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: current-users
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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