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From: erik quanstrom <quanstro@quanstro.net>
To: 9fans@9fans.net
Subject: Re: [9fans] Parallels Vesa driver question
Date: Sun,  2 Aug 2009 17:41:19 -0400	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <a50ea6239ae56585a5b2c760afa94de8@quanstro.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <DBBAA5C0-9E2A-494A-A65A-884926967FF3@storytotell.org>

> Erik,
>
> Thanks for your speedy assistance! I think the two things are closely
> interrrelated via the global variable hardscreen. Reverting this file
> solved the problem. I wouldn't be surprised if there were something
> weird about Parallels' MTRR support, and since this isn't the current
> version it's not likely to get any better. If anyone's using Parallels
> 4 and not running into this issue, I'd love to know.

you're welcome.

but if you wouldn't mind, would you try the new source but modify
it by replacing the vgavesaflush in the following diff with "0"?

> > vgavesa.c:174,178 - /n/sourcesdump/2008/1101/plan9/sys/src/9/pc/
> > vgavesa.c:140,145
> >  	0,
> >  	0,
> >  	0,
> > - 	vesaflush,
> > + 	0,
> >  };

the reason for this test would be to see if the problem is with vesaflush
or the mtrrs.

- erik



  parent reply	other threads:[~2009-08-02 21:41 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 24+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2009-08-02  9:36 Daniel Lyons
2009-08-02 17:06 ` erik quanstrom
2009-08-02 19:14   ` Daniel Lyons
2009-08-02 20:41     ` Steve Simon
2009-08-02 21:41     ` erik quanstrom [this message]
2009-08-03  6:57       ` Daniel Lyons
2009-08-03  9:26         ` Richard Miller
2009-08-03 11:20           ` erik quanstrom
2009-08-04  2:36             ` geoff
2009-08-04  3:12               ` David Leimbach
2009-08-04  7:18                 ` Daniel Lyons
2009-08-04  7:25                 ` Bakul Shah
2009-08-04 12:47                   ` David Leimbach
2009-08-04 15:20                     ` Bakul Shah
2009-08-04 15:25                       ` David Leimbach
2009-08-04 16:24                         ` Bakul Shah
2009-08-04 17:46                           ` erik quanstrom
2009-08-12  6:18                             ` Bakul Shah
2009-08-04  8:54             ` Daniel Lyons
2009-08-04  9:04               ` erik quanstrom
2009-08-03 16:30           ` ron minnich
2009-08-04  7:15             ` Daniel Lyons
2009-08-04 15:26               ` ron minnich
2009-08-03  9:13 ` Balwinder S Dheeman

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