Kernel used to test (output of "uname -v"):
#1 SMP Debian 3.2.65-1+deb7u1
Ethernet, eSATA port, audio, graphics, SD card slot, suspend/resume, and USB device passthrough in KVM via VT-d all work out of the box with free drivers and no additional firmware.
lspci output:
00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation 2nd Generation Core Processor Family DRAM Controller (rev 09) 00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation 2nd Generation Core Processor Family Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 09) 00:16.0 Communication controller: Intel Corporation 6 Series/C200 Series Chipset Family MEI Controller #1 (rev 04) 00:19.0 Ethernet controller: Intel Corporation 82579LM Gigabit Network Connection (rev 04) 00:1a.0 USB controller: Intel Corporation 6 Series/C200 Series Chipset Family USB Enhanced Host Controller #2 (rev 04) 00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation 6 Series/C200 Series Chipset Family High Definition Audio Controller (rev 04) 00:1c.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 6 Series/C200 Series Chipset Family PCI Express Root Port 1 (rev b4) 00:1c.1 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 6 Series/C200 Series Chipset Family PCI Express Root Port 2 (rev b4) 00:1c.4 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 6 Series/C200 Series Chipset Family PCI Express Root Port 5 (rev b4) 00:1c.6 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 6 Series/C200 Series Chipset Family PCI Express Root Port 7 (rev b4) 00:1d.0 USB controller: Intel Corporation 6 Series/C200 Series Chipset Family USB Enhanced Host Controller #1 (rev 04) 00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation QM67 Express Chipset Family LPC Controller (rev 04) 00:1f.2 SATA controller: Intel Corporation 6 Series/C200 Series Chipset Family 6 port SATA AHCI Controller (rev 04) 00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation 6 Series/C200 Series Chipset Family SMBus Controller (rev 04) 03:00.0 Network controller: Intel Corporation Centrino Ultimate-N 6300 (rev 35) 0d:00.0 System peripheral: Ricoh Co Ltd PCIe SDXC/MMC Host Controller (rev 08) 0e:00.0 USB controller: NEC Corporation uPD720200 USB 3.0 Host Controller (rev 04)
3G cards | 34 |
Acquisition cards | 34 |
Bluetooth | 57 |
Ethernet cards | 172 |
Fingerprint readers | 11 |
Host Controllers | 170 |
Modems | 18 |
Notebooks | 793 |
Printers | 126 |
RAID adapters | 20 |
Scanners | 24 |
SD card readers | 57 |
Sound cards | 142 |
Video cards | 343 |
Webcams | 132 |
Wifi cards | 234 |
TOTAL | 2367 |