Re: How does PCIe appear to the host?

>>> It's supposed to negotiate down to x1?
>> Yes.
> Okay.  I've dropped the manufacturer an email asking whether this
> device is supposed to work in a mechanically x16 slot which has only
> one lane available to it.

It's not.  Vantec wrote back, saying

> I'm sorry, but this card won't work with Any PCIe slot with only 1 lane.
> Yes, technically it should be able to run in 1 lane, but we designed it not
> to support using 1 lane for 5 devices, it will be slow.

I offered my opinion that "slow" is better than "not working at all",
but, obviously, that's not relevant to the existing hardware.

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