[aclug-L] Re: PCI

["Dale W Hodge" <dwh@xxxxxxxx>]

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> Behalf Of David Carmichael
> Sent: Saturday, October 09, 1999 12:15 AM
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> Subject: [aclug-L] PCI
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> One quick question...
>
> How well does LINUX "SEE" a PCI Network card?

With the exception of a very few boards, Linux sees PCI network cards much
better than ISA cards. The PCI specification allows for automatic
configuration whereas on ISA it was an after-thought.  I would suggest that
you check the manufacturers site to see if they have custom linux drivers.
I've found that in a couple instances that the card manufacturers have done
some customizing of the chipset which the generic drivers aren't able to
take advantage of.


 - Dale -

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