Re: [PATCH] VESA framebuffer w/ MTRR locks 2.4.0 on init

Gerd Knorr
2001-01-05T18:30:37Z

> yywrap is a hack rather than generally safe feature and its not guaranteed that
> your videoram wraps neatly. Really the driver should have spotted the hole I
> guess.

Well, vesafb really depends on what the vesa bios says...

That's why it has all may-have-problems features turned off by default:
no ywrap, no mtrr. At least it was this way last time I touched it.

Gerd

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