Re: Linux and real device drivers

Jes Sorensen (Jes.Sorensen@cern.ch)
22 Sep 1999 09:30:04 +0200


>>>>> "Steve" == Steve Underwood <steveu@infowebtelecom.com> writes:

Steve> There is a proper standardised 66MHz variant of PCI, which is
Steve> used on a lot of Alpha, and (I think) Xeon boards. There's
Steve> 64bit PCI, too, with an extra connector for the extra
Steve> lines. Most dedicated x86 users seem unaware of these.

Steve> 66MHz PCI is actually somewhat troublesome. Most real 66MHz
Steve> implementations seem to have just 2 card slots per bus. That
Steve> only just scrapes through the definition of a bus. Add more
Steve> slots and things get flakey.

So you add more PCI busses.

Jes

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