PCI NIC for powerpc system

PCI NIC for powerpc system

[John Linn]

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.

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.

Any advice is appreciated.

Thanks,
John

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Re: PCI NIC for powerpc system

[Grant Likely]

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.