cvs commit: src/sys/i386/pci pci_cfgreg.c

[Nate Lawson]

Chris Dillon wrote:
> On Mon, 13 Dec 2004, David O'Brien wrote:
> 
>> At the moment I don't know of anyone with an AMD64 PCI Express 
>> motherboard.  I've certainly been unable to get scottl one for 
>> testing. Expecting him to support something he can't get test hardware 
>> for shouldn't be expected.
> 
> 
> Near the end of this month there will be boards available with the 
> nVidia nForce4 chipset which provides PCI Express for Socket 939 and 
> 940.  Examples will be the Abit AN8, Gigabyte K8NXP, Asus A8N, and MSI 
> K8N.  I imagine these boards will be hard to get your hands on until 
> early next year, though.
> 
> VIA also has a similar chipset, and boards using it will probably be 
> available around the same time as nVidia's.

BTW, I have a standing offer to accept donations of an amd64 laptop.  :)

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Nate