On Thu, 2004-10-21 at 20:55, Eric W. Biederman wrote:
> Li-Ta Lo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> 
> > On Thu, 2004-10-21 at 12:14, YhLu wrote:
> > > I agree that all onboard device should use the same subsystem id as MB's.
> > > 
> > 
> > One interesting thing. In PCI Spec 2.2, section 6.2.4 it says that:
> > 
> >     Values in these registers must be loaded and valid prioir to the
> >     system BIOS or any system software accessing the PCI 
> >     Coniguration Space. blah,blah, blah. These values must not be 
> >     loaded using expansion ROM software becuase expansion ROM 
> >     software is not guaranteed to be run during POST 
> >     in all systems.
> > 
> > Are we doing something out of spec ?
> 
> I think it is more a matter of the spec no governing for
> onboard devices.  For any devices that is implemented on a plug-in
> card I believe that governs.
>  
> > BTW, why I can't download PCI spec form PCI-SIG anymore ? Even for
> > the 'useless' PCI conventional stuff.
> 
> I have never been able to download it so it is news to me that
> was possible.
> 

How did you implement PCI stuff ?

Ollie


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