Franco Martelli <[email protected]> writes: > again, does the Linux kernel 6.12.y support those devices (WI-FI 7, > USB 4, Ethernet 2.5GB ...)? Maybe the Ethernet... > OK, you can always download a backported to Trixie Linux 7.x.y series > but the new Linux kernel 7.x *LTS* has yet to come (maybe at the end > of the year) there isn't none kernel 7 declared as *LTS*.
I looked through quite a bunch of AM5 motherboards earlier and for 2.5 Gbps ethernet the choice was pretty much the common Realtek (8125B if memory serves). For me it's mature on Debian today, but there were sudden hangs of the chip earlier. I.e. suddenly network stops, no data in or out, ethtool still reports the PHY was connected. I haven't had one of those in years any more though. For wifi 7, I'm not sure, my wifi HW is 5. Intel's usually well supported and their wifi 7 offering seems to be from 2023-2025 so definite maybe now in Debian Stable. Oh, the PCI slot thing is such a pain. I also have a fat video card which blocks two other PCI slots. I actually have an angled riser cable to try to recover the one blocked x4 slot waiting for a trial. I don't know if there are motherboards with some extra space for the x16 slot but seems like there'd be a market. Or maybe that's why some cases have those vertical mounting options? If the riser cable fits, then my extra m.2 adapter goes into one of those.
