On Wed, Sep 9, 2009 at 4:03 PM, steve steve@lonetwin.net wrote:
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
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Thanks everyone for enlightening me on this issue. I'll try to find some hardware components in the HCL and then will prepare a tender for the same (hope I get multiple vendors else I'm into serious problems of single vendor locking). Once hardware is in place I'll try to get OS installed and work out my way towards final deployment of application. In case of any troubles will bug u in future :)
@Shakthi : I was talking of controller on PC end cauz' this is the controller that OS is going to interact with. And you are right in stating that many vendors deviate from standards to build their product and it can create problems.
Regards, Mayank