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From: "John S. Dyson" <toor@dyson.iquest.net>
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Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/sys/pci pcisupport.c
In-Reply-To: <199806080442.VAA02987@rah.star-gate.com> from Amancio Hasty at "Jun 7, 98 09:42:25 pm"
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> Please leave it off. It is not a good idea for the kernel to enable 
> this feature . Too many variations on the PC for instance in some 
> cases it even breaks dma to audio cards -- don't ask me why 8)
> Certain vga  cards actually report the wrong memory range.
> 
I actually was amazed that I didnt' disable it earlier :-(.  I
intend to implement a user available API, so the WC enable
as is will be gone forever (AFAIK.)  A more conservative version
might appear, but as it is, it IS DEAD :-).

John