Re: Linux running on a PCI Option device?

[Krzysztof Halasa]

"linux-os \(Dick Johnson\)" <linux-os@xxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:

> Usually, option boards use a PCI interface chip such as
> a PLX PCI-9656BA. It would not normally BE a PCI device
> on the Host side. The host CPU would communicate with it
> on a local bus.

Correct but IPX4xx CPU has a PCI bus interface built in (in addition
to interfaces for ROM, RAM, GPIO, Ethernet and serial).
-- 
Krzysztof Halasa
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