Re: Parity - impications of not implementing this

[Daniel Weaver <dan.weaver@znyx.com>]

Date: Wed, 09 Aug 2000 11:44:47 -0500
From: "Ram Y. Gopal" <ramgo@vEngines.com>
Organization: vEngines - engineering network convergence

Daniel:

PAR is NOT optional, it must be implemented by all PCI 
compliant devices. Please refer to the "Parity Generation"
section in the PCI standard for more information.

However, in a PCI Target card, PERR# is optional.

FYI...
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Ram Y. Gopal
vEngines Inc., - engineering network convergence.



Daniel DeConinck wrote:

> Hello,I have choosen not to implement the PAR feature of the PCI spec
> on a Target PCI card I have designed. It seems to work fine on wintel
> platforms as intended. Is there trouble lurking that would convince me
> to design in the PAR check ? SincerelyDaniel DeConinck

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Dan Weaver, ZNYX Networks
dan.weaver@znyx.com