Hi, I checked http://kmuto.jp/debian/hcl/ for hardware compatibility of Debian. As this page tells to put the output of lspci -n command and then it shows the availability of drivers of the corresponding hardware. I put the output of one of dell servers . But it shows only a few drivers are available for that dell server . I want to give iso DVD/CD to a person who only know how to install linux ,do not know how to compile and install kernel/ driver for hardwares.
This is the lspci -n 00:00.0 Class 0600: 8086:25c0 (rev 12) 00:02.0 Class 0604: 8086:25e2 (rev 12) 00:03.0 Class 0604: 8086:25e3 (rev 12) 00:04.0 Class 0604: 8086:25e4 (rev 12) 00:05.0 Class 0604: 8086:25e5 (rev 12) 00:06.0 Class 0604: 8086:25f9 (rev 12) 00:07.0 Class 0604: 8086:25e7 (rev 12) 00:10.0 Class 0600: 8086:25f0 (rev 12) 00:10.1 Class 0600: 8086:25f0 (rev 12) 00:10.2 Class 0600: 8086:25f0 (rev 12) 00:11.0 Class 0600: 8086:25f1 (rev 12) 00:13.0 Class 0600: 8086:25f3 (rev 12) 00:15.0 Class 0600: 8086:25f5 (rev 12) 00:16.0 Class 0600: 8086:25f6 (rev 12) 00:1c.0 Class 0604: 8086:2690 (rev 09) 00:1d.0 Class 0c03: 8086:2688 (rev 09) 00:1d.1 Class 0c03: 8086:2689 (rev 09) 00:1d.2 Class 0c03: 8086:268a (rev 09) 00:1d.7 Class 0c03: 8086:268c (rev 09) 00:1e.0 Class 0604: 8086:244e (rev d9) 00:1f.0 Class 0601: 8086:2670 (rev 09) 00:1f.1 Class 0101: 8086:269e (rev 09) 01:00.0 Class 0604: 8086:0370 01:00.2 Class 0604: 8086:0372 02:0e.0 Class 0104: 1028:0015 04:00.0 Class 0604: 1166:0103 (rev c3) 05:00.0 Class 0200: 14e4:164c (rev 12) 06:00.0 Class 0604: 8086:3500 (rev 01) 06:00.3 Class 0604: 8086:350c (rev 01) 07:00.0 Class 0604: 8086:3510 (rev 01) 07:01.0 Class 0604: 8086:3514 (rev 01) 08:00.0 Class 0604: 1166:0103 (rev c3) 09:00.0 Class 0200: 14e4:164c (rev 12) 0c:00.0 Class 0604: 8086:032c (rev 09) 11:0d.0 Class 0300: 1002:515e (rev 02) The output I got is:- PCI ID Works? Vendor Device Driver Kernel 808625c0 Intel Corporation 5000X Chipset Memory Controller Hub 808625e2 Intel Corporation 5000 Series Chipset PCI Express x4 Port 2 808625e3 Intel Corporation 5000 Series Chipset PCI Express x4 Port 3 808625e4 Intel Corporation 5000 Series Chipset PCI Express x4 Port 4 808625e5 Intel Corporation 5000 Series Chipset PCI Express x4 Port 5 808625f9 Intel Corporation 5000 Series Chipset PCI Express x8 Port 6-7 808625e7 Intel Corporation 5000 Series Chipset PCI Express x4 Port 7 808625f0 Yes Intel Corporation 5000 Series Chipset FSB Registers i5000_edac,i5k_amb v2.6.25- 808625f0 Yes Intel Corporation 5000 Series Chipset FSB Registers i5000_edac,i5k_amb v2.6.25- 808625f0 Yes Intel Corporation 5000 Series Chipset FSB Registers i5000_edac,i5k_amb v2.6.25- 808625f1 Intel Corporation 5000 Series Chipset Reserved Registers 808625f3 Intel Corporation 5000 Series Chipset Reserved Registers 808625f5 Intel Corporation 5000 Series Chipset FBD Registers 808625f6 Intel Corporation 5000 Series Chipset FBD Registers 80862690 Intel Corporation 631xESB/632xESB/3100 Chipset PCI Express Root Port 1 80862688 Intel Corporation 631xESB/632xESB/3100 Chipset UHCI USB Controller #1 80862689 Intel Corporation 631xESB/632xESB/3100 Chipset UHCI USB Controller #2 8086268a Intel Corporation 631xESB/632xESB/3100 Chipset UHCI USB Controller #3 8086268c Intel Corporation 631xESB/632xESB/3100 Chipset EHCI USB2 Controller 8086244e Yes Intel Corporation 82801 PCI Bridge i810_rng,hw_random 80862670 Yes Intel Corporation 631xESB/632xESB/3100 Chipset LPC Interface Controller iTCO_wdt,intel-rng v2.6.25- 8086269e Yes Intel Corporation 631xESB/632xESB IDE Controller piix v2.6.25- 80860370 Intel Corporation 80333 Segment-A PCI Express-to-PCI Express Bridge 80860372 Intel Corporation 80333 Segment-B PCI Express-to-PCI Express Bridge 10280015 Yes Dell PowerEdge Expandable RAID controller 5 megaraid_sas v2.6.25- 11660103 Broadcom EPB PCI-Express to PCI-X Bridge 14e4164c Yes Broadcom Corporation NetXtreme II BCM5708 Gigabit Ethernet bnx2 v2.6.29- 80863500 Intel Corporation 6311ESB/6321ESB PCI Express Upstream Port 8086350c Intel Corporation 6311ESB/6321ESB PCI Express to PCI-X Bridge 80863510 Intel Corporation 6311ESB/6321ESB PCI Express Downstream Port E1 80863514 Intel Corporation 6311ESB/6321ESB PCI Express Downstream Port E2 11660103 Broadcom EPB PCI-Express to PCI-X Bridge 14e4164c Yes Broadcom Corporation NetXtreme II BCM5708 Gigabit Ethernet bnx2 v2.6.29- 8086032c Intel Corporation 6702PXH PCI Express-to-PCI Bridge A 1002515e Yes ATI Technologies Inc ES1000 radeonfb v2.6.25- This means all drivers of the hardware is not available in Debian. So there is a compatibility issue. How to resolve this issue. I want to see all yes under "works" column. -- Wishing you the very best of everything, always!!! Kousik Maiti(কৌশিক মাইতি) Registered Linux User #474025 Registered Ubuntu User # 28654