From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S266344AbUFUR24 (ORCPT ); Mon, 21 Jun 2004 13:28:56 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S266345AbUFUR24 (ORCPT ); Mon, 21 Jun 2004 13:28:56 -0400 Received: from umhlanga.stratnet.net ([12.162.17.40]:16510 "EHLO umhlanga.STRATNET.NET") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S266344AbUFUR2z (ORCPT ); Mon, 21 Jun 2004 13:28:55 -0400 To: areversat@tuxfamily.org Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: Status of pci express in kernel X-Message-Flag: Warning: May contain useful information References: <1087837920.9636.1.camel@nibbler> From: Roland Dreier Date: Mon, 21 Jun 2004 10:28:48 -0700 In-Reply-To: <1087837920.9636.1.camel@nibbler> (areversat@tuxfamily.org's message of "Mon, 21 Jun 2004 19:12:00 +0200") Message-ID: <52u0x4u8fj.fsf@topspin.com> User-Agent: Gnus/5.1006 (Gnus v5.10.6) XEmacs/21.4 (Security Through Obscurity, linux) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-OriginalArrivalTime: 21 Jun 2004 17:28:49.0252 (UTC) FILETIME=[36C0D240:01C457B5] Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org areversat> Hi, I've read today that intel is going to launch it's areversat> first pci express chipsets soon. So i was wondering if areversat> the support of this bus was already a work in progress areversat> or if it wasn't yet started ? PCI Express is backwards compatible with standard PCI, so even fairly old Linux kernels boot and work fine with PCI Express devices. 2.6 kernels also have support for accessing the new features of PCI Express (ie extended PCI header fields). - Roland