On Sat, Oct 31, 2009 at 6:57 AM, <srikant....@gmail.com> wrote: > Hello All > > I have a Intel Core2Duo desktop (dmesg attached below) > running fully patched i386 4.6 GENERIC.MP. > > xdriinfo and glxinfo o/p doesn't change whether > machdep.allowaperture is set to 1 or 2. And X is > fully functional/stable in both cases as it has been for > the past 6 months (with 4.5-stable too). xf86(4) seemed to > suggest 1 is better security-wise than 2, and that > led me to try this setting. > > glxgears gives the same 247 fps for both settings. > > In this light, is it more secure to us 1 than 2 and > am I missing some functionality of my hardware in the > process? Could someone please cl
see xf86(4). And yes the xf86-video-intel driver doesn't need the int10 emulation anymore so in this case '1' is enough to get it working '2' is needed by X.Org drivers that rely on the int10 emulation to get things setup through the bios of the card. -- Matthieu Herrb
