Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 31 Dec 2007 15:56:57 +0000 | From | Alan Cox <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] x86: provide a DMI based port 0x80 I/O delay override |
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On Mon, 31 Dec 2007 15:39:02 +0100 (CET) > > Actually there were, and I sent numerous people patches for that back in > > ISA days. > > Are you talking about VGA cards requiring a delay between outb index/outb > data, VGA cards barfing on outw or systems barfing on outb(0x80,42)?
VGA cards barfing on outw - on some trident at least it would cause weird display messups when scrolling the text console that went right the next scroll.
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