Hey Mayank,
On 09/09/2009 03:34 PM, Mayank wrote:
@Steve
- What I'd mentioned was a USB Controller and not a USB device and thus I
think it does not fall under USB device category.
Oh sorry, I re-read your mail and realized my mistake. I find it rather hard to believe a USB controller is not actually supported (which leads me to doubt the results of that page).
- Thanks for providing link for http://www.ubuntuhcl.org. This is the kind
of list I was looking out for.
You are welcome. Here is a hcl meta-list :): http://www.linux-drivers.org/
- You made a point that if hardware is supported by a particular kernel
then it doesn't matter which distribution we choose. Does that mean, if a vendor claims that their server is compatible with say Redhat Enterprise Linux 4.0, and I find of kernel version for RHEL 4.0 and install a Debian Linux with same kernel version than everything should work out of the box as happened in case of RHEL 4.0 ?
Pretty much. The things you need to be aware about are: a. The differences in the kernel config (ie: the difference in /boot/config-`uname -r` file). This describes which drivers are built-in into the kernel, which have been built as modules and what is just left out. Again here it is not expected that you to know what /all/ the parameters mean, so just knowing whether there are changes in the drivers/config options that are relevant for your hardware should be sufficient.
b. The 'proprietary' drivers that individual distributions recommend/support.
cheers, - steve