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Authored by tsoome on Dec 6 2021, 5:27 PM.
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Summary

Reading from Write Combining memory can be very-very slow. Try to use
shadow buffer to avoid such reads.

Test Plan

Both UEFI and VBE frame buffers appear to behave as expected, no
visual defects. My ability for performance tests is rather limited,
unfortunately.

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tsoome requested review of this revision.Dec 6 2021, 5:27 PM

Excellent, this very significantly improves the loader's performance on my desktop (AMD Radeon RX Vega GPU)

This revision was not accepted when it landed; it landed in state Needs Review.Dec 11 2021, 11:27 AM
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