Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 3 Aug 1998 08:21:49 +0200 | From | Gerd Knorr <> | Subject | Re: FB and MTRR |
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In lists.linux.kernel you write:
>On Sat, 1 Aug 1998, Richard Gooch wrote: >> Hi, Geert. IIRC, you wrote a note about using the FB code on i386, >> and at the end you mentioned using /proc/mtrr to speed up
>That wasn't me. I'm no ia32 hacker.
>All _I_ have is m68k, PPC and AXP (yes, since friday!).
>> performance. Why not have the FB code call the mtrr_add() function >> directly? That's what it's there for: for use by kernel graphics >> drivers.
>Any ia32 hacker who's willing to look at this?
Already done (but I want boot that kernel at least once before mailing patches).
While talking about vesafb performance: Any way to tell linux it should use a 4MB page to map the Framebuffer?
Gerd
-- Gerd Knorr <kraxel@cs.tu-berlin.de>
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