Date: Wed, 26 Feb 1997 17:35:46 -0500 (EST) From: Mark Mayo <mark@quickweb.com> To: Amancio Hasty <hasty@rah.star-gate.com> Cc: hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: CTPPRO? Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.95q.970226173319.12865D-100000@vinyl.quickweb.com> In-Reply-To: <199702230935.BAA05670@rah.star-gate.com>
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On Sun, 23 Feb 1997, Amancio Hasty wrote: > > Hi, > > I found a device driver called perfmon in -current. It can read the > model specific registers and write them (rdmsr and wrmsr). > Additionally, if you search the web for Intel Secrets and look up > Pentium Pro Family Developer's Manual in Appendix C it has a description > for the Model specific registers. The filename is 242692_1.pdf . Got it. I'll peek at Appendix C. > > I think that these are all the bits that we need to implement fastvid 8) > I gave the code for ctppro.pas to my friend who will translate for us - should have the english version back real soon. So do you think we should do this in userland through /dev/io, or write a device driver that fires up the correct registers during bootup? -Mark > > Enjoy, > Amancio > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Mark Mayo mark@quickweb.com RingZero Comp. http://vinyl.quickweb.com/mark ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Nature shows that with the growth of intelligence comes increased capacity for pain, and it is only with the highest degree of intelligence that suffering reaches its supreme point. -- Arthur Schopenhauer
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