1.. _hardware:
2
3Supported Hardware
4##################
5
6The ACRN project development team is continually adding support for new hardware
7products, as documented below. As we add new hardware, we also lower our support
8level for older hardware products. We welcome community contributions to help
9build ACRN support for a broad collection of architectures and platforms.
10
11.. _hardware_tested:
12
13Selecting Hardware
14******************
15
16When you are selecting hardware to use with ACRN, consider the
17following:
18
19* When the development team is working on a new ACRN version, we focus our
20  development and testing on one product. The product is typically a board
21  or kit from the latest processor family.
22
23* We also provide a level of maintenance for some older products.
24
25* For all products, we welcome and encourage the community to contribute support
26  by submitting patches for code, documentation, tests, and more.
27
28The following table shows supported processor families, along with the
29products that the development team has tested. The products are categorized
30into three support levels: Release, Maintenance, and Community. Each
31level includes the activities described in the lower levels.
32
33.. _NUC11TNHi5:
34   https://ark.intel.com/content/www/us/en/ark/products/205594/intel-nuc-11-pro-kit-nuc11tnhi5.html
35
36.. _NUC6CAYH:
37   https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/products/boards-kits/nuc/kits/nuc6cayh.html
38
39.. _NUC7i5BNH:
40   https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/products/boards-kits/nuc/kits/NUC7i5BNH.html
41
42.. _NUC7i7BNH:
43   https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/products/boards-kits/nuc/kits/NUC7i7BNH.html
44
45.. _NUC7i5DNH:
46   https://ark.intel.com/content/www/us/en/ark/products/122488/intel-nuc-kit-nuc7i5dnhe.html
47
48.. _NUC7i7DNHE:
49   https://ark.intel.com/content/www/us/en/ark/products/130393/intel-nuc-kit-nuc7i7dnhe.html
50
51.. _WHL-IPC-I5:
52   http://www.maxtangpc.com/industrialmotherboards/142.html#parameters
53
54.. _Vecow SPC-7100:
55   https://marketplace.intel.com/s/offering/a5b3b000000PReMAAW/vecow-spc7100-series-11th-gen-intel-core-i7i5i3-processor-ultracompact-f
56
57.. _UP2-N3350:
58.. _UP2-N4200:
59.. _UP2-x5-E3940:
60.. _UP2 Shop:
61   https://up-shop.org/home/270-up-squared.html
62
63.. _ASRock iEPF-9010S-EY4:
64   https://www.asrockind.com/en-gb/iEPF-9010S-EY4
65
66.. _ASRock iEP-9010E:
67   https://www.asrockind.com/en-gb/iEP-9010E
68
69.. _ASUS PN64-E1:
70   https://www.asus.com/displays-desktops/mini-pcs/pn-series/asus-expertcenter-pn64-e1/
71
72.. important::
73   We recommend you use a system configuration that includes a serial port.
74
75.. # Note For easier editing, I'm using unicode non-printing spaces in this table to help force the width of the first two columns to help prevent wrapping (using   isn't compact enough)
76
77+------------------------+---------------------------------+-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
78|                        |                                 | .. rst-class::                                                                                                                                                                                        |
79|                        |                                 |    centered                                                                                                                                                                                           |
80|                        |                                 |                                                                                                                                                                                                       |
81|                        |                                 |    ACRN Version                                                                                                                                                                                       |
82|                        |                                 +-------------------+-------------------+-------------------+-------------------+-------------------+-------------------+-------------------+-------------------+-------------------+-------------------+
83| Intel Processor Family | Tested Products                 | .. rst-class::    | .. rst-class::    | .. rst-class::    | .. rst-class::    | .. rst-class::    | .. rst-class::    | .. rst-class::    | .. rst-class::    | .. rst-class::    | .. rst-class::    |
84| Code Name              |                                 |    centered       |    centered       |    centered       |    centered       |    centered       |    centered       |    centered       |    centered       |    centered       |    centered       |
85|                        |                                 |                   |                   |                   |                   |                   |                   |                   |                   |                   |                   |
86|                        |                                 |    v1.0           |    v1.6.1         |    v2.0           |    v2.5           |    v2.6           |    v2.7           |    v3.0           |    v3.1           |    v3.2           |    v3.3           |
87+========================+=================================+===================+===================+===================+===================+===================+===================+===================+===================+===================+===================+
88| Raptor Lake            | `ASUS PN64-E1`_                 |                                                                                                                                                               | .. rst-class::    | .. rst-class::    |
89|                        |                                 |                                                                                                                                                               |    centered       |    centered       |
90|                        |                                 |                                                                                                                                                               |                   |                   |
91|                        |                                 |                                                                                                                                                               |    Community      |    Maintenance    |
92+------------------------+---------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+-------------------+-------------------+-------------------+-------------------+
93| Alder Lake             | | `ASRock iEPF-9010S-EY4`_,     |                                                                                                                       | .. rst-class::    | .. rst-class::                                            |
94|                        | | `ASRock iEP-9010E`_           |                                                                                                                       |    centered       |    centered                                               |
95|                        |                                 |                                                                                                                       |                   |                                                           |
96|                        |                                 |                                                                                                                       |    Release        |    Community                                              |
97+------------------------+---------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+-------------------+---------------------------------------+-------------------+
98| Tiger Lake             | `Vecow SPC-7100`_               |                                                                                                                       | .. rst-class::                                            | .. rst-class::    |
99|                        |                                 |                                                                                                                       |    centered                                               |    centered       |
100|                        |                                 |                                                                                                                       |                                                           |                   |
101|                        |                                 |                                                                                                                       |    Maintenance                                            |    Community      |
102+------------------------+---------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------+-------------------+---------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------+-------------------+
103| Tiger Lake             | `NUC11TNHi5`_                   |                                                           | .. rst-class::    | .. rst-class::                        | .. rst-class::                                                                |
104|                        |                                 |                                                           |    centered       |    centered                           |    centered                                                                   |
105|                        |                                 |                                                           |                   |                                       |                                                                               |
106|                        |                                 |                                                           |    Release        |    Maintenance                        |    Community                                                                  |
107+------------------------+---------------------------------+---------------------------------------+-------------------+-------------------+-------------------+-------------------+-------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
108| Whiskey Lake           | `WHL-IPC-I5`_                   |                                       | .. rst-class::    | .. rst-class::                        | .. rst-class::                                                                                    |
109|                        |                                 |                                       |    centered       |    centered                           |    centered                                                                                       |
110|                        |                                 |                                       |                   |                                       |                                                                                                   |
111|                        |                                 |                                       |    Release        |    Maintenance                        |    Community                                                                                      |
112+------------------------+---------------------------------+-------------------+-------------------+-------------------+-------------------+-------------------+---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
113| Kaby Lake              | `NUC7i7DNHE`_                   |                   | .. rst-class::    | .. rst-class::                        | .. rst-class::                                                                                                        |
114|                        |                                 |                   |    centered       |    centered                           |    centered                                                                                                           |
115|                        |                                 |                   |                   |                                       |                                                                                                                       |
116|                        |                                 |                   |    Release        |    Maintenance                        |    Community                                                                                                          |
117+------------------------+---------------------------------+-------------------+-------------------+---------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
118| Apollo Lake            | | `NUC6CAYH`_,                  | .. rst-class::    | .. rst-class::    | .. rst-class::                                                                                                                                                |
119|                        | | `UP2-N3350`_,                 |    centered       |    centered       |    centered                                                                                                                                                   |
120|                        | | `UP2-N4200`_,                 |                   |                   |                                                                                                                                                               |
121|                        | | `UP2-x5-E3940`_               |    Release        |    Maintenance    |    Community                                                                                                                                                  |
122+------------------------+---------------------------------+-------------------+-------------------+---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
123
124* **Release**: New ACRN features are complete and tested for the listed product.
125  This product is recommended for this ACRN version. Support for older products
126  will transition to the maintenance category as development continues for newer
127  products.
128
129* **Maintenance**: For new ACRN versions with maintenance-level support, we
130  verify our :ref:`gsg` instructions to ensure the baseline development workflow
131  works and the hypervisor will boot on the listed products. While we don't
132  verify that all new features will work on this product, we will do best-effort
133  support on reported issues. Maintenance-level support for a hardware product
134  is typically done for two subsequent ACRN releases (about six months).
135
136* **Community**: Community responds with best-effort support for that
137  ACRN version to reported bugs for the listed product.
138
139Urgent bug and security fixes are targeted to the latest release only.
140Developers should either update to the most current release or back-port these
141fixes to their own production release.
142
143When you start to explore ACRN, we recommend you select
144the latest product from the table above. You can also choose
145other products and give them a try. In either case, use the
146:ref:`board_inspector_tool` to generate a board configuration file
147you will use to configure the ACRN hypervisor, as described in the
148:ref:`gsg`. We encourage your feedback on the
149acrn-user@lists.projectacrn.org mailing list on your findings about
150unlisted products.
151
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153