linux-kernel - Re: Is PCI express Gen 2 supported by Linux?

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Message-ID: <20101229132040.21e11005@jbarnes-desktop>
Date:	Wed, 29 Dec 2010 13:20:40 -0800
From:	Jesse Barnes <jbarnes@...tuousgeek.org>
To:	andrei radulescu-banu <iubica2@...oo.com>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Is PCI express Gen 2 supported by Linux?

On Wed, 29 Dec 2010 12:48:37 -0800 (PST)
andrei radulescu-banu <iubica2@...oo.com> wrote:

> I've scanned the PCI information under Documentation/PCI in the source tree, but could not find this information. I am not sure if PCIe gen 2 requires special software support in the PCI layer, or if the hardware hides any PCIe version differences from the Linux PCI driver.

PCIe 2.x works fine with Linux.  We don't support all of the PCIe 2.x
extensions though, so depending on your device not all features may be
enabled.

-- 
Jesse Barnes, Intel Open Source Technology Center
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