Re: question about MTRR and XFree86 4.0
PJS> according to /usr/src/linux/Documentation/mtrr.txt...
PJS> A patch is being written for XFree86 which will make this automatic:
PJS> in other words the X server will manipulate /proc/mtrr using the
PJS> ioctl() interface, so users won't have to do anything.
PJS> does anybody know if this has been done yet? it looks like my
PJS> mtrr was set:
PJS> reg00: base=0x00000000 ( 0MB), size= 128MB: write-back, count=1
PJS> reg01: base=0x08000000 ( 128MB), size= 64MB: write-back, count=1
PJS> reg02: base=0x0c000000 ( 192MB), size= 32MB: write-back, count=1
PJS> reg03: base=0xe8000000 (3712MB), size= 64MB: write-combining, count=2
PJS> but i haven't echo'd anything to /proc/mtrr.
PJS> has this patch already been integrated into X 4.0?
I think yes. At least on all video cards I've tried MTRR was enabled
by XFree86 4.xx automatically.
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