Re: "mtrr: type mismatch for e0000000,8000000 old: write-back new:write-combining" on Kernel 2.6.12

From: Sebastian Kaergel
Date: Sat Jun 18 2005 - 11:49:53 EST


On Sat, 18 Jun 2005 18:17:29 +0200
Alessandro <alezzandro@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> vesafb: framebuffer at 0xe0000000, mapped to 0xe0880000, using 4608k,
> total 131072k
> vesafb: mode is 1024x768x24, linelength=3072, pages=55
> vesafb: protected mode interface info at c000:56cb
> vesafb: scrolling: redraw
> vesafb: Truecolor: size=0:8:8:8, shift=0:16:8:0
> mtrr: type mismatch for e0000000,8000000 old: write-back new:
> write-combining

Got some similar problem (?) some time ago, but maybe it's something
completely different.
I fixed it by booting with "video=vesafb:nomtrr", since vesafb's MTRR
usage seems to be broken. See:
http://www.ussg.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/0408.0/1843.html
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