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Re: [suse-amd64] Solving the Tyan 2885 AGP performance issues
- From: "Steven A. DuChene" <linux-clusters@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 24 Jan 2004 13:39:36 +0000 (UTC)
- Message-id: <20040124083932.Y16138@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Why not just use the nvidia driver to trigger the mtrr problem? After
all there is patches and documentation to allow the nvidia drivers
to work with 2.6 kernels. It may not be "supported" but it appearently
works.
On Fri, Jan 23, 2004 at 11:37:05PM -0600, mark.langsdorf@xxxxxxx wrote:
> > From: Steven A. DuChene [mailto:linux-clusters@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
> >
> > Great, but what about the same fixes for the 2.6 kernels?
>
> A better fix for the AGP issue already exists in the 2.6
> kernel.
>
> Andi Kleen and I are looking into the MTRR issue, but we
> need a test case that doesn't depend on the nVidia driver,
> since that driver doesn't support 2.6. We should have
> an answer by the end of the month.
>
> -Mark Langsdorf
> Team Lead, Linux Device Drivers
> Advanced Micro Devices
>
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Steven A. DuChene linux-clusters@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
sduchene@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
all there is patches and documentation to allow the nvidia drivers
to work with 2.6 kernels. It may not be "supported" but it appearently
works.
On Fri, Jan 23, 2004 at 11:37:05PM -0600, mark.langsdorf@xxxxxxx wrote:
> > From: Steven A. DuChene [mailto:linux-clusters@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
> >
> > Great, but what about the same fixes for the 2.6 kernels?
>
> A better fix for the AGP issue already exists in the 2.6
> kernel.
>
> Andi Kleen and I are looking into the MTRR issue, but we
> need a test case that doesn't depend on the nVidia driver,
> since that driver doesn't support 2.6. We should have
> an answer by the end of the month.
>
> -Mark Langsdorf
> Team Lead, Linux Device Drivers
> Advanced Micro Devices
>
--
Steven A. DuChene linux-clusters@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
sduchene@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
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