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Date:      Tue, 13 Jun 2000 20:13:58 +0200
From:      Poul-Henning Kamp <phk@critter.freebsd.dk>
To:        Mike Smith <msmith@FreeBSD.ORG>
Cc:        Terry Lambert <tlambert@primenet.com>, arch@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: cvs commit: src/sys/pci pci.c pcisupport.c pcivar.h 
Message-ID:  <11880.960920038@critter.freebsd.dk>
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Tue, 13 Jun 2000 10:57:10 PDT." <200006131757.KAA22609@mass.cdrom.com> 

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In message <200006131757.KAA22609@mass.cdrom.com>, Mike Smith writes:

>> The AMCC "PCI Matchmaker" is a very good example.
>> 
>> (If you know what this chip is, search ebay for "pci matchmaker" :-)
>
>I've designed hardware using this device (and similar from PLX). 
>
>In each case, you stuff your new PCI IDs into the EEPROM.
>
>More importantly, to comply with PCI 2.1, which is required for the 
>Windows Logo Program, you *have* to have a unique ID.

Right, but so far the batting average I've seen is that 1 in 3 uses
of the matchmaker doesn't do that.

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