ASUS M4A79T Deluxe

Resources

The ASUS M4A79T Deluxe is quite content running Gentoo. No noticeable issues with a standard MBR (BIOS) installation.

Hardware

Standard

Device	Make/model	Status	Bus ID	Kernel driver(s)	Kernel version
CPU	AMD Phenom(tm) II X4 955	Works	N/A	N/A	4.3.3-gentoo
Front side bus	RX780/RD790 Host Bridge	Works	1002:5956	pcieport	4.3.3-gentoo
SMBus controller	SBx00 SMBus	Works	1002:4385	N/A	4.3.3-gentoo
IDE controller	SB7x0/SB8x0/SB9x0	Works	1002:439c	pata_atiixp	4.3.3-gentoo
Audio device (on board)	SBx00 Azalia (Intel HDA)	Works	1002:4383	snd_hda_intel	4.3.3-gentoo
USB (OHCI0) controller	SB7x0/SB8x0/SB9x0	Works	1002:4397	ohci-pci	4.3.3-gentoo
SATA controller	SB7x0/SB8x0/SB9x0	Works	1002:4391	ahci	4.3.3-gentoo
Firewire controller	VIA Technologies, Inc. VT6315 Series	Works	1106:3403	firewire_ohci	4.3.3-gentoo
Ethernet controller	RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet	Works	10ec:8168	r8169	4.3.3-gentoo

Accessories

Device	Make/model	Status	Bus ID	Kernel driver(s)	Kernel version	Notes
VGA controller	NVIDIA Corporation NV18 [GeForce4 MX 4000]	Works	10de:0185	nouveau	4.3.3-gentoo

Installation

Simply follow MBR instructions in the AMD64 Handbook and configure the kernel with the drivers listed above. See the Kernel section below.

Firmware

No firmware is necessary for this device. Everything is available in the Linux kernel.

Kernel

KERNEL Enable support for standard hardware drivers (listed above)

Bus options (PCI etc.) --->
   [*] PCI support
Device Drivers --->
   IEEE 1394 (FireWire) support  --->
      <*> FireWire driver stack
   [*] Network device support  --->
      [*] Ethernet driver support  --->
         [*] Realtek devices
            <*> Realtek 8169 gigabit ethernet support
   <*> Serial ATA and Parallel ATA drivers  --->
      <*> AHCI SATA support
      [*] ATA SFF support (for legacy IDE and PATA)
         <M> ATA BMDMA support
   <*> Sound card support  --->
      <*> Advanced Linux Sound Architecture  --->
         HD Audio --->
            <*> HD Audio PCI
   [*] USB support  ---> 
      <*> OHCI HCD (USB 1.1) support