gitea-pages/admin-guide/deployment/rhel8/hardware_compatibility.md

Hardware Compatibility

Here are hardware tests with RHEL8 on standard PSI hardware documented.

Generally speaking has Linux a rather good hardware compatibility with PC hardware, usually the older the hardware the better the support.

Desktop Hardware

HP Elite Mini 800 G9 Desktop PC

• ✔ NIC
• ✔ GPU
• ✔ HDMI
• ✔ DP
• ✔ USB
• ✔ Audio

HP Z2 Tower G9 Workstation Desktop PC

• ✔ NIC
• ✔ GPU
• ✔ DP
• ✔ USB
• ✔ Audio

Mobile Hardware

HP ZBook Studio 16 inch G10 Mobile Workstation PC

• ❌/✔ Installation only with extra steps
• ✔ NIC (HP USB-C to RJ45 Adapter G2)
• ✔ WLAN
• ✔ GPU
• ✔ USB
• ❌/✔ Audio (manual firmware binary install from https://github.com/thesofproject/sof-bin/ required), microphone and ear plugs work, but not the speaker
• ✔ Webcam
• ✔ Bluetooth
• SIM slot (not tested)
• fingerprint scanner (not tested)

Installation

• Nouveau driver fails on the Nvidia chip, so modesetting needs to be disabled:

bob node set-attr pcXYZ.psi.ch "kernel_cmdline=nomodeset nouveau.modeset=0"

• Register the system "Pass Through" MAC address (you find it in the BIOS).
• Installation did not work with the "HP USB-C to RJ45 Adapter G2": use another, registered adapter or dock instead.
• At the final boot the Nvidia drivers are installed automatically, but cannot be activated and the screen turns black. Power off and on again, then the Nvidia drivers get loaded properly on the next boot.

HP EliteBook 840 14 inch G10 Notebook PC

• ✔ WLAN
• ✔ GPU
• ✔ HDMI
• ✔ USB
• ✔ Audio
• ✔ Webcam
• ✔ Bluetooth
• SIM slot (not tested)
• Card reader (not tested)

Test Details

• network card by installation via network
• GPU by running graphical desktop, for Nvidia GPUs check if Nvidia drivers are used
• HDMI
• DP
• USB by mouse, keyboard
• notebook:
  • wifi
  • bluetooth (headset working?)
  • microphone
  • speaker
  • webcam
  • Dock
    • network
    • USB by mouse, keyboard
    • HDMI