Date: Mon, 02 Aug 2004 11:22:27 +1000 From: Andrew Sinclair <syncman@optusnet.com.au> To: questions@freebsd.org Cc: Bill Moran <wmoran@potentialtech.com> Subject: Re: [OT] 64-bit PCI in 32-bit slots??? crazy?? Message-ID: <410D9753.1040403@optusnet.com.au> In-Reply-To: <20040730163230.63186325.wmoran@potentialtech.com> References: <20040730163230.63186325.wmoran@potentialtech.com>
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Bill Moran wrote: >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? > > Please check out this site: http://www.pcisig.com/specifications/pcix_20/ As you will see, PCI-X is up to 533MHz bus speeds now and the standard is still backwards compatible with PCI.
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