Re: another Cyrix/mtrr problem?

Bob_Tracy
2001-03-15T13:37:05Z

David Wragg wrote:
> rct@gherkin.sa.wlk.com (Bob_Tracy) writes:
> > echo "base=0xd8000000 size=0x100000 type=write-combining" >| /proc/mtrr
> >
> > I get a 2MB region instead of the 1MB region I expected...
>
> Oops, it got broken by the MTRR >32-bit support in 2.4.0-testX. The
> patch below should fix it.
>
> Joerg, I think this might well fix your Cyrix mtrr problem also.
>
> Let me know how it goes,

That fixed the "wrong size" problem nicely. Thanks!

AGP support on this beast (Tyan S1590S / Apollo MVP3) is still broken,
however. I'll try the new NVIDIA driver (as someone suggested -- thanks
for the steer!) and see if that helps. If there's an NVIDIA person
reading this that would like to work this issue off-line, your help
would be appreciated. Thanks!

-- Bob Tracy
rct@frus.com