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A comment on Sipeed NanoKVM-PCIe. Parent comment

Re:Sipeed NanoKVM-PCIe by egorfine on Thursday December 26, 2024 @05:34AM (#42514344)
> Looks like the pcie slot is just used for power?

That's what they claim. Until another binary closed source firmware upgrade arrives, of course.

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Re:Sipeed NanoKVM-PCIe by colejohnson66 on Thursday December 26, 2024 @09:11AM (#42515244)
On a PCIe socket, the first part is power and the rest is data. Their product photos show a card that only touches the power pins.
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Re:Sipeed NanoKVM-PCIe by egorfine on Thursday December 26, 2024 @09:54AM (#42515541)
So we can eliminate the risk of PCIe being exposed, nice. That's the best approach.
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