Subject: Re: /dev/vga and /dev/mem XFree problems with UVM
To: None <tls@rek.tjls.com>
From: Jason Thorpe <thorpej@nas.nasa.gov>
List: tech-kern
Date: 02/09/1998 14:27:27
On Mon, 9 Feb 1998 15:19:17 -0500
Thor Lancelot Simon <tls@panix.com> wrote:
> I'm having some trouble using XFree with UVM.
I know that Chuck has run XFree w/ UVM...
...and to double-check, I just ran it on my ppro which is running UVM.
> Fatal server error:
> xf86MapVidMem: Address 0xf9000000 outside allowable range
...this is typical "kernel secure level too high"...
> 284 XF86_SVGA RET mmap -1 errno 22 Invalid argument
> 284 XF86_SVGA CALL write(0x2,0xefbfd360,0x15)
> 284 XF86_SVGA GIO fd 2 wrote 21 bytes
...but the EINVAL is interesting.
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