
Extended Daisy-Chain Configuration
In this case, the bus labeled (Bus 6) is obviously further downstream
(hierarchically speaking) than the bus labeled (Bus 4). And, of course,
there is a caveat to all of this: the bus numbering depends on the
algorithm implemented by your BIOS or console firmware configuration
code. We have labeled everything here as if:
a) The BIOS or firmware runs a true "depth-first" search of
the PCI bus hierarchy
b) Your BIOS or firmware will actually deal with multiple
PPBs
Fan-Out
In a fan-out configuration, successive PCI expansion systems are
added to the PCI bus hierarchy at a "peer" level of other existing
expansion buses, thus adding "breadth" to the PCI bus hierarchy since
these buses will be at the same hierarchical level within the system
configuration.
Fan-Out Configuration
The PCI Local Bus in your host computer will typically be numbered as
"PCI Bus Zero". Each addition of a PPB to the bus hierarchy will add a
new bus level into the hierarchy. In the following discussion, higher PCI
Local Bus numbers are termed to be "downstream" of lower numbered
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