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.

HP ZBook Studio 16 inch G11 Mobile Workstation PC

• ✔ NIC (HP USB-C to RJ45 Adapter G2)
• ✔ WLAN
• ❌/✔ GPU
• ✔ USB
• ❌ Monitor via USB C
• ✔ Audio
• ✔ Webcam
• ❌ Bluetooth
• SIM slot (not tested)
• fingerprint scanner (not tested)

Installation

The device has two GPUs, an Intel and an Nvidia:

# lspci | grep VGA
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation Meteor Lake-P [Intel Arc Graphics] (rev 08)
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: NVIDIA Corporation Device 28b9 (rev a1)
#

With the propretary Nvidia driver this does not work, but with the open source Nouveau driver it is fine, except that it cannot handle more than the primary monitor. To enable the Nouveau driver put nvidia::driver::enable: false in Hiera, run as root puppet agent -t and remove all Nvidia related driver packages, then reboot.

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