From owner-freebsd-current Mon May 18 21:32:54 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id VAA02413 for freebsd-current-outgoing; Mon, 18 May 1998 21:32:54 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from cain.gsoft.com.au (genesi.lnk.telstra.net [139.130.136.161]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id VAA02355; Mon, 18 May 1998 21:32:38 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from doconnor@cain.gsoft.com.au) Received: from cain (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by cain.gsoft.com.au (8.8.8/8.6.9) with ESMTP id OAA18184; Tue, 19 May 1998 14:02:13 +0930 (CST) Message-Id: <199805190432.OAA18184@cain.gsoft.com.au> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.0zeta 7/24/97 To: "John S. Dyson" cc: dawes@rf900.physics.usyd.edu.au (David Dawes), dyson@FreeBSD.ORG, sos@FreeBSD.ORG, current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: People having problems with X windows? In-reply-to: Your message of "Fri, 15 May 1998 19:03:52 EST." <199805160003.TAA17395@dyson.iquest.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Tue, 19 May 1998 14:02:12 +0930 From: "Daniel O'Connor" Sender: owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG > It seems that I'll need to supply a system call or ioctl or something > that will allow for reconfig of the CPU registers. The new P6 processors > allow for easier control, but with the P6 and earlier PII processors, > I'll have to do an IPI. I'll put this on my list (and am willing to > accept ideas from other OSen that you support, to help minimize support > issues for you.) Well, AFAIK Linux has support for it know, as I was reading that someone had given instructions on what regions to set for WC when using a 3Dfx card. I don't have anymore info tho :( --------------------------------------------------------------------- |Daniel O'Connor software and network engineer for Genesis Software | |http://www.gsoft.com.au | |The nice thing about standards is that there are so many of them to| |choose from. -- Andrew Tanenbaum | --------------------------------------------------------------------- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message