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authorAlex Deucher <alexdeucher@gmail.com>2010-11-23 01:46:15 -0500
committerAlex Deucher <alexdeucher@gmail.com>2010-11-23 01:46:15 -0500
commitdc470b5382ffa27bd4a673b21fb6b978d3716ca0 (patch)
tree2f0387518c905310604e18124a00898a8875ebde
parent4cbb7100df4b983d77c20a77431cf2f5101bde36 (diff)
radeon/man: divide driver options into UMS and KMS
-rw-r--r--man/radeon.man80
1 files changed, 53 insertions, 27 deletions
diff --git a/man/radeon.man b/man/radeon.man
index 3d5a3267..ede41b9e 100644
--- a/man/radeon.man
+++ b/man/radeon.man
@@ -189,7 +189,7 @@ driver.
.PP
The driver auto\-detects all device information necessary to initialize
the card. However, if you have problems with auto\-detection, you can
-specify:
+specify for UMS (Userspace Modesetting):
.PP
.RS 4
VideoRam \- in kilobytes
@@ -203,7 +203,7 @@ ChipID \- PCI DEVICE ID
.PP
In addition, the following driver
.B Options
-are supported:
+are supported for both UMS (Userspace Modesetting) and KMS (Kernel Modesetting):
.TP
.BI "Option \*qSWcursor\*q \*q" boolean \*q
Selects software cursor. The default is
@@ -216,6 +216,57 @@ The default is to
.B enable
hardware acceleration.
.TP
+.BI "Option \*qZaphodHeads\*q \*q" string \*q
+Specify the RandR output(s) to use with zaphod mode for a particular driver
+instance. If you use this option you most use this option for all instances
+of the driver.
+.br
+For example:
+.B
+Option \*qZaphodHeads\*q \*qLVDS,VGA-0\*q
+will assign xrandr outputs LVDS and VGA-0 to this instance of the driver.
+.TP
+.BI "Option \*qEXAVSync\*q \*q" boolean \*q
+This option attempts to avoid tearing by stalling the engine until the display
+controller has passed the destination region. It reduces tearing at the cost
+of performance and has been known to cause instability on some chips.
+The default is
+.B off.
+
+.PP
+The following driver
+.B Options
+are supported for
+.B KMS
+(Kernel Modesetting):
+.TP
+.BI "Option \*qColorTiling\*q \*q" "boolean" \*q
+The framebuffer can be addressed either in linear or tiled mode. Tiled mode can provide
+significant performance benefits with 3D applications. Tiling will be disabled if the drm
+module is too old or if the current display configuration does not support it. KMS
+ColorTiling is not currently supported on R/RV/RS1XX, R/RV/RS2XX, and RS3XX.
+.br
+The default value is
+.B on
+for R/RV3XX, R/RV4XX, R/RV5XX, RS6XX, RS740 and
+.B off
+for R/RV6XX, R/RV7XX, RS780, RS880, and EVERGREEN.
+.TP
+.BI "Option \*qEXAPixmaps\*q \*q" boolean \*q
+Under KMS, to avoid thrashing pixmaps in/out of VRAM on low memory cards,
+we use a heuristic based on VRAM amount to determine whether to allow EXA
+to use VRAM for non-essential pixmaps. This option allows us to override the
+heuristic. The default is
+.B on
+with > 32MB VRAM, off with < 32MB.
+
+.PP
+The following driver
+.B Options
+are supported for
+.B UMS
+(Userspace Modesetting):
+.TP
.BI "Option \*qDac6Bit\*q \*q" boolean \*q
Enables or disables the use of 6 bits per color component when in 8 bpp
mode (emulates VGA mode). By default, all 8 bits per color component
@@ -607,13 +658,6 @@ False if you are experiencing a hang when initializing a secondary card.
The default is
.B on.
.TP
-.BI "Option \*qEXAVSync\*q \*q" boolean \*q
-This option attempts to avoid tearing by stalling the engine until the display
-controller has passed the destination region. It reduces tearing at the cost
-of performance and has been known to cause instability on some chips.
-The default is
-.B off.
-.TP
.BI "Option \*qATOMTvOut\*q \*q" boolean \*q
This option enables experimental TV-out support for R/RV5xx, R/RV6xx, and R/RV7xx
AtomBIOS chips. TV-out is experimental and may not function on these chips as
@@ -625,24 +669,6 @@ The default is
This option enables modesetting on R/RV4xx chips using AtomBIOS.
The default is
.B off.
-.TP
-.BI "Option \*qEXAPixmaps\*q \*q" boolean \*q
-(KMS Only) Under kernel modesetting, to avoid thrashing pixmaps in/out
-of VRAM on low memory cards, we use a heuristic based on VRAM amount
-to determine whether to allow EXA to use VRAM for non-essential pixmaps.
-This option allows us to override the heuristic.
-The default is
-.B on with > 32MB VRAM, off with < 32MB.
-.TP
-.BI "Option \*qZaphodHeads\*q \*q" string \*q
-Specify the RandR output(s) to use with zaphod mode for a particular driver
-instance. If you use this option you most use this option for all instances
-of the driver.
-.br
-For example:
-.B
-Option \*qZaphodHeads\*q \*qLVDS,VGA-0\*q
-will assign xrandr outputs LVDS and VGA-0 to this instance of the driver.
.SH TEXTURED VIDEO ATTRIBUTES
The driver supports the following X11 Xv attributes for Textured Video.