RE: 2 layer PCI and meeting spec

["Austin Franklin" <austin@darkroom.com>]

Because someone makes them does not mean they are PCI compliant.  I found
MANY Intel (and other manufacturers) boards that are not fully PCI
compliant.

Because a board is not entirely PCI compliant, does not mean it won't
"work"...

Austin
  -----Original Message-----
  From: Daniel DeConinck [mailto:daniel.deconinck@sympatico.ca]
  Sent: Tuesday, March 26, 2002 4:51 PM
  To: pci-sig@znyx.com
  Subject: 2 layer PCI and meeting spec


  Hello,

  Observation re 2 layer PCI:

  I can name two common devices that are sold in the tens if not hundreds of
millions of units and that are 2 layer PCI boards. These would be ethernet
cards and sound cards. These cards sell for around $20. They need to be made
dirt cheap and they need to work on a very very high percentage of
motherboards to avoid a bankruptcy inducing support nightmare. And they must
work in conjunction with whatever else is plugged into the host PCI bus.

  So my conclusion is, that in the real world you can often ( and many do )
get away with it.

  I am not qualified to answer the question from an engineering perspective
but I would like to hear what others have to say.

  Sincerely
  Daniel DeConinck
  www.PixelSmart.com
  TEL: 416-248-4473