Re: 2nd version: graphic framebuffer for ia32

Chris Evans (chris@ferret.lmh.ox.ac.uk)
Sat, 16 May 1998 13:41:50 +0100 (BST)


On Sat, 16 May 1998, Gerd Knorr wrote:

> Turn on write-combining for the framebuffer using /proc/mtrr, this speeds
> up scrolling alot.

Hi,

For the case where both the VGA framebuffer support _and_ MTRR support are
in the kernel, it would make sense to automatically enable this on
PPro's/PII's. I've been looking forward to this for a long time :)

Cheers
Chris

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