This is a project to estimate status of hardware support (PCI only) in Linux with the help of lists of supported device IDs [1] taking into account popularity of devices [2] and list of devices with bad Linux-compatibility [3]. Storage controllers are not analysed in this report because device population is based on workstations that have successfully installed Linux.
- [1] Lists of supported device IDs (https://github.com/linuxhw/Drivers)
- [2] Popularity of devices (https://github.com/linuxhw/DevicePopulation)
- [3] List of devices with bad Linux-compatibility (https://github.com/linuxhw/HWInfo)
We determine support status by the following formula:
Status = (S1*T1 + S2*T2 + ... + Sn*Tn) / (T1 + T2 + ... + Tn)
Sn - support status of the device (1 - supported, 0 - not supported)
Tn - total number of device samples
Everyone can contribute to this report by uploading probes of their computers by the hw-probe tool:
sudo -E hw-probe -all -upload
Devices - total devices, Support - supported in Linux.
| PCI Class | Devices | Support |
|---|---|---|
| Card reader | 19657 | 100% |
| Communication controller | 80720 | 98.54% |
| Dma controller | 427 | 99.77% |
| Dvb card | 124 | 100% |
| Encryption controller | 20371 | 91.53% |
| Firewire controller | 13826 | 99.97% |
| Flash memory | 620 | 37.74% |
| Graphics card | 170802 | 99.01% |
| Input device controller | 389 | 100% |
| Ipmi smic interface | 553 | 100% |
| Modem | 490 | 91.02% |
| Multimedia controller | 7336 | 93.05% |
| Net/ethernet | 106336 | 99.91% |
| Net/other | 18283 | 99.79% |
| Net/wireless | 88417 | 99.82% |
| Non-essential instrumenta... | 13957 | 99.97% |
| Parallel controller | 51 | 58.82% |
| Sd host controller | 20744 | 100% |
| Serial bus controller | 40815 | 99.94% |
| Serial controller | 12546 | 99.88% |
| Signal processing controller | 87504 | 97.80% |
| Smbus | 127632 | 99.91% |
| Sound | 202774 | 99.93% |
| Tv card | 1263 | 100% |
| Usb controller | 387885 | 100% |
Avg. hardware support is: 99.43%