> On Wed, 2002-12-11 at 20:43, David S. Miller wrote:
> > fbdev is nice, in the specific cases where the device fits the fbdev
> > model, because once you have the kernel bits you have X support :)
>
> fbdev also can't be used in some situations on x86. Deeply fascinating
> things happen on some x86 processors if you execute a loop of code with
> an instruction that crosses two different memory types.
Sounds like cpu bug to me? What cpus are affected?
Could be worked around by pointing debug register at memory boundary?
Pavel
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