Re: NEW: support for the pcchips m830lr.

[Christer Weinigel]

GNUOrder  writes:
> How would a card like one 
> with 2 or more NICs on it handle a regular PCI slot?  I know there are a few 
> that have 4 seperate DEC chips on them?

All dual or quad Ethernetcards I know of have a PCI bridge on them.

/Christer

NEW: support for the pcchips m830lr.

[Hamish Guthrie (Mail Lists)]

There is no reason not to be able to add more than 1 PCI device to an
expansion card, the only issue is the potential for conflicts. The only
reason people like Adaptec etc put a bridge on them is so that the
individual devices can be accessed as sub-devices of the card on ANY PCI
bus.

If one is looking at making a 'special' for a particular motherboard, it
really is quite simple, you just need to identify which AD lines are used by
other devices on the board and then select unused AD lines for IDSEL of the
new devices you want to add. The potential issue though, is that board will
not necessarily work on other motherboards without conflict.

Hamish
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>
> GNUOrder  writes:
> > How would a card like one
> > with 2 or more NICs on it handle a regular PCI slot?  I know
>
> there are a few
> > that have 4 seperate DEC chips on them?
>
> All dual or quad Ethernetcards I know of have a PCI bridge on them.
>
> /Christer
>
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