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1 Setting up MTRR for X11 3.3.x, SVGAlib or mga_vid:
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4 1. find the base address
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6 You have 3 ways to find it:
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8 - from X11 startup messages, for example:
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9 (--) SVGA: PCI: Matrox MGA G400 AGP rev 4, Memory @ 0xd8000000, 0xd4000000
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10 (--) SVGA: Linear framebuffer at 0xD8000000
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12 - from /proc/pci (use lspci -v command):
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13 01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: Matrox Graphics, Inc.: Unknown device 0525
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14 Memory at d8000000 (32-bit, prefetchable)
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16 - from mga_vid kernel driver messages (use dmesg):
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17 mga_mem_base = d8000000
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19 2. find memory size
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21 This is very easy, just convert video ram size to hexadecimal, or
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22 use this table:
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23 1 MB 0x100000
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24 2 MB 0x200000
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25 4 MB 0x400000
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26 8 MB 0x800000
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27 16 MB 0x1000000
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28 32 MB 0x2000000
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30 3. setting up mtrr
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31 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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32 You know base address and memory size, let's setup mtrr registers!
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34 For example, for the matrox card above (base=0xd8000000) with 32MB
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35 ram (size=0x2000000) just execute:
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36 echo "base=0xd8000000 size=0x2000000 type=write-combining" >| /proc/mtrr
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38 - Older K6-2's [around 266Mhz, stepping 0] doesn't support MTRR, but
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39 stepping 12's do ('cat /proc/cpuinfo' to check it).
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