Automatic hardware detection

[sidalsolgun]

describe the request

It would be way better and less confusing if we have an automatic hardware detection as choosing what drivers to install is even confusing for me too, and I am not an end user.

[h8d13]

archinstall already detects

archinstall/archinstall/lib/hardware.py

Lines 222 to 232 in 7c52719

	@staticmethod
	def has_nvidia_graphics() -> bool:
	return any('nvidia' in x.lower() for x in _sys_info.graphics_devices)
	@staticmethod
	def has_amd_graphics() -> bool:
	return any('amd' in x.lower() for x in _sys_info.graphics_devices)
	@staticmethod
	def has_intel_graphics() -> bool:
	return any('intel' in x.lower() for x in _sys_info.graphics_devices)

and then "recommends" but only through help text:

archinstall/archinstall/lib/general/system_menu.py

Lines 87 to 92 in 7c52719

	if SysInfo.has_amd_graphics():
	header += tr('For the best compatibility with your AMD hardware, you may want to use either the all open-source or AMD / ATI options.') + '\n'
	if SysInfo.has_intel_graphics():
	header += tr('For the best compatibility with your Intel hardware, you may want to use either the all open-source or Intel options.\n')
	if SysInfo.has_nvidia_graphics():
	header += tr('For the best compatibility with your Nvidia hardware, you may want to use the Nvidia proprietary driver.\n')

This doesn't cover hybrid iGPU + dGPU laptops paths.

[sidalsolgun]

"This doesn't cover hybrid iGPU + dGPU laptops paths."

This is the problem, we need dual GPU support.

CachyOS and EndeavourOS also have hardware detection so we can use their system I guess?

(I am not a programmer, just sharing my thoughts.)

[h8d13]

Well the issue is that there are several things here:

https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/PRIME

Plus new asusctl package

https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Asusctl

[h8d13]

Overall its a bit of a mess. Which is probably why these are left to user configuration

[sidalsolgun]

Probably I should stick to EndeavourOS forever.