Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: Linux and real device drivers | From | Jes Sorensen <> | Date | 22 Sep 1999 09:30:04 +0200 |
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>>>>> "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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