X-Git-Url: https://gitweb.dragonflybsd.org/ikiwiki.git/blobdiff_plain/13240e1c73e73e4866bffd721af5c33d911b5d97..873403eb11ac7d4bb31ff7c45a4f57fa125a9ae1:/docs/supportedhardware/index.mdwn diff --git a/docs/supportedhardware/index.mdwn b/docs/supportedhardware/index.mdwn index a17d78c8..c360c88b 100644 --- a/docs/supportedhardware/index.mdwn +++ b/docs/supportedhardware/index.mdwn @@ -1,13 +1,15 @@ DragonFly BSD runs on recent PCs supporting the i386 or amd64 (x86_64) microarchitectures. +This page only references a small part of the hardware which can potentially run with DragonFly; if a piece of hardware is not in this list this only means nobody has tested it or reported its working state. + ## System Boards and chipsets -DragonFly BSD runs on most desktop and server class mainboards using Intel or AMD chipset. -The listed devices are known to run well with DragonFly BSD. +Most desktop and server class mainboards using Intel or AMD chipsets are supported; the devices listed in this section are known to run really well with DragonFly BSD. ### Desktop boards -* Gigabyte UD2H / UD3H series +* Gigabyte UD2H / UD3H series (Such as); +** Gigabyte 880GM-UD2H works extremely well, less software RAID AHCI controller, which is not a real RAID controller. ### Server boards @@ -17,7 +19,10 @@ Atom boards Xeon boards +* Supermicro X8DTH-iF * Supermicro X8STi and X8STi-F +* Supermicro X8SAX +* Supermicro X9 series Opteron boards @@ -28,18 +33,43 @@ Opteron boards ### SATA controllers -* Intel ICH7 chipset and more recents -* AMD 700-series chipset +* Intel ICH7 and more recent chipsets +* AMD 700-series chipsets * Silicon Image 3124/3132 chipsets +### SATA RAID controllers + +Devices supported by the arcmsr(4) driver + +* Areca ARC-1200 +* Areca ARC-1210 + +Devices supported by the twa(4) driver + +* 3Ware 9650SE series + ### SAS RAID controllers These controllers are able to use both SAS and SATA hard-drives. +Devices supported by the arcmsr(4) driver + +* Areca ARC-1222 +* Areca ARC-1680-ix +* Areca ARC-1880-i + Devices supported by the mfi(4) driver * LSI MegaRAID SAS 8408E +Devices supported by the mps(4) driver + +* LSI Logic SAS2008-based controllers such as Asus PIKE 2008 + +Devices supported by the twa(4) driver + +* 3Ware 9690SA-4i + Devices supported by the tws(4) driver * 3Ware 9750-4i @@ -59,8 +89,19 @@ based on the Intel 82575 and 82576 Ethernet controller chips. The re(4) driver supports Realtek RTL8169, RTL8169S, RTL8110S, RTL8168S, RTL8111S and RTL8101E ethernet chipsets +### 10 Gigabit ethernet adapters + +The mxge(4) driver supports 10 Gigabit Ethernet adapters based on the Myricom LANai Z8E chips + +The ixgbe(4) driver supports the Intel PRO/10GbE adapters based on the 82598 and 82599 chip families + ## Broken hardware The products listed in this section are known to have some serious problems or not work at all with DragonFly BSD. * Asus M2N4-SLI: USB is not working on this model + +* Highpoint RocketRAID 17xx, 22xx, 23xx and 25xx RAID adapters: there is no driver for these adapters. A FreeBSD driver exists, but it uses a binary blob which causes panics. Highpoint +has not been cooperative in documenting their hardware so that a proper driver can be written. + +* HP Pavilion laptops: as of 2012-07 it is impossible to run DragonFly on them due to broken ACPI interrupt routing in their firmware.