Re: Request: increase in PCI bus limit

[Scott Laird]

On Wed, 31 Jan 2001, George wrote:
>
> If someone says 1 bus, give them one bus.
>
> Just make the description say:
>   Add 1 for every PCI
>   Add 1 for every AGP
>   Add 1 for every CardBus
>   Also account for anything else funny in the system.
>
> Then panic on boot if they're wrong (sort of like processor type).

Where do cards with PCI-PCI bridges, like multiport PCI ethernet cards,
fit into this?  I can easily add 3 or 4 extra busses into a box just by
grabbing a couple extra Intel dual-port Ethernet cards.

Scott