On 11/03/2017 03:53 AM, Sorin Srbu wrote:>> -----Original Message----- >> From: CentOS [mailto:centos-bounces at centos.org] On Behalf Of Gary >> Stainburn >> Sent: den 3 november 2017 11:43 >> To: CentOS mailing list <centos at centos.org> >> Subject: Re: [CentOS] HP laptops with CentOS 7? >> >> yeah, it's just a normal USB dongle, and it's supported by the Linux > Kernel, >> that's why I tried it. I have tried other USB dongles with Linux before > and >> failed. > > Cool, thanks! >For the vast majority of laptops that are not based on the absolute latest chipsets, CentOS Linux 7 just works. There are sometimes issues with the latest Intel Graphics or the latest Intel CPU chipset. The latest kernel did get newer hardware drivers. We also have an experimental kernel here that can be tried if you have a specific issue as well: https://wiki.centos.org/SpecialInterestGroup/AltArch/i386 (look at the .repo file for experimental kernel at the bottom of the page .. it works for i386 and x86_64 CentOS Linux 7 arches) -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: signature.asc Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 198 bytes Desc: OpenPGP digital signature URL: <http://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos/attachments/20171103/025c46d9/attachment-0001.sig>
Johnny Hughes wrote:> On 11/03/2017 03:53 AM, Sorin Srbu wrote: >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: CentOS [mailto:centos-bounces at centos.org] On Behalf Of Gary >>> Stainburn >>> Sent: den 3 november 2017 11:43 >>> To: CentOS mailing list <centos at centos.org> >>> Subject: Re: [CentOS] HP laptops with CentOS 7? >>> >>> yeah, it's just a normal USB dongle, and it's supported by the Linux >> Kernel, >>> that's why I tried it. I have tried other USB dongles with Linux before >> and >>> failed. >> >> Cool, thanks! >> > > For the vast majority of laptops that are not based on the absolute > latest chipsets, CentOS Linux 7 just works. There are sometimes issues > with the latest Intel Graphics or the latest Intel CPU chipset. The > latest kernel did get newer hardware drivers. > > We also have an experimental kernel here that can be tried if you have a > specific issue as well: > > https://wiki.centos.org/SpecialInterestGroup/AltArch/i386 > > (look at the .repo file for experimental kernel at the bottom of the > page .. it works for i386 and x86_64 CentOS Linux 7 arches)BTW, where are the kernel-headers for kernel-ml kernels which would be needed to install NVIDIA drivers from their web site? Since the problem with the missing fence.h apparently has been fixed, we should be able to take advantage of the enhancements that this change (hopefully) has brought about.
> -----Original Message----- > From: CentOS [mailto:centos-bounces at centos.org] On Behalf Of Johnny > Hughes > Sent: den 3 november 2017 14:43 > To: centos at centos.org > Subject: Re: [CentOS] HP laptops with CentOS 7? > > > For the vast majority of laptops that are not based on the absolute > latest chipsets, CentOS Linux 7 just works. There are sometimes issues > with the latest Intel Graphics or the latest Intel CPU chipset. The > latest kernel did get newer hardware drivers. > > We also have an experimental kernel here that can be tried if you have a > specific issue as well: > > https://wiki.centos.org/SpecialInterestGroup/AltArch/i386 > > (look at the .repo file for experimental kernel at the bottom of the > page .. it works for i386 and x86_64 CentOS Linux 7 arches)Thanks! What would you consider be a tested and proven working, newish chipset? -- //Sorin
On 11/5/2017 10:45 PM, Sorin Srbu wrote:> What would you consider be a tested and proven working, newish chipset?its really the CPU now that matters, rather than the 'chipset', as most all the base IO devices are in the CPU (ethernet, sata, video). I think Kaby Lake support is still a sketchy, thats Core gen 7. (i-7xxx). I'm not sure what the state of Skylake is (gen 6) Broadwell should be very solid at this point (5th gen), that was new in early 2015. -- john r pierce, recycling bits in santa cruz
On 11/03/2017 08:51 AM, hw wrote:> Johnny Hughes wrote: >> On 11/03/2017 03:53 AM, Sorin Srbu wrote: >>>> -----Original Message----- >>>> From: CentOS [mailto:centos-bounces at centos.org] On Behalf Of Gary >>>> Stainburn >>>> Sent: den 3 november 2017 11:43 >>>> To: CentOS mailing list <centos at centos.org> >>>> Subject: Re: [CentOS] HP laptops with CentOS 7? >>>> >>>> yeah, it's just a normal USB dongle, and it's supported by the Linux >>> Kernel, >>>> that's why I tried it. I have tried other USB dongles with Linux before >>> and >>>> failed. >>> >>> Cool, thanks! >>> >> >> For the vast majority of laptops that are not based on the absolute >> latest chipsets, CentOS Linux 7 just works.? There are sometimes issues >> with the latest Intel Graphics or the latest Intel CPU chipset.? The >> latest kernel did get newer hardware drivers. >> >> We also have an experimental kernel here that can be tried if you have a >> specific issue as well: >> >> https://wiki.centos.org/SpecialInterestGroup/AltArch/i386 >> >> (look at the .repo file for experimental kernel at the bottom of the >> page .. it works for i386 and x86_64 CentOS Linux 7 arches) > > BTW, where are the kernel-headers for kernel-ml kernels which would be > needed to install NVIDIA drivers from their web site? > > Since the problem with the missing fence.h apparently has been fixed, we > should be able to take advantage of the enhancements that this change > (hopefully) has brought about.kernel-ml is an elrepo thing .. they do have kernel-headers and kernel-devel packages. My experimental kernel also has kernel-headers and kernel-devel. -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: signature.asc Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 198 bytes Desc: OpenPGP digital signature URL: <http://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos/attachments/20171106/24a31b78/attachment-0001.sig>