Re: lacie BIGGEST FW800

[Francois R. <ro...@fr...>]

Hugh Dixon <hu...@zo...> :
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> Indeed it doesn't have all the blade connections in-slot..  The machine 
> it's in is an HP dc7100 - intel motherboard of some sort.  It makes no 
> mention at all of needing a 64bit slot .. We shall see - I'll have to 

It does not _need_ a 64 bit slot. Pins allow to detect the width (32/64)
of the slot. Then they allow the master and the slave to negotiate the
width of the transfer during a PCI transaction. Moreover, assuming I read
correctly the spec, the asic should/can not DMA to memory beyond 4Go
(no DAC nor register for such addressing).

> get my head around Stefan's (excellent) instructions for tweaking the 
> module source code and see if that works.  (and look into getting a mobo 
> with a 64 bit slot anyway).

FWIW you do not necessarily need an high-end system since the asic is not
66MHz capable. You can always buy a mobo with several PCI busses though :o)

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Ueimor