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>Gerd Knorr writes:
>> [ lockup with vesafb + mtrr + Millennium 2MB ]
>>
>> > vesafb: framebuffer at 0xa0800000, mapped to 0xc8800000, size 2048k
>>
>> Ok, size is correct.  Base address probably too, otherwise you
>> would'nt see anything...
>>
>> Richard, any idea what is wrong there?  vesafb will try to create a
>> mtrr entry for the framebuffer: base=0xa0800000, 2 MB size.  This
>> locks the machine (which can be "fixed" by disabling mtrr in .config).
>
>Sorry, I haven't been following this thread. At what point does the
>machine lock up? Is it as soon as the MTRR region is setup, or later
>(such as when you do graphics operations or change video modes)?
>

It appears that the lockup occurs when the video mode is changed during
bootup).

-Tom


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