Date: Mon, 03 Mar 2014 11:49:38 -0500 From: Kurt Lidl <lidl@pix.net> To: freebsd-arch@freebsd.org Subject: Re: newcons fb driver Message-ID: <5314B2A2.3060100@pix.net> In-Reply-To: <42130.1393829535@critter.freebsd.dk> References: <42130.1393829535@critter.freebsd.dk>
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> In message <CAJ-Vmo=jCGUxXs_GBoCm581wTouozWE=AQ3x1wBKYM_J3_dGrg at mail.gmail.com> > , Adrian Chadd writes: > >>.. i'm pretty sure there was a reason for why it's done in byte sizes. >>Maybe speak to phk? > > Buggy video hardware, which does not do larger writes correctly, > the most recent one being an Intel Laptop, but I can't remember which. > > At the very least, byte writes needs to be a boot-time option. Intel Atom boards, as I recall: http://freshbsd.org/commit/freebsd/r237203 -Kurt
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