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= FreeBSD {localRel} Hardware Notes

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[[intro]]
== Introduction

This document contains the hardware compatibility notes for FreeBSD {localRel}.
It lists the hardware platforms supported by FreeBSD, as well as the various types of hardware devices (storage controllers, network interfaces, and so on), along with known working instances of these devices.

[[proc]]
== Supported Processors and System Boards

This section provides some architecture-specific information about the specific processors and systems that are supported by each architecture.

[[proc-amd64]]
=== 64-bit x86 (amd64) Architecture Support

FreeBSD supports the AMD64 ("Hammer") and Intel(R) EM64T architectures.
AMD64 (also known as x86-64) is a fully-supported Tier 1 architecture.
AMD64 supports all modern x86 processors.
This release incorporates optimizations and enhancements to leverage the full capabilities of FreeBSD/amd64-based systems, delivering improved performance across a wide range of workloads.

[[proc-i386]]
=== 32-bit x86 (i386) Architecture Support

While FreeBSD continues to evolve and optimize for modern architectures, we are committed to maintaining support for the venerable i386 (x86) architecture in this release.
Although i386 hardware is becoming less common, FreeBSD remains a reliable and versatile choice for those who still rely on it, whether for legacy systems or specific use cases.

[[proc-arm-64]]
=== 64-bit ARM (aarch64) Architecture Support

FreeBSD supports 64-bit ARM (known as arm64 or AArch64) as a Tier-1 architecture.

FreeBSD currently supports the following devices:

Ampere Computing:

* Altra
* eMAG

Allwinner (64-bit), more info about the support at the link:https://wiki.freebsd.org/arm/Allwinner[Allwinner Wiki page]:

* Allwinner A64 SoC
* A64-Olinuxino
* Orange Pi PC2
* Pine A64
* Pine A64+
* Pine A64+ 2GB
* Pine A64-LTS
* SOPINE
* NanoPi A64
* OrangePi PC2
* NanoPI K1 Plus
* Pine H64
* Orange Pi 3 LTS

AWS / Annapurna Labs:

* Graviton
* Graviton 2
* Graviton 3

NXP Semiconductors:

* LS1028A SoC
* LS1046A SoC
* LS1088A SoC
* LX2160A SoC
* Conclusive Engineering WHLE-LS1
* SolidRun HoneyComb LX2
* Traverse Technologies Ten64

Raspberry Pi, more info about the support at the link:https://wiki.freebsd.org/arm/Raspberry%20Pi[Raspberry Pi Wiki page]:

* Raspberry Pi 3
* Raspberry Pi 4

RockChip (64-bit), more info about the support at the link:https://wiki.freebsd.org/arm/RockChip[RockChip Wiki page]:

* RK3328 SoC
* RK3399 SoC
* NanoPC-T4
* NanoPi R2S
* NanoPi R2S-Plus
* NanoPi R4S
* Radxa
* Pinebook Pro
* Rock64
* RockPro64

Zedboard Zynq 7000 SoC

[[proc-arm-32]]
=== 32-bit ARM (armv6, armv7) Architecture Support

FreeBSD currently supports the following devices:

Allwinner (32-bit), more info about the support at the link:https://wiki.freebsd.org/arm/Allwinner[Allwinner Wiki page]:

* Allwinner A10 SoC
* Allwinner A13/R8 SoC
* Allwinner A20 SoC
* Allwinner A31 & A31s SoC
* Allwinner A83T SoC
* Allwinner H3 & H2+ SoC
* Allwinner H5 SoC
* Allwinner H6 SoC
* Cubieboard
* A10-OlinuXino-Lime
* A13-OLinuXino
* Banana Pi
* CubieBoard 2
* Lamobo R1
* Olimex A20 SOM
* PCDuino3
* BananaPi M3
* Orange Pi +2E
* OrangePi One
* Orange Pi One Lite
* Orange Pi PC
* Orange Pi Zero
* NanoPI NEO

NXP i.MX6 (32-bit), more info about the support at the link:https://wiki.freebsd.org/arm/imx6[NXP i.MX6 Wiki page]:

* Wandboard
* CuBox i
* HummingBoard

Raspberry Pi, more info about the support at the link:https://wiki.freebsd.org/arm/Raspberry%20Pi[Raspberry Pi Wiki page]:

* Raspberry Pi 1
* Raspberry Pi 2
* Raspberry Pi Zero
* RPi Zero W

[[proc-risc-v]]
=== RISC-V Architecture Support

RISC-V support in FreeBSD represents a significant milestone in the evolution of this open-source operating system.
FreeBSD was the first operating system to have bootable in-tree support for RISC-V, underscoring its commitment to embracing emerging hardware architectures.

FreeBSD currently supports the following platforms:

* HiFive Unleashed (SiFive FU540)
* HiFive Unmatched (SiFive FU740)
* Spike
* QEMU

More information about the support at the link:https://wiki.freebsd.org/riscv[RISC-V Wiki page].

[[proc-powerpc]]
=== PowerPC Architecture Support

Many PowerPC platforms are supported, including but not limited to:

* Apple PowerMac G4 and later.
* IBM POWER4 and later using pseries VM platform.
* IBM POWER8 and later bare metal powernv
** Most development done using Raptor TALOS-II
* Embedded NXP QorIQ and PowerQUICC III (MPC85XX, Pxxx)
** Tested on AmigaOne X5000 and AmigaOne A1222

// The "Supported Devices" section of the release notes.
// Generally processor-independent, with conditional text
// inclusion handling any architecture-dependent text.

// Within each subsection describing a class of hardware
// (i.e. Ethernet interfaces), list broad groups of devices
// alphabetically as paragraphs sorted alphabetically (frequently
// these groups will be arranged by manufacturer, i.e. 3Com
// Ethernet interfaces).

// Where applicable, a "Miscellaneous" section may follow all
// other named sections.

// These guidelines are not hard-and-fast rules, and exceptions
// will occur.  Following these guidelines (vague as they may be)
// is highly recommended to try to keep the formatting of
// this section consistent.

// We give manpage references using the &man entities where
// possible.  If a driver has no manpage (and consequently no
// &man entity, we simply give the name of the driver).
// Please avoid doing &man entity conversions unless you
// know for sure that an entity and manpage exist; sweeps through
// this file to fix "missed" conversions are likely to break the
// build.

[[support]]
== Supported Devices

This section describes the devices currently known to be supported by FreeBSD.
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]
====
The device lists in this document are being generated automatically from FreeBSD manual pages.
This means that some devices, which are supported by multiple drivers, may appear multiple times.
====

[[disk]]
=== Disk Controllers

[amd64, i386] IDE/ATA controllers (man:ata[4] driver)

&hwlist.aac;

&hwlist.aacraid;

&hwlist.adv;

&hwlist.adw;

&hwlist.aha;

&hwlist.ahc;

&hwlist.ahci;

&hwlist.ahd;

&hwlist.man4.i386/aic;

&hwlist.amr;

&hwlist.arcmsr;

&hwlist.ata;

&hwlist.bt;

&hwlist.ciss;

&hwlist.dpt;

[NOTE]
====
[amd64, i386] Booting from these controllers is supported.
EISA adapters are not supported.
====

&hwlist.esp;

&hwlist.hpt27xx;

&hwlist.hptiop;

&hwlist.hptmv;

&hwlist.hptnr;

&hwlist.hptrr;

&hwlist.ida;

&hwlist.iir;

&hwlist.ips;

&hwlist.isci;

&hwlist.isp;

&hwlist.mfi;

&hwlist.mlx;

[NOTE]
====
[amd64, i386] Booting from these controllers is supported.
EISA adapters are not supported.
====

&hwlist.mly;

&hwlist.mpi3mr;

&hwlist.mpr;

&hwlist.mps;

&hwlist.mpt;

&hwlist.mrsas;

&hwlist.mvs;

&hwlist.ncr;

&hwlist.ncv;

&hwlist.nsp;

&hwlist.ocs_fc;

&hwlist.pms;

&hwlist.pst;

&hwlist.siis;

&hwlist.smartpqi;

&hwlist.stg;

&hwlist.sym;

&hwlist.trm;

&hwlist.twa;

&hwlist.tws;

&hwlist.vpo;

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 man:cd[4]).
WORM/CD-R/CD-RW writing support is provided by man:cdrecord[1], which is a part of the package: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) (man:cd[4])
* ATAPI IDE interface (man:acd[4])

[[ethernet]]
=== Ethernet Interfaces

&hwlist.ae;

&hwlist.age;

&hwlist.alc;

&hwlist.ale;

&hwlist.altera_atse;

&hwlist.aue;

&hwlist.axe;

ASIX Electronics AX88178A/AX88179 USB Gigabit Ethernet adapters (man:axge[4] driver)

&hwlist.bce;

[amd64, i386] Broadcom BCM4401 based Fast Ethernet adapters (man:bfe[4] driver)

&hwlist.bge;

&hwlist.bnxt;

&hwlist.bxe;

&hwlist.cas;

&hwlist.cdce;

&hwlist.cue;

&hwlist.cxgb;

&hwlist.cxgbe;

&hwlist.cxgbev;

&hwlist.dc;

&hwlist.de;

&hwlist.man4.powerpc/dtsec;

&hwlist.ed;

&hwlist.em;

FreeBSD kernel driver for Elastic Network Adapter (ENA) family (man:ena[4] driver)

&hwlist.enic;

&hwlist.man4.i386/ep;

Agere ET1310 Gigabit Ethernet adapters (man:et[4] driver)

&hwlist.man4.i386/ex;

&hwlist.man4.i386/fe;

&hwlist.fxp;

&hwlist.gem;

&hwlist.genet;

Ethernet driver for Google Virtual NIC (gVNIC) (man:gve[4] driver)

&hwlist.hme;

&hwlist.ice;

&hwlist.igc;

&hwlist.ipheth;

&hwlist.ix;

&hwlist.ixl;

&hwlist.jme;

&hwlist.kue;

&hwlist.lge;

&hwlist.liquidio;

&hwlist.mgb;

&hwlist.mlx4en;

&hwlist.mlx4ib;

&hwlist.mlx5en;

&hwlist.mlx5ib;

&hwlist.mos;

&hwlist.msk;

&hwlist.muge;

&hwlist.mxge;

&hwlist.my;

&hwlist.nfe;

&hwlist.nge;

&hwlist.oce;

&hwlist.pcn;

&hwlist.qlnxe;

&hwlist.qlxgb;

&hwlist.qlxgbe;

&hwlist.qlxge;

&hwlist.re;

&hwlist.rl;

&hwlist.rue;

&hwlist.sf;

&hwlist.sfxge;

&hwlist.sge;

&hwlist.sis;

&hwlist.sk;

&hwlist.smsc;

&hwlist.sn;

&hwlist.ste;

&hwlist.stge;

&hwlist.ti;

&hwlist.tl;

&hwlist.man4.powerpc/tsec;

&hwlist.txp;

&hwlist.udav;

&hwlist.ufoma;

&hwlist.uhso;

&hwlist.urndis;

&hwlist.vge;

&hwlist.vr;

&hwlist.vte;

&hwlist.man4.i386/vx;

&hwlist.wb;

&hwlist.xe;

&hwlist.xl;

[[wlan]]
=== Wireless Network Interfaces

&hwlist.ath;

&hwlist.ath_hal;

&hwlist.bwi;

&hwlist.bwn;

&hwlist.ipw;

&hwlist.iwi;

&hwlist.iwlwifi;

&hwlist.iwm;

&hwlist.iwn;

&hwlist.malo;

Marvell 88W8363 IEEE 802.11n wireless network adapters (man:mwl[4] driver)

&hwlist.otus;

&hwlist.ral;

&hwlist.rsu;

&hwlist.rtw88;

&hwlist.rtw89;

&hwlist.rtwn_pci;

&hwlist.rtwn_usb;

&hwlist.rum;

&hwlist.run;

&hwlist.uath;

&hwlist.upgt;

&hwlist.ural;

&hwlist.urtw;

&hwlist.wpi;

&hwlist.zyd;

[[misc-network]]
=== Miscellaneous Networks

&hwlist.man4.i386/ce;

&hwlist.man4.i386/cx;

&hwlist.man4.i386/cp;

&hwlist.man4.i386/ctau;

&hwlist.u3g;

&hwlist.umb;

[[serial]]
=== Serial Interfaces

&hwlist.uart;

&hwlist.scc;

[amd64, i386] AST 4 port serial card using shared IRQ

* ARNET 8 port serial card using shared IRQ
* ARNET (now Digiboard) Sync 570/i high-speed serial

[i386] 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)

[i386] Comtrol Rocketport card (man:rp[4] driver)

[i386] Cyclades Cyclom-Y serial board (man:cy[4] driver)

[i386] STB 4 port card using shared IRQ

[amd64, i386] PCI-Based multi-port serial boards (man:puc[4] driver)

* [amd64, i386] Actiontech 56K PCI
* [amd64, i386] Avlab Technology, PCI IO 2S and PCI IO 4S
* [amd64, i386] Comtrol RocketPort 550
* [amd64, i386] Decision Computers PCCOM 4-port serial and dual port RS232/422/485
* [amd64, i386] Dolphin Peripherals 4025/4035/4036
* [amd64, i386] IC Book Labs Dreadnought 16x Lite and Pro
* [amd64, i386] Lava Computers 2SP-PCI/DSerial-PCI/Quattro-PCI/Octopus-550
* [amd64, i386] Middle Digital, Weasle serial port
* [amd64, i386] Moxa Industio CP-114, Smartio C104H-PCI and C168H/PCI
* [amd64, i386] NEC PK-UG-X001 and PK-UG-X008
* [amd64, i386] Netmos NM9835 PCI-2S-550
* [amd64, i386] Oxford Semiconductor OX16PCI954 PCI UART
* [amd64, i386] Syba Tech SD-LAB PCI-4S2P-550-ECP
* [amd64, i386] SIIG Cyber I/O PCI 16C550/16C650/16C850
* [amd64, i386] SIIG Cyber 2P1S PCI 16C550/16C650/16C850
* [amd64, i386] SIIG Cyber 2S1P PCI 16C550/16C650/16C850
* [amd64, i386] SIIG Cyber 4S PCI 16C550/16C650/16C850
* [amd64, i386] SIIG Cyber Serial (Single and Dual) PCI 16C550/16C650/16C850
* [amd64, i386] Syba Tech Ltd. PCI-4S2P-550-ECP
* [amd64, i386] Titan PCI-200H and PCI-800H
* [amd64, i386] US Robotics (3Com) 3CP5609 modem
* [amd64, i386] VScom PCI-400 and PCI-800

&hwlist.rc;

&hwlist.uark;

&hwlist.uchcom;

&hwlist.ucycom;

[[sound]]
=== Sound Devices

&hwlist.snd_ad1816;

&hwlist.snd_als4000;

&hwlist.snd_atiixp;

&hwlist.snd_cmi;

&hwlist.snd_cs4281;

&hwlist.snd_csa;

&hwlist.snd_ds1;

&hwlist.snd_emu10k1;

&hwlist.snd_emu10kx;

&hwlist.snd_envy24;

&hwlist.snd_envy24ht;

&hwlist.snd_es137x;

&hwlist.snd_ess;

&hwlist.snd_fm801;

&hwlist.snd_gusc;

&hwlist.snd_hda;

&hwlist.snd_hdspe;

&hwlist.snd_ich;

&hwlist.snd_maestro;

&hwlist.snd_maestro3;

&hwlist.snd_mss;

&hwlist.snd_neomagic;

&hwlist.snd_sbc;

&hwlist.snd_solo;

&hwlist.snd_spicds;

&hwlist.snd_t4dwave;

&hwlist.snd_via8233;

&hwlist.snd_via82c686;

&hwlist.snd_vibes;

[[camera]]
=== Camera and Video Capture Devices

&hwlist.bktr;

[i386] Connectix QuickCam

[[usb]]
=== USB Devices

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 network interfaces can be found in <<ethernet,Ethernet Interfaces>> or <<wlan,Wireless Network Interfaces>>.
====

[NOTE]
====
USB Bluetooth adapters can be found in <<bluetooth,Bluetooth>>.
====

[NOTE]
====
USB human interface devices can be found in <<misc,Miscellaneous>>.
====

Altera University Program Secure Data Card IP Core (man:altera_sdcard[4] driver)

&hwlist.atp;

&hwlist.atopcase;

&hwlist.man4.powerpc/abtn;

&hwlist.man4.powerpc/akbd;

&hwlist.man4.powerpc/ams;

&hwlist.ohci;

&hwlist.ugold;

&hwlist.uhci;

&hwlist.uipaq;

[amd64, i386] USB 2.0 controllers using the EHCI interface (man:ehci[4] driver)

[amd64, i386] Hubs

[amd64, i386] Miscellaneous

* Assist Computer Systems PC Camera C-M1
* ActiveWire I/O Board
* Creative Technology Video Blaster WebCam Plus
* D-Link DSB-R100 USB Radio (man:ufm[4] driver)
* Mirunet AlphaCam Plus

&hwlist.urio;

&hwlist.umodem;

&hwlist.rtsx;

&hwlist.ulpt;

&hwlist.ubsa;

&hwlist.ubser;

&hwlist.uftdi;

&hwlist.uplcom;

&hwlist.umcs;

&hwlist.umct;

[amd64, i386] Audio Devices (man:uaudio[4] driver)

&hwlist.uslcom;

&hwlist.uvisor;

&hwlist.uvscom;

&hwlist.xhci;

[[firewire]]
=== IEEE 1394 (Firewire) Devices

&hwlist.fwohci;

[amd64, i386] Serial Bus Protocol 2 (SBP-2) storage devices (man:sbp[4] driver)

[[bluetooth]]
=== Bluetooth Devices

&hwlist.ng_bt3c;

&hwlist.ng_ubt;

[[crypto-accel]]
=== Cryptographic Accelerators

&hwlist.ccr;

&hwlist.hifn;

&hwlist.safe;

[[misc]]
=== Miscellaneous

Keyboards including:

* HID keyboards (man:hkbd[4] driver) over USB, I2C, or Apple SPI
* USB keyboards (man:ukbd[4] driver)
* PS/2 keyboards (man:atkbd[4] driver)
* ADB keyboards (man:akbd[4] driver)
* AT-style keyboards (man:atkbd[4] driver)
* Hyper-v keyboards (**hv_kbd** driver)

Pointing devices including:

* HID mice (man:hms[4] driver) and touch devices (man:hmt[4] driver)
over USB, I2C, Hyper-V, or Apple SPI
* USB mice (man:ums[4] driver) and touch devices (man:wmt[4] driver)
* Apple laptop trackpads (man:wsp[4] or man:apt[4] drivers)
* Elantech I2C touchpads (man:ietp[4] driver)
* Chromebook Cypress APA I2C touchpads (man:cyapa[4] driver)
* PS/2 mice and compatible devices,
including many laptop pointing devices (man:psm[4] driver)
* ADB mice and touch devices (man:ams[4] driver)
* Serial mice and compatible devices

[NOTE]
====
man:moused[8] has more information on using traditional pointing devices with the FreeBSD console.
====

[amd64, i386] Floppy drives (man:fdc[4] driver)

[amd64, i386] VGA-compatible video cards (man:vga[4] driver)

[NOTE]
====
Information regarding specific video cards and compatibility with Xorg can be found at link:http://www.x.org/[http://www.x.org/].
====

[amd64, i386] "PC standard" parallel ports (man:ppc[4] driver)

[i386] PHS Data Communication Card/PCCARD

* NTT DoCoMo P-in Comp@ct
* Panasonic KX-PH405
* SII MC-P200

[i386] Xilinx XC6200-based reconfigurable hardware cards compatible with the HOT1 from link:http://www.vcc.com/[Virtual Computers] (xrpu driver).

&hwlist.ads111x;

&hwlist.amdsbwd;

&hwlist.at45d;

&hwlist.gpioths;

&hwlist.ig4;

&hwlist.intpm;

&hwlist.mx25l;

&hwlist.netfpga10g_nf10bmac;

&hwlist.ntb_hw_plx;

&hwlist.ow_temp;

&hwlist.sdhci;

&hwlist.superio;
