Re: AGP & Binary Nvidia Drivers

[Jerome Brown <jerome@hub.net.nz>]

Ian Pratt wrote:
>  
> 
>>Well, I decided to start here. I removed the old driver and tried to
>>reinstall it, to be told that it requires MTRR to be enabled in the
>>kernel. (I must have accidently compiled against the wrong 
>>sources last
>>time). When I try to add this to with ARCH="xen" make menuconfig, the
>>option does not present itself. Is there a way to enable this in the
>>config, or would doing so be A Bad Thing (TM)? (I am also 
>>interested in
>>getting my soundcard going, and the ALSA sections are also not
>>displayed, but that is the next challenge!)
> 
> 
> What version are you using? Xen/Linux has supported MTRR in the default
> config for sometime.

I'm using xen-testing from ~ 3 March, Kernel 2.6.10, as patched by the
Xen install script. When I rung my ARCH="xen" make menuconfig I don't
get presented with these options at all, and some of the menu options
when you select them don't display anything. Is this more likely to be a
make problem?

> I've never tried sound. There's a fair chance it will just work
> providing it doesn't use ISA DMA.

Is an onboard PCI chip, so I expect it will go!

Thanks in advance

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