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authorEric Anholt <anholt@freebsd.org>2006-04-04 07:42:36 +0000
committerEric Anholt <anholt@freebsd.org>2006-04-04 07:42:36 +0000
commit99e2c65d3bd984bc87c05b2a2c1503ee32ff3bd5 (patch)
tree91794cd09d8e0e4bf8e5cbf52d9b39d852261dcf /man
parent68f09fa6cc698c9149cd3983fe3d56bbf0e617d3 (diff)
Bug #5632: Fix up ati.4 to explain that it is a wrapper driver for the
other three. While here, touch up radeon.4, and add an authors list gleaned from checking copyright headers.
Diffstat (limited to 'man')
-rw-r--r--man/ati.man14
-rw-r--r--man/radeon.man20
2 files changed, 23 insertions, 11 deletions
diff --git a/man/ati.man b/man/ati.man
index fa46bfcd..bc33610d 100644
--- a/man/ati.man
+++ b/man/ati.man
@@ -14,17 +14,21 @@ ati \- ATI video driver
.fi
.SH DESCRIPTION
.B ati
-is an __xservername__ driver for ATI video cards.
-THIS MAN PAGE NEEDS TO BE FILLED IN.
+is an __xservername__ wrapper driver for ATI video cards. It autodetects
+whether your hardware has a Radeon, Rage 128, or Mach64 or earlier class of
+chipset, and loads the radeon(__drivermansuffix__),
+r128(__drivermansuffix__), or atimisc(__drivermansuffix__) driver as
+appropriate.
.SH SUPPORTED HARDWARE
The
.B ati
-driver supports...
+driver supports Radeon, Rage 128, and Mach64 and earlier chipsets by loading
+those drivers. See those manpages for specific cards supported.
.SH CONFIGURATION DETAILS
Please refer to __xconfigfile__(__filemansuffix__) for general configuration
-details. This section only covers configuration details specific to this
+details, and the specific card driver for driver configuration details.
driver.
.SH "SEE ALSO"
__xservername__(__appmansuffix__), __xconfigfile__(__filemansuffix__), xorgconfig(__appmansuffix__), Xserver(__appmansuffix__), X(__miscmansuffix__)
.SH AUTHORS
-Authors include: ...
+See the individual driver pages for authors.
diff --git a/man/radeon.man b/man/radeon.man
index 27908e91..6c52f472 100644
--- a/man/radeon.man
+++ b/man/radeon.man
@@ -13,10 +13,11 @@ radeon \- ATI RADEON video driver
.fi
.SH DESCRIPTION
.B radeon
-is a __xservername__ driver for ATI RADEON based video cards. It contains
+is an __xservername__ driver for ATI RADEON based video cards. It contains
full support for 8, 15, 16 and 24 bit pixel depths, dual-head setup,
flat panel, hardware 2D acceleration, hardware 3D acceleration
-(except R300 and R400 series cards), hardware cursor, XV extension, Xinerama extension.
+(experimental on R300 and R400 series cards), hardware cursor, XV extension,
+and the Xinerama extension.
.SH SUPPORTED HARDWARE
The
.B radeon
@@ -162,9 +163,8 @@ Set AGP data transfer rate.
others \-\- invalid
.TP
.BI "Option \*qAGPFastWrite\*q \*q" boolean \*q
-Enable AGP fast write.
-.br
-(used only when DRI is enabled)
+Enable AGP fast write. Enabling this option is frequently the cause of
+instability. Used only when the DRI is enabled.
.br
The default is
.B off.
@@ -605,4 +605,12 @@ The default is
__xservername__(__appmansuffix__), __xconfigfile__(__filemansuffix__), xorgconfig(__appmansuffix__), Xserver(__appmansuffix__), X(__miscmansuffix__)
.SH AUTHORS
.nf
-Authors include: ...
+Authors include:
+Rickard E. (Rik) Faith \fIfaith@precisioninsight.com\fP
+Kevin E. Martin \fIkem@freedesktop.org\fP
+Alan Hourihane \fIalanh@fairlite.demon.co.uk\fP
+Marc Aurele La France \fItsi@xfree86.org\fP
+Benjamin Herrenschmidt \fIbenh@kernel.crashing.org\fP
+Alex Deucher \fIalexdeucher@gmail.com\fP
+Bogdan D. \fIbogdand@users.sourceforge.net\fP
+Eric Anholt \fIeric@anholt.net\fP