From: Grant Likely <grant.likely@secretlab.ca>
To: John Linn <John.Linn@xilinx.com>
Cc: linuxppc-dev@ozlabs.org
Subject: Re: PCI NIC for powerpc system
Date: Fri, 26 Feb 2010 21:30:58 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <fa686aa41002262030h74e0f9bq4b1575228f373e56@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <8f766422-4c34-416e-9ae1-95fac2586cdb@SG2EHSMHS006.ehs.local>
On Fri, Feb 26, 2010 at 6:57 PM, John Linn <John.Linn@xilinx.com> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I should apologize ahead of time for my lack of knowledge with PCI.
>
> I'm trying to better understand if I can run a standard off the shelf
> PCI NIC with a powerpc kernel as the PCI with device tree is not clear
> to me.
yes.
> I don't see many Ethernet drivers having OF support in them so maybe
> devices on the PCI bus are discovered by the kernel such that the
> drivers don't need to be OF aware.
PCI can be probed, so PCI drivers don't need to be OF aware.
g.
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2010-02-27 1:57 PCI NIC for powerpc system John Linn
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