Date: Sun, 5 Sep 1999 10:16:35 -0400 (EDT) From: "Brian F. Feldman" <green@FreeBSD.org> To: Randall Hopper <aa8vb@ipass.net> Cc: hackers@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: K6 Write Combining & FreeBSD Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.10.9909051011400.88106-100000@janus.syracuse.net> In-Reply-To: <19990905100040.A5109@ipass.net>
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On Sun, 5 Sep 1999, Randall Hopper wrote: > Brian F. Feldman: > |Randall Hopper: > |> Does FreeBSD support Write Combining on K6 processors? > | > |Do you mean the MTRR support for K6-2 and above? Yes, that's in 3.3 and 4.0. > > Great! Thanks. > > Do you know what the status is on the XFree86-FreeBSD MTRR interface > that was being hammered out (to coordinate write-combine setup on the frame > buffer)? All I find in Dejanews is: > > http://www.deja.com/=dnc/[ST_rn=ps]/getdoc.xp?AN=452806764 > http://www.deja.com/=dnc/[ST_rn=ps]/getdoc.xp?AN=502908632 Well, from 3.9.16, I get (==) NV(0): Write-combining range (0xcc000000,0x1000000) :-) Nice to know that my work ...errr works. > > Also, I wonder if you've seen/heard of an MTRR patch for 3.2-RELEASE :-) Use cvsup to go to 3.3-STABLE. > > Thanks, > > Randall > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message > -- Brian Fundakowski Feldman / "Any sufficiently advanced bug is \ green@FreeBSD.org | indistinguishable from a feature." | FreeBSD: The Power to Serve! \ -- Rich Kulawiec / To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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