[parisc-linux] PCI slots

Matthew Wilcox willy@debian.org
Wed, 3 Apr 2002 15:04:51 +0100


On Wed, Apr 03, 2002 at 02:43:37AM -0800, Tim Robb wrote:
> I just noticed that in my C180xp there are two pci
> slots.  (At least they look like pci :] )  I was
> wondering are they supported?  As I don't have a evc
> adapter I was thinking of installing a pci video card
> to use it and was wondering if this is possible? 
> Would a 3dlabs permedia 2 be supported?

The PCI slots are supported -- but be warned they are probably 5V PCI
and most cards are 3.3V.  Also, initialising a graphics card usually
involves running the graphics card BIOS which is written in x86 assembly.

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