Messages in this thread | | | From | Nick Warne <> | Subject | [Question] BIOS settings | Date | Sat, 24 Dec 2005 14:45:58 +0000 |
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Hi everybody, and seasons greetings,
I was reading up on the web, and saw that BIOS `video shadowing' isn't required with modern kernels, as the kernel talks direct to the hardware bypassing BIOS. I was aware of this re boot time, and know that kernel queries hardware direct - but didn't know this bit.
I have an KT7 mobo with award BIOS (version year 2000) and GeForce4 MME with nVidia 'secret squirrel' module [kernel 2.6.14.4], so turned off video shadowing.
Now, glxgears (I know it not a measurement tool, but...) runs at an amazing 400fps faster (it was 750ish, now runs at 1100ish in same environment).
So, my question is - are there any documentation that covers what is needed and isn't needed in setting up optimum BIOS settings for Linux kernels?
Regards,
Nick -- "Person who say it cannot be done should not interrupt person doing it." -Chinese Proverb My quake2 project: http://sourceforge.net/projects/quake2plus/ - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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