latest patch for atyfb

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latest patch for atyfb

From: Alexander Kern <hidden>
Date: 2004-10-11 22:25:23

Hi, 
now against 2.6.9-rc3-mm2. Changed since latest; resync + mtrr patch from 
Ville(doesn't work by me, but doesn't broke too).

Cheers Alex

Re: latest patch for atyfb

From: Ville Syrjälä <syrjala@sci.fi>
Date: 2004-10-16 00:15:59

On Tue, Oct 12, 2004 at 12:24:49AM +0200, Alexander Kern wrote:
Hi, 
now against 2.6.9-rc3-mm2. Changed since latest; resync + mtrr patch from 
Ville(doesn't work by me, but doesn't broke too).
Do you mean that it should work (in theory) but doesn't?

-- 
Ville Syrjälä
syrjala@sci.fi
http://www.sci.fi/~syrjala/


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Re: latest patch for atyfb

From: Alexander Kern <hidden>
Date: 2004-10-16 17:54:01

Am Samstag, 16. Oktober 2004 02:15 schrieb Ville Syrjälä:
On Tue, Oct 12, 2004 at 12:24:49AM +0200, Alexander Kern wrote:
quoted
Hi,
now against 2.6.9-rc3-mm2. Changed since latest; resync + mtrr patch from
Ville(doesn't work by me, but doesn't broke too).
Do you mean that it should work (in theory) but doesn't?
No, I feel that on my machine I cannot see the difference, because
somebody (BIOS?) register 4 MB WriteCombining area before atyfb even starts.
Naturally add_mtrr(with whole memory, 8 MB) always failed.
Cheers
Alex


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