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Date:      Tue, 19 May 1998 14:02:12 +0930
From:      "Daniel O'Connor" <doconnor@gsoft.com.au>
To:        "John S. Dyson" <toor@dyson.iquest.net>
Cc:        dawes@rf900.physics.usyd.edu.au (David Dawes), dyson@FreeBSD.ORG, sos@FreeBSD.ORG, current@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: People having problems with X windows? 
Message-ID:  <199805190432.OAA18184@cain.gsoft.com.au>
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Fri, 15 May 1998 19:03:52 EST." <199805160003.TAA17395@dyson.iquest.net> 

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> 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 :(

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