Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S262984AbTFZXey (ORCPT ); Thu, 26 Jun 2003 19:34:54 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S263023AbTFZXey (ORCPT ); Thu, 26 Jun 2003 19:34:54 -0400 Received: from darkwing.uoregon.edu ([128.223.142.13]:55490 "EHLO darkwing.uoregon.edu") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S262984AbTFZXex (ORCPT ); Thu, 26 Jun 2003 19:34:53 -0400 Date: Thu, 26 Jun 2003 16:48:17 -0700 (PDT) From: Joel Jaeggli X-X-Sender: joelja@twin.uoregon.edu To: Timothy Miller cc: Oleg Drokin , joe briggs , Edward Tandi , , Artur Jasowicz , Brian Jackson , Bart SCHELSTRAETE , Kernel mailing list Subject: Re: AMD MP, SMP, Tyan 2466, REISERFS I/O error In-Reply-To: <3EFB7E90.1090902@techsource.com> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1720 Lines: 41 On Thu, 26 Jun 2003, Timothy Miller wrote: > > The PCI spec doesn't allow more than four slots per bus. Some boards > try to put on 5 or 6 slots anyhow, violating the spec. It's no wonder > there are so many problems with those boards. the amd 760mpx chipset has two pci buses... One, the Primary PCI 2.2 compliant 66-MHz/64-bit/32-bit PCI Bus is connected to the amd 762 north bridge, the Secondary PCI 2.2 compliant 33-MHz/32-bit PCI Bus is connected to the amd 768 south bridge. you won't find an mpx with more than 4 32 bit pci slots. > You can often get them to work anyhow, but it involves swapping cards > around in slots until you find an arrangement that works, but it's still > unreliable. > > > - > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in > the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org > More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html > Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/ > -- -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Joel Jaeggli Academic User Services joelja@darkwing.uoregon.edu -- PGP Key Fingerprint: 1DE9 8FCA 51FB 4195 B42A 9C32 A30D 121E -- In Dr. Johnson's famous dictionary patriotism is defined as the last resort of the scoundrel. With all due respect to an enlightened but inferior lexicographer I beg to submit that it is the first. -- Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary" - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/