Date: Wed, 8 Mar 2000 13:52:21 +0200 (IST) From: Roman Shterenzon <roman@ksl.co.il> To: Mike Smith <msmith@FreeBSD.ORG> Cc: Coleman Kane <cokane@one.net>, stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: K6-MTRRs Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0003081350370.49284-100000@rs.ksl.co.il> In-Reply-To: <200003062121.NAA00563@mass.cdrom.com>
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What models/revisions seem to be broken? I *think* that K6-2 mtrr works. On Mon, 6 Mar 2000, Mike Smith wrote: > > Well, I know that they are different form those on the PII/III line, > > and that there are only two. I think that they are implemented in some > > windows drivers and programs. Maybe whoever is in charge of it could > > contact me, I have some AMD tech docs and maybe I could take a crack at > > it. > > I'm not sure I follow you. We have implemented support for the K6 memory > range registers, and having done so, discovered that they don't behave > like they should. Thus, support was disabled for these CPUs. There's > nothing more to do, as far as I'm aware - the hardware itself is broken. > > > --cokane > > > > Mike Smith had the audacity to say: > > > > I know that the k6 mtrr code is broken. Who is actively working on > > > > this? I have been messing with it and know that it screws up the > > > > framebuffer writes in xfree86 4.0. It prevents the writes of certain > > > > parts of the pixel values. > > > > > > Evidence suggests that the problem is actually in the K6 itself. > > > > > > -- > > > \\ Give a man a fish, and you feed him for a day. \\ Mike Smith > > > \\ Tell him he should learn how to fish himself, \\ msmith@freebsd.org > > > \\ and he'll hate you for a lifetime. \\ msmith@cdrom.com > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > > > with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message > > -- > \\ Give a man a fish, and you feed him for a day. \\ Mike Smith > \\ Tell him he should learn how to fish himself, \\ msmith@freebsd.org > \\ and he'll hate you for a lifetime. \\ msmith@cdrom.com > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message > --Roman Shterenzon, UNIX System Administrator and Consultant [ Xpert UNIX Systems Ltd., Herzlia, Israel. Tel: +972-9-9522361 ] To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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