Design Details

As previously stated, the PCI server architecture is very modular. The design is analogous to the original PCI specification in the way that it allows the extension of the specification with minimal or no impact on backward compatibility. This design has the following benefits:

• It's extensible: new functionality can be delivered in a modular fashion.
• Only the required modules are loaded, reducing code size.
• There's reduced impact to the code base when bugs are fixed.