Subject: Re: CIA bridges never use BWX capability
To: Sean Davis <dive@endersgame.net>
From: Simon Burge <simonb@wasabisystems.com>
List: port-alpha
Date: 04/10/2004 16:50:23
Sean Davis wrote:

> Anyway, I digress. Would BWX being enabled squeeze some extra performance
> out of this 60 pound space heater / mail server?

I'm not sure that it would.  PCI config space accesses are pretty rare,
usually just during configuration.  During normal use, PCI I/O and
memory space accesses are used.

Simon.
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