Linux Hardware Review

Jan 04, 2024, 04:40 AM
Written by Andrew Przelucki
 

Comments: 1 *

1) Alienware M16 AMD - Took a long time for hardware support; but getting there.
Comment by eirikr1848 on Jul 10, 2024, 10:30 AM



Host: Alienware m16 R1 AMD 2023 - notebook with Fedora 40 (exported from Linux-Hardware.org)

PROBE ID

{Bought this laptop for gaming, development, and AI shenanigans. AI stuff works great with CUDA on the nVidia GPU, ROCM works with the integrated graphics but sadly cannot seem to use both simultaneously with OLLAMA. Had issues with LEDs not retaining their color settings from Windows and it was a flashing nightmare in Linux, but multiple support tickets and BIOS updates seem to have resolved that. Dell states there is no Linux support from them for this laptop and they seem to really mean that for the most part. AlienFX does not detect the LED lights on the keyoard; so unable to change those. Dell SMM utilities will not work because it is "not a Dell" - and it really seems the hardware identifiers are a mix of Dell and Alienware... guess they couldn't settle on one or the other}

Devices on the board are the following:

DEVICESTATUSCOMMENT
BUS: PCI
ID: 1002:164e:1028:0bfe
CLASS: 03-00
VENDOR: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI]
DEVICE: Raphael
TYPE: graphics card
DRIVER: amdgpu
Works
Awaiting additional features in 6.10/6.11. ROCM works great.
BUS: PCI
ID: 10de:2757:1028:0bfe
CLASS: 03-00
VENDOR: NVIDIA Corporation
DEVICE: GN21-X11
TYPE: graphics card
DRIVER: nvidia
Works
Wayland with dual-GPU remains less-than-ideal. Xorg reccomended.
BUS: PCI
ID: 1022:15e3:1028:0bfe
CLASS: 04-03
VENDOR: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD]
DEVICE: Family 17h/19h HD Audio Controller
TYPE: sound
DRIVER: snd_hda_intel
Works

BUS: PCI
ID: 10de:22bb:1028:0bfe
CLASS: 04-03
VENDOR: NVIDIA Corporation
DEVICE: Audio device
TYPE: sound
DRIVER: snd_hda_intel
Works

BUS: PCI
ID: 10ec:8125:1028:0bfe
CLASS: 02-00
VENDOR: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd.
DEVICE: RTL8125 2.5GbE Controller
TYPE: network
DRIVER: r8169
Works

BUS: PCI
ID: 17cb:1103:105b:e0ce
CLASS: 02-80
VENDOR: Qualcomm
DEVICE: QCNFA765 Wireless Network Adapter
TYPE: network
DRIVER: ath11k_pci
Works

BUS: PCI
ID: 15b7:5011:15b7:5011
CLASS: 01-08-02
VENDOR: Sandisk Corp
DEVICE: WD PC SN810 / Black SN850 NVMe SSD
TYPE: storage
DRIVER: nvme
Works

BUS: PCI
ID: c0a9:540a:c0a9:5021
CLASS: 01-08-02
VENDOR: Micron/Crucial Technology
DEVICE: P2 NVMe PCIe SSD
TYPE: storage
DRIVER: nvme
Works

BUS: PCI
ID: 1022:14d8:1028:0bfe
CLASS: 06-00
VENDOR: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD]
DEVICE: Host bridge
TYPE: bridge
DRIVER: -
Works

BUS: PCI
ID: 1022:14da (5x)
CLASS: 06-00
VENDOR: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD]
DEVICE: Host bridge
TYPE: bridge
DRIVER: -
Works

BUS: PCI
ID: 1022:14db:1022:1453 (7x)
CLASS: 06-04
VENDOR: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD]
DEVICE: PCI bridge
TYPE: bridge
DRIVER: pcieport
Works

BUS: PCI
ID: 1022:14dd:1022:14dd (2x)
CLASS: 06-04
VENDOR: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD]
DEVICE: PCI bridge
TYPE: bridge
DRIVER: pcieport
Works

BUS: PCI
ID: 1022:14e0
CLASS: 06-00
VENDOR: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD]
DEVICE: Host bridge
TYPE: bridge
DRIVER: -
Works

BUS: PCI
ID: 1022:14e1
CLASS: 06-00
VENDOR: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD]
DEVICE: Host bridge
TYPE: bridge
DRIVER: -
Works

BUS: PCI
ID: 1022:14e2
CLASS: 06-00
VENDOR: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD]
DEVICE: Host bridge
TYPE: bridge
DRIVER: -
Works

BUS: PCI
ID: 1022:14e3
CLASS: 06-00
VENDOR: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD]
DEVICE: Host bridge
TYPE: bridge
DRIVER: k10temp
Works

BUS: PCI
ID: 1022:14e4
CLASS: 06-00
VENDOR: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD]
DEVICE: Host bridge
TYPE: bridge
DRIVER: -
Works

BUS: PCI
ID: 1022:14e5
CLASS: 06-00
VENDOR: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD]
DEVICE: Host bridge
TYPE: bridge
DRIVER: -
Works

BUS: PCI
ID: 1022:14e6
CLASS: 06-00
VENDOR: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD]
DEVICE: Host bridge
TYPE: bridge
DRIVER: -
Works

BUS: PCI
ID: 1022:14e7
CLASS: 06-00
VENDOR: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD]
DEVICE: Host bridge
TYPE: bridge
DRIVER: -
Works

BUS: PCI
ID: 1022:790e:1022:d601
CLASS: 06-01
VENDOR: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD]
DEVICE: FCH LPC Bridge
TYPE: bridge
DRIVER: -
Works

BUS: PCI
ID: 1b21:242a:1b21:242a
CLASS: 06-04
VENDOR: ASMedia Technology Inc.
DEVICE: PCI bridge
TYPE: bridge
DRIVER: pcieport
Works

BUS: PCI
ID: 1b21:242b:1b21:242b
CLASS: 06-04
VENDOR: ASMedia Technology Inc.
DEVICE: PCI bridge
TYPE: bridge
DRIVER: pcieport
Works

BUS: PCI
ID: 10ec:525a:1028:0bfe
CLASS: ff-00
VENDOR: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd.
DEVICE: RTS525A PCI Express Card Reader
TYPE: card reader
DRIVER: rtsx_pci
Works

BUS: PCI
ID: 1022:1649:1028:0bfe
CLASS: 10-80
VENDOR: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD]
DEVICE: VanGogh PSP/CCP
TYPE: encryption controller
DRIVER: ccp
Works

BUS: PCI
ID: 1022:14d9:1028:0bfe
CLASS: 08-06
VENDOR: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD]
DEVICE: Family 19h IOMMU Controller
TYPE: iommu
DRIVER: -
Works

BUS: PCI
ID: 1022:15e2:1028:0c5b
CLASS: 04-80
VENDOR: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD]
DEVICE: ACP/ACP3X/ACP6x Audio Coprocessor
TYPE: multimedia controller
DRIVER: snd_rpl_pci_acp6x
Works

BUS: PCI
ID: 1022:790b:1022:d601
CLASS: 0c-05
VENDOR: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD]
DEVICE: FCH SMBus Controller
TYPE: smbus
DRIVER: piix4_smbus
Works

BUS: PCI
ID: 1022:15b6:1028:0bfe
CLASS: 0c-03-30
VENDOR: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD]
DEVICE: Family 19h USB 3.1 Host Controller (USB0)
TYPE: usb controller
DRIVER: xhci_hcd
Works

BUS: PCI
ID: 1022:15b7:1028:0bfe
CLASS: 0c-03-30
VENDOR: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD]
DEVICE: Family 19h USB 3.1 Host Controller (USB1)
TYPE: usb controller
DRIVER: xhci_hcd
Works

BUS: PCI
ID: 1022:15b8:1028:0bfe
CLASS: 0c-03-30
VENDOR: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD]
DEVICE: Family 19h USB Host Controller (USB BIO Secure)
TYPE: usb controller
DRIVER: xhci_hcd
Works

BUS: PCI
ID: 1b21:242c:1b21:242c
CLASS: 0c-03-30
VENDOR: ASMedia Technology Inc.
DEVICE: USB Controller
TYPE: usb controller
DRIVER: xhci_hcd
Works

BUS: USB
ID: 0489:e0e3
CLASS: e0-01-01
VENDOR: Foxconn / Hon Hai
DEVICE: Bluetooth Device
TYPE: bluetooth
DRIVER: btusb
Works

BUS: USB
ID: 0bda:555a
CLASS: 0e-01-00
VENDOR: Realtek Semiconductor Corp.
DEVICE: Integrated_Webcam_FHD
TYPE: camera
DRIVER: uvcvideo
Works

BUS: USB
ID: 0781:5571
CLASS: 08-06-50
VENDOR: SanDisk Corp.
DEVICE: Cruzer Fit 8GB
TYPE: disk
DRIVER: usb_storage, sd
Works

BUS: USB
ID: 1d6b:0002 (4x)
CLASS: 09-00-00
VENDOR: Linux Foundation
DEVICE: 2.0 root hub
TYPE: hub
DRIVER: hub
Works

BUS: USB
ID: 1d6b:0003 (4x)
CLASS: 09-00-00
VENDOR: Linux Foundation
DEVICE: 3.0 root hub
TYPE: hub
DRIVER: hub
Works

BUS: USB
ID: 2109:0817
CLASS: 09-00-00
VENDOR: VIA Labs, Inc.
DEVICE: USB3.0 Hub
TYPE: hub
DRIVER: hub
Works

BUS: USB
ID: 2109:2817
CLASS: 09-00-01
VENDOR: VIA Labs, Inc.
DEVICE: USB2.0 Hub
TYPE: hub
DRIVER: hub
Works

BUS: USB
ID: 187c:0551
CLASS: 03-00-00
VENDOR: Alienware Corporation
DEVICE: AW-ELC
TYPE: human interface
DRIVER: usbhid
Limited
LED retains last color settings from Windows and Alienware tools; but unable to adjust colors on Linux even with proper AlienFX tools.
BUS: USB
ID: 0d62:c2b0
CLASS: 03-01-01
VENDOR: Darfon Electronics Corp.
DEVICE: Keyboard
TYPE: keyboard
DRIVER: usbhid
Works

BUS: EISA
ID: boe-boe0b04
VENDOR: BOE
DEVICE: LCD Monitor BOE0B04 2560x1600 345x215mm 16.0-inch
TYPE: monitor
DRIVER: -
Works

BUS: SYS
ID: byd-dell-m59jh32 [A88]
VENDOR: BYD
DEVICE: Battery DELL M59JH32 Li-poly 84.3 Wh
TYPE: battery
DRIVER: -
Works

BUS: SYS
ID: alienware-1-13-1-04-23-2024
VENDOR: Alienware
DEVICE: BIOS 1.13.1 04/23/2024
TYPE: bios
DRIVER: -
Works

BUS: SYS
ID: amd-25-97-2-ryzen-9-7945hx-with-radeon-graphics (32x)
VENDOR: AMD
DEVICE: Ryzen 9 7945HX with Radeon Graphics
TYPE: cpu
DRIVER: -
Works

BUS: SYS
ID: sk-hynix-hmcg88aebsa095n-sodimm [DF3]
VENDOR: SK hynix
DEVICE: RAM HMCG88AEBSA095N 32GB SODIMM DDR5 4800MT/s
TYPE: memory
DRIVER: -
Works

BUS: SYS
ID: sk-hynix-hmcg88mebsa092n-sodimm [865]
VENDOR: SK hynix
DEVICE: RAM HMCG88MEBSA092N 32GB SODIMM DDR5 4800MT/s
TYPE: memory
DRIVER: -
Works

BUS: SYS
ID: alienware-0dwd2h-a00
VENDOR: Alienware
DEVICE: Motherboard 0DWD2H A00
TYPE: motherboard
DRIVER: -
Works

BUS: PS/2
ID: ps/2:0001-0001-at-translated-set-2-keyboard
VENDOR:
DEVICE: AT Translated Set 2 keyboard
TYPE: keyboard
DRIVER: -
Works

BUS: PS/2
ID: ps/2:04f3-328d-dell0bfe-00-04f3-328d-mouse
VENDOR:
DEVICE: DELL0BFE:00 04F3:328D Mouse
TYPE: mouse
DRIVER: -
Works

BUS: PS/2
ID: ps/2:328d-328d-dell0bfe-00-04f3-touchpad
VENDOR: 328D
DEVICE: DELL0BFE:00 04F3:Touchpad
TYPE: touchpad
DRIVER: -
Works
Multitouch with GNOME in X11 works great.
BUS: SERIAL
ID: serial-console
VENDOR:
DEVICE: serial console
TYPE: keyboard
DRIVER: -
Works

BUS: NVME
ID: micron-crucial-p2-nvme-pcie-ssd [030]
VENDOR: Micron/Crucial Technology
DEVICE: P2 NVMe PCIe SSD 4TB
TYPE: disk
DRIVER: nvme
Works

BUS: NVME
ID: sandisk-wd-black-sn850 [046]
VENDOR: Sandisk Corp
DEVICE: WD Black SN850 2TB
TYPE: disk
DRIVER: nvme
Works

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