Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 5 Jan 2001 18:33:44 +0100 | From | Gerd Knorr <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] VESA framebuffer w/ MTRR locks 2.4.0 on init |
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> yywrap is a hack rather than generally safe feature and its not guaranteed that > your videoram wraps neatly. Really the driver should have spotted the hole I > guess.
Well, vesafb really depends on what the vesa bios says...
That's why it has all may-have-problems features turned off by default: no ywrap, no mtrr. At least it was this way last time I touched it.
Gerd
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