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author | Alex Deucher <agd5f@yahoo.com> | 2004-12-17 19:19:32 +0000 |
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committer | Alex Deucher <agd5f@yahoo.com> | 2004-12-17 19:19:32 +0000 |
commit | ac6166158a58b377e7383950c169956f78b62093 (patch) | |
tree | 857cc14ea4a0e650454a4483739a8ce9b89e462a /man | |
parent | ac860ed6bbed84f6fc39a9acf53ee87646cfc8dc (diff) |
- Add VGAAccess option to r128 driver. Based on Benh's radeon patch. r128
should now work on ppcs without usefbdev. To use this on ppc make sure
you set "usefbdev" to false. (bug 2089)
- Apply Benjamin Herrenschmidt's radeon patches (bug 2064)
Diffstat (limited to 'man')
-rw-r--r-- | man/r128.man | 19 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | man/radeon.man | 28 |
2 files changed, 43 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/man/r128.man b/man/r128.man index 0bb990a3..201f3dfb 100644 --- a/man/r128.man +++ b/man/r128.man @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -.\" $XFree86: xc/programs/Xserver/hw/xfree86/drivers/ati/r128.man,v 1.4 2002/06/04 23:04:50 dawes Exp $ +.\" $XFree86: xc/programs/Xserver/hw/xfree86/drivers/ati/r128.man,v 1.3 2001/06/01 02:10:05 dawes Exp $ .\" shorthand for double quote that works everywhere. .ds q \N'34' .TH R128 __drivermansuffix__ __vendorversion__ @@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ r128 \- ATI Rage 128 video driver .fi .SH DESCRIPTION .B r128 -is an XFree86 driver for ATI Rage 128 based video cards. It contains +is an __xservername__ driver for ATI Rage 128 based video cards. It contains full support for 8, 15, 16 and 24 bit pixel depths, hardware acceleration of drawing primitives, hardware cursor, video modes up to 1800x1440 @ 70Hz, doublescan modes (e.g., 320x200 and 320x240), gamma @@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ The driver supports all ATI Rage 128 based video cards including the Rage Fury AGP 32MB, the XPERT 128 AGP 16MB and the XPERT 99 AGP 8MB. .SH CONFIGURATION DETAILS -Please refer to XF86Config(__filemansuffix__) for general configuration +Please refer to __xconfigfile__(__filemansuffix__) for general configuration details. This section only covers configuration details specific to this driver. .PP @@ -123,9 +123,20 @@ are supported: .BI "Option \*qShowCache\*q \*q" boolean \*q Enable or disable viewing offscreen cache memory. A development debug option. Default: off. +.TP +.BI "Option \*qVGAAccess\*q \*q" boolean \*q +Tell the driver if it can do legacy VGA IOs to the card. This is +necessary for properly resuming consoles when in VGA text mode, but +shouldn't be if the console is using radeonfb or some other graphic +mode driver. Some platforms like PowerPC have issues with those, and they aren't +necessary unless you have a real text mode in console. The default is +.B off +on PowerPC and +.B on +on other architectures. .SH "SEE ALSO" -XFree86(1), XF86Config(__filemansuffix__), xf86config(1), Xserver(1), X(__miscmansuffix__) +__xservername__(__appmansuffix__), __xconfigfile__(__filemansuffix__), xorgconfig(__appmansuffix__), Xserver(__appmansuffix__), X(__miscmansuffix__) .SH AUTHORS .nf Rickard E. (Rik) Faith \fIfaith@precisioninsight.com\fP diff --git a/man/radeon.man b/man/radeon.man index 46459e2b..82fb1cec 100644 --- a/man/radeon.man +++ b/man/radeon.man @@ -511,6 +511,34 @@ there is no way to validate modes on an output switch and the BIOS can potentially change things behind the driver's back. The default is .B off. .TP +.BI "Option \*qVGAAccess\*q \*q" boolean \*q +Tell the driver if it can do legacy VGA IOs to the card. This is +necessary for properly resuming consoles when in VGA text mode, but +shouldn't be if the console is using radeonfb or some other graphic +mode driver. Some platforms like PowerPC have issues with those, and they aren't +necessary unless you have a real text mode in console. The default is +.B off +on PowerPC and +.B on +on other architectures. +.TP +.BI "Option \*qReverseDDC\*q \*q" boolean \*q +When BIOS connector informations aren't available, use this option to +reverse the mapping of the 2 main DDC ports. Use this if the X serve +obviously detects the wrong display for each connector. This is +typically needed on the Radeon 9600 cards bundled with Apple G5s. The +default is +.B off. +.TP +.BI "Option \*qLVDSProbePLL\*q \*q" boolean \*q +When BIOS panel informations aren't available (like on PowerBooks), it +may still be necessary to use the firmware provided PLL values for the +panel or flickering will happen. This option will force probing of +the current value programmed in the chip when X is launched in that +case. This is only useful for LVDS panels (laptop internal panels). +The default is +.B on. +.TP .SH SEE ALSO __xservername__(__appmansuffix__), __xconfigfile__(__filemansuffix__), xorgconfig(__appmansuffix__), Xserver(__appmansuffix__), X(__miscmansuffix__) |