Date: Fri, 30 Jul 2004 15:47:02 -0500 From: Josh Paetzel <friar_josh@tcbug.org> To: Bill Moran <wmoran@potentialtech.com> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: [OT] 64-bit PCI in 32-bit slots??? crazy?? Message-ID: <20040730204702.GF3588@ns1.tcbug.org> In-Reply-To: <20040730163230.63186325.wmoran@potentialtech.com> References: <20040730163230.63186325.wmoran@potentialtech.com>
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On Fri, Jul 30, 2004 at 04:32:30PM -0400, Bill Moran wrote: > > I'm inheriting some hardware. > > These boards have 64-bit PCI SATA cards jammed in 32-bit PCI slots. Oddly > enough, the boxen boot and start Linux (which will be replaced with FreeBSD > when I'm done) > > I guess my question is hardware-related. I mean, I can't believe this > worked! Has anyone else seen/done this? Is this as crazy as it seems to > me? > > -- > Bill Moran I have a friend that is using a 64 bit SCSI card (29160 adaptec if memory serves) and it's backwards compatable with 32 bit slots Josh Paetzel
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