Re: [PATCH] [2.4] forcedeth network driver

[Paul Mackerras <paulus@xxxxxxxxx>]

Vojtech Pavlik writes:

> Well, my memory may be tricking me (I'm not really sure about this), but
> I remember there was supposed to be a PPC64 northbridge with a HT link,
> made exactly for the purpose of connecting an nForce southrbridge to it.
> But it definitely is not in production yet.

The U3 northbridge in the Apple G5 powermac has a HT link coming out
of it, which connects via an AMD PCI-X tunnel chip to an Apple K2
southbridge.  I have never heard of anyone using (or planning to use)
an nForce southbridge on a PPC64 system though.

Regards,
Paul.