Date: Fri, 28 Jul 1995 10:44:40 +0200 From: j@bonnie.heep.sax.de (J Wunsch) To: chat@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FBSD 2.0.5 / XF86 3.11 Performance Message-ID: <199507280844.KAA02710@bonnie.tcd-dresden.de> In-Reply-To: <PHILS.95Jul25221207@satori.tv.tek.com> References: <PHILS.95Jul25144451@satori.tv.tek.com>
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Something for the curiosity corner: 8^)
In article <PHILS.95Jul25221207@satori.tv.tek.com> you write:
>In article <PHILS.95Jul25144451@satori.tv.tek.com> phils@satori.tv.tek.com (Phil Staub) writes:
>
>>
>> Having just installed FreeBSD 2.0.5 and XFree86 3.1.1 on my system, I
>> was somewhat dismayed to see that graphics performance seems to have
>> slowed by about 2/3 from FBSD 2.0R and XFree86 3.1. I'm using the S3
>> server in 1024x768 or 1152x900 resolution on a 2 meg #9 GXE64 (not
>> Pro). The processor is a 486DX266 with 16 Meg of ram.
>>
>
>My son seems to have accidently stumbled onto an interesting piece of
>information.
>
>He wanted to see how slowly xengine would run when he toggled the turbo
>switch to the "slow" position. Imagine his surprise (and mine) when it
>went back up to the speed I'm used to seeing it run at! This is in
>spite of the fact that the turbo light went off and the speed display
>changed to slow speed.
>
>I now suspect that something in the boot sequence is reading the
>switch and mis-interpreting its setting, then setting a control
>register to low speed. Either that or unconditionally setting the
>register to low speed, regardless of the state of the switch.
>
>Can someone comment on this hypothesis?
>
>Thanks,
>Phil
>
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>------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>Phil Staub, phils@tv.tv.tek.com
>TV/Communications Test Division
>(503) 627-6910
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cheers, J"org private: joerg_wunsch@uriah.heep.sax.de
http://www.sax.de/~joerg/
Never trust an operating system you don't have sources for. ;-)
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