Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Fri, 30 Mar 2001 23:15:16 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Fri, 30 Mar 2001 23:15:07 -0500 Received: from albatross.prod.itd.earthlink.net ([207.217.120.120]:42644 "EHLO albatross.prod.itd.earthlink.net") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Fri, 30 Mar 2001 23:14:58 -0500 Date: Fri, 30 Mar 2001 20:15:20 -0800 (PST) From: James Simmons X-X-Sender: To: Jamie Lokier cc: Linux Kernel Mailing List , Linux Fbdev development list Subject: [Linux-fbdev-devel] Re: fbcon slowness [was NTP on 2.4.2?] Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org >The console driver does not actually use 2.5MB. Does it make sense to >use an MTRR for the smaller power-of-two region? If we implement a font cache in the future it could. Also that extra memory is used to allow scrollback. We could break up the size of the region. Have it a*2^n+b*2^(n-1)+c*2^(n-2)+... = 2.5 MB. Isn't math grand :-) MS: (n) 1. A debilitating and surprisingly widespread affliction that renders the sufferer barely able to perform the simplest task. 2. A disease. James Simmons [jsimmons@linux-fbdev.org] ____/| fbdev/console/gfx developer \ o.O| http://www.linux-fbdev.org =(_)= http://linuxgfx.sourceforge.net U http://linuxconsole.sourceforge.net - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/