Re: AMD MP, SMP, Tyan 2466, REISERFS I/O error

[Joel Jaeggli]

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.
> 
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