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From: Volker Armin Hemmann <volker.armin.hemmann@××××××××××××.de>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Looking for PCI-X external SATA controller
Date: Fri, 15 Feb 2008 00:37:32
Message-Id: 200802150137.27963.volker.armin.hemmann@tu-clausthal.de
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] Looking for PCI-X external SATA controller by Jerry McBride
1 On Freitag, 15. Februar 2008, Jerry McBride wrote:
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3 > I'm confused... what is the diff between pi-x pci-e and pci? The card that
4 > Neil pointed to is a PCI card. Is that what he wanted?
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6 pci is a parallel bus. 32bit, 33mhz
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8 pci-x is an 64bit, 66mhz enhancement of the pci bus - backwards compatible. If
9 you are lucky.
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11 pci-e is a serial point-to-point interface. Not compatible.
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