# Linux 7.4 adds Ethernet and IDE drivers for vintage Atari and Amiga expansion cards

> **Key takeaway:** The Linux 7.4 kernel adds drivers for the SVEthLANa Ethernet interface on the Atari SuperVidel FPGA card and the IDE interface on the Amiga CS-Lab Warp expansion card.

**Published:** 2026-10-19T15:55:47+00:00 
**Source:** Phoronix Benchmarks & Drivers 
**Category:** kernel-os 
**Canonical URL:** https://fosswire.org/news/linux-74-adds-ethernet-and-ide-drivers-for-vintage-atari-and.html 

## Summary
Mainline Linux continues maintaining its Motorola 68000 architecture support in 2026. For Linux 7.4, the m68k tree gains two new hardware drivers: Ethernet for the Atari Falcon030 SuperVidel FPGA expansion and IDE for the Amiga CS-Lab Warp accelerator card. Both additions target active retrocomputing hardware projects that extend vintage systems with modern connectivity.

## What hardware Linux 7.4 adds for m68k
- **SVEthLANa Ethernet driver**: Supports the Ethernet interface on the Atari SuperVidel FPGA expansion card for the Falcon030; requires SuperVidel firmware version 10 or newer for Ethernet DMA
- **Depends on ethoc module**: The driver requires the user-provided "ethoc" module for the OpenCore Ethernet package
- **Kconfig option**: Enabled via `ATARI_SVETHLANA`
- **Amiga Warp IDE support**: Adds IDE interface support for the CS-Lab Warp accelerator/expansion cards, which provide storage and connectivity improvements for Amiga systems
- **Follows prior work**: The SuperVidel framebuffer driver for SuperBlitter landed in Linux 7.3

## Why it matters
These additions demonstrate that mainline Linux kernel maintenance for 1980s-era architectures remains practical for active retrocomputing communities, reducing reliance on out-of-tree patches for modern expansion hardware.