Re: [PATCH] Use MTRRs by default for vesafb on x86-64

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On Sun, May 18, 2003 at 11:34:46PM +0100, Jamie Lokier wrote:

> If that's the problem, a test which writes a data pattern to a
> significant chunk of video RAM in sequence, as fast as possible, and
> then reads it would be practically guaranteed to spot this and
> indicate that MTRRs aren't suitable for this card in this mode.

Or you could just add the PCI ID to the quirks list..

                Dave

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