PCI Express

[Net Llama!]

On Wed, 18 Oct 2006, Kurt Wall wrote:
> 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).

One thing that I should have noted is that I assumed you were only 
referring to your graphics card.  Other types of PCI-E hardware (NICs, 
etc) would need their own drivers to work.

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