remember i bought a cheap Chinese motherboard with a Xeon included in the price?

i just ran lspci on it.

look at it. what is even going on

biblically accurate PCI bus

full text if you're curious https://paste.debian.net/hidden/a5c1fead
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@whitequark this is sadly normal, everything on bus ff: is Intel having engorged body parts for unnecessary PCI devices 

(To be fair, "look good" is not a criteria for PCI bus/interface design)

@equinox pretty sure it's a debug interface that's not meant to be exposed on motherboards shipped to customers

@whitequark @equinox this is one of my recent xeon workstations https://paste.debian.net/hidden/2b8d5ed8

doesnt look all that different?

@azonenberg @whitequark @equinox Yeah, it's pretty normal for a Xeon board. Here's lspci from a random SuperMicro: https://clipboards.drifting-through.space/a4f81ed6/