On Wednesday 15 December 2004 2:51 pm, Alvin Oga wrote: > > On Wed, 15 Dec 2004, Paul Johnson wrote: > > > > when you play with linux, you have 2**N possible kernels > > > where "N" is the various modules that is turned on or off > > > > No, still one kernel, different drivers. > > i suppose, in my view, "one linux kernel", but with the gazillion > modules, which makes the kernel different enough, that the install > kernel doesn't recognize some hardware permutations due to > missing modules (drivers) or misconfigured modules.conf or equiv files But you have the same problem in Windows. You have distinct kernels requiring their own drivers for CE, ME, NT, 95, 98, and XP, and sometimes even different drivers for sub-variants. > - as long as there is a module ( driver for the hardware ), > ALL hardware should be recognized without any problems There's a few modules that don't probe, though it's been so long since I came across one myself that I don't think it's a real problem for most people any more. -- Paul Johnson baloo@ursine.dyndns.org http://ursine.dyndns.org/~baloo/
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