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Date:      Fri, 15 May 1998 12:10:09 +0200
From:      Poul-Henning Kamp <phk@critter.freebsd.dk>
To:        Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com>
Cc:        dyson@FreeBSD.ORG, sos@FreeBSD.ORG, current@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: People having problems with X windows? 
Message-ID:  <2254.895227009@critter.freebsd.dk>
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Fri, 15 May 1998 18:09:16 %2B0930." <19980515180916.J1953@freebie.lemis.com> 

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In message <19980515180916.J1953@freebie.lemis.com>, Greg Lehey writes:

>> I just removed my WC "improvements", by adding the return to the
>> subroutine in the pmap code.  See if it is more friendly.  The
>> symptoms appear to be those associated with improper setting of
>> WC mode for a display adaptor.  I had to add a heuristic to make
>> it work correctly on one of my cards, but I guess it was bad.
>>
>> The code is still in there, but I guess there is the need for more
>> research into the issue.
>
>Excuse my ignorance, but what's WC in this context?

Write Combining.

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Poul-Henning Kamp             FreeBSD coreteam member
phk@FreeBSD.ORG               "Real hackers run -current on their laptop."
"ttyv0" -- What UNIX calls a $20K state-of-the-art, 3D, hi-res color terminal

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