Re: nvidia vs mtrr

Bob Paddock <[email protected]> Sat, 2 Nov 2002 06:54:56 -0500
Newsgroups gmane.linux.gentoo.newbies
Organization The Designer-III Company http://www.designer-iii.com/
Message-ID <[email protected]>
> Bob Paddock <[email protected]> wrote:
> > Can you shed some light on how to fix this?
> > I've spent the last two hours reading the forums but nothing tells me=
 how
> > to fix it.:
> >
> > nvidia: loading NVIDIA Linux x86 NVdriver Kernel Module  1.0-3123  Tu=
e
> > Aug 27 15:56:48 PDT 2002
> > mtrr: type mismatch for d8000000,2000000 old: uncachable new:
> > write-combining nvidia: cannot write-combine 0xd8000000, 32M
> >
> >  # cat /proc/mtrr
> > reg00: base=3D0x00000000 (   0MB), size=3D 512MB: write-back, count=3D=
1
> > reg01: base=3D0xd8000000 (3456MB), size=3D 128MB: uncachable, count=3D=
1
> > reg02: base=3D0xd0000000 (3328MB), size=3D 128MB: write-combining, co=
unt=3D1
>
> I had something similar with my voodoo3 card,
> did you compile the kernel dri-module for Nvidia cards also?

No, I don't have DRI, AGPGART nor Frame Buffer support enabled at all.
With AGPGART I had different error messages.  The Forums said it was best=
 to=20
run off Frame Buffer, and I see nothing about NVidia under the DRI sectio=
n of=20
the kernel?


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