On Tue, Jun 20, 2006 at 09:28:31AM +0100, Dieter wrote:
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> > Specifically, we do not want to build
> > the bus interface into the chip.  Currently we would need support for
> > AGP and PCIe based MotherBoards,
> 
> For slot based cards, "currently" would include PCI as well as AGP and PCIe.
> 
> It appears that OGD1 will be PCI-X for some reason.  I hope this doesn't
> carry over into OGC1.
> 
> > but we have no way of knowing what we
> > would need next year.
> 
> My crystal ball says AGP will go away very soon.
> My crystal ball says PCI will go away, but slower than AGP.  The
> problem will be too few slots per board.  (Even worse than now.)
> My crystal ball says PCIe will be good for several years.

	In Linux and BSD, _nothing_ ever goes away.  Part of the mission is
to run on the installed base.  A lot of that is PCI.  Some of it is ISA.
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