Devices                                                   npe(7D)



NAME
     npe - PCI Express bus nexus driver

DESCRIPTION
     The npe nexus driver is used on X64 servers for PCI  Express
     Root  Complex devices that provide PCI Express interconnect.
     This driver is compliant to PCI Express base  specification,
     Revision 1.0a.


     This  nexus  driver  provides  support  for  the   following
     features:  Access to extended configuration space, IE 1275
     extensions for PCI Express, Base line PCI Express error han-
     dling and PCI Express MSI interrupts.

FILES
     /platform/i86pc/kernel/drv/npe

         32-bit ELF kernel module.


     /platform/i86pc/kernel/drv/amd64/npe

         64-bit ELF kernel module.


ATRIBUTES
     See attributes(5) for descriptions of the  following  attri-
     butes:



     
           ATRIBUTE TYPE                ATRIBUTE VALUE       
    
     Architecture                 x64 PCI Express-based systems
    
     Availability                 SUNWcakr.i                   
    


SEE ALSO
     attributes(5), pcie(4), pciepci(7D)


     PCI Express Base Specification v1.0a - 2003


     Writing Device Drivers






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Devices                                                   npe(7D)



     IE 1275 PCI Bus Binding - 1998


     http:/playground.sun.com/1275/bindings/pci/pci-express.txt



















































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