Date: Tue, 28 Aug 2001 02:58:22 +0200 From: Alson van der Meulen <alm@flutnet.org> To: hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: multi-channel firewire host adaptors available ? Message-ID: <20010828025822.A25482@md2.mediadesign.nl> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0108271747180.798-100000@www.kozubik.com> References: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0108271747180.798-100000@www.kozubik.com>
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On Mon, Aug 27, 2001 at 05:50:17PM -0700, John Kozubik wrote: > > Has anyone seen multi-channel (up to eight) firewire PCI host adaptors ? > We require full 400Mb throughput on each channel, simultaneously. > > If not up to eight, how dense have you folks seen a single PCI board ? > > (query not limited to just boards with FreeBSD support...) IIRC the bandwidth of the PCI bus is around 1.2Gbit, so eight devices on one single PCI bus won't really work. This might be better for 66mhz/64bit PCI slots though. Correct me if I'm wrong... Alson To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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