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| -rw-r--r-- | ChangeLog | 8 | ||||
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| -rw-r--r-- | man/radeon.man | 20 |
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@@ -1,3 +1,11 @@ +2006-04-04 Eric Anholt <anholt@FreeBSD.org> + + * man/ati.man: + * man/radeon.man: + 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. + 2006-04-01 Alex Deucher <agd5f@yahoo.com> * src/radeon.h: diff --git a/man/ati.man b/man/ati.man index abd7da31..bc33610d 100644 --- a/man/ati.man +++ b/man/ati.man @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -.\" $XFree86: xc/programs/Xserver/hw/xfree86/drivers/ati/ati.man,v 1.2 2001/01/27 18:20:46 dawes Exp $ +.\" $XFree86: xc/programs/Xserver/hw/xfree86/drivers/ati/ati.man,v 1.2 2001/01/27 18:20:46 dawes Exp $ .\" shorthand for double quote that works everywhere. .ds q \N'34' .TH ATI __drivermansuffix__ __vendorversion__ @@ -14,17 +14,21 @@ ati \- ATI video driver .fi .SH DESCRIPTION .B ati -is an XFree86 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 XF86Config(__filemansuffix__) for general configuration -details. This section only covers configuration details specific to this +Please refer to __xconfigfile__(__filemansuffix__) for general configuration +details, and the specific card driver for driver configuration details. driver. .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 -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 |