava Computers 2SP-PCI and Quattro-PCI (dual serial)
  • NEC PK-UG-X008 (serial)
  • NEC PK-UG-X001 K56flex PCI (modem)
  • Koutech IOFLEX-2S (dual serial)
  • Syba Tech Ltd. PCI-4S2P-550-ECP (4 port serial and 2 port parallel)
  • Moxa Technologies Co., Ltd. PCI I/O Card 4S (4 port serial)
  • Moxa Technologies Co., Ltd. C104H/PCI (4 port serial)
  • NetMos 2S1P (2 port serial and 1 port parallel)
  • Boca Research Turbo Serial 654 PCI (4 port serial)
  • Boca Research Turbo Serial 658 PCI (8 port serial)
  • SUNIX 400x (1 port parallel)
  • SUNIX 401x (2 port parallel)
  • SUNIX 402x (1 port serial)
  • SUNIX 403x (2 port serial)
  • SUNIX 405x (4 port serial)
  • SUNIX 406x (8 port serial)
  • SUNIX 407x (2 port serial and 1 port parallel)
  • SUNIX 408x (2 port serial and 2 port parallel)
  • SUNIX 409x (4 port serial and 2 port parallel)

Ethernet Adapters

• 3Com 3c501 (el) ^{(A) (B) (C)}
• 3Com 3c503 (ec) ^(B)
• 3Com 3c505 (eg) ^{(A) (B) (C)}
• 3Com 3c507 (ie) ^{(A) (B) (C)}
• 3Com 3c509, 3c579, and 3c59x (ep) (disabling PnP on 3c509B is recommended)
• 3Com 3c515 (ef) ^(B)
• 3Com 3c9xx EtherLink XL adapters (xl), including:
  • 3Com 3c900/3c900B PCI adapters
  • 3Com 3c905/3c905B/3c905C PCI adapters
  • 3Com 3c980/3c980C server adapters
  • 3Com 3cSOHO adapter
  • 3Com 3c900B-FL and 3c900B-FL/FX fiber optic adapters
  • 3Com 3c555/3c556/3c556B MiniPCI adapters
  • Dell on-board 3c920
  • Dell Precision on-board 3c905B
  • Dell OptiPlex GX1 on-board 3c918
  • Dell Latitude laptop docking station embedded 3c905
  • NVIDIA nForce2 integrated 3Com 9201 (nForce2-ST, nForce2-GT)
• 3Com 3c990 3XP Typhoon/Sidewinder PCI adapters (txp), including: ^{(A) (B) (C)}
  • 3CR990-TX-95
  • 3CR990-TX-97
  • 3CR990-SVR95
  • 3CR990-SVR97
• Adaptec "Starfire" AIC-6915 based PCI adapters (sf), including: ^(G)
  • Adaptec Single32 ANA-69011
  • Adaptec Single64 ANA-62011 and ANA-62020
  • Adaptec Duo64 ANA-62022
  • Adaptec Quartet64 ANA-62044
• ADMtek AL981 ("Comet") and AN983 ("Centaur-P") based PCI adapters (dc), including:
  • Accton EN2242 MiniPCI
  • Linksys LNE100TX v4.x
  • Mototech ME316
• ADMtek AN986-based USB adapters (aue), including: ^{(A) (B) (C)}
  • 3com 3c460b
  • Abocom UFE1000
  • Abocom DSB650TX
  • Accton USB320-EC
  • Accton SpeedStream Ethernet
  • Admtek Pegasus
  • Admtek Pegasus II
  • AEI USB Fast Ethernet
  • Allied Telesyn AT-USB100
  • ATEN UC-110T
  • Billionton Systems USB100
  • Billionton Systems USB100EL
  • Billionton Systems USB100LP
  • Billionton Systems USBE100
  • Corega FEther USB-TX
  • Corega FEther USB-TXS
  • D-Link DSB-650
  • D-Link DSB-650TX
  • D-Link DSB-650TX-PNA
  • ELCON Systemtechnik Goldpfeil P-LAN
  • Elecom LD-USB
  • Elecom LD-USBL/TX
  • Elsa Microlink USB2Ethernet
  • GIGABYTE GN-BR402W
  • Hawking UF100
  • HP HN210E
  • I/O DATA USB ETTX
  • Kingston KNU101TX
  • Laneed LD-USBL/TX
  • Linksys USB100TX
  • Linksys USB100H1
  • Linksys USB10T
  • Linksys USB10TA
  • Linksys USB10TX
  • Melco Inc. LUA-TX
  • Melco Inc. LUA2-TX
  • Microsoft MN110
  • Mobility EasiDock Ethernet
  • Netgear FA101
  • Omnidirectional Control Technology USB TO Ethernet
  • Siemens SpeedStream USB
  • Smartbridges smartNIC 2
  • SMC 2202USB/ETH
  • SMC 2206USB/ETH
  • SOHOware NUB100
  • SOHOware NUB110
• AMD LANCE and PCnet-based ISA adapters (le), including: ^(B)
  • Novell NE1500T
  • Novell NE2100
  • Kingston 21xx
• AMD PCnet-based PCI adapters (pcn), including: ^{(B) (C)}
  • BOCALANcard/PCI
  • AT&T StarLAN 10, EN100, and StarLAN Fiber
• ASIX 88140A/88141-based PCI adapters (dc), including:
  • CNet Pro110B
  • Alfa Inc. GFC2204
• ASIX Electronics AX88172 based USB adapters (axe), including:
  • ATEN UC210T
  • BAFO BF-320
  • Billionton Systems USB2AR
  • Buffalo(MELCO) LUA-U2-KTX
  • Corega FEther USB2-TX
  • D-Link DUB-E100
  • Good Way GWUSB2E
  • Hawking UF200
  • Intellinet USB 2.0 to Ethernet (rev A)
  • JVC MP-PRX1
  • Linksys USB200M
  • Netgear FA120
  • Sitecom LN-029
  • SMC 2209USB/ETH
  • SnapPort USB 2.0 LAN Adapter
  • ST Lab USB 2.0 Fast Ethernet
  • Surecom EP-1427X-2
  • System TALKS SGC-X2UL
  • TRENDnet TU2-ET100
  • Z-TEK ZK-R01-2
• Broadcom BCM4401 (bce) ^{(A) (B) (C)}
• CATC USB-EL1210A-based USB adapters (cue), including: ^(G)
  • Belkin F5U111
  • CATC Netmate and Netmate II
  • SmartBridges SmartLink
• Davicom DM9009, DM9100, DM9102, and DM9102A based PCI adapters (dc), including:
  • Jaton XpressNet
• Davicom DM9601 USB Ethernet adapters (udav), including:
  • Corega FEther USB-TXC
• DEC EtherWORKS III cards (lc), including: ^(G)
  • DE203
  • DE204
  • DE205
• Digital DC21x4x-based PCI adapters (de), including:
  • Older SMC PCI EtherPower 10, 10/100 (models 8432, 9332, and 9334)
  • Older Linksys 10, 10/100 (newer models are supported by other drivers)
  • Znyx ZX3xx
  • Cogent EM100FX and EM440TX
  • Digital PCI DE435, EISA DE425, DE450, DE500
  • Almost all other variants work.
• Digital DC2114x-based four port cards, (dc) including:
  • Adaptec ANA-6944A
  • Cogent EM400
  • Compex 400TX
  • CompuShack Goldline Quattro
  • Phobos P430TX
  • D-Link DFE-570TX Quad port
  • Znyx ZX346
• Intel EtherExpress 16 (ie) ^{(A) (B) (C)}
• Intel EtherExpress PRO/10 ISA (ex) ^{(A) (B) (C)}
• Intel i8255x-based (except the i82556) PCI adapters (fxp), including:
  • Intel EtherExpress PRO/10+
  • Intel EtherExpress PRO/100, PRO/100B, and PRO/100+
  • Intel EtherExpress PRO/100+ "Management Adapter"
  • Intel EtherExpress PRO/100 Dual Port
  • Intel PRO/100 VE, PRO/100 VM, and PRO/100 S
• Intel 21145-based cards (dc)
• Kawasaki LSI KL5KUSB101B-based USB adapters (kue), including: ^{(A) (B) (C)}
  • 3Com 3c19250
  • 3Com 3c460 HomeConnect
  • AboCom Systems URE450 Ethernet
  • ADS Technologies USB-10BT
  • Aox USB101
  • Asante USB to Ethernet
  • ATen DSB-650C
  • ATen UC10T
  • Corega USB-T
  • D-Link DSB-650C
  • Entrega NET-USB-E45
  • I/O Data USB-ET/T
  • Jaton USB XpressNet
  • Kawasaki USB101
  • Kingston Ethernet
  • Linksys USB10T
  • Mobility Ethernet
  • Netgear EA101
  • Peracom USB
  • Portgear Ethernet
  • Portsmith Express Ethernet
  • Psion Dacom Gold Port Ethernet
  • Shark Pocket Adapter
  • Silicom U2E
  • SMC 2102USB
  • SMC 2104USB
• Lite-On PNIC/PNIC-II-based adapters (dc), including:
  • Kingston KNE110TX
  • Linksys LNE100TX
  • Matrox Networks FastNIC 10/100
  • Netgear FA310TX
• Macronix 98713/98715/98725-based adapters (dc), including:
  • Accton EN1217
  • Addtron AEF-320TX/AEF-330TX
  • CNet PRO1020A/B
  • Complex RL-100TX
  • NDC Communications SOHOware SFA110A
  • SVEC PN102-TX Fast Ethernet card
• Myson Technologies MTD803 3-in-1 Fast Ethernet adapters (mtd), including:
  • Safeway Lancard SW-10/100 PCI (model 117204)
  • Surecom EP-320X-S
• National Semiconductor DP83815/DP83816-based PCI adapters (sis), including: ^{(B) (C)}
  • Netgear FA311
  • Netgear FA312
  • Netgear FA331
• Novell NE1000, NE2000 (ISA, and PCI variants thereof) (ne) ^(B)
• NVIDIA nForce MCP-based Fast Ethernet and Gigabit Ethernet adapters (nfe), including:
  • nForce
  • nForce 2
  • nForce 3
  • CK804
  • MCP04
  • MCP51
  • MCP55
  • MCP61
  • MCP65
• RealTek 8129/8139-based adapters (rl), including: ^(B)
  • Accton MPX5030 CardBus
  • Allied Telesyn AT2550
  • Corega FEther CB-TXD 10/100 Ethernet
  • D-Link DFE530TX+, DFE538TX, DFE-690TXD
  • Encore ENL832-TX-RENT 10/100 M PCI
  • Genius GF100TXR
  • KTX-9130TX 10/100 Fast Ethernet
  • Longshine LCS-8038TX-R
  • NDC Communications NE100TX-E
  • Netgear FA311 v2
  • Netronix Inc. EA-1210 NetEther 10/100
  • Nortel BayStack 21
  • OvisLink LEF-8129TX, LEF-8139TX
  • SMC EZ Card 10/100 PCI 1211-TX
  • TRENDnet TE100-PCBUSR CardBus
• Realtek RTL8150L based USB adapters (url), including: ^(G)
  • Abocom RTL8151
  • GreenHouse GH-USB100B
  • GreenHouse GH-USB100B with HomePNA
  • Linksys USB100M
  • Longshine LCS-8138TX
  • Melco Inc. LUA-KTX
  • Micronet SP128AR
  • OQO model 01 embedded ethernet adapter
  • SMC 2208USB/ETH
  • TRENDnet TU-ET100C
  • Zt USB10/100
• SiS 900 and SiS 7016-based PCI adapters (sis), including: ^{(B) (C)}
  • Mototech ME313
  • NetSurf NS-KFE30D
• SMC/WD 8003, 8013, and the SMC "Elite16" ISA boards (we) ^(B)
• SMC/WD 8216 (the SMC "Elite16 Ultra" ISA boards) (we) ^(B)
• SMC 8416 EtherEZ PnP cards (we) (with PnP mode off) ^(B)
• SMC 83C170 ("EtherPower II") (EPIC/100) (epic) ^{(B) (C)}
• Sun Happy Meal PCI adapters (hme), including: ^(G)
  • Fast Ethernet
  • Quad Fast Ethernet
• Sundance ST201-based PCI adapters (ste), including: ^(G)
  • D-Link DFE-550TX
  • D-Link DFE-580TX
  • Encore ENL832-TX-ICNT 10/100 M PCI
• Texas Instruments ThunderLAN PCI adapters (tl), including: ^{(B) (C)}
  • Compaq Netelligent PCI Adapters
  • Compaq NetFlex 3/P
  • Compaq Deskpro integrated adapter
  • Compaq Prosignia integrated adapter
  • Olicom OC2135, OC2183, OC2325, OC2326
  • Racore 8165 and 8148
  • TI ThunderLAN adapters
• VIA Rhine/RhineII/RhineIII Ethernet adapters (vr), including: ^(C)
  • Addtron AEF-360TX
  • Hawking PN102TX
  • D-Link DFE530TX
• Winbond W89C840F-based adapters (wb), including: ^{(A) (B)}
  • TRENDnet TE100-PCIE
  • Compex RL100-ATX 10/100

Please be aware that many NE2000 adapters fail or perform very poorly. We do not recommend using them, but your mileage may vary.

Wireless Ethernet Adapters

• ADMtek ADM8211 IEEE 802.11b CardBus adapters (atw), including: ^{(A) (B) (C)}
  • 3Com OfficeConnect 3CRSHPW796
  • Blitz NetWave Point
  • D-Link DWL-650 Rev. L1
  • SMC 2635W (version 1 only)
  • TRENDnet TEW-221PC
• ADMtek ADM8211 IEEE 802.11b PCI adapters (atw), including: ^{(A) (B) (C)}
  • Belkin F5D6001
  • D-Link DWL-520 Rev. C1
  • LanReady WP2000
  • Xterasys XN2511B
• Aironet Communications 4500/4800 IEEE 802.11FH/b ISA PnP, PCI, and PCMCIA adapters (an), including: ^{(A) (B) (C)}
  • Aironet 4500/4800
  • Cisco 340/350
• Atheros IEEE 802.11a/b/g CardBus adapters (ath), including: ^{(A) (B)}
  • 3Com 3CRPAG175
  • Cisco AIR-CB21AG
  • D-Link DWL-A650
  • D-Link DWL-AB650
  • Elecom LD-WL54
  • Linksys WPC51AB
  • Netgear WAB501
  • Planet WL-3560
  • Proxim Skyline 4030
  • SMC SMC2735W
  • Sony PCWA-C500
• Atheros IEEE 802.11a/b/g PCI adapters (ath), including: ^{(A) (B)}
  • D-Link DWL-A520
  • IBM 11ABG WL LAN Mini PCI
  • Proxim Skyline 4032
  • Senao NL-5354MP Mini PCI
  • Wistron CM9 Mini PCI
• Atheros USB IEEE 802.11a/b/g USB adapters (uath), including: ^(G)
  • Compex WLU108AG
  • Compex WLU108G
  • D-Link DWL-G132
  • Netgear WG111T
  • Netgear WG111U
  • Netgear WPN111
  • Olitec 000544
  • PLANET WDL-U357
  • Siemens Gigaset 108
  • SMC SMCWUSBT-G
  • SparkLAN WL-785A
  • TP-Link TL-WN620G
  • TRENDware International TEW-444UB
  • TRENDware International TEW-504UB
  • Unex Technology UR054ag
  • ZyXEL XtremeMIMO M-202
• Atmel AT76C50x IEEE 802.11b USB adapters (atu), including: ^(G)
  • 3Com 3CRSHEW696
  • AboCom BWU613
  • Accton 2664W
  • Acer Peripherals AWL300
  • Acer Peripherals AWL400
  • Actiontec 802UAT1
  • Addtron AWU120
  • Aincomm AWU2000B
  • Askey Computer Voyager 1010
  • Askey Computer WLL013 (Intersil Radio)
  • Askey Computer WLL013 (RFMD Radio)
  • Atmel AT76C503 (Intersil Radio)
  • Atmel AT76C503 (RFMD Radio)
  • Atmel AT76C505 (RFMD Radio)
  • Atmel AT76C505 (RFMD 2958 Radio)
  • Atmel AT76C505A (RFMD 2958 Radio)
  • Atmel AT76C505AS (RFMD 2958 Radio)
  • Belkin F5D6050
  • Bluetake BW002
  • Compaq iPAQ h54xx/h55xx Internal WLAN
  • Conceptronic C11U
  • Conceptronic WL210
  • Corega WLAN USB Stick 11
  • Dick Smith Electronics CHUSB 611G
  • Dick Smith Electronics WL200U
  • Dick Smith Electronics WL240U
  • Dick Smith Electronics XH1153
  • D-Link DWL-120 rev E
  • Geowave GW-US11S
  • Gigabyte GN-WLBM101
  • Gigaset WLAN
  • Hewlett-Packard HN210W
  • Intel AP310 AnyPoint II
  • I/O DATA USB WN-B11
  • Lexar 2662W-AR
  • Linksys WUSB11 802.11b
  • Linksys WUSB11 802.11b v2.8
  • MSI WLAN
  • Netgear MA101
  • Netgear MA101 rev B
  • OQO model 01 WiFi
  • Ovislink AirLive WL-1120USB
  • OvisLink AirLive WL-1130USB
  • Planex Communications GW-US11S
  • Samsung SWL2100W
  • Siemens WLL013
  • SMC EZ Connect 11Mbps (SMC2662w)
  • SMC EZ Connect 11Mbps v2 (SMC2662wV2)
  • Tekram U-300C
  • TRENDnet TEW-229UB
  • W-Buddie WN210
  • Z-Com M4Y-750
• Broadcom AirForce IEEE 802.11b/g CardBus adapters (bwi), including: ^(G)
  • Buffalo WLI-CB-G54
  • Linksys WPC54G Ver 3
  • Linksys WPC54GS Ver 2
  • US Robotics 5411
• Broadcom AirForce IEEE 802.11b/g PCI adapters (bwi), including: ^(G)
  • Apple Airport Extreme BCM4306
  • Apple Airport Extreme BCM4318
  • ASUS WL-138g
  • Compaq R4035 onboard
  • HP nx6125
• Conexant/Intersil Prism GT Full-MAC IEEE 802.11a/b/g CardBus adapters (pgt), including: ^(G)
  • 3COM 3CRWE154G72
  • some NETGEAR WG511 (those made in Taiwan, NOT in China)
  • SMC EZ Connect g 2.4GHz SMC2835W-v2
  • Soyo Aerielink
  • ZyXEL ZyAIR G-100
• Conexant/Intersil Prism GT Full-MAC IEEE 802.11a/b/g PCI adapters (pgt), including: ^(G)
  • D-Link DWL-g650 A1
  • I-O Data WN-G54/CB
  • I4 Z-Com XG-600
  • I4 Z-Com XG-900
  • Intersil PRISM Indigo
  • Intersil PRISM Duette
  • PLANEX GW-DS54G
  • SMC EZ Connect g 2.4GHz SMC2802W
  • SMC 2802Wv2
• Intel PRO/Wireless 2100 IEEE 802.11b PCI adapters (ipw) ^(G)
• Intel PRO/Wireless 2200BG/2225BG/2915ABG 802.11a/b/g PCI adapters (iwi) ^(G)
• Intel PRO/Wireless 3945ABG IEEE 802.11a/b/g PCI adapters (wpi) ^(G)
• Marvell Libertas IEEE 802.11b/g CardBus adapters (malo), including: ^(G)
  • Netgear WG511v2
  • Tenda TWL541C
• Marvell Libertas IEEE 802.11b/g PCI adapters (malo), including: ^(G)
  • Netgear WG311v3
  • Tenda TWL542P
• Marvell Libertas IEEE 802.11b/g Compact Flash adapters (will be detected as PCMCIA adapters) (malo), including: ^(G)
  • Ambicom WL54CF
• Ralink Technology IEEE 802.11a/b/g CardBus adapters (ral), including: ^{(A) (B)}
  • A-Link WL54PC
  • Alfa AWPC036
  • Amigo AWI-914W
  • AMIT WL531C
  • ASUS WL-107G
  • Atlantis Land A02-PCM-W54
  • Belkin F5D7010 v2
  • Canyon CN-WF513
  • CC&C WL-2102
  • CNet CWC-854
  • Compex WL54G
  • Conceptronic C54RC
  • Corega CG-WLCB54GL
  • Digiconnect WL591C
  • Digitus DN-7001G-RA
  • E-Tech WGPC02
  • E-Tech WGPC03
  • Edimax EW-7108PCg
  • Eminent EM3036
  • Encore ENPWI-G-RLAM
  • Eusso UGL2454-01R
  • Fibreline WL-400X
  • Gigabyte GN-WMKG
  • Gigabyte GN-WM01GS
  • Gigabyte GN-WM01GM
  • Hawking HWC54GR
  • Hercules HWGPCMCIA-54
  • JAHT WN-4054P
  • KCORP LifeStyle KLS-611
  • LevelOne WPC-0301 v2
  • Micronet SP908GK V3
  • Minitar MN54GCB-R
  • MSI CB54G2
  • MSI MS-6835
  • Pro-Nets CB80211G
  • Repotec RP-WB7108
  • SATech SN-54C
  • Sitecom WL-112
  • SparkLAN WL-685R
  • Surecom EP-9428-g
  • Sweex LC500050
  • TekComm NE-9428-g
  • Tonze PW-6200C
  • Unex MR054g-R02
  • Zinwell ZWX-G160
  • Zonet ZEW1500
• Ralink Technology IEEE 802.11a/b/g PCI adapters (ral), including: ^{(B) (C)}
  • A-Link WL54H
  • Amigo AWI-922W Mini PCI
  • Amigo AWI-926W
  • AMIT WL531P
  • AOpen AOI-831
  • ASUS WL-130g
  • ASUS WIFI-G-AAY
  • Atlantis Land A02-PCI-W54
  • Belkin F5D7000 v3
  • Billionton MIWLGRL Mini PCI
  • Canyon CN-WF511
  • CNet CWP-854
  • Compex WLP54G
  • Conceptronic C54Ri
  • Digitus DN-7006G-RA
  • Dynalink WLG25PCI
  • E-Tech WGPI02
  • Edimax EW-7128g
  • Eminent EM3037
  • Encore ENLWI-G-RLAM
  • Eusso UGL2454-VPR
  • Fiberline WL-400P
  • Gigabyte GN-WIKG Mini PCI
  • Gigabyte GN-WI01GS Mini PCI
  • Gigabyte GN-WI02GM Mini PCI
  • Gigabyte GN-WPKG
  • Gigabyte GN-WP01GS
  • Gigabyte GN-WI02GM
  • Gigabyte GN-WP01GM
  • Hawking HWP54GR
  • Hercules HWGPCI-54
  • iNexQ CR054g-009 (R03)
  • JAHT WN-4054PCI
  • KCORP LifeStyle KLS-660
  • LevelOne WNC-0301 v2
  • Linksys WMP54G v4
  • Micronet SP906GK
  • Minitar MN54GPC-R
  • MSI MP54G2 Mini PCI
  • MSI MP6833 Mini PCI
  • MSI MS-6834
  • MSI PC54G2
  • OvisLink EVO-W54PCI
  • PheeNet HWL-PCIG/RA
  • Pro-Nets PC80211G
  • Repotec RP-WP0854
  • SATech SN-54P
  • Signamax 065-1798
  • Sitecom WL-115
  • SparkLAN WL-660R
  • Surecom EP-9321-g
  • Surecom EP-9321-g1
  • Sweex LC700030
  • TekComm NE-9321-g
  • Tonze PC-620C Mini PCI
  • Tonze PC-6200C
  • Unex CR054g-R02
  • Zinwell ZWX-G360 Mini PCI
  • Zinwell ZWX-G361
  • Zonet ZEW1600
• Ralink Technology IEEE 802.11a/b/g USB adapters (ural), including: ^{(A) (B) (C)}
  • AMIT WL532U
  • ASUS WL-167g
  • Belkin F5D7050
  • Buffalo WLI-U2-KG54
  • Buffalo WLI-U2-KG54-AI
  • Buffalo WLI-U2-KG54-YB
  • CNet CWD-854
  • Compex WLU54G
  • Conceptronic C54RU
  • D-Link DWL-G122 (b1)
  • Dynalink WLG25USB
  • E-Tech WGUS02
  • Eminent 3035
  • Gigabyte GN-WBKG
  • Hercules HWGUSB2-54
  • KCORP LifeStyle KLS-685
  • Linksys WUSB54G v4
  • Linksys WUSB54GP v4
  • MSI MS-6861
  • MSI MS-6865
  • MSI MS-6869
  • Nintendo Wi-Fi USB Connector
  • Nova Tech NV-902W
  • OvisLink Evo-W54USB
  • SerComm UB801R
  • SparkLAN WL-685R
  • Sphairon UB801R
  • Surecom EP-9001-g rev 3A
  • Sweex LC100060
  • Tonze UW-6200C
  • Zaapa ZNWUSB-54
  • Zinwell ZPlus-G250
  • Zinwell ZWX-G261
  • Zonet ZEW2500
• Ralink Technology USB IEEE 802.11a/b/g USB adapters (rum), including: ^{(A) (B) (C)}
  • 3Com Aolynk WUB320g
  • Abocom WUG2700
  • Airlink101 AWLL5025
  • ASUS WL-167g ver 2
  • Belkin F5D7050 ver 3
  • Belkin F5D9050 ver 3
  • Buffalo WLI-U2-SG54HP
  • Buffalo WLI-U2-G54HP
  • CNet CWD-854 ver F
  • Conceptronic C54RU ver 2
  • Corega CG-WLUSB2GO
  • D-Link DWL-G122 rev C1
  • D-Link WUA-1340
  • Digitus DN-7003GR
  • Edimax EW-7318USG
  • Gigabyte GN-WB01GS
  • Gigabyte GN-WI05GS
  • Hawking HWUG1
  • Hawking HWU54DM
  • Hercules HWGUSB2-54-LB
  • Hercules HWGUSB2-54V2-AP
  • LevelOne WNC-0301USB v3
  • Linksys WUSB54G rev C
  • Linksys WUSB54GR
  • Planex GW-US54HP
  • Planex GW-US54Mini2
  • Planex GW-USMM
  • Senao NUB-3701
  • Sitecom WL-113 ver 2
  • Sitecom WL-172
  • Sweex LW053
  • TP-LINK TL-WN321G
• Raytheon Raylink/WebGear Aviator IEEE 802.11FH PCMCIA adapters (ray), including: ^{(A) (B) (C)}
  • Raytheon Raylink WLAN
  • WebGear Aviator 2.4
  • WebGear Aviator PRO
• Realtek RTL8180L IEEE 802.11b CardBus adapters (rtw), including: ^{(A) (B) (C)}
  • Allnet ALL0182
  • Belkin F5D6020 V3
  • Buffalo WLI-CB-B11
  • Corega CG-WLCB11V3
  • D-Link DWL-610
  • Edimax EW-7106
  • GigaFast WF721-AEX (R* serial)
  • Jensen AirLink 6011
  • Level-One WPC-0101
  • Linksys WPC11 v4
  • Netgear MA521
  • Ovislink AirLive WL-1120PCM
  • Planet WL-3553
  • Q-Tec 770WC
  • Q-Tec 775WC
  • Roper FreeLan 802.11b
  • SAFECOM SWLCR-1100
  • TRENDnet TEW-226PC
  • VCTnet PC-11B1
  • Winstron CB-200B
  • Zonet ZEW1000
• TI ACX100/ACX111 IEEE 802.11a/b/g CardBus adapters (acx), including: ^(G)
  • D-Link DWL-650+
  • D-Link DWL-G630+
  • D-Link DWL-G650+
  • Ergenic ERG WL-003
  • Hamlet HNWP254
  • Linksys WPC54Gv2
  • Microcom Travelcard
  • Sceptre SC254W+
  • USR USR5410
  • ZyXEL G-160
• TI ACX100/ACX111 IEEE 802.11a/b/g PCI adapters (acx), including: ^(G)
  • D-Link DWL-520+
  • D-Link DWL-G520+
  • Hawking HWP54G
  • Netgear WG311v2
  • Tornado/ADT 211g
  • USR USR5416
  • ZyXEL G-360 EE
• WaveLAN/IEEE, PRISM 2-3, and Spectrum24 IEEE 802.11b Compact Flash adapters (will be detected as PCMCIA adapters) (wi), including: ^(B)
  • AmbiCom WL1100C-CF
  • ASUS SpaceLink WL-110
  • Belkin F5D6060 (version 1 only)
  • Buffalo AirStation
  • D-Link DCF-660W
  • ELSA XI800
  • Linksys WCF12
  • Netgear MA701
  • Pretec Compact WLAN OC-WLBXX-A
  • Senao NL-2511CF
• WaveLAN/IEEE, PRISM 2-3, and Spectrum24 IEEE 802.11b PCI adapters (wi), including: ^(C)
  • 3Com AirConnect 3CRWE777A
  • Addtron AWA-100
  • Belkin F5D6001 (version 1 only)
  • Corega CGWLPCIA11
  • D-Link DWL-520 (rev A and B only)
  • Intersil Mini PCI
  • Intersil ISL3872
  • Longshine 8301
  • NDC/Sohoware NCP130
  • Netgear MA311
  • Nortel E-mobility 211818-A
  • Samsung MagicLAN SWL-2210P
  • Senao NL-2511MP
  • Symbol LA4123
• WaveLAN/IEEE, PRISM 2-3, and Spectrum24 IEEE 802.11b PCMCIA adapters (wi), including: ^(B)
  • 3Com AirConnect 3CRWE737A
  • Actiontec HWC01170
  • Adaptec AWN-8030
  • Addtron AWP-100
  • Agere ORiNOCO
  • ARtem Onair
  • ASUS SpaceLink WL-100
  • Belkin F5D6020 (version 1 only)
  • Buffalo AirStation
  • Cabletron RoamAbout
  • Compaq Agency NC5004
  • Contec FLEXLAN/FX-DS110-PCC
  • Corega PCC-11
  • Corega PCCA-11
  • Corega PCCB-11
  • D-Link DWL-650 (rev A1-J3 only)
  • ELSA XI300
  • ELSA XI325
  • ELSA XI325H
  • EMTAC A2424i
  • Ericsson Wireless LAN CARD C11
  • Gemtek WL-311
  • Hawking Technology WE110P
  • I-O DATA WN-B11/PCM
  • Intel PRO/Wireless 2011
  • Intersil Prism II
  • Linksys Instant Wireless WPC11
  • Linksys Instant Wireless WPC11 2.5
  • Linksys Instant Wireless WPC11 3.0
  • Lucent WaveLAN
  • Microsoft MN520
  • NANOSPEED ROOT-RZ2000
  • NEC CMZ-RT-WP
  • Netgear MA401
  • Netgear MA401RA
  • Nokia C020 Wireless LAN
  • Nokia C110/C111 Wireless LAN
  • NTT-ME 11Mbps Wireless LAN
  • Planex GW-NS11H
  • Proxim Harmony
  • Proxim RangeLAN-DS
  • Samsung MagicLAN SWL-2000N
  • Siemens SpeedStream SS1021
  • SMC 2632 EZ Connect
  • Symbol Spectrum24
  • TDK LAK-CD011WL
  • US Robotics 2410
  • US Robotics 2445
• WaveLAN/IEEE, PRISM 2-3, and Spectrum24 IEEE 802.11b USB adapters (wi), including: ^{(A) (B)}
  • Acer Warplink USB-400
  • Actiontec HWU01170
  • AirVast WM168b
  • Ambit WLAN
  • Apacer Wireless Steno MB112
  • ASUS WL-140
  • Compaq W100
  • Corega WLUSB-11
  • Corega WLUSB-11 Key
  • D-Link DWL-120 (rev F)
  • D-Link DWL-122
  • I-O DATA WN-B11/USB
  • Intel PRO/Wireless 2011B
  • Intersil Prism 2X
  • JVC MP-XP7250
  • Linksys WUSB11 v3.0
  • Linksys WUSB12
  • Melco WLI-USB-KB11
  • Melco WLI-USB-KS11G
  • Melco WLI-USB-S11
  • Microsoft MN510
  • Netgear MA111 (version 1 only)
  • Pheenet WL-503IA
  • Planex GW-US11H
  • Siemens SpeedStream SS1022
  • Sitecom WL-022
  • Syntax USB-400
  • US Robotics 1120
  • ViewSonic Airsync
  • Z-Com XI-725/726
  • Z-Com XI-735
  • ZyXEL ZyAIR B-200
• ZyDAS ZD1211/ZD1211B USB IEEE 802.11b/g USB adapters (zyd) ^(G)
  • 3COM 3CRUSB10075
  • Acer WLAN-G-US1
  • Airlink+ AWLL3025
  • Airlink 101 AWLL3026
  • AOpen 802.11g WL54
  • Asus A9T integrated wirless
  • Asus WL-159g
  • Belkin F5D7050 v.4000
  • Billion BiPAC 3011G
  • Buffalo WLI-U2-KG54L
  • CC&C WL-2203B
  • DrayTek Vigor 550
  • Edimax EW-7317UG
  • Edimax EW-7317LDG
  • Fiberline Networks WL-43OU
  • iNexQ UR055g
  • Linksys WUSBF54G
  • Longshine LCS-8131G3
  • MSI US54SE
  • Philips SNU5600
  • Planet WL-U356
  • Planex GW-US54GZL
  • Planex GW-US54Mini
  • Safecom SWMULZ-5400
  • Sagem XG 760A
  • Sagem XG 76NA
  • Sandberg Wireless G54 USB
  • Sitecom WL-113
  • SMC SMCWUSB-G
  • Sweex wireless USB 54 Mbps
  • Tekram/Siemens USB adapter
  • Telegent TG54USB
  • Trendnet TEW-424UB
  • Trendnet TEW-429UB
  • TwinMOS G240
  • US Robotics 5423
  • X-Micro XWL-11GUZX
  • Yakumo QuickWLAN USB
  • Zonet ZEW2501
  • ZyXEL ZyAIR G-220

Gigabit Ethernet Adapters

• Alteon Tigon I/II-based adapters (ti), including: ^{(A) (B) (C)}
  • 3Com 3c985 and 3c985B
  • Alteon ACEnic V (fiber and copper)
  • Digital EtherWORKS 1000SX
  • Farallon PN9000SX
  • Netgear GA620 and GA620T
  • SGI Tigon
• Intel i82540, i82541, i82542, i82543, i82544, i82545, i82546, i82547, i82571, i82572 and i82573 based adapters (em), including:
  • HP ProLiant NC310F PCI-X Gigabit NIC (SX Fiber)
  • HP ProLiant NC340T PCI-X Gigabit NIC
  • HP ProLiant NC6132 Upgrade Module (SX Fiber)
  • HP ProLiant NC6133 Upgrade Module (LX Fiber)
  • HP ProLiant NC6134 PCI Gigabit NIC (SX Fiber)
  • HP ProLiant NC6136 PCI Gigabit NIC (SX Fiber)
  • HP ProLiant NC6170 PCI-X Gigabit NIC (SX Fiber)
  • HP ProLiant NC7131 PCI Gigabit NIC
  • HP ProLiant NC7132 Upgrade Module
  • HP ProLiant NC7170 PCI-X Gigabit NIC
  • HP ProLiant NC7170LP PCI-X Gigabit NIC
  • Intel PRO/1000 Gigabit Server Adapter (SX Fiber) (PWLA8490)
  • Intel PRO/1000F Gigabit Server Adapter (SX Fiber) (PWLA8490SX)
  • Intel PRO/1000T Server Adapter (PWLA8490T)
  • Intel PRO/1000XT Server Adapter (PWLA8490XT)
  • Intel PRO/1000XS Server Adapter (SX Fiber) (PWLA8490XF)
  • Intel PRO/1000T Desktop Adapter (PWLA8390T)
  • Intel PRO/1000XTL Low Profile PCI Server (PWLA8490XTL)
  • Intel PRO/1000MT Desktop Adapter (PWLA8390MT)
  • Intel PRO/1000MT Server Adapter (PWLA8490MT)
  • Intel PRO/1000MT Dual Port Server Adapter (PWLA8492MT)
  • Intel PRO/1000MF Server Adapter (SX Fiber) (PWLA8490MF)
  • Intel PRO/1000MF Dual Port Server Adapter (SX Fiber) (PWLA8492MF)
  • Intel PRO/1000MF Server Adapter (LX Fiber) (PWLA8490LX)
  • Intel PRO/1000MT Quad PCI-X Adapter (PWLA8494MT)
• National Semiconductor DP83820 and DP83821 based PCI adapters (nge), including: ^{(A) (B) (C)}
  • Addtron AEG320T
  • Ark PC SOHO-GA2500T (32-bit PCI) and SOHO-GA2000T (64-bit PCI)
  • Asante FriendlyNet GigaNIX 1000TA and 1000TPC
  • D-Link DGE-500T
  • Linksys EG1032 (32-bit PCI) and EG1064 (64-bit PCI)
  • Netgear GA621
  • Netgear GA622T
  • SMC EZ Card 1000 (SMC9462TX)
  • Surecom Technology EP-320G-TX
  • TRENDnet TEG-PCITX (32-bit PCI) and TEG-PCITX2 (64-bit PCI)
• Level1 LXT1001 based PCI adapters (lge), including:
  • Allied Telesis CentreCOM LA1000-PCI-SX
  • D-Link DGE-500SX
  • SMC TigerCard 1000 (SMC9462SX)
• Broadcom BCM57xx (a.k.a. Tigon3) based PCI adapters (bge), including: ^{(A) (C)}
  • 3Com 3c996-T (10/100/1000baseT)
  • 3Com 3c996-SX (1000baseSX)
  • 3Com 3c996B-T (10/100/1000baseT)
  • Dell PowerEdge 1750 integrated BCM5704C NIC (10/100/1000baseT)
  • Dell PowerEdge 2550 integrated BCM5700 NIC (10/100/1000baseT)
  • Dell PowerEdge 2650 integrated BCM5703 NIC (10/100/1000baseT)
  • HP ProLiant NC320T PCI-E Gigabit NIC (10/100/1000baseT)
  • HP ProLiant NC370F PCI-X Gigabit NIC (1000baseSX)
  • HP ProLiant NC370T PCI-X Gigabit NIC (10/100/1000baseT)
  • HP ProLiant NC1020 PCI Gigabit NIC (10/100/1000baseT)
  • HP ProLiant NC6770 PCI-X Gigabit NIC (1000baseSX)
  • HP ProLiant NC7760 embedded PCI Gigabit NIC (10/100/1000baseT)
  • HP ProLiant NC7770 PCI-X Gigabit NIC (10/100/1000baseT)
  • HP ProLiant NC7771 PCI-X Gigabit NIC (10/100/1000baseT)
  • HP ProLiant NC7780 embedded PCI-X Gigabit NIC (10/100/1000baseT)
  • HP ProLiant NC7781 embedded PCI-X Gigabit NIC (10/100/1000baseT)
  • HP ProLiant NC7782 embedded PCI-X Gigabit NIC (10/100/1000baseT)
  • IBM ThinkPad T43/T43p integrated BCM5751M NIC (10/100/1000baseT)
  • IBM xSeries 235 integrated BCM5703X NIC (10/100/1000baseT)
  • IBM xSeries 305 integrated BCM5703X NIC (10/100/1000baseT)
  • Netgear GA302T (10/100/1000baseT)
  • SysKonnect SK-9D21 (10/100/1000baseT)
  • SysKonnect SK-9D41 (1000baseSX)
• Broadcom NetXtreme II based PCI adapters (bnx), including: ^{(A) (B) (C)}
  • Dell PowerEdge 1950 integrated BCM5708 NIC (10/100/1000baseT)
  • Dell PowerEdge 2950 integrated BCM5708 NIC (10/100/1000baseT)
  • HP NC370F PCI-X Multifunction Gigabit server adapter (1000baseSX)
  • HP NC370T PCI-X Multifunction Gigabit server adapter (10/100/1000baseT)
  • HP NC373F PCI Express Multifunction Gigabit server adapter (1000baseSX)
  • HP NC380T PCI Express Dual Port Multifunction Gigabit server adapter (10/100/1000baseT)
  • IBM xSeries 3550 integrated BCM5708 NIC (10/100/1000baseT)
  • IBM xSeries 3650 integrated BCM5708 NIC (10/100/1000baseT)
• Sundance/Tamarack TC9021 based PCI adapters (stge), including: ^(G)
  • Allied Telesis CentreCOM LA1000-PCI-T
  • Antares Microsystems TC9021
  • D-Link DGE-550T
• SysKonnect and Marvell based GigE(sk), including: ^{(A) (B) (C)}
  • SysKonnect SK-9821 (1000baseT)
  • SysKonnect SK-9822 (dual 1000baseT)
  • SysKonnect SK-9841 (1000baseLX)
  • SysKonnect SK-9842 (dual 1000baseLX)
  • SysKonnect SK-9843 (1000baseSX)
  • SysKonnect SK-9844 (dual 1000baseSX)
  • SysKonnect SK-9521 v2.0 (1000baseT 32-bit)
  • SysKonnect SK-9821 v2.0 (1000baseT)
  • SysKonnect SK-9843 v2.0 (1000baseSX)
  • 3Com 3c940 (1000baseT)
  • 3Com 3c2000-T (1000baseT)
  • Linksys EG1032v2 (1000baseT)
  • Linksys EG1064v2 (1000baseT)
  • D-Link DGE-530T (1000baseT)
  • SMC 9452TX (1000baseT)
• Realtek 8169/8169S/8110S based PCI adapters (re), including: ^{(A) (B) (C)}
  • Buffalo LGY-PCI-GT (8169S)
  • Corega CG-LAPCIGT (8169S)
  • D-Link DGE-528T (8169S)
  • D-Link DGE-660TD (8196/8110SB)
  • Gigabyte 7N400 Pro2 Integrated Gigabit Ethernet (8110S)
  • LevelOne GNC-0105T (8169S)
  • Linksys EG1032v3 (8169S)
  • Netgear GA511 PC Card (8169)
  • PLANEX COMMUNICATIONS Inc. GN-1200TC (8169S)
  • Surecom EP-320G-TX1 (8169S)
  • US Robotics USR997902 (8169S)
  • Xterasys XN-152 10/100/1000 NIC (8169)
• VIA Networking VT6122 based PCI adapters (vge), including: ^{(A) (B) (C)}
  • ZyXEL GN650-T 64-bit PCI Gigabit Ethernet NIC (ZX1701)
  • ZyXEL GN670-T 32-bit PCI Gigabit Ethernet NIC (ZX1702)

10Gb Ethernet Adapters

• Intel PRO/10GbE based PCI adapters (ixgb), including: ^{(A) (B) (C)}
  • Intel PRO/10GbE CX4 Server Adapter (PXLA8591CX4)
  • Intel PRO/10GbE LR Server Adapter (PXLA8591LR)
  • Intel PRO/10GbE SR Server Adapter (PXLA8591SR)
  • Sun 10 Gigabit Ethernet PCI-X Adapter
• Neterion Xframe/Xframe-II based PCI adapters (xge), including: ^{(A) (B) (C)}
  • HP AB287A 10 Gigabit Ethernet Adapter
  • IBM 10GbE SR Server Adapter
  • IBM 10 Gb Ethernet-LR PCI-X 2.0 DDR Adapter
  • IBM 10 Gb Ethernet-SR PCI-X 2.0 DDR Adapter
  • Neterion Xframe
  • Neterion Xframe II
  • Neterion Xframe II Sun Fire
  • Neterion Xframe E
  • SGI 10 Gigabit Ethernet Network Adapter
• Tehuti Networks 10Gb based PCI adapters (tht), including: ^{(A) (B) (C)}
  • TN3017-S 10 GbE Single Port XAUI Server Controller
  • TN3017-D 10 GbE Dual Port XAUI Server Controller
  • TN7581-D 10 GbE Dual XFP Server Adapter
  • TN7585-D 10 GbE Dual CX4 Low Profile Server Adapter
  • TN7588-S 10 GbE Single 10GBASET Low Profile Server Adapter
  • TN7588-D 10 GbE Dual 10GBASET Low Profile Server Adapter
  • TN7589-S 10 GbE Single CX4 Low Profile Server Adapter

ATM Adapters

• Efficient Networks EN-155 and Adaptec ANA-590x ATM interfaces (en) ^(*)

FDDI Adapters

• Digital DEFEA EISA FDDI adapters (fea) ^(G)
• Digital DEFPA PCI FDDI adapters (fpa) ^(G)

WAN Adapters

• Accoom Networks Artery T1/E1 WAN interfaces (art) ^(G)
• SBE (formerly Lan Media Corporation) SSI (T1)/HSSI/DS1/DS3 WAN interfaces (lmc) ^(G)
• Sangoma Technologies AFT T1/E1 WAN interfaces (san) ^(G)

Cryptography Accelerators

• Broadcom uBsec BCM5801, BCM5802, BCM5805, BCM5820, BCM5821, BCM5822, BCM5823 (and the legacy Bluesteelnet 5501 and 5601 parts) (ubsec) ^(G)
• Hifn 6500-based boards (lofn) ^(G)
• Hifn 7751/7811/7951/7955/7956-based boards (hifn), including: ^(G)
  • Soekris Engineering vpn1201, vpn1211, vpn1401, and vpn1411
  • GTGI PowerCrypt Encryption Accelerator
  • NetSec 7751
  • Hifn 7751 and 9751 reference boards
  • Invertex AEON
• SafeNet SafeXcel 1141/1741 (safe)

PC Cards (PCMCIA/CardBus ^(B))

• ATA cards (wdc, wd, sd, cd), including:
  • ATA/IDE card drives
  • ATA/IDE CD-ROM adapters
  • CF/ATA flash cards and disk drives
• Ethernet adapters, including:
  • 3Com EtherLink (ep) and EtherLink XL-based (xl) LAN PC Cards, including:
    • 3Com 3C556, 3C562
    • 3Com 3C574TX, 3C[CX]FE574BT
    • 3Com 3C589, 3C589B, 3C589C, 3C589D, 3C589E
    • 3Com 3C575TX, 3C[CX]FE575BT, and 3C[CX3]FE575CT CardBus
    • 3Com 3C[CX]FEM656, 3C[CX]FEM656B, and 3C[CX3]FEM656C CardBus
  • Intel/DEC 21443 "Tulip" clones (dc), including:
    • ADMtek AN985 Centaur-C CardBus
    • IBM EtherJet 10/100 CardBus
    • Linksys PCMPC200 CardBus 10/100
    • SMC EZ CardBus 10/100
    • Xircom X3201 CardBus adapters, including RealPort models
  • Intel i8255x-based (fxp), including:
    • Intel PRO/100 CardBus II
  • NE2000 based (ne), including:
    • Accton EN2212, EN2216
    • Allied Telesis LA-PCM
    • AmbiCom AMB8002T
    • Arowana FE
    • Belkin F5D5020
    • Billionton Systems LNT-10TN
    • Billionton Systems CFLT2-10N
    • Buffalo LPC-CF-CLT
    • CNet NE2000
    • Compex Linkport ENET-B
    • Corega PCC-T, PCC-TD, EtherII PCC-T, FastEther PCC-T, FastEther PCC-TX, FastEther PCC-TXD, FastEther PCC-TXF
    • D-Link DE-650, DE-660, DE-660+, DFE-670TXD
    • Dayna CommuniCard E
    • Digital DEPCM-XX
    • Dual NE2000
    • Edimax NE2000
    • Genius ME 3000II SE
    • Grey Cell GCS2000 Gold II
    • GVC NIC-2000p, NP0335
    • Hawking CF686TX
    • Hawking PN650TX
    • I-O DATA PCLA, PCLA/TE
    • IC-Card
    • Kingston KNE-PC2
    • Linksys PCMPC100, EC2T Combo, EthernetCard, Combo EthernetCard, Trust Combo EthernetCard, Etherfast 10/100
    • MACNICA ME1 for JEIDA
    • Melco LPC3-TX
    • National Semiconductor InfoMover
    • NDC Instant-Link
    • Netgear FA410TX, FA410TXC, FA411
    • Network Everywhere NP10T
    • New Media LiveWire 10/100
    • Planet SmartCom 2000
    • Planex FNW-3600-T, FNW-3700-T
    • Premax PE-200
    • RPTI EP-400, EP-401
    • Seiko Epson EN10B
    • SMC EZCard, 8041
    • Socket Communications LP-CF, LP-E
    • SVEC PN650TX, ComboCard, LANCard
    • Synergy S21810
    • Tamarack NE2000
    • Tamarack TC3299CE
    • Telecom Device TCD-HPC100
    • TRENDnet TE-CF100
    • Wisecom T210CT, iPort
    • Xircom CFE-10
  • RealTek 8139-based (rl), including:
    • Accton MPX5030 CardBus
    • Corega FEther CB-TXD 10/100 Ethernet
    • D-Link DFE-690TXD
  • SMC 91Cxx-based (sm), including: ^(G)
    • Megahertz XJEM1144, CC10BT
    • SMC EtherEZ 8020BT
  • Xircom (xe), including: ^(A)
    • Xircom CreditCard CE2
• PCMCIA controllers, including:
  • Intel i82365 and compatibles (pcic)
• SCSI host adapters, including:
  • Adaptec SlimSCSI APA-14[56]0 (aic)
• Serial ports, including:
  • Most modems, digital cellular modems, and serial cards should work.
  • AudioVOX GSM/GPRS modems
  • Novatel Wireless Merlin U530 and U630 GSM/GPRS/UMTS modems
  • Siemens Connect2AIR GSM/GPRS modems
  • Sierra Wireless A550, A555 CDMA 1x, and A710, A750 GSM/GPRS, AC850 GSM/GPRS/UMTS modems
  • Sony Ericsson GC75 GSM/GPRS modems
  • Sony Ericsson GC89 GSM/GPRS/EGDE modems
• Wireless Ethernet adapters:
  • See above.

Universal Serial Bus (USB) Devices ^{(A) (B) (C)}

• USB Audio (uaudio) ^(G)
• USB Diamond MultiMedia Rio MP3 players (urio) ^(G)
• USB Ethernet adapters ( aue, axe, cue, kue, udav, url), see above ^(G)
• USB Generic Human Interface Devices (catch-all) (uhid) ^(G)
• USB Handspring Visor (uvisor) ^(G)
• USB Hubs (uhub)
• USB Keyboards (ukbd)
• USB Mass Storage devices, i.e., USB floppy drives and USB memory stick controllers (umass)
• USB Mice (ums) ^(G)
• USB Modems (umodem) ^(G)
• USB Printers (ulpt) ^(G)
• USB Radio Clock (Gude ADS Expert mouseCLOCK) for DCF77 and HBG (udcf) ^(G)
• USB Scanners (uscanner, usscanner) ^(G)
• USB-USB cables (upl) ^(G)
• USB Y@p phone (uyap) ^(*)

Pointing Devices ^(G)

• "Logitech"-style bus mice (lms)
• "Microsoft"-style bus mice (mms)
• "PS/2"-style mice (pms)
• Serial mice (uses serial port driver)

Sound Devices ^(G)

• ATI IXP series (auixp)
• C-Media CMI8[37]38 (cmpci)
• Cirrus Logic CrystalClear CS4280 (clcs)
• Cirrus Logic CrystalClear CS4281 (clct)
• Ensoniq AudioPCI (eap)
• ESS Tech ES188[78], ES888 (ess)
• ESS Solo-1 PCI AudioDrive (eso)
• ESS Maestro 1, 2 and 2E and clones (maestro)
• ESS Maestro 3 and Allegro 1 (esa)
• Forte Media FM801 audio (fms)
• Gravis Ultrasound and Ultrasound Max (gus)
• Intel 82801 (ICH/ICH0/ICH1/ICH2/ICH3/ICH4/ICH5/ICH6/ICH7) and 440MX, SiS 7012, AMD 768 and 8111, NVIDIA nForce/nForce2/nForce3/nForce4 AC'97 (auich)
• Intel 82801FB/GB/HB audio (azalia)
• NeoMagic 256AV/ZX (neo)
• SoundBlaster ISA cards and 100% compatibles (sb)
• SoundBlaster PCI128 (eap)
• SoundBlaster Live! and PCI512 (EMU10k1) (emu)
• Trident 4DWave-DX/NX and clones (SiS 7018, ALi M5451) (autri)
• VIA VT82C686A, VT8233, VT8235, VT8237 SouthBridge integrated AC'97 audio (auvia)
• Yamaha OPL3-SA3 (ym)
• Yamaha DS-XG (yds)
• Yamaha and Roland ISA/ISA PnP MIDI UART(mpu)

The following drivers are not extensively tested:

• Personal Sound System (pss)
• ProAudio Spectrum (pas)
• S3 SonicVibes (sv)
• Windows Sound System (wss)

Radio Receiver Devices (radio)

• Aztech/PackardBell FM radio device (az)
• Brooktree 848/849/878/879-based TV tuner cards (bktr)
• Forte Media FM801 audio device (fms)
• AIMS Lab Radiotrack FM radio device (rt)
• AIMS Lab Radiotrack II FM radio device (rtii)
• SoundForte RadioLink SF16-FMR FM radio device (sfr)
• SoundForte RadioLink SF16-FMR2 FM radio device (sf2r)
• D-Link DSB-R100 USB radio device (udsbr)

Miscellaneous Devices

• APM power management (apm)
• Brooktree 848/849/878/879-based video capture cards (bktr), including: ^(G)
  • Animation Technologies FlyVideo
  • AOpen VA1000
  • Askey/Dynalink Magic TView
  • ATI TV-Wonder and Wonder/VE
  • AverMedia cards
  • Hauppauge Wincast TV and WinTV/PCI
  • IMS TV Turbo
  • Intel Smart Video Recorder III
  • I/O DATA GV-BCTV2/PCI
  • I/O DATA GV-BCTV3/PCI
  • KISS TV/FM PCI
  • Leadtek Winfast TV 2000
  • Miro PC TV
  • MMAC Osprey
  • NEC PK-UG-X017
  • STB TV PCI Television Tuner
  • Terratec TerraTVplus
  • Video Highway XTreme
  • VideoLogic Captivator PCI
  • Zoltrix TV and Genie TV/FM
• Hardware monitoring sensors, including: ^(G)
  • Asus AS99127F (lm)
  • Asus ASB100 (asbtm)
  • Analog Devices AD7416, AD7417 and AD7418 (adc)
  • Analog Devices ADM1021 (admtemp)
  • Analog Devices ADM1024 (admlc)
  • Analog Devices ADM1025 (admtm)
  • Analog Devices ADM1026 (admcts)
  • Analog Devices ADM1030 (admtmp)
  • Analog Devices ADM1031 (admtt)
  • Analog Devices ADT7460 (adt)
  • Genesys Logic GL518SM (glenv)
  • ITE IT8705F, IT8712F (it)
  • National Semiconductor LM87 (lmenv)
  • National Semiconductor LM75, LM77 (lmtemp)
  • National Semiconductor LM78, LM78-J, LM79 (lm)
  • National Semiconductor PC87366 LPC Super I/O VLM and TMS (nsclpcsio)
  • Maxim DS1624/DS1631/DS1721 (maxds)
  • Maxim MAX6642/MAX6690 (maxtmp)
  • SiS SiS950 (it)
  • ThinkPad Active Protection System accelerometer (aps)
  • VIA VT1211 (viasio)
  • VIA VT82C686A, VT8231 (viaenv)
  • Winbond W83627HF, W83627THF, W83627DHG, W83627EHF, W83637HF, W83697HF, W83781D, W83782D, W83783S, W83791D and W83792D (lm)
  • Winbond W83L784R, W83L785R and W83L785TS-L (wbenv)
• Hardware watchdog timer support:
  • AMD Elan SC520 System Controller (elansc) ^(G)
  • ICS PCI-WDT500/501 watchdog timer (wdt) ^(G)
  • Intel 6300ESB ICH (ichwdt) ^(*)
  • National Semiconductor Geode SC1100 IAOC (geodesc) ^(*)
  • Quancom PWDOG1 watchdog timer (pwdog) ^(G)
  • VIA VT1211 (viasio) ^(G)
• General Purpose Input/Output (GPIO) devices, including:
  • National Semiconductor PC87366 LPC Super I/O GPIO (nsclpcsio)
  • National Semiconductor Geode SC1100 PCI-ISA bridge GPIO (gscpcib)
  • AMD Elan SC520 System Controller PIO function (elansc)
• Meinberg Funkuhren radio clocks, including:
  • PCI32 DCF77 time signal station receiver card (mbg)
  • PCI511 DCF77 time signal station receiver card (mbg)
  • GPS170 GPS receiver card (mbg)

ISAPNP Cards

• Nearly all SB-style audio cards (sb)
• Nearly all joystick ports (joy)
• Nearly all Yamaha-style audio cards
• Many NE2000-style Ethernet cards (ne)
• Most serial port or modem cards (com)
• NE2100 Ethernet cards (le)

If a device does not work, be sure to mail the output of dmesg(8) to dmesg@openbsd.org, and we will try to add support.

Roughly said, the following cards definitely work. Others may work as well; support is continually being improved.

• "3Com 3C509B EtherLink III, TCM5090, PNP80F7, "
• "3Com 3C509B EtherLink III, TCM5095, PNP80F7, "
• "3Com 3C509B EtherLink III, TCM5098, PNP80F7, "
• "ACCTON EN166X MPX2 ETHERNET CAR, @@@9519, PNP80D6, "
• "CMI8330. Audio Adapter, @X@0001, , "
• "Creative AWE64 PnP, CTL0045, , Audio"
• "Creative AWE64 PnP, CTL7002, PNPB02F, Game"
• "Creative SB AWE64 PnP, CTL0045, , Audio"
• "Creative SB AWE64 PnP, CTL7002, PNPB02F, Game"
• "Creative SB AWE64 Gold, CTL0044, , Audio"
• "Creative SB AWE64 Gold, CTL7002, PNPB02F, Game"
• "Creative SB AWE64 PnP, CTL0042, , Audio"
• "Creative SB AWE64 PnP, CTL0045, , Audio"
• "Creative SB AWE64 PnP, CTL7002, PNPB02F, Game"
• "Creative SB16 PnP, CTL0031, , Audio"
• "Creative SB16 PnP, CTL7001, PNPB02F, Game"
• "Creative SB32 PnP, CTL0031, , Audio"
• "Creative SB32 PnP, CTL0041, , Audio"
• "Creative SB32 PnP, CTL0051, , StereoEnhance"
• "Creative SB32 PnP, CTL2011, PNP0600, IDE"
• "Creative SB32 PnP, CTL7001, PNPB02F, Game"
• "Creative ViBRA16C PnP, CTL0001, , Audio"
• "Creative ViBRA16C PnP, CTL7001, PNPB02F, Game"
• "Creative ViBRA16X PnP, CTL7005, PNPB02F, Game"
• "ESS ES1868 Plug and Play AudioD, ESS0001, , "
• "ESS ES1868 Plug and Play AudioD, ESS1868, , "
• "OPL3-SA2 Sound Chip , YMH0021, , "
• "OPL3-SA2 Sound Chip , YMH0022, PNPB02F, "
• "OPL3-SA3 Snd System, YMH0021, , "
• "OPL3-SA3 Snd System, YMH0022, PNPB02F, "
• "RealTek Plug & Play Ethernet Ca, RTL8019, PNP80D6, "

^(G) Drivers for hardware marked with (G) are only included in the GENERIC kernels, but are not included on the various distribution floppies (including the cd-rom boot image).

^(A) Drivers for hardware marked with (A) are not included in floppy A.

^(B) Drivers for hardware marked with (B) are not included in floppy B.

^(C) Drivers for hardware marked with (C) are not included in floppy C.

^(*) Support for devices marked with (*) is not included on the distribution media or in the GENERIC kernel, and will require you to compile a custom kernel to enable it.

Unsupported Hardware:

Unsupported hardware may be supported in the future, and your donation of time, hardware, or documentation can accelerate this support!

• The "Micro Channel" MCA bus used in many IBM PS/2 models
• NCR 5380-based and 53400-based SCSI host adapters
• QIC-40 and QIC-80 tape drives (these are the tape drives that connect to the floppy disk controller)
• Sony and Panasonic proprietary CD-ROM interfaces
• Parallel-port ZIP drives (SCSI and ATAPI ZIP drives work fine)
• Intel i82556 (EtherExpress PRO/100A, Intel PRO/100 EISA and PRO/100 Smart) and i82596 (EtherExpress PRO/10 PCI) Ethernet adapters (mickey is working on the later ones)
• Hewlett-Packard PC-LAN+ (HP27xxx) Ethernet adapters
• Aureal Vortex sound cards (mickey is working on it)
• Winmodems
• Infrared devices, such as commonly found on laptops
• Firewire (tdeval is working on it)
• Mylex and Intel RAID controllers, those not supporting I2O interface
• PCMCIA:
  • Memory cards
  • Most multifunction cards

Installation with other operating systems:

OpenBSD/i386 can be installed to share the system disks with other operating systems, such as MS-DOS, Windows or Linux, using the MBR/partition table scheme, and an optional boot selector program. Everyday operation is trouble free, but setup requires care, and several operating systems, such as Windows 95, are known to be careless about pre-existing MBR information.

Also, some laptop computers use a specific partition as suspend-to-disk storage, which should not be clobbered.

More details on this process can be found in the Installation Guide and Disk Setup Manual.

Getting and installing OpenBSD/i386:

The latest supported OpenBSD/i386 release is OpenBSD 4.1. Here are the OpenBSD/i386 4.1 installation instructions .

Snapshots are made available from time to time, in this location as well as in a few mirrors. Here are the OpenBSD/i386 snapshot installation instructions as well.

There are several installation media provided:

• CD boot
  The CD provides an El Torito no-emulation boot image that includes almost all OpenBSD drivers. This also includes minimal USB support (storage devices and keyboard).
  For the latest list of drivers available on this image, take a look at the RAMDISK_CD kernel configuration file.
• Floppy A (floppy41.fs)
  This 1.44MB floppy image contains the most common drivers. It is designed to cover the most typical PC. As a general rule, you will find that the missing drivers are ones which need large microcodes to run, such as for rare SCSI cards, gigabit ethernet cards, or RAID devices.
  For the latest list of drivers available on this image, take a look at the RAMDISK kernel configuration file.
• Floppy B (floppyB41.fs)
  This 1.44MB floppy image contains some drivers that are missing from Floppy A. This media is designed to help people setting up modern server type systems. It contains support for pretty much all the SCSI and RAID drivers, gigabit ethernet cards, and such. Due to space considerations, you will find that some other drivers are missing. In particular, support for most PCMCIA devices is missing, the MSDOS filesystem, and for really ancient hardware devices.
  For the latest list of drivers available on this image, take a look at the RAMDISKB kernel configuration file.
• Floppy C (floppyC41.fs)
  This 1.44MB floppy image contains many CardBus and PCMCIA device drivers. This media is designed for installing on laptops. In most cases, one would discover that Floppy A also works, but the odd laptop might benefit more from using this image.
  For the latest list of drivers available on this image, take a look at the RAMDISKC kernel configuration file.