Re: Linux Drivers, The Kernel, and a Driver List

To: List Debian User <debian-user@lists.debian.org>
Subject: Re: Linux Drivers, The Kernel, and a Driver List
From: John Hasler <jhasler@debian.org>
Date: Fri, 12 Jan 2007 22:13:04 -0600
Message-id: <[🔎] 87k5zrlg33.fsf@toncho.dhh.gt.org>
In-reply-to: <[🔎] 45A856FB.8070301@gmail.com> (Grok Mogger's message of "Fri, 12 Jan 2007 22:50:19 -0500")
References: <[🔎] 45A83A19.9000707@gmail.com> <[🔎] 45A856FB.8070301@gmail.com>

Grok Mogger writes:
> Is it safe to say that drivers are really for a chipset, not a device?
> And so therefore, support for a device really boils down to "is the
> chipset supported?" not "is the device supported"?

Fairly safe.
-- 
John Hasler

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References:
- Linux Drivers, The Kernel, and a Driver List
  - From: Grok Mogger <linuximp@gmail.com>
- Re: Linux Drivers, The Kernel, and a Driver List
  - From: Grok Mogger <linuximp@gmail.com>

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