RE: Slot number in Desk-top - huh?

["Danny Lobo" <lobod@netscout.com>]

Mike,
>
>http://www.delorie.com/djgpp/doc/rbinter/it/60/12.html.  In it, byte 14
>(0eh) is "device slot number".  But this is true only for PCI BIOS v2.1+,
>according to the page.In it, byte 14(0eh) is "device slot number"

Suppose the above-mentioned 'INT call' reports the slot to be slot # 1, how
would you know if it is left most slot or the right-most slot on the
motherboard? Some bioses define Slot 1 as the left-most one while others do
it other way around... and therein lies the problem. You need to know the
motherboard's numbering scheme to precisely know the physical location of
the card.

Thanks, Danny


                                                                                                                                         
                      Mike Wang                                                                                                          
                      <mike.wang@3WARE.        To:       Danny Lobo/NetScout@NetScout, "Mike Dini <mdini" <mdini@dinigroup.com>          
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                      01/08/2003 03:56         Subject:  RE: Slot number in Desk-top  - huh?                                             
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