Re: [PATCH] Use MTRRs by default for vesafb on x86-64

Dave Jones
2003-05-18T23:47:06Z

On Mon, May 19, 2003 at 12:33:25AM +0100, Jamie Lokier wrote:

> My point being that vesafb is used for maximum compatibility, when you
> have no other way to drive an unknown framebuffer. It's the emergency
> backup driver. Shouldn't it be robust when faced with an unknown
> framebuffer type, new or old?

It works just fine. Just you can't enable MTRRs for framebuffer memory.
Losing a bit of performance for what is (by todays standards) a crap
performing card anyways, is no big deal.

Dave