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Altera_Forum
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14 years ago

Point me in the right Direction - PCIe

Ok - Ive been staring at the PCIe Userguide for a couple of days - and I dont really know where to start with this thing. We have a design that requires the following setup: PC (currently windo...
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14 years ago

I don’t agree. You need both the PCI spec and the PCIe spec – you won’t make it with either or none of both. The PCI spec will teach you all about the bus enumeration, config spaces and such, while the PCIe spec contains only the (added) information relevant for PCIe like the transactions, transaction ordering, etc.

Remember: You need to be PCI SIG member to get your own vendor ID assigned and reserved. And you must remain member while you are using this ID (for new products at least).