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Date:      Tue, 19 May 1998 00:03:30 -0500 (EST)
From:      "John S. Dyson" <dyson@FreeBSD.ORG>
To:        doconnor@gsoft.com.au (Daniel O'Connor)
Cc:        dawes@rf900.physics.usyd.edu.au, dyson@FreeBSD.ORG, sos@FreeBSD.ORG, current@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: People having problems with X windows?
Message-ID:  <199805190503.AAA00335@dyson.iquest.net>
In-Reply-To: <199805190432.OAA18184@cain.gsoft.com.au> from Daniel O'Connor at "May 19, 98 02:02:12 pm"

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Daniel O'Connor said:
> 
> > 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 :(
> 
I'll take a look at their API, and if it seems okay, I'll replicate it.
(No sense in being different, just to be different :-)).

-- 
John                  | Never try to teach a pig to sing,
dyson@freebsd.org     | it just makes you look stupid,
jdyson@nc.com         | and it irritates the pig.

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