From owner-freebsd-multimedia Wed Nov 19 10:15:32 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id KAA06899 for multimedia-outgoing; Wed, 19 Nov 1997 10:15:32 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-multimedia) Received: from crh.cl.msu.edu (crh.cl.msu.edu [35.8.1.24]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id KAA06891 for ; Wed, 19 Nov 1997 10:15:30 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from henrich@crh.cl.msu.edu) Received: (from henrich@localhost) by crh.cl.msu.edu (8.8.7/8.8.7) id NAA19166; Wed, 19 Nov 1997 13:15:19 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from henrich) Message-ID: <19971119131519.19844@crh.cl.msu.edu> Date: Wed, 19 Nov 1997 13:15:19 -0500 From: Charles Henrich To: Amancio Hasty Cc: freebsd-multimedia@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Faster X Updates References: <19971119101919.49668@crh.cl.msu.edu> <199711191813.KAA01443@rah.star-gate.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.84 In-Reply-To: <199711191813.KAA01443@rah.star-gate.com>; from Amancio Hasty on Wed, Nov 19, 1997 at 10:13:31AM -0800 X-Operating-System: FreeBSD 2.2.5-RELEASE X-PGP-Fingerprint: 1024/F7 FD C7 3A F5 6A 23 BF 76 C4 B8 C9 6E 41 A4 4F Sender: owner-freebsd-multimedia@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On the subject of Re: Faster X Updates, Amancio Hasty stated: > > For pentium pro and pentium II systems you can enable write combine > for your display buffer . this is what I do for my matrox millenium > frame buffer. Do a netsearch on fastvid for an explanation on > PCI write combinining . > > wrmsr(0x204, 0xf9800001); > wrmsr(0x205, 0xffc00000 | 0x800); Whats wrmsr Amancio? -Crh Charles Henrich Michigan State University henrich@msu.edu http://pilot.msu.edu/~henrich