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 Message-ID: <19970709195829.49457@mi.uni-koeln.de> In-Reply-To: <199707091354.QAA18583@NetSurfer.lp.lviv.ua>; from Adrian Pavlykevych on Wed, Jul 09, 1997 at 04:57:34PM %2B0000 References: <199707091354.QAA18583@NetSurfer.lp.lviv.ua>
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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
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