Re: PCI express card that does AP mode? (abit wlp-01?)

Larry Finger
2009-07-24T16:07:17Z

Pavel Roskin wrote:
> On Fri, 2009-07-24 at 17:29 +0200, Johannes Berg wrote:
>
>>> From the
>>> users' perspective, PCI and PCI Express are different busses and should
>>> be listed separately.
>> I'm not sure. The ID spaces are the same really, and users really don't
>> distinguish that much, for them PCI-E is just the new PCI technology
>> with a different form factor. Kinda like mini-pci vs. pci.
>
> We can have "form factors": PCI, CardBus, MiniPCI, PCIe and PCI
> ExpressCard.

I endorse the "form factor" idea; however, I think you also need a
mini-PCIe category. BTW, I prefer mini-PCI to MiniPCI.

Larry