PCI NIC for powerpc system

[Grant Likely]

On Fri, Feb 26, 2010 at 6:57 PM, John Linn <John.Linn at xilinx.com> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I should apologize ahead of time for my lack of knowledge with PCI.
>
> I'm trying to better understand if I can run a standard off the shelf
> PCI NIC with a powerpc kernel as the PCI with device tree is not clear
> to me.

yes.

> I don't see many Ethernet drivers having OF support in them so maybe
> devices on the PCI bus are discovered by the kernel such that the
> drivers don't need to be OF aware.

PCI can be probed, so PCI drivers don't need to be OF aware.

g.