Date: Tue, 19 May 1998 10:58:30 +0200 From: Eivind Eklund <eivind@yes.no> To: "Daniel O'Connor" <doconnor@gsoft.com.au> Cc: current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: People having problems with X windows? Message-ID: <19980519105830.21543@follo.net> In-Reply-To: <199805190432.OAA18184@cain.gsoft.com.au>; from Daniel O'Connor on Tue, May 19, 1998 at 02:02:12PM %2B0930 References: <199805160003.TAA17395@dyson.iquest.net> <199805190432.OAA18184@cain.gsoft.com.au>
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On Tue, May 19, 1998 at 02:02:12PM +0930, Daniel O'Connor wrote: > > > 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 :( Ah, Linux is returning to its config.sys roots - "specifying windows for WC" sounds like re-introducing the pre-historic concept of people doing exact hardware fiddling for things they shouldn't have to know, now also including PCI-cards. :-( Eivind. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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