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author gabucino
date Mon, 12 Mar 2001 14:56:55 +0000
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1 Setting up MTRR for X11 or mga_vid: 1 Setting up MTRR for X11 or mga_vid:
2 =================================== 2 ===================================
3 3
4 1. find the base address 4 1. find the base address
5 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 5 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
6 You have 3 cases to find it: 6 You have 3 ways to find it:
7 7
8 - from X11 startup messages, for example: 8 - from X11 startup messages, for example:
9 (--) SVGA: PCI: Matrox MGA G400 AGP rev 4, Memory @ 0xd8000000, 0xd4000000 9 (--) SVGA: PCI: Matrox MGA G400 AGP rev 4, Memory @ 0xd8000000, 0xd4000000
10 (--) SVGA: Linear framebuffer at 0xD8000000 10 (--) SVGA: Linear framebuffer at 0xD8000000
11 11
16 - from mga_vid kernel driver messages (use dmesg): 16 - from mga_vid kernel driver messages (use dmesg):
17 mga_mem_base = d8000000 17 mga_mem_base = d8000000
18 18
19 2. find memory size 19 2. find memory size
20 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 20 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
21 This is much easier, just convert video ram size to hexadecimal, or 21 This is very easy, just convert video ram size to hexadecimal, or
22 use this table: 22 use this table:
23 1 MB 0x100000 23 1 MB 0x100000
24 2 MB 0x200000 24 2 MB 0x200000
25 4 MB 0x400000 25 4 MB 0x400000
26 8 MB 0x800000 26 8 MB 0x800000
33 33
34 For example, for the matrox card above (base=0xd8000000) with 32MB 34 For example, for the matrox card above (base=0xd8000000) with 32MB
35 ram (size=0x2000000) just execute: 35 ram (size=0x2000000) just execute:
36 echo "base=0xd8000000 size=0x2000000 type=write-combining" >| /proc/mtrr 36 echo "base=0xd8000000 size=0x2000000 type=write-combining" >| /proc/mtrr
37 37
38 - Older K6-2's [around 266Mhz, stepping 0] may not support MTRR. 38 - Older K6-2's [around 266Mhz, stepping 0] doesn't support MTRR.
39 - K6-2 with 'stepping 12' (do a cat /proc/cpuinfo) supports MTRR. 39 - K6-2 with 'stepping 12' (do a cat /proc/cpuinfo) supports MTRR.