Subject: Re: port-i386/34986: Note that Dynamic Allocation of System RAM as VIdeo RAM must be disabled in system BIOS
To: None <port-i386-maintainer@netbsd.org, gnats-admin@netbsd.org,>
From: Blair Sadewitz <blair.sadewitz@gmail.com>
List: netbsd-bugs
Date: 11/03/2006 14:00:04
The following reply was made to PR port-i386/34986; it has been noted by GNATS.
From: "Blair Sadewitz" <blair.sadewitz@gmail.com>
To: gnats-bugs@netbsd.org
Cc:
Subject: Re: port-i386/34986: Note that Dynamic Allocation of System RAM as VIdeo RAM must be disabled in system BIOS
Date: Fri, 3 Nov 2006 08:55:45 -0500
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I forgot to mention that I do not know whether or not this must be done on
systems using agp(4) to access the GART, as I have a PCI-Express-based
system. My intuition is, however, that DVMT must still be disabled.
On 11/3/06, gnats-admin@netbsd.org <gnats-admin@netbsd.org> wrote:
>
> Thank you very much for your problem report.
> It has the internal identification `port-i386/34986'.
> The individual assigned to look at your
> report is: port-i386-maintainer.
>
> >Category: port-i386
> >Responsible: port-i386-maintainer
> >Synopsis: Note that Dynamic Allocation of System RAM as VIdeo RAM
> must be disabled in system BIOS
> >Arrival-Date: Fri Nov 03 13:50:00 +0000 2006
>
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I forgot to mention that I do not know whether or not this must be done on systems using agp(4) to access the GART, as I have a PCI-Express-based system. My intuition is, however, that DVMT must still be disabled.<br><br>
<div><span class="gmail_quote">On 11/3/06, <b class="gmail_sendername"><a href="mailto:gnats-admin@netbsd.org">gnats-admin@netbsd.org</a></b> <<a href="mailto:gnats-admin@netbsd.org">gnats-admin@netbsd.org</a>> wrote:
</span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">Thank you very much for your problem report.<br>It has the internal identification `port-i386/34986'.
<br>The individual assigned to look at your<br>report is: port-i386-maintainer.<br><br>>Category: port-i386<br>>Responsible: port-i386-maintainer<br>>Synopsis: Note that Dynamic Allocation of System RAM as VIdeo RAM must be disabled in system BIOS
<br>>Arrival-Date: Fri Nov 03 13:50:00 +0000 2006<br><br></blockquote></div><br><br clear="all"><br>
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