Re: mtrr
Richard Gooch (Richard.Gooch@atnf.CSIRO.AU)
Mon, 3 Aug 1998 10:11:48 +1000
Tom Rini writes:
> The docs for mtrr say that it can speedup graphical usage upto 2.5, and
> the Docs provide examples on howto read/add to /proc/mtrr, but are there
> any apps that make use of it? or do all you have to do is turn on the
> config option and then turn it on like the file says it would be used by X
> (or would it need a patch to use as well as manipulate?) and framebuffers?
XFree86 4.0 will manipulate /proc/mtrr directly. I'm also looking for
someone to hack the x86 FBcon drivers to call mtrr_add()
directly. Feel free to volunteer :-)
Regards,
Richard....
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