On Mon, 2005-12-05 at 16:46 +0100, Attila Kinali wrote: > On Mon, 05 Dec 2005 15:32:28 +0100 > Hans Kristian Rosbach <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Come to think of it, a say 4-port switch card would be really cool. > > What do you mean by "4-port switch card" in this context?
Well, a special daughter card that allows several daughter cards to share one slot on the main board. Think of how a switch/hub can allow several computers to share one port on the adsl modem. If the main card supported addressing say 1-8 (0-7) daughter cards, and they communicated using packets with id fields it should be a small matter to support a mix of addons. Both official and 3rd party addons could be used if the spec was open. But the daughter cards should be able to connect direcly to the main board aswell as through a switch card. Physical dimentions (occupying 2-3 slots) would of course be a minor problem, but I for one would not have a problem with that. The daughter cards can also be used for non-graphics purposes, for those using the cards for experimenting with other things. Sensors, relay arrays, fan-controller, etc.. Lots of projects could be made easier if the interface is simpler to use than the raw pci bus. (And faster than lpt/com ports) -HK _______________________________________________ Open-graphics mailing list [email protected] http://lists.duskglow.com/mailman/listinfo/open-graphics List service provided by Duskglow Consulting, LLC (www.duskglow.com)
