Supported PC Hardware
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#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. There is also a list of known [broken hardware].
#
#IDE/ATAPI CONTROLLERS
#
#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).
#
# * ALi M1543, M5288 SATA
# * AMD 755, 756, 766, 768, 3111, CS5536
# * AMD/ATI SB400, 200M, 4379 SATA
# * CMD 640B, 646
# * HighPoint HPT366
# * Intel PIIX, PIIX3, PIIX4, ICH, ICH0, ICH2-7, ICH9, 6300ESB
# * NS PC87415
# * nVidia nForce 1-4, MCP 55, 61, 65, 69, 430
# * PC-Tech RZ1000
# * Promise PDC202xx, Ultra/133 TX2, 20378
# * ServerWorks IB6566
# * SiL 3112 SATA, 3114 SATA/RAID
# * SiS 962
# * VIA 82C686, VT8237 SATA/RAID
#
#SATA CONTROLLERS
#
#Plan 9 supports a few SATA controllers in their native AHCI mode, as
#opposed to the IDE-compatibility mode that some of them offer.
#
# * AMD SB600
# * Intel 63xxESB
# * Intel 82801GxM, for x = B or H
# * Intel ICH8, ICH9
#
#The non-AHCI Marvell 88SX series four- and eight-port PCI-X chipsets
#are also supported.
#
#ATA-OVER-ETHERNET DEVICES
#
#Plan 9 supports access to ATA-over-Ethernet devices.
#
#USB
#
#USB audio, disks, Ethernet, keyboards, mice and printers are
#supported (see usb(4)) via the UHCI, OHCI and EHCI interfaces. XHCI
#(USB 3, 5Gb/s) is not yet started.
#
#ETHERNET
#
#Plan 9 will automatically recognize the PCI and PCI-Express Ethernet
#cards that it can drive. The following chips/cards are supported, in
#decreasing order of speed:
#
# * Intel 8259x 10Gb
# * Myricom 10Gb
#
# * Alteon, DEC, or SGI Acenic fiber Gigabit
# * Intel 8254x PRO/1000 Gigabit
# * Intel 8256x, 8257x Gigabit PCI-Express
# * National Semiconductor DP83820 Gigabit
# * Netgear GA620 Gigabit (discouraged due to large firmware blob)
# * Realtek 8110S/8169S Gigabit
# * Via Velocity Gigabit
#
# * 3Com 3C562, 3C589, and 3C589E PCMCIA
# * 3Com 3C450, 3C575, 3C59x, 3C90x, 3CSOHO100-TX
# * Accton EtherPair-PCMCIA EN2216
# * AMD 79C970
# * D-Link DFE-538TX, DFE-560TXD
# * Dell TrueMobile 1150 wireless
# * Digital (now Intel) 2114x and clones. (Tulip, PIC, PIC-II,
# Centaur, Digital DE-500)
# * EtherFast 10/100 PC Card
# * Intel 82562EM/EZ/ET/VE, 8255x PRO/100
# * Intel 82801DB PRO/100 VE
# * Intersil Prism2.5 wireless
# * Linksys EC2T Combo PCMCIA EtherCard, NB10T
# * Linksys WPC-11 wireless
# * Lucent/Agere/Avaya/Orinoco Wavelan wireless
# * NE2000 clones
# * National Semiconductor DP83815, DP8390
# * Netgear FA310, FA311, FA312, FA410TX, FA411 PCMCIA
# * Realtek 8029, 8139 - DL10038(D) (Remark of Realtek 8139)
# * SMC 1211, 8040TX PCMCIA, 91CXX PCMCIA
# * VIA Rhine VT6102 (pxe-bootable)
# * VIA Rhine II VT6103 (pxe-bootable)
# * Western Digital/SMC WD8003, WD8013, WD8216
# * Winbond 89C940
#
#VESA VIDEO CARDS
#
#Plan 9 can attempt to drive video cards using the VESA BIOS
#extensions instead of using drivers specific to particular chips. To
#use VESA, choose "vesa" as your monitor type during the CD boot or
#when making an install floppy.
#
#The following cards are known to work using VESA. (Cards not listed
#here are still worth trying!)
# * Intel 82865G Integrated Graphics Controller (Dell desktops)
# * Intel 82845G Integrated Graphics Controller (Compaq Evo D510 SFF)
# * Intel 855GM Integrated Graphics Device (Thinkpad X40)
# * Radeon 9200 Mobile (Compaq NX7010)
# * Radeon Mobility 9600 (ThinkPad T42p)
# * Radeon Mobility 7500 M7 LW (Compaq Presario 1500)
# * Radeon R200 QH (Fire GL 8700 and 8800)
# * Radeon RV280 (9200 SL)
# * Nvidia Quadro4 980 XGL
# * SiS630 onboard
# * SiS630 ST onboard ([JVC MP-XP3 |
# http://9fans.net/archive/2009/12/291])
# * VIA Technologies, Inc. CN700 VIA/S3G UniChrome Pro IGP
#
#(Some of the cards in this list have been moved to the main table)
#
#The following cards are known not to work with VESA:
# * Neomagic NM2360/MagicMedia 256ZX (Thinkpad 600X): Blank screen.
# * Cirrus Logic CL-GD5436/46 (no VESA support?)
# * AMD Geode GX2. Blank screen. Bug identified by Russ Cox, but hard
# to solve.
#
#VGA CARDS AND CHIPSETS
#
#For VGA cards it is more precise to describe the chips we support
#rather than the cards they are based on, since the cards are more
#ephemeral. Beware: different revisions of a card may use different
#chip sets.
#
#Plan 9 can use some basic acceleration features such as filling and
#scrolling rectangles.
#
#NOTE: If your chipset is not listed or listed as not supported, try
#the VESA driver by entering "vesa" as your monitor type.
#
#! Chip | Native | VESA | Notes
#! -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
#! #9 Ticket to Ride IV | Yes | ? | for SGI 1600SW
#! 3Dfx Voodoo Banshee | Yes? | ? | Works perfectly with Elpin Banshee(Rev 1.1) 3Dfx 55-0013-04
#! 3Dfx Voodoo 3
#! 1000 | Yes | ? |
#! 2000 | Yes | ? |
#! 3000 | Yes | ? |
#! AMD Geode GX2 | No | No |
#! ARK 2000pv | Yes(2) | ? |
#! ATI Mach
#! Mach 32 | Yes(2)| ? | |
#! Mach64xx | Yes? | ? | Some newer Mach64 don't work(eg, later ATI Xpert)
#! ATI Rage - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ATI_Rage
#! Rage IIc | Yes | ? | Needs hwaccel off
#! Rage 3D II+ | Broken | Yes | Garbled display
#! Rage 128 | No | ? | Too different from the Mach 64
#! Rage XL | Yes | Yes |
#! ATI Radeon
#! (789)xxx | (1) | Yes | Works well with VESA
#! Mobility M7 LW | No | Yes | Max: 1024x768x24
#! X1600 Pro | No | No |
#! CHIPS hiQVideo
#! 65550 | Yes | ? |
#! 65554 | Yes | ? |
#! 69000 | Yes | ? |
#! Cirrus Logic
#! CL-GD542x | Yes | ? |
#! CL-GD543x | Yes | No |
#! CL-GD544x | Yes | Yes | Used by qemu
#! CL-GD546x Laguna | Yes | ? |
#! Intel i81x | Yes | ? |
#! Intel i740 | No | ? |
#! Intel i950 | No | Yes |
#! Intel 82845G | No | Yes |
#! Intel GMA3100 | No | Yes |
#! Matrox (Note: GXXX series only support 8bit and 32bit depths)
#! G200 | Yes | ? |
#! G400 | Yes | ? |
#! G450 | Yes | Yes |
#! G550 | Yes | Yes |
#! P650 | No | Yes |
#! Matrox Millennium II | Yes | ? |
#! Neomagic
#! MagicGraph | Yes | ? |
#! MagicMedia | Yes | No |
#! NVIDIA
#! TNT | Yes | ? |
#! TNT2 | Yes | Yes |
#! GeForce | Yes? | ? |
#! GeForce 2 | Yes | ? |
#! GeForce 2 DVI | Yes | ? |
#! GeForce 2 MX/MX 400 | Yes | Yes |
#! GeForce 3 | Yes | ? |
#! GeForce 4 | Yes | ? |
#! GeForce 4 MX | Yes | Yes |
#! GeForce FX 5200 | Yes | Yes | Native: Some people have reported problems with DVI.
#! GeForce 6200 | No | Yes |
#! GeForce 6800 XT | Yes | ? |
#! S3 801, 805, 864, 928 | Yes(2) | ? |
#! S3 968 | Yes | ? |
#! S3 Savage
#! Savage 4 | Yes | ? |
#! Savage IX/MV | Yes | ? |
#! SuperSavage IXC/16 | Yes | ? |
#! SavagePro8/DDR | Yes | ? |
#! Savage 2000 | No | ? |
#! S3 ViRGE DX,GX,GX2,MX,VX |Yes | ? |
#! S3 Trio64V+ | Yes | No | dbvesa: invalid vesa signature
#! S3 Elsa 1000Trio/V | Yes | No | Works fine with 1024x768x8, supports max. 8 bit depth.
#! S3 Trio3D | No | Yes |
#! Tseng ET4000 | Yes(2) | ? |
#! Trident Cyber938x | Yes | ? |
#! VIA UniChrome (EPIA-MS) | No | Yes |
#! VMware virtual chipset (vmware won't release documentation, please use qemu instead)
#! 4.5 | Yes | ? |
#! 5.0 | Yes | ? | Needs hwaccel off
#
#(1) See the [radeon drivers] page.
#
#(2) Only tested with old editions of Plan 9.
#
#Cards supported in the third edition but not tested in current
#system:
# * ATI Graphics Xpression
# * ATI Xpert 98
# * ATI xpert@work
# * ATI Xpert LCD
# * #9FX Reality 334
# * Diamond Stealth3D 2000 vers 1.04
# * Diamond Stealth64 Video 2001
# * Diamond SpeedStar 64
#
#Cards supported in the first and second editions but not tested in
#the current system:
# * #9FX Reality 332
# * #9GXE Level-11, Level-12, Level-16
# * #9GXE 64
# * #9GXE 64pro
# * Diamond SpeedStar Pro
# * Hercules Terminator
# * NCR 3230
# * Orchid Fahrenheit 1280
# * Orchid Kelvin 64
# * Quadtel S3 86C801, 86C805
# * STB PowerGraph X-24
# * STB Velocity 3D
# * STB Velocity 64 Video
# * Stealth 64 Video 3000
# * Stingray 64/Video
# * Various Rackmount SBCs
#
#SCSI CONTROLLERS
#
# * [LSI Logic | http://www.lsilogic.com] 53C8xx and 53C1010
# chipsets, e.g., cards from: Tekram, LSI Logic, Symbios, Compaq,
# NCR, I-O DATA, ASUS. The chip numbers matter more than the brand.
# LSI Logic now owns Symbios and Mylex. You may need to configure the
# SCSI BIOS to "START UNIT" (spin up) the bootable drive so I/O works
# for the main BIOS. Also, beware 53C1020/1030 cards--they are
# "Fusion/MPT" and cannot be supported by this driver.
# * Buslogic BT-948 or BT-958 (AKA Mylex multimaster series). These
# aren't being made any more, but you might be able to buy them used.
# * Adaptec 1540 or 1542 for the ISA bus
# * Ultrastor 14F ISA or 34F VLB
#
#KEYBOARDS
#
#Any PS/2 or USB keyboard should work. The bootstraps require PS/2
#"emulation" in your BIOS to make USB keyboards work.
#
#MICE
#
#Plan 9 supports PS/2, PS/2 Intellimouse, and serial mice. USB mice
#are supported via a user-space driver. See usb(4), usbd(4), and
#usb(3).
#
#You will want a 3 button mouse for plan9, using the scroll wheel as
#the middle button is not really satisfactory. The IBM 40K9201 and HP
#DY651A are both good quality USB optical mice with three real
#buttons.
#
#There is preliminary support for the scroll wheel and extra buttons
#as on the Toshiba Portege 3440CT.
#
#Most laptops present their built-in pointing devices as PS/2 mice.
#
#The middle mouse button on the virtual VMware mouse appears not to
#work when running Plan 9 under Windows 2000 on certain laptops,
#notably IBM Thinkpads. To the extent that fault can be assigned, it
#is a hardware bug. The mouse controllers do not follow the same
#protocol that all other 3-button mice do for reporting the button
#count. See
#[http://lists.cse.psu.edu/archives/9fans/2002-May/017472.html] for a
#Windows workaround.
#
#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:
# * Acer TravelMate 4052 WmLi (no wireless, no sound)
# * Acer Aspire 5024WLMi (wireless and sound not tested, *nousbohci=1
# required; tested with 9atom)
# * Asus F7400
# * Compaq Presario 1500 (ATI Radeon Mobility M7 LW, Intel PRO 100/VE
# i82562, usb mouse works)
# * Dell Inspiron 2650 (mouse not working though)
# * Dell Inspiron 70n 7000
# * Dell Inspiron 1000 (no ether, no sound, cardbus not tested)
# * IBM Thinkpad 560, 560E, 600E, T20, T21, T23, T30 (using Philippe
# Anel's [Radeon Drivers]), T42p (no wireless), X20, X40, X60
# * NEC Versa LX, SX
# * Sharp Actius A250
# * Sony Vaio PGC-105k (uk)
# * Sony Vaio PCG-GR114EK
# * Toshiba Portege 3440CT
# * Toshiba Tecra 750CDM
# * HP Compaq nx6315 (No net)
# * [JVC MP-XP3 | http://9fans.net/archive/2009/12/291]
#
#The following laptops worked in previous releases and may work in
#the current one:
# * AT&T GIS Globalyst 250
# * Compaq Armada 7710 MT
# * Dell Dimension cpi 333
# * IBM Thinkpad 560X, 570
# * NEC Versa 6030X, 6200MX
# * Sony VAIO PCG 747
# * Toshiba Satellite 2800
#
#The following laptops are known not to work with Plan 9:
# * Compaq Armada 7800 (does not detect all physical memory, runs
# out, apparently hardware cursor doesn't work either)
# * Compaq LTE 5300 (unsupported video card Cirrus Logic GD7543)<-
# Are You sure about this? I think CL-GD7543 is well supported
# (Generic 640x480 LCD), I had a COMPAQ Armada 1120T, but the problem
# was the memory (24MB) not the graphical chip set! see [google
# groups |
# http://groups.google.com/groups?q=group:comp.os.plan9+5300&hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&selm=fa2d4dc3.0206230630.4477bd8a%40posting.google.com&rnum=1]
# * Dell Inspiron 4000, 5000e (unsupported video card ATI Mobility M3)
# * Zenith Znote 425 (not enough RAM)
#
#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.
#
#AUDIO
#
#Supported audio devices:
# * Sound Blaster 16 or later, ISA card
# * ESS 1688 running in 8-bit SBPro mode
# * most USB audio devices
# * Intel 82801DB/DBL/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-L/ICH4-M) AC'97 Audio Controller
# (with code addition from http://kamalatta.ddnss.de/config/ac97k.tar
#
#Supported but not as well tested:
# * Any Sound Blaster 16 clones (NOT Sound Blaster Pro clones)
#
#USB audio devices that have been reported to work:
# * Edirol UA-1X (recording untested, but believed to work)
# * Edirol UA-3
# * Philips USB speakers, model DSS 370/17
# * Xitel AN1
# * [Xitel Pro HiFi-Link |
# http://lists.cse.psu.edu/archives/9fans/2004-August/037647.html]
# (setting and reading back the volume works, but does not seem to
# affect the playback.)
# * [Xitel MD-Port DG2 |
# http://lists.cse.psu.edu/archives/9fans/2002-July/018740.html]
# * [Onkyo SE-U55X |
# http://lists.cse.psu.edu/archives/9fans/2004-September/038020.html]
# * [Onkyo SE-U55GX |
# http://lists.cse.psu.edu/archives/9fans/2004-October/038264.html]
# * Auditek USB speakers using C-Media CM102 chip (supports 48000Hz
# playback only)
# * Creative Sound Blaster MP3+
# * Creative Sound Blaster live! ( Can't set record speed )
# * M-Audio FastTrack USB (recording untested; gets "Can't set record
# speed" message on startup; setting and volume succesds but has no
# effect.)
#
#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.
#
#MAGNETO-OPTICAL DISK JUKEBOXES
#
#Virtually any modern SCSI jukebox will work. The key thing to look
#for (probably on the manufacturer's web site) is that the jukebox
#must implement the SCSI SMC (SCSI Media Changer) command set. Media
#(M-O disks) and jukeboxes can be had cheaply on ebay.com. We have
#had good experience with these models on Plan 9 file servers:
# * HP 330FX (choline)
# * HP 160FX (original emelie)
# * HP 1200EX (emelie)
#
#We've had limited experience with these models (bought used), and
#they failed within a few months, one mechanically and the other
#electronically:
# * HP 40FX
# * HP 80EX
#
#The 160FX and up seem to be built much more sturdily than the
#smaller jukeboxes, which are the size of large tower PCs.
#
#MOTHERBOARDS
#
# * ASUS A8R32-MVP (onboard NIC not supported, use a PCI NIC instead)
#
#THIN CLIENTS
#
#(e.g. Terminal/CPU/Auth-Server)
#
# * IGEL LX 3210 (Via C3 Esther 400Mhz, 256MB RAM, ether,
# graphics(VGA+DVI), usb, PS/2,) - Sound (Via AC97) doesn't work)
#
# * IGEL LX 4210 (Via C3 Esther 800Mhz, 128MB RAM, ether,
# graphics(VGA), usb, PS/2,) - Sound (Via AC97) doesn't work)
#
# * HP Compaq T5000 (Via C3 Samuel 400Mhz - BIOS says Via Eden - ,
# 128MB RAM, network vt6102, graphics(VGA), usb, PS/2) - Sound (Via
# AC97) doesn't work)
#
# * HP T5720 (AMD Geode NX1500 1 Ghz, 256MB RAM, ether, usb, PS/2,
# SiS 7012 SiS 7012 Audio Device / Realtek AC'97 Audio works)
#
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