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PCI System Architecture (4th Edition)
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Author: Inc. MindShare, Tom Shanley, Don Anderson
List Price: $54.99
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ISBN: 0201309742
Publisher: Addison-Wesley Pub Co (10 June, 1999)
Edition: Paperback
Sales Rank: 30,180
Average Customer Rating: 3.61 out of 5
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Customer ReviewsRating: 2 out of 5
Not for Software Developers
Basically, this book is very similar to the PCI SIG specification in many respects (without the hefty PCI SIG membership fee). I was surprised to find that Hot-Plug PCI is given some treatment, but as with most of the material it was generalized and skewed towards the hardware design audience. This book does do a good job of laying out the registers and explaining them. After I finished reading this book, I was able to do what I need to do, but didn't have a great idea of how the whole system worked. There are plenty of timing diagrams and lots of good information, but most of it useless for a software developer. For example, the entire chapter of Hot-Plug PCI was well written, but it described what needed to be done to the various control lines-- something that would be implemented by the Hotplug PCI chipset controller. As a result, it is nice to know, but ultimately, useless. Simply stated, if you are looking for a book to help write a device driver for a PCI-based device, this isn't it. On the other hand, if you are software developer looking for a primer on PCI, I would still look elsewhere.
Rating: 2 out of 5
Not too different from the PCI Spec from PCI-SIG
Hi,
Bought this book under the assumption that the coverage would be better than the PCI Specification from PCI-SIG, but the book is pretty much an exact copy of the specification document. If you can get your hands on the original PCI spec., you will be better off. The only saving grace for this book was that it covered all the stuff from the spec., so if you don't have access to the spec., the book does an ok job covering the whole PCI area.
Rating: 1 out of 5
Software engineer
I agree with other reviewers that said the book is not very helpful if you are writing a PCI device driver. It's full of register definitions and timing diagrams but I never got a feel for how to put it all together. This book may be useful for hardware designers but it is largely worthless for software engineers. If you're writing a driver and you want more info, don't waste your money here.
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