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Supported PC Hardware D1018336664 Arsc #This page lists hardware known to work with Plan 9. Most hardware is #listed by chipset: you may need to know what chipset your particular #cards use. # #FLOPPY DISKS # #Plan 9 supports generic floppy drives, although some people have had #trouble accessing them. If you have trouble accessing your 3.5" #floppy drive and also have a 5.25" floppy drive, try disabling the #latter in the BIOS. # #USB floppy drives are not supported. # #IDE/ATAPI DISKS # #Plan 9 supports almost all motherboard IDE/ATAPI controllers, but #DMA transfers are only used on these recognized chipsets (chipsets #not listed here will simply run slower; you can try turning on DMA #by editing /sys/src/9/pc/sdata.c). # # * PC-Tech RZ1000 # * Promise PDC20262 # * CMD 640B # * CMD 646 # * VIA 82C686 # * ServerWorks IB6566 # * Intel 82371FB (PIIX) # * Intel 82371SB (PIIX3) # * Intel 82371AB (PIIX4) # * Intel 82371EB (PIIX4E) # * whatever the IBM Thinkpad T23 uses # #SCSI # # * Mylex Multimaster (old Buslogic BT-*) adapter # * Symbios 53C8XX adapter # #CARDBUS AND PCMCIA CONTROLLERS # #The following cardbus controllers are supported: # # * Ricoh 476 PCI/Cardbus bridge # * Ricoh 478 PCI/Cardbus bridge # * TI PCI-1131 Cardbus controller # * TI PCI-1250 Cardbus controller # * TI PCI-1450 Cardbus controller # * TI PCI-AC51 Cardbus controller # #If the cardbus chipset is not supported, Plan 9 falls back to the #PCMCIA driver, which handles the Intel i82365, Cirrus Logic #CL-PD6710, Cirrus Logic CL-PD6720, Vadem VG-46x, and compatibles. #This covers most laptops. # #ETHERNET # # * 3Com Etherlink III, PCMCIA (3C589), Fast Etherlink, and Fast # Etherlink XL adapters # * Intel i82557, i82558, i82559 Fast Ethernet PCI LAN controller # (e.g., the Intel EtherExpress PRO/100B) # * Digital (now Intel) 21114x PCI Fast Ethernet controller (e.g., # Digital DE-500). Some PNIC and PNIC2-based cards may also work with # this driver. # * AMD 79C970 PCnet PCI Ethernet controller (e.g., VMware) # * National Semiconductor NE2000 or compatible adapter # * Lucent Wavelan PCMCIA wireless ethernet adapter (including Dell # TrueMobile 1150) # * Intersil Prism-based wireless ethernet adapter (including Linksys # Instant Wireless PC card) # #These cards are supported but not as well used: # * Western Digital WD8003 # * Western Digital WD8013 # * SMC Elite and Elite Ultra # * Linksys Combo EthernetCard and EtherFast 10/100 # * Accton EtherPair-PCMCIA # * Netgear FA410TX # #VGA CARDS AND CHIPSETS # #For VGA cards more than any other hardware, it is more precise to #describe the chips we support rather than the cards they are based #on, since the cards are more ephemeral than the chip sets. Beware: #different revisions of a card may use different chip sets. # #Linux users can look at their X server configuration to see which #chip set they are using. Windows users can look at ``control panel'' #-> ``display settings'' -> ``display type'' to find out. # #Plan 9 uses some basic accelerator for features such as filling and #scrolling rectangles. We use none of the 3D features on the cards we #support. # #Chipsets used at Bell Labs: # # * ATI Mach64xx # * Cirrus Logic CL-GD542x, CL-GD543x, CL-GD544x, CL-GD546x Laguna # * Trident Cyber938x # * CHIPS hiQVideo (65550, 65554, 69000) # * Neomagic MagicGraph # * S3 Savage4, Savage IX/MV, SuperSavage IXC/16 # * S3 ViRGE DX, GX, GX2, MX, VX # * 3Dfx Voodoo 3 1000, 2000, and 3000 # * Nvidia TNT # * Matrox G400 # * VMware virtual chipset # #Chipsets supported in previous releases but not tested in current #system: # # * XXX # #Cards used at Bell Labs: # # * XXX # #Cards used elsewhere and tested with the release: # # * (none yet) # #Cards supported in previous releases but not tested in current #system: # # * XXX # #AUDIO # #Supported audio devices: # # * Sound Blaster 16 or later, ISA card # * ESS 1688 running in 8-bit SBPro mode # * most USB audio devices # #Supported but not as well used: # # * Any Sound Blaster 16 clones (NOT Sound Blaster Pro clones) # #KEYBOARDS # #Any PS/2 keyboard should work. # #MICE # #Plan 9 supports PS/2 and PS/2 Intellimouse mice as well as serial #mice using the Logitech or Microsoft serial mouse protocols. There #is preliminary support for the scroll wheel and extra buttons as on #the Toshiba Protégé 3440CT. # #Most laptops present their built-in pointing devices as PS/2 mice. # #LAPTOPS # #Laptops are often the hardest systems to get Plan 9 running on, #because you can't choose the hardware piece by piece. # #The following laptops are known to work in the current release: # # * IBM Thinkpad 560, X20, T23 # * NEC Versa LX, SX # * Toshiba Portégé 3440CT # #The following laptops worked in previous releases and may work in #the current one: # # * AT&T GIS Globalyst 250 # * NEC Versa 6030X, 6200MX #