Date: Mon, 06 Mar 2000 13:21:15 -0800 From: Mike Smith <msmith@freebsd.org> To: Coleman Kane <cokane@one.net> Cc: Mike Smith <msmith@freebsd.org>, stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: K6-MTRRs Message-ID: <200003062121.NAA00563@mass.cdrom.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Mon, 06 Mar 2000 07:33:47 EST." <20000306073347.A33006@evil.2y.net>
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> Well, I know that they are different form those on the PII/III line, > and that there are only two. I think that they are implemented in some > windows drivers and programs. Maybe whoever is in charge of it could > contact me, I have some AMD tech docs and maybe I could take a crack at > it. I'm not sure I follow you. We have implemented support for the K6 memory range registers, and having done so, discovered that they don't behave like they should. Thus, support was disabled for these CPUs. There's nothing more to do, as far as I'm aware - the hardware itself is broken. > --cokane > > Mike Smith had the audacity to say: > > > I know that the k6 mtrr code is broken. Who is actively working on > > > this? I have been messing with it and know that it screws up the > > > framebuffer writes in xfree86 4.0. It prevents the writes of certain > > > parts of the pixel values. > > > > Evidence suggests that the problem is actually in the K6 itself. > > > > -- > > \\ Give a man a fish, and you feed him for a day. \\ Mike Smith > > \\ Tell him he should learn how to fish himself, \\ msmith@freebsd.org > > \\ and he'll hate you for a lifetime. \\ msmith@cdrom.com > > > > > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > > with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message -- \\ Give a man a fish, and you feed him for a day. \\ Mike Smith \\ Tell him he should learn how to fish himself, \\ msmith@freebsd.org \\ and he'll hate you for a lifetime. \\ msmith@cdrom.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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