From owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Oct 24 14:59:46 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 04C8A16A4B3 for ; Fri, 24 Oct 2003 14:59:46 -0700 (PDT) Received: from pimout3-ext.prodigy.net (pimout3-ext.prodigy.net [207.115.63.102]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4EA4343FAF for ; Fri, 24 Oct 2003 14:59:44 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from bob@immure.com) Received: from maul.immure.com (adsl-66-136-206-1.dsl.austtx.swbell.net [66.136.206.1])h9OLxgpM067862; Fri, 24 Oct 2003 17:59:42 -0400 Received: (from root@localhost) by maul.immure.com (8.12.9p2/8.12.9) id h9OLxgFu000453; Fri, 24 Oct 2003 16:59:42 -0500 (CDT) (envelope-from bob@immure.com) Received: from luke.immure.com (luke.immure.com [10.1.132.3]) by maul.immure.com (8.12.9p2/8.12.3) with ESMTP id h9OLxfkh000428; Fri, 24 Oct 2003 16:59:41 -0500 (CDT) (envelope-from bob@immure.com) Received: from luke.immure.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by luke.immure.com (8.12.9p2/8.12.9) with ESMTP id h9OLxfc5068828; Fri, 24 Oct 2003 16:59:41 -0500 (CDT) (envelope-from bob@luke.immure.com) Received: (from bob@localhost) by luke.immure.com (8.12.9p2/8.12.9/Submit) id h9OLxeg5068825; Fri, 24 Oct 2003 16:59:40 -0500 (CDT) (envelope-from bob) Date: Fri, 24 Oct 2003 16:59:40 -0500 From: Bob Willcox To: Jamie Bowden Message-ID: <20031024215940.GA66956@luke.immure.com> References: <20031012140627.GA85255@waterspout.com> <20031013063509.E20891-100000@moo.sysabend.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20031013063509.E20891-100000@moo.sysabend.org> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.4i X-scanner: scanned by Inflex 1.0.12.3 on maul.immure.com cc: hardware@freebsd.org Subject: Re: PCI-X Multiport Serial cards. X-BeenThere: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list Reply-To: Bob Willcox List-Id: General discussion of FreeBSD hardware List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 24 Oct 2003 21:59:46 -0000 On Mon, Oct 13, 2003 at 06:44:41AM -0700, Jamie Bowden wrote: > On Sun, 12 Oct 2003, C. Stephen Gunn wrote: > > > Jamie Bowden (ragnar@sysabend.org) likely uttered: > > > > Does anyone have any experience with PCI-X multiport serial cards > > > under FreeBSD (4 or 5, either is fine)? I've got a 1u Dell machine > > > that in 3 weeks will lose it's current role in life, and I'd like to > > > use it as a console server for a bunch of headless SGI and Sun boxes. > > > Its only expansion slot is PCI-X. If anyone can recommend a known > > > working card with at least 8 ports, I'd appreciate it. > > > First I think that PCI-X is just 133Mhz by 64-bit PCI. You should be > > bacward compatible. Regular PCI is perfect for nearly anything you > > might want to do. And this machine clearly has the muscle to be one > > heck of a nice conserver. > > PCI-X is a different form, a standard PCI card will not fit and line up > with the edge of the case (I found this out when I tried to add a parallel > port to the machine, a plain jane PCI parallel card didn't fit). I worked on a project developing a PCI-X card a couple of years ago and we ran these cards in 64-bit, 3.3v, 66MHz PCI slots for most all of our testing (except when performance was being measured). Consequently, I would argue that Stephen is correct in that a PCI card should fit into a PCI-X slot so long as the PCI card is 3.3v compatible (keyway is in the right place). [snip] -- Bob Willcox If your happiness depends on what somebody else does, bob@immure.com I guess you do have a problem. Austin, TX -- Richard Bach, "Illusions"