PCI Express

[Kurt Wall]

On Tue, Oct 17, 2006 at 09:36:38PM -0500, Net Llama! wrote:
> 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.

Thanks, Lonnie.

Well, PCI-E support is explicitly enabled in my .config, so I'm hoping
things will Just Work (tm).

Kurt
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