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PCIe Devices - PLX Technology

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Host PCI Bridge Discovery<br />

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Access to a PCI bus is by a host/PCI bus bridge<br />

and is always referred to as PCI bus 0<br />

– There can be several host/PCI bus bridges<br />

– Each host/PCI bus bridge will be uniquely numbered<br />

• How each bridge is numbered/identified will be system specific<br />

and dependent on the host processor(s) and local OS<br />

A PCI/PCI bridge or P-P bridge may provide<br />

access to other PCI busses<br />

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PCI devices reside on either a primary or a secondary PCI<br />

bus<br />

– A primary bus is the bus closer to the host/PCI bridge or<br />

upstream PCI bus<br />

– A secondary bus is the bus further away from the host<br />

processor or downstream PCI bus<br />

Configuration Reads/Writes used to discover<br />

busses and devices from host/PCI bus bridge<br />

Copyright by Dashcourses, Inc. 2009<br />

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