From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1750748AbVLXOqJ (ORCPT ); Sat, 24 Dec 2005 09:46:09 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1750767AbVLXOqJ (ORCPT ); Sat, 24 Dec 2005 09:46:09 -0500 Received: from mail.linicks.net ([217.204.244.146]:58600 "EHLO linux233.linicks.net") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1750748AbVLXOqI (ORCPT ); Sat, 24 Dec 2005 09:46:08 -0500 From: Nick Warne To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: [Question] BIOS settings Date: Sat, 24 Dec 2005 14:45:58 +0000 User-Agent: KMail/1.9 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200512241445.59092.nick@linicks.net> Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Hi everybody, and seasons greetings, I was reading up on the web, and saw that BIOS `video shadowing' isn't required with modern kernels, as the kernel talks direct to the hardware bypassing BIOS. I was aware of this re boot time, and know that kernel queries hardware direct - but didn't know this bit. I have an KT7 mobo with award BIOS (version year 2000) and GeForce4 MME with nVidia 'secret squirrel' module [kernel 2.6.14.4], so turned off video shadowing. Now, glxgears (I know it not a measurement tool, but...) runs at an amazing 400fps faster (it was 750ish, now runs at 1100ish in same environment). So, my question is - are there any documentation that covers what is needed and isn't needed in setting up optimum BIOS settings for Linux kernels? Regards, Nick -- "Person who say it cannot be done should not interrupt person doing it." -Chinese Proverb My quake2 project: http://sourceforge.net/projects/quake2plus/