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From: Andrew Warren <aiw@CYPRESS.COM>

> > this [subletting of Vendor IDs] is what is done in the PCI world I
> > believe.
>
>     Has your user experience with all PCI cards been perfect?  Mine
>     hasn't, and I suspect that it's because lots of those cards are
>     manufactured by non-PCISIG members who just sublet someone
>     else's PCI Vendor ID and never went through compliance testing.

I haven't really had any problems on a PCI-only system, but when mixing PCI
and ISA devices it can cause IRQ problems, something inherent in the way
that PCI IRQs are assigned by slot.

In my present system, I've had up to 3 video cards, up to 2 SCSI cards, up
to 2 NICs and a video capture card in my computer (in many combinations)
with zero problems.

Of course, even Intel is said to have an occasional problem or two making
their production chipsets totally PCI standards compliant.

Jeff

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