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5280sgal

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From: Haifa, Israel

Registered: 2022-06-13

Posts: 24

New motherboard came with Linux drivers, how to install?

Hey there (once more), I recently got the Asus TUF Gaming B550M-E WiFi motherboard. After installing the Windows 10 drivers I noticed there was a Linux drivers folder, it contained the following:

/isolinux/ folder:
boot.cat data(dir) isolinux.bin isolinux.cfg src(dir)

/isolinux/data/ folder:
boot.ima bootmsg.txt memdisk

/isolinux/src/ folder:
FDOEMCD.builder.zip FODEMCD.source-tools.zip FDOEMCD.source.zip

What do I do? There is another folder called "LinuxDrivers" that contained only a text file that told me to update to the most recent kernel.

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V1del

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Registered: 2012-10-16

Posts: 25,266

Re: New motherboard came with Linux drivers, how to install?

You don't, that's technically a custom linux distribution they likely primarily use for internal testing. It should not have any relevance for you actively using/installing standard Arch Linux.

5280sgal

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From: Haifa, Israel

Registered: 2022-06-13

Posts: 24

Re: New motherboard came with Linux drivers, how to install?

Ah, thanks. But i’ve also noticed that there isn’t a host model when I run neofetch, also normal?

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V1del

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Re: New motherboard came with Linux drivers, how to install?

Neofetch isn't really an useful diagnostics tool, if this is supposed to be some mainboard identifier, then this can be normal if the MB vendor didn't add a relevant string to the dmi information, check dmidecode. You normally can't do much about this, maybe check for an UEFI update

5280sgal

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From: Haifa, Israel

Registered: 2022-06-13

Posts: 24

Re: New motherboard came with Linux drivers, how to install?

Uh huh, understandable, perhaps i do need an update.

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V1del

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Re: New motherboard came with Linux drivers, how to install?

looking at the neofetch source it reads cat /sys/devices/virtual/dmi/id/board_name if that isn't set then you won't see the MB name.

tekstryder

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Registered: 2013-02-14

Posts: 582

Re: New motherboard came with Linux drivers, how to install?

Interesting curiosity @V1del, thanks. I've not looked at the code but guessing it does some parsing as my mobo model is indeed set, yet neofetch only pulls a substring. Perhaps due to string length or parentheses.

$ cat /sys/devices/virtual/dmi/id/board_name 
MPG Z690 EDGE WIFI DDR4 (MS-7D31)

$ neofetch 
                 `ooo/                   OS: Arch Linux x86_64 
                `+oooo:                  Host: MS-7D31 1.0 
               `+oooooo:                 Kernel: 5.18.12-arch1-1

rowdog

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From: East Texas

Registered: 2009-08-19

Posts: 118

Re: New motherboard came with Linux drivers, how to install?

What do I do? There is another folder called "LinuxDrivers" that contained only a text file that told me to update to the most recent kernel.

ASUS has been submitting kernel drivers to the official Linux kernel but it takes a while for the drivers to get out to the "slow" distros like Debian. On Arch, we're already running recent kernels so you should already have those drivers. If the motherboard is very new, then the drivers should show up in one of the next few minor version updates for the kernel.

$ find /lib/modules/$(uname -r)/ -name "*asus*"