Drivers are the part of kernel not the distro. As per my knowledge all distros use same kernel with some custom patches. If you want support for latest hardware, download the latest kernel source from kernel.org and compile it.
On 11/20/11, Sanjay Arora <sanjay.k.ar...@gmail.com> wrote: > I bought a dh67bl with i7, for use with centos 6. Ultimately had to install > fedora 15, as rhel is not yet supporting Intel Sandybridge architecture. > Turns out, if you are putting in a separate graphics card, Linux will work > very well on this board...however, if you propose to use onboard graphics > port, only the bleeding edge distros like fedora or scientific linux will > support it. > > Reason is nothing but the new Intel Sandybridge architecture, which adds > graphics (for non-high end graphic applications) to the processor. > > Due to the architecture being new, the LTS or Enterprise are not yet > supporting it out of box, as the distros have not yet back-ported the > drivers. > > I think centos 6.1 will be supporting sandybridge...so lots of graphics > problems will be going away. > > Another problem is the onboard network card. Sometimes you need drivers for > the newer hardware and those are not yet back-ported from bleeding edge > distros. > > If you are willing to use a bleeding edge distros or adding a > graphics/network card, most motherboards will work...even the new > one....most!!!....not all!!!! > > Ciao > _______________________________________________ > Ilugd mailing list > Ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org > http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd > -- Sent from my mobile device _______________________________________________ Ilugd mailing list Ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd
