There is no reason not to be able to add more than 1 PCI device to an expansion card, the only issue is the potential for conflicts. The only reason people like Adaptec etc put a bridge on them is so that the individual devices can be accessed as sub-devices of the card on ANY PCI bus.
If one is looking at making a 'special' for a particular motherboard, it really is quite simple, you just need to identify which AD lines are used by other devices on the board and then select unused AD lines for IDSEL of the new devices you want to add. The potential issue though, is that board will not necessarily work on other motherboards without conflict. Hamish > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Christer Weinigel > Sent: 04 September 2002 11:49 > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: NEW: support for the pcchips m830lr. > > > GNUOrder <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > How would a card like one > > with 2 or more NICs on it handle a regular PCI slot? I know > there are a few > > that have 4 seperate DEC chips on them? > > All dual or quad Ethernetcards I know of have a PCI bridge on them. > > /Christer > > -- > "Just how much can I get away with and still go to heaven?" > > Freelance consultant specializing in device driver programming for Linux > Christer Weinigel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://www.weinigel.se > _______________________________________________ > Linuxbios mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://www.clustermatic.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxbios _______________________________________________ Linuxbios mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.clustermatic.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxbios
