Copyright © 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004 The FreeBSD Documentation Project
This document contains the hardware compatibility notes for FreeBSD 5.2-CURRENT on the i386 hardware platform (also referred to as FreeBSD/i386 5.2-CURRENT). It lists devices known to work on this platform, as well as some notes on boot-time kernel customization that may be useful when attempting to configure support for new devices.
Note: This document includes information specific to the i386 hardware platform. Versions of the hardware compatibility notes for other architectures will differ in some details.
FreeBSD/i386 runs on a wide variety of ``IBM PC compatible'' machines. Due to the wide range of hardware available for this architecture, it is impossible to exhaustively list all combinations of equipment supported by FreeBSD. Nevertheless, some general guidelines are presented here.
Almost all i386-compatible processors are supported. All Intel processors beginning with the 80386 are supported, including the 80386, 80486, Pentium, Pentium Pro, Pentium II, Pentium III, Pentium 4, and variants thereof, such as the Xeon and Celeron processors. (However, FreeBSD 5.2-RELEASE and later no longer support the 80386SX processor.) All i386-compatible AMD processors are also supported, including the Am486, Am5x86, K5, K6 (and variants), Athlon (including Athlon-MP, Athlon-XP, Athlon-4, and Athlon Thunderbird), and Duron processors. The AMD Élan SC520 embedded processor is supported. The Transmeta Crusoe is recognized and supported, as are i386-compatible processors from Cyrix and NexGen.
There is a wide variety of motherboards available for this architecture. Motherboards using the ISA, VLB, EISA, AGP, and PCI expansion busses are well-supported. There is some limited support for the MCA (``MicroChannel'') expansion bus used in the IBM PS/2 line of PCs.
Symmetric multi-processor (SMP) systems are generally supported by FreeBSD, although in some cases, BIOS or motherboard bugs may generate some problems. Perusal of the archives of the FreeBSD symmetric multiprocessing mailing list may yield some clues.
FreeBSD will take advantage of HyperThreading (HTT) support on Intel CPUs that support this feature. A kernel with the options SMP feature enabled will automatically detect the additional logical processors. The default FreeBSD scheduler treats the logical processors the same as additional physical processors; in other words, no attempt is made to optimize scheduling decisions given the shared resources between logical processors within the same CPU. Because this naive scheduling can result in suboptimal performance, under certain circumstances it may be useful to disable the logical processors with the the machdep.hlt_logical_cpus sysctl variable. It is also possible to halt any CPU in the idle loop with the machdep.hlt_cpus sysctl variable. The smp(4) manual page has more details.
FreeBSD will take advantage of Physical Address Extensions (PAE) support on CPUs that support this feature. A kernel with the PAE feature enabled will detect memory above 4 gigabytes and allow it to be used by the system. This feature places constraints on the device drivers and other features of FreeBSD which may be used; consult the pae(4) manpage for more details.
FreeBSD will generally run on i386-based laptops, albeit with varying levels of support for certain hardware features such as sound, graphics, power management, and PCCARD expansion slots. These features tend to vary in idiosyncratic ways between machines, and frequently require special-case support in FreeBSD to work around hardware bugs or other oddities. When in doubt, a search of the archives of the FreeBSD laptop computer mailing list may be useful.
Most modern laptops (as well as many desktops) use the Advanced Configuration and Power Management (ACPI) standard. FreeBSD supports ACPI via the ACPI Component Architecture reference implementation from Intel, as described in the acpi(4) manual page. The use of ACPI causes instabilities on some machines and it may be necessary to disable the ACPI driver, which is normally loaded via a kernel module. This may be accomplished by adding the following line to /boot/device.hints:
hint.acpi.0.disabled="1"
Users debugging ACPI-related problems may find it useful to disable portions of the ACPI functionality. The acpi(4) manual page has more information on how to do this via loader tunables.
ACPI depends on a Differentiated System Descriptor Table (DSDT) provided by each machine's BIOS. Some machines have bad or incomplete DSDTs, which prevents ACPI from functioning correctly. Replacement DSDTs for some machines can be found at the DSDT section of the ACPI4Linux project Web site. FreeBSD can use these DSDTs to override the DSDT provided by the BIOS; see the acpi(4) manual page for more information.
This section describes the devices currently known to be supported by with FreeBSD on the i386 platform. Other configurations may also work, but simply have not been tested yet. Feedback, updates, and corrections to this list are encouraged.
Where possible, the drivers applicable to each device or class of devices is listed. If the driver in question has a manual page in the FreeBSD base distribution (most should), it is referenced here. Information on specific models of supported devices, controllers, etc. can be found in the manual pages.
Note: Lists of specific, supported devices are gradually being removed from this document in order to reduce the amount of duplicated (and potentially out-of-date) information contained within. When this process is complete, the manual page for each driver should be consulted for the authoritative list of devices supported that particular driver.
The ata(4) driver provides access to ATA (IDE) and SerialATA disk drives, ATAPI CDROM/DVD drives, ZIP/LS120 ATAPI drives and ATAPI tape drives connected to controllers according to the ATA/ATAPI standards. The currently supported ATA/SATA controller chips by the ata(4) driver are:
Acard: ATP850P, ATP860A, ATP860R, ATP865A, ATP865R
ALI: Aladdin (ALi5229) compatible chips.
AMD: AMD756, AMD766, AMD768, AMD8111.
CMD: CMD646, CMD648, CMD649.
Cypress: Cypress 82C693.
Cyrix: Cyrix 5530.
HighPoint: HPT302, HPT366, HPT366, HPT368, HPT370, HPT371, HPT372, HPT374.
Intel: PIIX, PIIX3, PIIX4, ICH, ICH0, ICH2, ICH3, ICH4, ICH5.
National: SC1100.
nVidia: nForce, nForce2, nForce3.
Promise: PDC20246, PDC20262, PDC20263, PDC20265, PDC20267, PDC20268, PDC20269, PDC20270, PDC20271, PDC20275, PDC20276, PDC20277, PDC20318, PDC20319, PDC20371, PDC20375, PDC20376, PDC20377, PDC20378, PDC20379, PDC20617, PDC20618, PDC20619, PDC20620.
ServerWorks: ROSB4, CSB5, CSB6.
Silicon Image: SiI0680, SiI3112, SiI3114, SiI3512.
SiS: SIS5513, SIS530, SIS540, SIS550, SIS620, SIS630, SIS630S, SIS633, SIS635, SIS730, SIS733, SIS735, SIS745, SIS961, SIS962, SIS963, SIS964
VIA: VT82C586, VT82C586B, VT82C596, VT82C596B, VT82C686, VT82C686A, VT82C686B, VT8231, VT8233, VT8233A, VT8233C, VT8235, VT8237.
Unknown ATA chipsets are supported in PIO modes, and if the standard busmaster DMA registers are present and contain valid setup, DMA is also enabled, although the max mode is limitted to UDMA33, as it is not known what the chipset can do and how to program it.
The adapters supported by the aic(4) driver include:
Adaptec AHA-1505 (ISA)
Adaptec AHA-1510A, AHA-1510B (ISA)
Adaptec AHA-1520A, AHA-1520B (ISA)
Adaptec AHA-1522A, AHA-1522B (ISA)
Adaptec AHA-1535 (ISA)
Creative Labs SoundBlaster SCSI host adapter (ISA)
Adaptec AHA-1030B, AHA-1030P (PC98)
NEC PC-9801-100 (PC98)
AHA-1460, AHA-1460B, AHA-1460C, AHA-1460D (PC Card)
The aha(4) driver supports:
Adaptec AHA-154xB
Adaptec AHA-154xC
Adaptec AHA-154xCF
Adaptec AHA-154xCP
Adaptec AHA-1640
Adaptec AHA-174x in 154x emulation mode
Tekram SCSI controllers in 154x emulation mode
The ahb(4) driver supports the following SCSI controllers:
Adaptec AHA-1740
Adaptec AHA-1742
Adaptec AHA-1740A
Adaptec AHA-1742A
The ahc(4) driver supports the Adaptec AIC7770, AIC7850, AIC7860, AIC7870, AIC7880, AIC7890, AIC7891, AIC7892, AIC7895, AIC7896, AIC7897 and AIC7899 host adapter chips. These chips are found on many motherboards as well as the following SCSI controller cards:
Adaptec 274X(W)
Adaptec 274X(T)
Adaptec 284X
Adaptec 2910
Adaptec 2915
Adaptec 2920
Adaptec 2930C
Adaptec 2930U2
Adaptec 2940
Adaptec 2940J
Adaptec 2940N
Adaptec 2940U
Adaptec 2940AU
Adaptec 2940UW
Adaptec 2940UW Dual
Adaptec 2940UW Pro
Adaptec 2940U2W
Adaptec 2940U2B
Adaptec 2950U2W
Adaptec 2950U2B
Adaptec 19160B
Adaptec 29160B
Adaptec 29160N
Adaptec 3940
Adaptec 3940U
Adaptec 3940AU
Adaptec 3940UW
Adaptec 3940AUW
Adaptec 3940U2W
Adaptec 3950U2
Adaptec 3960
Adaptec 39160
Adaptec 3985
Adaptec 4944UW
NEC PC-9821Xt13 (PC-98)
NEC RvII26 (PC-98)
NEC PC-9821X-B02L/B09 (PC-98)
NEC SV-98/2-B03 (PC-98)
The ahd(4) driver supports the Adaptec AIC7901, AIC7901A, and AIC7902 SCSI host adapter chips. These chips are found on many motherboards as well as the 29320 and 39320 Adaptec SCSI controller cards.
Controllers supported by the aac(4) driver include:
AAC-364
Adaptec SCSI RAID 2120S
Adaptec SCSI RAID 2200S
Adaptec SCSI RAID 2410SA
Adaptec SCSI RAID 2810SA
Adaptec SCSI RAID 5400S
Dell CERC SATA RAID 2
Dell PERC 2/Si
Dell PERC 2/QC
Dell PERC 3/Si
Dell PERC 3/Di
Dell PERC 320/DC
HP NetRAID 4M
The adv(4) driver supports the following AdvanSys SCSI controllers:
ABP510/5150
ABP5140
ABP5142
ABP902/3902
ABP3905
ABP915
ABP920
ABP3922
ABP3925
ABP930, ABP930U, ABP930UA
ABP960, ABP960U
ABP542
ABP742
ABP842
ABP940
ABP940UA/3940UA
ABP940U
ABP3960UA
ABP970, ABP970U
ABP752
ABP852
ABP950
ABP980, ABP980U
ABP980UA/3980UA
MELCO IFC-USP (PC-98)
RATOC REX-PCI30 (PC-98)
@Nifty FNECHARD IFC-USUP-TX (PC-98)
The adw(4) driver supports AdvanSys SCSI controllers including:
ABP940UW/ABP3940UW
ABP950UW
ABP970UW
ABP3940U2W
ABP3950U2W
BusLogic MultiMaster ``W'', ``C'', ``S'', and ``A'' Series Host Adapters (bt(4) driver)
Note: The Buslogic/Bustek BT-640 and Storage Dimensions SDC3211B and SDC3211F Microchannel (MCA) bus adapters are also supported.
The dpt(4) driver provides support for the following RAID adapters:
DPT Smart Cache Plus
Smart Cache II (PM2?2?, PM2022 [EISA], PM2024/PM2124 [PCI]) (Gen2)
Smart RAID II (PM3?2?, PM3021, PM3222)
Smart Cache III (PM2?3?)
Smart RAID III (PM3?3?, PM3332 [EISA], PM3334UW [PCI]) (Gen3)
Smart Cache IV (PM2?4?, PM2042 [EISA], PM2044/PM2144 [PCI]) (Gen4)
Smart RAID IV
The adapters currently supported by the asr(4) driver include the following RAID adapters:
Adaptec Zero-Channel SCSI RAID 2000S, 2005S, 2010S, 2015S
Adaptec SCSI RAID 2100S, 2110S
Adaptec ATA-100 RAID 2400A
Adaptec SCSI RAID 3200S, 3210S
Adaptec SCSI RAID 3400S, 3410S
Adaptec SmartRAID PM1554
Adaptec SmartRAID PM2554
Adaptec SmartRAID PM2564
Adaptec SmartRAID PM2664
Adaptec SmartRAID PM2754
Adaptec SmartRAID PM2865
Adaptec SmartRAID PM3754
Adaptec SmartRAID PM3755U2B / SmartRAID V Millennium
Adaptec SmartRAID PM3757
DEC KZPCC-AC (LVD 1-ch, 4MB or 16MB cache), DEC KZPCC-CE (LVD 3-ch, 64MB cache), DEC KZPCC-XC (LVD 1-ch, 16MB cache), DEC KZPCC-XE (LVD 3-ch, 64MB cache) -- rebadged SmartRAID V Millennium
AMI MegaRAID Express and Enterprise family RAID controllers ( amr(4) driver)
Note: Booting from these controllers is supported. EISA adapters are not supported.
Mylex DAC-family RAID controllers with 2.x, 3.x, 4.x and 5.x firmware ( mlx(4) driver)
Note: Booting from these controllers is supported. EISA adapters are not supported.
Mylex AcceleRAID/eXtremeRAID family PCI to SCSI RAID controllers with 6.x firmware ( mly(4) driver)
The twe(4) driver supports the following series of 3ware ATA RAID controllers:
Escalade 3W-5x00
Escalade 3W-6x00
Escalade 3W-7x00
Escalade 3W-8x00
LSI/Symbios (formerly NCR) 53C8XX and 53C10XX PCI SCSI controllers, either embedded on motherboard or on add-on boards ( ncr(4) and sym(4) drivers)
NCR 53C500 based PC-Card SCSI host adapters ( ncv(4) driver)
TMC 18C30, 18C50 and 36C70 (AIC-6820) based ISA/PC-Card SCSI host adapters ( stg(4) driver)
Qlogic controllers and variants ( isp(4) driver)
DTC 3290 EISA SCSI controller in 1542 emulation mode.
Tekram DC390 and DC390T controllers, maybe other cards based on the AMD 53c974 as well ( amd(4) driver)
Workbit Ninja SCSI-3 based PC-Card SCSI host adapters ( nsp(4) driver)
Adaptec AIC-7110 Parallel to SCSI interfaces ( vpo(4) driver)
Compaq Intelligent Drive Array Controllers ( ida(4) driver)
SCSI adapters utilizing the Command Interface for SCSI-3 Support ( ciss(4) driver)
Intel Integrated RAID Controllers ( iir(4) driver)
Promise SuperTrak ATA RAID controllers ( pst(4) driver)
IBM / Adaptec ServeRAID series ( ips(4) driver)
LSI Logic Fusion/MP architecture Fiber Channel controllers ( mpt(4) driver)
PCI SCSI host adapters using the Tekram TRM-S1040 SCSI chipset ( trm(4) driver)
With all supported SCSI controllers, full support is provided for SCSI-I, SCSI-II, and SCSI-III peripherals, including hard disks, optical disks, tape drives (including DAT, 8mm Exabyte, Mammoth, and DLT), medium changers, processor target devices and CD-ROM drives. WORM devices that support CD-ROM commands are supported for read-only access by the CD-ROM drivers (such as cd(4)). WORM/CD-R/CD-RW writing support is provided by cdrecord(1), which is a part of the sysutils/cdrtools port in the Ports Collection.
The following CD-ROM type systems are supported at this time:
SCSI interface (also includes ProAudio Spectrum and SoundBlaster SCSI) (cd(4))
Matsushita CR-562, CR-563, and compatibles ( matcd(4) driver)
Sony proprietary interface (all models) ( scd(4))
ATAPI IDE interface ( acd(4))
The following drivers were supported under the old SCSI subsystem, but are not yet supported under the cam(4) SCSI subsystem:
NCR5380/NCR53400 (``ProAudio Spectrum'') SCSI controller
UltraStor 14F, 24F and 34F SCSI controllers.
Note: There is work-in-progress to port the UltraStor driver to the new CAM SCSI framework, but no estimates on when or if it will be completed.
Seagate ST01/02 SCSI controllers
Future Domain 8xx/950 series SCSI controllers
WD7000 SCSI controller
The following device is unmaintained:
Mitsumi proprietary CD-ROM interface (all models) ( mcd(4))
Adaptec Duralink PCI Fast Ethernet adapters based on the Adaptec AIC-6915 Fast Ethernet controller chip (sf(4) driver)
Alteon Networks PCI Gigabit Ethernet NICs based on the Tigon 1 and Tigon 2 chipsets (ti(4) driver)
AMD PCnet NICs ( lnc(4) and pcn(4) drivers)
AMD PCnet/PCI (79c970 & 53c974 or 79c974)
AMD PCnet/FAST
Isolan AT 4141-0 (16 bit)
Isolink 4110 (8 bit)
PCnet/FAST+
PCnet/FAST III
PCnet/PRO
PCnet/Home
HomePNA
SMC 83c17x (EPIC)-based Ethernet NICs (tx(4) driver)
National Semiconductor DS8390-based Ethernet NICs, including Novell NE2000 and clones (ed(4) driver)
3C503 Etherlink II (ed(4) driver)
DEC Etherworks DE305
Hewlett-Packard PC Lan+ 27247B and 27252A
NetVin 5000
Novell NE1000, NE2000, and NE2100
RealTek 8029
SMC Elite 16 WD8013 Ethernet interface
SMC Elite Ultra
SMC WD8003E, WD8003EBT, WD8003W, WD8013W, WD8003S, WD8003SBT and WD8013EBT and clones
Surecom NE-34
VIA VT86C926
Winbond W89C940
NE2000 compatible PC-Card (PCMCIA) Ethernet and FastEthernet cards (ed(4) driver)
AR-P500 Ethernet
Accton EN2212/EN2216/UE2216
Allied Telesis CentreCOM LA100-PCM_V2
AmbiCom 10BaseT card
BayNetworks NETGEAR FA410TXC Fast Ethernet
CNet BC40 adapter
COREGA Ether PCC-T/EtherII PCC-T/FEther PCC-TXF/PCC-TXD
Compex Net-A adapter
CyQ've ELA-010
D-Link DE-650/660
Danpex EN-6200P2
Elecom Laneed LD-CDL/TX, LD-CDF, LD-CDS, LD-10/100CD, LD-CDWA (DP83902A), MACNICA Ethernet ME1 for JEIDA
IO DATA PCLATE
IBM Creditcard Ethernet I/II
IC-CARD Ethernet/IC-CARD+ Ethernet
Kingston KNE-PC2, KNE-PCM/x Ethernet
Linksys EC2T/PCMPC100/PCM100, PCMLM56, EtherFast 10/100 PC Card, Combo PCMCIA Ethernet Card (PCMPC100 V2)
MELCO LPC-T/LPC2-T/LPC2-CLT/LPC2-TX/LPC3-TX/LPC3-CLX
NDC Ethernet Instant-Link
National Semiconductor InfoMover NE4100
NetGear FA-410TX
Network Everywhere Ethernet 10BaseT PC Card
Planex FNW-3600-T
Socket LP-E
Surecom EtherPerfect EP-427
TDK LAK-CD031,Grey Cell GCS2000 Ethernet Card
Telecom Device SuperSocket RE450T
RealTek 8129/8139 Fast Ethernet NICs (rl(4) driver)
Winbond W89C840F Fast Ethernet NICs (wb(4) driver)
VIA Technologies VT3043 ``Rhine I'', VT86C100A ``Rhine II'', and VT6105/VT6105M ``Rhine III'' Fast Ethernet NICs (vr(4) driver)
Silicon Integrated Systems SiS 900 and SiS 7016 PCI Fast Ethernet NICs ( sis(4) driver)
National Semiconductor DP83815 Fast Ethernet NICs ( sis(4) driver)
National Semiconductor DP83820 and DP83821 Gigabit Ethernet NICs ( nge(4) driver)
Sundance Technologies ST201 PCI Fast Ethernet NICs ( ste(4) driver)
SysKonnect SK-984x PCI Gigabit Ethernet cards (sk(4) driver)
Texas Instruments ThunderLAN PCI NICs (tl(4) driver)
DEC/Intel 21143 Fast Ethernet NICs and clones for PCI, MiniPCI, and CardBus (dc(4) driver)
ADMtek Inc. AN986-based USB Ethernet NICs ( aue(4) driver)
CATC USB-EL1210A-based USB Ethernet NICs ( cue(4) driver)
Kawasaki LSI KU5KUSB101B-based USB Ethernet NICs ( kue(4) driver)
ASIX Electronics AX88172-based USB Ethernet NICs ( axe(4) driver)
RealTek RTL8150-based USB Ethernet NICs ( rue(4) driver)
Davicom DM9601-based USB Ethernet NICs ( udav(4) driver)
DEC DC21040, DC21041, DC21140, DC21141, DC21142, and DC21143 based NICs (de(4) driver)
Controllers and cards supported by the fe(4) driver include:
Allied Telesis RE1000, RE1000Plus, ME1500 (110-pin)
CONTEC C-NET(98)P2, C-NET (9N)E (110-pin), C-NET(9N)C (ExtCard)
CONTEC C-NET(PC)C PCMCIA Ethernet
Eiger Labs EPX-10BT
Fujitsu FMV-J182, FMV-J182A
Fujitsu MB86960A, MB86965A
Fujitsu MBH10303, MBH10302 Ethernet PCMCIA
Fujitsu Towa LA501 Ethernet
HITACHI HT-4840-11
NextCom J Link NC5310
RATOC REX-5588, REX-9822, REX-4886, and REX-R280
RATOC REX-9880/9881/9882/9883
TDK LAC-98012, LAC-98013, LAC-98025, LAC-9N011 (110-pin)
TDK LAK-CD021, LAK-CD021A, LAK-CD021BX
Ungermann-Bass Access/PC N98C+(PC85152, PC85142), Access/NOTE N98(PC86132) (110-pin)
Adapters supported by the fxp(4) driver include:
Intel EtherExpress PRO/10
Intel InBusiness 10/100
Intel PRO/100B / EtherExpressPRO/100 B PCI Adapter
Intel PRO/100+ Management Adapter
Intel PRO/100 VE Desktop Adapter
Intel PRO/100 M Desktop Adapter
Intel PRO/100 S Desktop, Server and Dual-Port Server Adapters
Contec C-NET(PI)-100TX (PC98)
NEC PC-9821Ra20, Rv20, Xv13, Xv20 internal 100Base-TX (PC98)
NEC PC-9821X-B06 (PC98)
Many on-board network interfaces on Intel motherboards.
Intel 82595-based Ethernet NICs (ex(4) driver)
Intel 82586-based Ethernet NICs (ie(4) driver)
3Com 3C5x9 Etherlink III NICs (ep(4) driver)
3Com 3C501 8-bit ISA Ethernet NIC (el(4) driver)
3Com Etherlink XL-based NICs (xl(4) driver)
3Com 3C59X series NICs (vx(4) driver)
Crystal Semiconductor CS89x0-based NICs (cs(4) driver)
Megahertz X-Jack Ethernet PC-Card CC-10BT (sn(4) driver)
The xe(4) driver supports the following cards:
Xircom CreditCard Ethernet (PS-CE2-10)
Xircom CreditCard Ethernet + Modem 28 (PS-CEM-28)
Xircom CreditCard Ethernet + Modem 33 (CEM33)
Xircom CreditCard 10/100 (CE3, CE3B)
Xircom CreditCard Ethernet 10/100 + Modem 56 (CEM56)
Xircom RealPort Ethernet 10 (RE10)
Xircom RealPort Ethernet 10/100 (RE100)
Xircom RealPort Ethernet 10/100 + Modem 56 (REM56, REM56G)
Accton Fast EtherCard-16 (EN2226)
Compaq Netelligent 10/100 PC Card (CPQ-10/100)
Intel EtherExpress Pro/100 PC Card Mobile Adapter 16 (Pro/100 M16A)
Other similar devices using the same hardware may also be supported.
Gigabit Ethernet cards based on the Level 1 LXT1001 NetCellerator controller ( lge(4) driver)
The txp(4) driver supports the following cards:
3Com 3CR990-TX-95
3Com 3CR990-TX-97
3Com 3cR990B-TXM
3Com 3CR990SVR95
3Com 3CR990SVR97
3Com 3cR990B-SRV
The bge(4) driver provides support for various NICs based on the Broadcom BCM570x family of gigabit ethernet controller chips, including the following:
3Com 3c996-T (10/100/1000baseTX)
Dell PowerEdge 1750 integrated BCM5704C NIC (10/100/1000baseTX)
Dell PowerEdge 2550 integrated BCM5700 NIC (10/100/1000baseTX)
Dell PowerEdge 2650 integrated BCM5703 NIC (10/100/1000baseTX)
IBM x235 server integrated BCM5703x NIC (10/100/1000baseTX)
HP ProLiant NC7760 embedded Gigabit NIC (10/100/1000baseTX)
HP ProLiant NC7770 PCI-X Gigabit NIC (10/100/1000baseTX)
HP ProLiant NC7781 embedded PCI-X Gigabit NIC (10/100/1000baseTX)
Netgear GA302T (10/100/1000baseTX)
SysKonnect SK-9D21 (10/100/1000baseTX)
SysKonnect SK-9D41 (1000baseSX)
The em(4) driver provides support for PCI gigabit Ethernet adapters based on the Intel 82540, 82542, 82543, 82544 and 82546 Ethernet controller chips. This includes the following network adaptors:
Intel PRO/1000 MT Desktop Adapter
Intel PRO/1000 MT Server Adapter
Intel PRO/1000 MF Server Adapter
Intel PRO/1000 XT Server Adapter
Intel PRO/1000 XF Server Adapter
The my(4) driver provides support for various NICs based on the Myson chipset. Supported models include:
Myson MTD800 PCI Fast Ethernet chip
Myson MTD803 PCI Fast Ethernet chip
Myson MTD89X PCI Gigabit Ethernet chip
Broadcom BCM4401 based Fast Ethernet adapters ( bfe(4) driver)
RealTek RTL8139C+, RTL8169, RTL8169S and RTL8110S based PCI Fast Ethernet and Gigabit Ethernet controllers (re(4) driver)
Midway-based ATM interfaces (en(4) driver)
FORE Systems, Inc. PCA-200E ATM PCI Adapters (hfa and fatm(4) drivers)
IDT NICStAR 77201/211-based ATM Adapters ( idt(4) driver)
FORE Systems, Inc. HE155 and HE622 ATM interfaces ( hatm(4) driver)
IDT77252-based ATM cards ( patm(4) driver)
NCR / AT&T / Lucent Technologies WaveLan T1-speed ISA/radio LAN cards (wl(4) driver)
Lucent Technologies WaveLAN/IEEE 802.11b wireless network adapters and workalikes using the Lucent Hermes, Intersil PRISM-II, Intersil PRISM-2.5, Intersil Prism-3, and Symbol Spectrum24 chipsets (wi(4) driver)
Cisco/Aironet 802.11b wireless adapters (an(4) driver)
Raytheon Raylink 2.4GHz wireless adapters ( ray(4) driver)
AMD Am79C930 and Harris (Intersil) based 802.11b cards ( awi(4) driver)
Atheros AR5210, AR5211, and AR5212-based 802.11a/b/g network interfaces ( ath(4) driver)
The cx(4) driver supports the following cards:
Cronyx Sigma-22, Sigma-24
Cronyx Sigma-100
Cronyx Sigma-400, Sigma-401, Sigma-404, Sigma-410, Sigma-440
Cronyx Sigma-500
Cronyx Sigma-703
Cronyx Sigma-800, Sigma-801, Sigma-810, Sigma-840
Cronyx Tau-PCI synchronous serial adapters for PCI bus (cp(4) driver)
Cronyx Tau-PCI (dual RS-232/V.35) and Cronyx Tau-PCI/R (dual RS-530(RS-449)/X.21)
Cronyx Tau-PCI/E1 (dual fractional E1) and Cronyx Tau-PCI/G703 (dual unframed E1)
Cronyx Tau-PCI/2E1 (dual fractional/unframed E1)
Cronyx Tau-PCI/4E1 (four fractional/unframed E1)
Cronyx Tau-PCI/E3 (one E3)
Cronyx Tau synchronous serial adapters for ISA bus ( ctau(4) driver)
Cronyx Tau (RS-232/V.35) and Cronyx Tau/R (RS-530/RS-449)
Cronyx Tau/E1 (fractional E1) and Cronyx Tau/G703 (unframed E1)
Granch SBNI12 point-to-point communications adapters ( sbni(4) driver)
Granch SBNI16 SHDSL modems ( sbsh(4) driver)
SMC COM90cx6 ARCNET network adapters (cm driver)
SMC 90c26, 90c56, and 90c66 in 90c56 compatability mode
AcerISDN P10 ISA PnP (experimental)
Asuscom ISDNlink 128K ISA
ASUSCOM P-IN100-ST-D (and other Winbond W6692-based cards)
AVM
A1
B1 ISA (tested with V2.0)
B1 PCI (tested with V4.0)
Fritz!Card classic
Fritz!Card PnP
Fritz!Card PCI
Fritz!Card PCI, Version 2
T1
Creatix
ISDN-S0
ISDN-S0 P&P
Compaq Microcom 610 ISDN (Compaq series PSB2222I) ISA PnP
Dr. Neuhaus Niccy Go@ and compatibles
Dynalink IS64PPH and IS64PPH+
Eicon Diehl DIVA 2.0 and 2.02
ELSA
ELSA PCC-16
QuickStep 1000pro ISA
MicroLink ISDN/PCI
QuickStep 1000pro PCI
ITK ix1 Micro ( < V.3, non-PnP version )
Sedlbauer Win Speed
Siemens I-Surf 2.0
TELEINT ISDN SPEED No.1 (experimental)
Teles
S0/8
S0/16
S0/16.3
S0/16.3 PnP
16.3c ISA PnP (experimental)
Teles PCI-TJ
Traverse Technologies NETjet-S PCI
USRobotics Sportster ISDN TA intern
Winbond W6692 based PCI cards
``PC standard'' 8250, 16450, and 16550-based serial ports ( sio(4) driver)
AST 4 port serial card using shared IRQ
ARNET serial cards (ar(4) driver)
ARNET 8 port serial card using shared IRQ
ARNET (now Digiboard) Sync 570/i high-speed serial
Boca multi-port serial cards
Boca BB1004 4-Port serial card (Modems not supported)
Boca IOAT66 6-Port serial card (Modems supported)
Boca BB1008 8-Port serial card (Modems not supported)
Boca BB2016 16-Port serial card (Modems supported)
Comtrol Rocketport card (rp(4) driver)
Cyclades Cyclom-Y serial board (cy(4) driver)
STB 4 port card using shared IRQ
DigiBoard intelligent serial cards (digi driver)
PCI-Based multi-port serial boards ( puc(4) driver)
Actiontech 56K PCI
Avlab Technology, PCI IO 2S and PCI IO 4S
Comtrol RocketPort 550
Decision Computers PCCOM 4-port serial and dual port RS232/422/485
Dolphin Peripherals 4025/4035/4036
IC Book Labs Dreadnought 16x Lite and Pro
Lava Computers 2SP-PCI/DSerial-PCI/Quattro-PCI/Octopus-550
Middle Digital, Weasle serial port
Moxa Industio CP-114, Smartio C104H-PCI and C168H/PCI
NEC PK-UG-X001 and PK-UG-X008
Netmos NM9835 PCI-2S-550
Oxford Semiconductor OX16PCI954 PCI UART
Syba Tech SD-LAB PCI-4S2P-550-ECP
SIIG Cyber I/O PCI 16C550/16C650/16C850
SIIG Cyber 2P1S PCI 16C550/16C650/16C850
SIIG Cyber 2S1P PCI 16C550/16C650/16C850
SIIG Cyber 4S PCI 16C550/16C650/16C850
SIIG Cyber Serial (Single and Dual) PCI 16C550/16C650/16C850
Syba Tech Ltd. PCI-4S2P-550-ECP
Titan PCI-200H and PCI-800H
US Robotics (3Com) 3CP5609 modem
VScom PCI-400 and PCI-800
SDL Communication serial boards
SDL Communications Riscom/8 Serial Board (rc driver)
SDL Communications RISCom/N2 and N2pci high-speed sync serial boards (sr(4) driver)
Specialix SI/XIO/SX multiport serial cards, with both the older SIHOST2.x and the new ``enhanced'' (transputer based, aka JET) host cards (ISA, EISA and PCI are supported) (si(4) driver)
Advance ( sbc(4) driver)
Asound 100 and 110
Logic ALS120 and ALS4000
CMedia sound chips
CMI8338/CMI8738
Crystal Semiconductor ( csa(4) driver)
CS461x/462x Audio Accelerator
CS428x Audio Controller
ENSONIQ ( pcm(4) driver)
AudioPCI ES1370/1371
ESS
ES1868, ES1869, ES1879 and ES1888 ( sbc(4) driver)
Maestro-1, Maestro-2, and Maestro-2E
Maestro-3/Allegro
Note: The Maestro-3/Allegro cannot be compiled into the FreeBSD kernel due to licensing restrictions. To use this driver, add the following line to /boot/loader.conf:
snd_maestro3_load="YES"
ForteMedia fm801
Gravis ( gusc(4) driver)
UltraSound MAX
UltraSound PnP
Intel 443MX, 810, 815, and 815E integrated sound devices ( pcm(4) driver)
MSS/WSS Compatible DSPs ( pcm(4) driver)
NeoMagic 256AV/ZX ( pcm(4) driver)
OPTi 931/82C931 ( pcm(4) driver)
S3 Sonicvibes
Creative Technologies SoundBlaster series ( sbc(4) driver)
SoundBlaster
SoundBlaster Pro
SoundBlaster AWE-32
SoundBlaster AWE-64
SoundBlaster AWE-64 GOLD
SoundBlaster ViBRA-16
Creative Technologies Sound Blaster Live! series (emu10k1 driver)
Trident 4DWave DX/NX ( pcm(4) driver)
VIA Technologies VT82C686A
Yamaha
DS1
DS1e
Brooktree Bt848/849/878/879-based frame grabbers ( bktr(4) driver)
Connectix QuickCam
A range of USB peripherals are supported; devices known to work are listed in this section. Owing to the generic nature of most USB devices, with some exceptions any device of a given class will be supported, even if not explicitly listed here.
Note: USB Ethernet adapters can be found in the section listing Ethernet interfaces.
Note: USB Bluetooth adapters can be found in Bluetooth section.
OHCI 1.0-compliant host controllers ( ohci(4) driver)
UHCI 1.1-compliant host controllers ( uhci(4) driver)
USB 2.0 controllers using the EHCI interface ( ehci(4) driver)
Hubs
Keyboards ( ukbd(4) driver)
Miscellaneous
Assist Computer Systems PC Camera C-M1
ActiveWire I/O Board
Creative Technology Video Blaster WebCam Plus
Diamond Rio 500, 600, and 800 MP3 players ( urio(4) driver)
D-Link DSB-R100 USB Radio ( ufm(4) driver)
Mirunet AlphaCam Plus
Modems ( umodem(4) driver)
3Com 5605
Metricom Ricochet GS USB wireless modem
Yamaha Broadband Wireless Router RTW65b
Mice ( ums(4) driver)
Printers and parallel printer conversion cables ( ulpt(4) driver)
ATen parallel printer adapter
Belkin F5U002 parallel printer adapter
Canon BJ F850, S600
Canon LBP-1310, 350
Entrega USB-to-parallel printer adapter
Hewlett-Packard HP Deskjet 3420 (P/N: C8947A #ABJ)
Oki Data MICROLINE ML660PS
Seiko Epson PM-900C, 880C, 820C, 730C
Serial devices ( ubsa(4), ubser(4), uftdi(4), and uplcom(4) drivers)
Scanners (through SANE) ( uscanner(4) driver)
Storage ( umass(4) driver)
ADTEC Stick Drive AD-UST32M, 64M, 128M, 256M
Denno FireWire/USB2 Removable 2.5-inch HDD Case MIFU-25CB20
FujiFilm Zip USB Drive ZDR100 USB A
GREEN HOUSE USB Flash Memory ``PicoDrive'' GH-UFD32M, 64M, 128M
IBM 32MB USB Memory Key (P/N 22P5296)
IBM ThinkPad USB Portable CD-ROM Drive (P/N 33L5151)
I-O DATA USB x6 CD-RW Drive CDRW-i64/USB (CDROM only)
I-O DATA USB CD/CD-R/CD-RW/DVD-R/DVD-RW/DVD-RAM/DVD-ROM Drive DVR-iUH2 (CDROM, DVD-RAM only)
Iomega USB Zip 100Mb (primitive support still)
Iomega Zip750 USB2.0 Drive
Keian USB1.1/2.0 3.5-inch HDD Case KU350A
Kurouto Shikou USB 2.5-inch HDD Case GAWAP2.5PS-USB2.0
Logitec USB1.1/2.0 HDD Unit SHD-E60U2
Logitec Mobile USB Memory LMC-256UD
Logitec USB Double-Speed Floppy Drive LFD-31U2
Logitec USB/IEEE1394 DVD-RAM/R/RW Unit LDR-N21FU2 (CDROM only)
Matshita CF-VFDU03 floppy drive
MELCO USB2.0 MO Drive MO-CH640U2
I-O DATA USB/IEEE1394 Portable HD Drive HDP-i30P/CI, HDP-i40P/CI
MELCO USB Flash Disk ``PetitDrive'', RUF-32M, -64M, -128M, -256M
MELCO USB2.0 Flash Disk ``PetitDrive2'', RUF-256M/U2, -512M/U2
MELCO USB Flash Disk ``ClipDrive'', RUF-C32M, -C64M, -C128M, -C256M, -C512M
Microtech USB-SCSI-HD 50 USB to SCSI cable
NOVAC USB2.0 2.5/3.5-inch HDD Case NV-HD351U
Panasonic floppy drive
Panasonic USB2.0 Portable CD-RW Drive KXL-RW40AN (CDROM only)
RATOC Systems USB2.0 Removable HDD Case U2-MDK1, U2-MDK1B
Sony Portable CD-R/RW Drive CRX10U (CDROM only)
TEAC Portable USB CD-ROM Unit CD-110PU/210PU
Y-E Data floppy drive (720/1.44/2.88Mb)
Audio Devices ( uaudio(4) driver)
Handspring Visor and other PalmOS devices ( uvisor(4) driver)
Handspring Visor
Palm M125, M500, M505
Sony Clie 4.0 and 4.1
Host Controllers ( fwohci(4) driver)
Serial Bus Protocol 2 (SBP-2) storage devices ( sbp(4) driver)
PCCARD Host Controllers ( ng_bt3c(4) driver)
3Com/HP 3CRWB6096-A PCCARD adapter
USB Host Controllers ( ng_ubt(4) driver)
3Com 3CREB96
EPoX BT-DG02
Mitsumi USB Bluetooth adapter
MSI MS-6967
TDK Bluetooth USB adapter
Accelerators based on the Hifn 7751, 7811, or 7951 chipsets ( hifn(4) driver)
Accelerators based on the SafeNet 1141 or 1741 cryptographic accelerator chipsets ( safe(4) driver)
Accelerators based on the Bluesteel 5501 or 5601 chipsets ( ubsec(4) driver)
Accelerators based on the Broadcom BCM5801, BCM5802, BCM5805, BCM5820, BCM 5821, BCM5822 chipsets ( ubsec(4) driver)
FAX-Modem/PCCARD
MELCO IGM-PCM56K/IGM-PCM56KH
Nokia Card Phone 2.0 (gsm900/dcs1800 HSCSD terminal)
Floppy drives ( fdc(4) driver)
VGA-compatible video cards ( vga(4) driver)
Note: Information regarding specific video cards and compatibility with XFree86 can be found at http://www.xfree86.org/.
Keyboards including:
AT-style keyboards ( atkbd(4) driver)
PS/2 keyboards ( atkbd(4) driver)
USB keyboards ( ukbd(4) driver)
Pointing devices including:
Bus mice and compatible devices ( mse(4) driver)
PS/2 mice and compatible devices, including many laptop pointing devices ( psm(4) driver)
Serial mice and compatible devices
USB mice ( ums(4) driver)
Note: moused(8) has more information on using pointing devices with FreeBSD. Information on using pointing devices with XFree86 can be found at http://www.xfree86.org/.
``PC standard'' parallel ports ( ppc(4) driver)
PC-compatible joysticks ( joy(4) driver)
PHS Data Communication Card/PCCARD
NTT DoCoMo P-in Comp@ct
Panasonic KX-PH405
SII MC-P200
Xilinx XC6200-based reconfigurable hardware cards compatible with the HOT1 from Virtual Computers (xrpu driver).
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