Date: Mon, 19 Jul 1999 11:52:41 -0700 From: Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au> To: freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Question about MTRR boot message Message-ID: <199907191852.LAA00499@dingo.cdrom.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Mon, 19 Jul 1999 05:25:32 %2B0200." <199907190325.FAA17479@dorifer.heim3.tu-clausthal.de>
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> Hi, > = > There's the following message in my dmesg: > = > "Pentium Pro MTRR support enabled, default memory type is uncacheabl= e" > = > I seriously hope that it does not mean that my memory > is not chached... does it? I haven't found any manual > pages or other docs about it. > = > (If it matters: I cvsupped and built a -current world > yesterday. It's an SMP box (dual Celeron), which seems > to run fine so far.) It means that the default memory type for unmapped memory is = "uncacheable". The message is confusing because typically there is a = mapping for physical memory that overrides the default. I'll probably = remove it. -- = \\ The mind's the standard \\ Mike Smith \\ of the man. \\ msmith@freebsd.org \\ -- Joseph Merrick \\ msmith@cdrom.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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