Re: FB and MTRR
Richard Gooch (Richard.Gooch@atnf.CSIRO.AU)
Tue, 4 Aug 1998 16:45:33 +1000
Gerd Knorr writes:
> In lists.linux.kernel you write:
>
> >Gerd Knorr writes:
> >> ok, here we go. Some new vesafb bits. Changed:
> >>
> >> * does the mtrr thing mentioned above automatically at startup.
> >> Killed the two doc lines, as they are not required any more :-)
>
> >Ideally, you should save the register returned by mtrr_add() and use
> >it later when calling mtrr_del() when the driver module is
> >unloaded.
>
> You can't rmmod vesafb...
Ah. Good reason. Well, that's what you should do if vesafb *were*
loadable ;-)
> >Also, the "increment" parameter to mtrr_add() should be 1,
> >not 0.
>
> ok.
Thanks. Assuming this works, please send the patch to Linus: it seems
like a Good Thing.
Regards,
Richard....
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