From owner-freebsd-current Tue May 19 01:58:39 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id BAA24744 for freebsd-current-outgoing; Tue, 19 May 1998 01:58:39 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from ns1.yes.no (ns1.yes.no [195.119.24.10]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id BAA24736 for ; Tue, 19 May 1998 01:58:35 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from eivind@bitbox.follo.net) Received: from bitbox.follo.net (bitbox.follo.net [195.204.143.218]) by ns1.yes.no (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id IAA09659; Tue, 19 May 1998 08:58:30 GMT Received: (from eivind@localhost) by bitbox.follo.net (8.8.8/8.8.6) id KAA25922; Tue, 19 May 1998 10:58:30 +0200 (MET DST) Message-ID: <19980519105830.21543@follo.net> Date: Tue, 19 May 1998 10:58:30 +0200 From: Eivind Eklund To: "Daniel O'Connor" Cc: current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: People having problems with X windows? References: <199805160003.TAA17395@dyson.iquest.net> <199805190432.OAA18184@cain.gsoft.com.au> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.89.1i In-Reply-To: <199805190432.OAA18184@cain.gsoft.com.au>; from Daniel O'Connor on Tue, May 19, 1998 at 02:02:12PM +0930 Sender: owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG 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