Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 19 May 2003 01:02:49 +0100 | From | Dave Jones <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] Use MTRRs by default for vesafb on x86-64 |
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On Mon, May 19, 2003 at 12:33:25AM +0100, Jamie Lokier wrote:
> My point being that vesafb is used for maximum compatibility, when you > have no other way to drive an unknown framebuffer. It's the emergency > backup driver. Shouldn't it be robust when faced with an unknown > framebuffer type, new or old?
It works just fine. Just you can't enable MTRRs for framebuffer memory. Losing a bit of performance for what is (by todays standards) a crap performing card anyways, is no big deal.
Dave
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