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Date: Wed, 9 Jul 1997 19:58:29 +0200
From: Stefan Esser <se@FreeBSD.ORG>
To: bugtraq@polynet.lviv.ua
Cc: freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject: Re: Q:PCI bridges-extenders supported
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On Jul 9, Adrian Pavlykevych <pam@polynet.lviv.ua> wrote:
> Hi everybody!
> 
> Can somebody post a list of PCI-PCI bridge chipsets / motherboards 
> with more then 4 PCI slots supported under FreeBSD?

There are some Natoma based PCI motherboards that 
come with 5 slots (from ASUS, for example). But 
you may also be able to use some Triton II based
board with on-board SCSI, as available from several
vendors. Those offer Ultra-WIDE SCSI plus 4 free 
PCI slots.

You may also check out motherboards with more than
one CPU to PCI bridge, eg. the Intel XXpress, which
has the on-board devices on a seperate PCI bus.

In case this is not sufficient, there are some PCI
extender boxes, but I never used one myself. ASAMI 
Satoshi has some experience with them.

You should expect FreeBSD to work with all bug-free
PCI chip sets. All current Intel chip sets work just
fine, and I think SiS is generally OK, too. There 
have been problems with Compaq and ALI chip sets,
but workarounds are implemented to compensate for
their bugs ...

Let me know, if you have any problems with some chip 
set and I'll send debug patches and will try to find
a fix as soon as possible.

Regards, STefan