[OT] 64-bit PCI in 32-bit slots??? crazy??

[Andrew Sinclair]

Bill Moran wrote:

>I'm inheriting some hardware.
>
>These boards have 64-bit PCI SATA cards jammed in 32-bit PCI slots.  Oddly
>enough, the boxen boot and start Linux (which will be replaced with FreeBSD
>when I'm done)
>
>I guess my question is hardware-related.  I mean, I can't believe this
>worked!  Has anyone else seen/done this?  Is this as crazy as it seems to
>me?
>  
>
Please check out this site:

http://www.pcisig.com/specifications/pcix_20/

As you will see, PCI-X is up to 533MHz bus speeds now and the standard 
is still backwards compatible with PCI.