> 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 :-)
This would be something like mtrr_add(base, size, MTRR_WR_COMB, ?); in the
init section of each one, right?
--- Tom Rini (TR1265) http://gate.crashing.org/~trini/
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