As far as I know the device drivers are located in the Linux kernel. For example let's say a GNU/Linux distro A has the same kernel version as a GNU/Linux distro B. Does that mean that they have the same hardware support?
Do different distros (but same kernel ver) have same hardware support
linux;hardware;distros
The short answer is no. The driver support for the same kernel version is configurable at compile time and also allows for module loading. The actual devices supported in a distro therefore depend on the included compiled in device drivers, compiled loadable modules for devices and actual installed modules. There are also devices not included in the kernel per se that a distro might ship.I have not run into problems lately, but when I started with Linux at home I went with SuSE, although they had the same, or similar, kernel versions as RedHat, SuSE included ISDN drivers and packages out of the box (that was back 1998).