Can two Identical devices be present on the same bus in any PCI Topology

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As per the PCI standard, devices are identified on the basis of Vendor Id, Device Id and the bus no. All devices of same type have identical vendor id and device id. If I put two such devices on the same bus say bus 0. How will the PCI Software Subsystem distinguish between the two?

If such a case is not possible in PCI, then can such thing be possible through PCI Express Switch?

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Can two Identical devices be present on the same bus in any PCI Topology

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Published on 2010-06-10T08:10:10Z Indexed on 2010/06/10 8:13 UTC
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As per the PCI standard, devices are identified on the basis of Vendor Id, Device Id and the bus no. All devices of same type have identical vendor id and device id. If I put two such devices on the same bus say bus 0. How will the PCI Software Subsystem distinguish between the two?

If such a case is not possible in PCI, then can such thing be possible through PCI Express Switch?

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