PCI Express

[Net Llama!]

On Tue, 17 Oct 2006, Kurt Wall wrote:
> Hi, list,
>
> Do modern 2.6.x kernels automatically recognize PCI Express cards or is
> it necessary to load a kernel module or otherwise tweak the kernel
> config? I've got a new video card arriving tomorrow that uses the PCI
> Express bus and I'm trying to anticipate possible problems.

It should just work, although the kernel does have explicit PCI-E support 
which some motherboards needs.  I'd say just try it with the kernel that 
you've got.

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