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Diffstat (limited to 'drivers/media/pci/ivtv/Kconfig')
| -rw-r--r-- | drivers/media/pci/ivtv/Kconfig | 23 |
1 files changed, 20 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/media/pci/ivtv/Kconfig b/drivers/media/pci/ivtv/Kconfig index c72cbbd2d40c..06ca4e23f9fb 100644 --- a/drivers/media/pci/ivtv/Kconfig +++ b/drivers/media/pci/ivtv/Kconfig @@ -70,8 +70,25 @@ config VIDEO_FB_IVTV This is used in the Hauppauge PVR-350 card. There is a driver homepage at <http://www.ivtvdriver.org>. - In order to use this module, you will need to boot with PAT disabled - on x86 systems, using the nopat kernel parameter. - To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module will be called ivtvfb. + +config VIDEO_FB_IVTV_FORCE_PAT + bool "force cx23415 framebuffer init with x86 PAT enabled" + depends on VIDEO_FB_IVTV && X86_PAT + default n + ---help--- + With PAT enabled, the cx23415 framebuffer driver does not + utilize write-combined caching on the framebuffer memory. + For this reason, the driver will by default disable itself + when initializied on a kernel with PAT enabled (i.e. not + using the nopat kernel parameter). + + The driver is not easily upgradable to the PAT-aware + ioremap_wc() API since the firmware hides the address + ranges that should be marked write-combined from the driver. + + With this setting enabled, the framebuffer will initialize on + PAT-enabled systems but the framebuffer memory will be uncached. + + If unsure, say N. |