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Date:      Wed, 26 Feb 1997 17:35:46 -0500 (EST)
From:      Mark Mayo <mark@quickweb.com>
To:        Amancio Hasty <hasty@rah.star-gate.com>
Cc:        hackers@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: CTPPRO? 
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.3.95q.970226173319.12865D-100000@vinyl.quickweb.com>
In-Reply-To: <199702230935.BAA05670@rah.star-gate.com>

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On Sun, 23 Feb 1997, Amancio Hasty wrote:

> 
> Hi,
> 
> I found a device driver called perfmon in -current. It can read the
> model specific registers and write them (rdmsr and wrmsr).
>  Additionally, if you search the web for Intel Secrets and look up 
> Pentium Pro Family Developer's Manual in Appendix C it has a description 
> for the Model specific registers. The filename is 242692_1.pdf .

Got it. I'll peek at Appendix C.

> 
> I think that these are all the bits that we need to implement fastvid 8)
> 

I gave the code for ctppro.pas to my friend who will translate for us -
should have the english version back real soon.

So do you think we should do this in userland through /dev/io, or write a
device driver that fires up the correct registers during bootup?

-Mark

> 
> 	Enjoy,
> 	Amancio
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 

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