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Subject: Re: 2.6.20-rc7 mtrr handling
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Sebastian Kemper wrote:
> 
> But now /proc/mtrr shows 256MB of video ram, same as lspci, whereas the 
> real amount of video ram (as properly detected by X) is only 128MB.
> 

The size of the aperture doesn't have to match the actual amount of 
memory.  For many cards it doesn't.

	-hpa