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SubjectRe: Status of pci express in kernel
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    areversat> Hi, I've read today that intel is going to launch it's
areversat> first pci express chipsets soon. So i was wondering if
areversat> the support of this bus was already a work in progress
areversat> or if it wasn't yet started ?

PCI Express is backwards compatible with standard PCI, so even fairly
old Linux kernels boot and work fine with PCI Express devices. 2.6
kernels also have support for accessing the new features of PCI
Express (ie extended PCI header fields).

- Roland
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