Macsense Connectivity MPC-200 - Manual (Page 35)

There are three basic categories for PCI systems with respect to PCI-to-CardBus
bridge support:
Type description
1. The hardware and BIOS supports PCI-to-CardBus bridges.
2. The hardware supports PCI-to-CardBus bridges but the BIOS doesn't.
3. The hardware doesn't support PCI-to-CardBus bridges.
For systems in the type 1 category, these utilities are not needed to configure the sys-
tem as the BIOS will do this for you.
Systems in type 2 category can take full advantage of these utilities.
Systems in the type 3 category should not be used as they are not compliant with the
PCI Local Bus Specification V2.x. Future expansion on these Systems is limited.
There are some systems that have host bridges that are slightly different from what is
required in the PCI Local Bus Specification.
Since the utilities are expecting the hardware to be compliant with the PCI Local Bus
Specification (with a few exceptions), if you worry about that, The '-b' switch has been
implemented on the STARTER utility and will allow the user to request the system BIOS
generate the low level I/O cycles.
Most system BIOS will know how to generate the correct configuration cycles, they just
won't auto configure bridges and devices behind them. If a specific BIOS doesn't generate
the correct configuration cycles, then don't use this switch.
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