QuickLinks: Host Controller, Device Controllers, Class drivers, Vendor device drivers[Imaging, "Multimedia",Network,Ports,Other]
This page mainly lists the support quality of various USB device classes. If you want to view the support status of specific USB devices, then please visit the Working Device List.
| Controller type | Status | Maintainer | Where to find |
| UHCI | Working, mostly stable | Alan Stern (2.6) | Main kernel source; uhci on Linux 2.2 or 2.4 kernels, uhci-hcd on Linux 2.6 kernels (For 2.4 kernels there's also the older usb-uhci driver, from the Acher/Fliegl/Sailer team.) |
| OHCI | Working; mostly stable. 2.6 kernels support non-PCI versions for various ARM, MIPS, and PPC System-on-Chip embedded Linux platforms. |
Main kernel source: usb-ohci on Linux 2.2 and 2.4 kernels, ohci-hcd on Linux 2.6 kernels | |
| EHCI | Working; mostly stable on 2.6 | David Brownell | Main kernel source (2.4.22+, most current is in 2.6); also see USB 2.0 info |
| CRIS | Under development | Main kernel source (arch/cris/drivers in 2.4, drivers/usb/host in 2.6) | |
| SL-811HS |
Working, mostly stable in 2.6 (but without ISO support) including CF+ Card support. | Current 2.6.9+ kernel source has sl811-hcd; 2.6.12+ adds sl811_cs driver. current 2.4 kernels have two driver choices, original hc_sl811 from Cypress and alternative sl811. | |
| Philips isp116x | Working in 2.6, no ISO support | Main kernel source from 2.6.13 on; see also driver info page. 2.4 patches exist, but aren't very usable. | |
| VHCI | pre-Alpha | Takahiro Hirofuchi | here |
| Device | Status | Maintainer | Where to find |
| NetChip 2280 | net2280 driver works at both high and full speeds; requires PCI | Main kernel source (gadget api info) | |
| Intel PXA25x (and IXP42x) UDC | pxa2xx_udc driver works on at least PXA 250, 255, and 263; board-specific support available for Lubbock and some PDAs. | Main kernel source; board support for more PDAs at handhelds.org; for Linux 2.4 support see the Gadget webpage | |
| Toshiba TC86c001 (Goku-S) UDC | goku_udc driver works; requires PCI | source@mvista.com | Main kernel source (gadget api info) |
| Renesas SuperH UDC (SH 7705,7727, ...) |
superh_udc works on SH 7705 (bulk only), SH 7727 should work too | Julian Back | Gadget webpage has Linux 2.4 support. |
| National 9603/9604 UDC | gadget-2.4 BK tree | ||
| Sharp LH7A40x UDC | main 2.6 kernel | ||
| OMAP full speed UDC | stable; includes OTG support | main 2.6 kernel | |
| MediaQ 11xx UDC | www.handhelds.org (2.6 kernel) | ||
| Samsung s3c2410 UDC | www.handhelds.org (2.6 kernel, iPaq h1940 support) | ||
| Atmel at91rm9200 UDC | http://maxim.org.za/AT91RM9200/2.6/ | ||
| Intel PXA27x UDC | under development | www.handhelds.org (2.6 kernel) | |
| Intel SA-11x0 | Unknown | Handhelds | Linux 2.4 ARM kernels like 2.4.19-rmk7 or 2.4.24-vrs1,
and distributions like
handhelds.org; There's another driver version used with the Sharp Zaurus; neither one supports the Linux-USB Gadget API. |
| Class type | Status | Maintainer | Where to find | |
| Hub | Working | Main kernel source (part of usbcore) | ||
| HID (Human Interface Devices) |
Keyboards, mice, joysticks, digitizers working | Jiri Kosina | Main kernel source | |
| HID Power | Working | User space UPS tools in NUT (newhidups) | ||
| HID Monitor | None | Alan Cox kernel patches; no user space tools | ||
| CDC ACM Communications class (Modems, ISDN TAs) |
Working | Oliver Neukum | Main kernel source | |
| CDC Ethernet model Communications class (many Cable Modems and networked devices) |
Experimental/2.4, Working/2.6 | Linux 2.4 kernel CDCEther driver, or in 2.6 kernels usbnet. | ||
| Audio (non-midi) | Working, support continuing | Thomas Sailer for OSS version; ALSA team for the ALSA versions | Main kernel source | |
| Midi | 2.6 kernel has separate OSS and ALSA drivers | |||
| Printers and printer cables | Working | Vojtech Pavlik | Main kernel source | |
| Mass Storage
(HD, Floppy, Zip, CD, etc.) |
Working, mostly stable | Matthew Dharm | Main kernel source (not supported in 2.2.x) or here | |
| Still Image Capture | Working; user mode driver | jPhoto.sourceforge.net (or gPhoto2) | ||
| IrDA | Experimental | Dag Brattli | Main kernel source | |
| Bluetooth | Experimental | Greg Kroah-Hartman | Main kernel source | |
| Content Security | None | |||
| OpenUSBDI | None | Won't be supported; "Kernel Binary Interfaces" are contrary to Linux goals. (Vendors should provide maintainable driver sources instead, so all CPUs can be supported.) | ||
| PID (Physical Interface Devices) | None | |||
| Firmware Upgrade | Some libusb based code at sf.net, and kernel usbdfu module as part the at76c503a project. | |||
| CCID (Chip/SmartCard Interfaces) | User mode driver | libccid | ||
| CCS (Common Class) | None | |||
| OBEX (Object Exchange) | Working | Alex Kanavin | OpenOBEX library, libusb-based |
| Type | Status | Maintainer | Where to find |
| Kodak DC-2XX digital still cameras | Obsolete, removed from Linux 2.6 | Use gPhoto2 rather than gPhoto 0.4.3 or OpenDis (both of which used this driver) | |
| Microtek X6/Scanner | Working, development continuing | Oliver Neukum | Main kernel source or updates |
| Mustek MDC800 digital still camera | Working | Henning Zabel | Main kernel source |
| Scanner | Working, development continuing | Henning Meier-Geinitz | Main kernel source or updates |
| LM983X Scanners (Canon N650U, etc) | Usermode Driver | Jason Millward | here |
"Multimedia" devices (video, radio)
| Type | Status | Maintainer | Where to find |
| CPiA-based webcams (see list1 or list2) |
Working, mostly complete | Johannes Erdfelt | Main kernel source |
| D-Link DSB-R100 USB FM Radio | Experimental | Markus Demleitner | Main kernel source or updates |
| IBM/Xirlink webcams (C-It, IBM PC Camera, Veo Stingray) |
Working, mostly complete | Dmitri | Main kernel source; see the Web page here |
| OV511-based webcams (e.g., AverMedia Intercam Elite, Creative WebCam III, D-Link DSB-C300, Lifeview RoboCam, MediaForte MV300) |
Working, mostly complete | Mark McClelland | Main kernel source or updates |
| Philips webcams (see list) |
Working (binary, not supported) | Nemosoft Unv. | Main kernel source or updates |
| Philips webcams | Working | Luc Saillard | here |
| se401 Chipset (aox se401, philips pcvc665k and some kensington cameras) |
Experimental | Jeroen Vreeken | here |
| Logitech Quickcam Express |
Experimental | Jean-frederic Clere | here |
| IBM UltraPort webcams ( I or II) | Experimental | Karl Gutwin | Main kernel source |
| EagleTron TrackerPod | Experimental | Derrick Parkhurst | here |
| W996[87]CF | Working | Luca Risolia | Main kernel source or here |
| SN9C10x | Working | Luca Risolia | Main kernel source or here |
| ET61X[12]51 | Working | Luca Risolia | here |
| DC1100 | Working | Luca Risolia | here |
| M5603C | Under development | Luca Risolia | here |
| Type | Status | Maintainer | Where to find |
| ADMtek Pegasus Ethernet-10/100/HomePNA (essentially all full speed USB-Ethernet adapters supporting 100BaseT) |
Working | Petko Manolov | Main kernel source or updates |
| ASIX AX88172 D-Link DUB-E100, Hawking UF200, Netgear FA120 (essentially all high speed 10/100 Ethernet adapters) |
Working | Main kernel source, versions newer than 2.4.22 are merged with usbnet more information. (older ones use the "ax8817x" module). | |
| Kawasaki LSI KL5KUSB 10-Mb Ethernet | Working | Brad Hards | Main kernel source |
| CATC 10-Mb Ethernet | Experimental | Vojtech Pavlik | Main kernel source from 2.4.6 |
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PDAs and other smart network devices
CDC Ethernet (on 2.6) Compaq iPaq (on Linux) G.Mate Yopy Sharp Zaurus ...more... usb-serial handles Visor and some others |
Working | David Brownell | Main kernel source (from 2.4.10) ... "usbnet" driver, more information. |
|
USB host-to-host cables
AnchorChips 2720 Belkin F5U104 GeneSys GL-620USB-A Laplink Gold NetChip 1080 Prolific PL2301/2302 Xircom PGUNET ...more... |
Working | David Brownell | Main kernel source (from 2.4.10) ... "usbnet" driver, more information. |
| Prolific PLUSB (used in some USB host-to-host cables) |
Experimental | Deti Fliegl | Linux 2.2 kernel source ... "plusb" (in 2.4 use "usbnet") |
| smartBridges smartNIC Ethernet | Vendor-supported for 2.2 kernels, use CATC driver for 2.4 kernels | SmartBridges | here |
| Alcatel SpeedTouch DSL Modem | Experimental | Duncan Sands | here |
| ECI HiFocus DSL Modem (Usermode) | Experimental | Jean-Sebastien Valette | here |
| RealTek 10/100/Home PNA | Experimental | here for 2.4 kernels | |
| Intersil Prism2.5 (802.11b WLAN) | Experimental | linux-wlan-ng (drivers and tools under MPL) | |
| Atmel 76c50x (many 802.11b WLAN devices) | Experimental | atmelwlandriver (sourceforge.net), or alternate usb-only drivers at76c503a (at berlios.de). | |
| Ralink rt2x00 | Beta | Mark Wallis | here |
| ZyDAS ZD1201 | Beta | Andres Ederra | Main kernel source (from 2.6.12) or here |
| ZyDAS ZD1211 | Beta | Mayne Kiesel | here |
Serial and Parallel ports (also, "printer" class)
| Type | Status | Maintainer | Where to find |
| USB-serial (e.g., ConnectTECH WhiteHEAT, HandSpring Visor, KeySpan, EdgePort, ...) |
Working, development continuing | Greg Kroah-Hartman | Main kernel source |
| USS720 parallel port | Working, mostly complete | Thomas Sailer | Main kernel source |
| Type | Status | Maintainer | Where to find |
| Compaq PJB-100/MP3 Player | Development Kit | Vendor | here |
| Diamond Rio 500 | Experimental | Cesar Miquel | Main kernel source or updates |
| Compaq PA-2 | Experimental | Jeffrey Yu | here |
| Logitech WingMan Force joystick | Working, no force feedback | Vojtech Pavlik | Main kernel source |
| Wacom Intuos/Graphire tablet | Working | Vojtech Pavlik | Main kernel source |
| Datafab MD2 Disk enclosure | Alpha | Josef Reisinger | here |
| Datafab & Lexar Memory Readers (also Simple Technology, PNY, SIIG) |
Alpha | mayfield+web@sackheads.org | Main kernel source or here |
| BUSLink Hard Drive | pre-Alpha | Enrico Bravin | here |
| Creative Jukebox | Alpha | seagull@aracnet.com | here |
| Beatman Flash MP3 Player | Alpha | Gorka Prieto Agujeta | here |
| Lego Tower | pre-Alpha | Juergen Stuber | here |
| USB Test Devices | useful | usb-devel team | Linux 2.6 kernel, more info here |
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