Yokemate of Keyboards
Posts: 4977 from 2009/1/28
From: Delaware, USA
Quote:
Andreas_Wolf wrote:
> the summary of that seems to state that the X8 slot could be bifurcated
> but the primary reason its problematic is that those lanes also control
> another device. I could use some information on that device and which
> lanes it is connect to (some or all).
As I understand it, the x8 slot on the Talos II Lite comes from an x16 controller that already bifurcates into this x8 slot and a second x8 connection to the SAS controller. The x8+x8 bifurcation of this x16 controller is fixed in silicon and thus cannot be changed.
Not even using a PLX switch?
And the SAS controller is optional, the board appears to be available without it.
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