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At least in Knoppix 4.0.2 CD, /usr/src/knoppix-kernel.README says:
Code:
Q: Are there any special components/patches in the kernel used on KNOPPIX?
A: No. KNOPPIX uses the currentmost STABLE vanilla Linux kernel from
   www.kernel.org, with 2 exceptions:
   - Until the XFS filesystem is officially accepted in the stable kernel
     releases, the xfs patch from www.xfs.org is added
   - The boot commandline is extended to support 512 chars, the patch for
     this can be found in /usr/src/knoppix-kernel.patch
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So it seems that good hardware-detection in Knoppix doesn't have anything to do with Kernel-patches.>>

Kernel development is very dynamic ... code/performance improvements are being made/worked on all the time. Including broad(er) hw support.

The only real problem that arises is with proprietry drivers that have been releast very recently, post kernel version that have had significant alterations made to their code bases.

But thats par ...

Most distros seem to have quite good hw support really.

Linux alway has.


jm