Re: [MiNT] Problem with mint 1.16 installation

[Odd Skancke <ozk@atari.org>]

 Hello,

fre, 10,.06.2005 kl. 20.10 +0200, skrev Standa Opichal:
> Hi! 
> 
> Exactly, if there is a crappy VDI that is not compatible with a particular 
> CPU then the VDI is to be patched and not the AES, right? So the hack should 
> not go into AES implementation IMHO.

 The VDI has just as little to do with this as the AES has. The
videohardware driver is the issue here. But since there is no defined
API for drivers to use, we're out of luck. The next best thing then is
to use a defined API where available to attempt to minimize the problem.
Any problem with this?

> 
> STanda 
> 
> 
> Petr Stehlik writes: 
> 
> > Odd Skancke pí¹e v Èt 09. 06. 2005 v 17:50 +0200:
> >> with black screen. I had this problem with the ET6K I had in my Hades.
> >> However, the latest XaAES (as found in the CVS) turns the caches off
> >> before calling v_opnwk()/v_clswk(), and this should cure it.
> > 
> > I am surprised that an AES must play with CPU caches. Shouldn't XBIOS
> > (or VDI, at worst) do that instead? 
> > 
> > Petr
> 

 Odd skancke