From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Tue, 22 May 2001 07:12:46 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Tue, 22 May 2001 07:12:26 -0400 Received: from f00f.stub.clear.net.nz ([203.167.224.51]:28938 "HELO metastasis.f00f.org") by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id ; Tue, 22 May 2001 07:12:21 -0400 Date: Tue, 22 May 2001 23:12:18 +1200 From: Chris Wedgwood To: "David S. Miller" Cc: Andrea Arcangeli , Andrew Morton , Ivan Kokshaysky , Richard Henderson , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: alpha iommu fixes Message-ID: <20010522231218.C10207@metastasis.f00f.org> In-Reply-To: <3B07CF20.2ABB5468@uow.edu.au> <20010520163323.G18119@athlon.random> <15112.26868.5999.368209@pizda.ninka.net> <20010521034726.G30738@athlon.random> <15112.48708.639090.348990@pizda.ninka.net> <20010521105944.H30738@athlon.random> <15112.55709.565823.676709@pizda.ninka.net> <20010521115631.I30738@athlon.random> <15112.59880.127047.315855@pizda.ninka.net> <15112.60362.447922.780857@pizda.ninka.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i In-Reply-To: <15112.60362.447922.780857@pizda.ninka.net>; from davem@redhat.com on Mon, May 21, 2001 at 03:19:54AM -0700 X-No-Archive: Yes Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Mon, May 21, 2001 at 03:19:54AM -0700, David S. Miller wrote: Electrically (someone correct me, I'm probably wrong) PCI is limited to 6 physical plug-in slots I believe, let's say it's 8 to choose an arbitrary larger number to be safe. Minor nit... it can in fact be higher than this, but typically it is not. CompactPCI implementations may go higher (different electrical characteristics allow for this). --cw