Date: Fri, 30 Jul 2004 15:43:48 -0500 From: Dan Nelson <dnelson@allantgroup.com> To: Bill Moran <wmoran@potentialtech.com> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: [OT] 64-bit PCI in 32-bit slots??? crazy?? Message-ID: <20040730204348.GI9911@dan.emsphone.com> In-Reply-To: <20040730163230.63186325.wmoran@potentialtech.com> References: <20040730163230.63186325.wmoran@potentialtech.com>
next in thread | previous in thread | raw e-mail | index | archive | help
In the last episode (Jul 30), Bill Moran said: > I'm inheriting some hardware. > > These boards have 64-bit PCI SATA cards jammed in 32-bit PCI slots. Oddly > enough, the boxen boot and start Linux (which will be replaced with > FreeBSD when I'm done) > > I guess my question is hardware-related. I mean, I can't believe this > worked! Has anyone else seen/done this? Is this as crazy as it seems to > me? Nope; you can put 64-bit cards in 32-bit slots as long as the card has the notch in the right place so it fits over one end of the slot. You can also put 32-bit cards in 64-bit slots. -- Dan Nelson dnelson@allantgroup.com
Want to link to this message? Use this URL: <https://mail-archive.FreeBSD.org/cgi/mid.cgi?20040730204348.GI9911>