Re: [Etherboot-developers] [Fwd: Kingston kne100tx problems]

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>Anyway the PCI header is defined by the PCI spec not by the BIOS
>vendors, and is used on non-x86 as well.  
>
>It's been a long time since I've read the specs, and I will see if I
>can dig up the information.  One of the things I remember is that it
>is legal to have a ROM that had both x86 code and openbios forth
>byte codes.  I think you can have multiple PCI ID's as well.  Anyway
>more information after I dig.

Semantics matter. It could be that multiple PCI IDs mean the adaptor
board has multiple devices. If that were the case, then the BIOS would
think there were multiple NICs plugged in.