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diff --git a/man/radeon.man b/man/radeon.man index 4031a1b2..f4425325 100644 --- a/man/radeon.man +++ b/man/radeon.man @@ -12,13 +12,13 @@ radeon \- ATI RADEON video driver .fi .SH DESCRIPTION .B radeon -is an __xservername__ driver for ATI RADEON based video cards with the +is an __xservername__ driver for ATI RADEON-based video cards with the following features: .PP .PD 0 .TP 2 \(bu -Full support for 8, 15, 16 and 24 bit pixel depths; +Full support for 8-, 15-, 16- and 24-bit pixel depths; .TP \(bu RandR 1.2 and RandR 1.3 support; @@ -228,13 +228,14 @@ The default value is .B 0x1E. .TP .BI "Option \*qScalerWidth\*q \*q" integer \*q -This sets the overlay scaler buffer width. Accepted values range from 1024 to -2048, divisible by 64, values other than 1536 and 1920 may not make sense -though. Should be set automatically, but noone has a clue what the limit is -for which chip. If you think quality is not optimal when playing back HD video -(with horizontal resolution larger than this setting), increase this value, if -you get an empty area at the right (usually pink), decrease it. Note this only -affects the "true" overlay via xv, it won't affect things like textured video. +This sets the overlay scaler buffer width. Accepted values range from +1024 to 2048, divisible by 64. Values other than 1536 and 1920 may +not make sense. This should be set automatically, but no one knows +what the limit is for which chip. If you think quality is not optimal +when playing back HD video (with horizontal resolution larger than +this setting), increase this value. If you get an empty area at the +right (usually pink), decrease it. Note that this only affects the "true" +overlay via Xv, and won't affect things like textured video. .br The default value is either 1536 (for most chips) or 1920. .TP @@ -266,7 +267,7 @@ The default is .BI "Option \*qBusType\*q \*q" string \*q Used to replace previous ForcePCIMode option. Should only be used when driver's bus detection is incorrect -or you want to force a AGP card to PCI mode. Should NEVER force +or you want to force a AGP card to PCI mode. You should NEVER force a PCI card to AGP bus. .br PCI \-\- PCI bus @@ -298,12 +299,12 @@ The default value is .B AUTO. .TP .BI "Option \*qColorTiling\*q \*q" "boolean" \*q -Frame buffer can be addressed either in linear or tiled mode. Tiled mode can provide -significant performance benefits with 3D applications, for 2D it shouldn't matter +The framebuffer can be addressed either in linear or tiled mode. Tiled mode can provide +significant performance benefits with 3D applications. For 2D it shouldn't matter much. Tiling will be disabled if the virtual x resolution exceeds 2048 (3968 for R300 -and above), or if DRI is enabled the drm module is too old. +and above), or if DRI is enabled and the drm module is too old. .br -If this option is enabled, a new dri driver is required for direct rendering too. +If this option is enabled, a new DRI driver is required for direct rendering. .br Color tiling will be automatically disabled in interlaced or doublescan screen modes. .br @@ -311,7 +312,7 @@ The default value is .B on. .TP .BI "Option \*qIgnoreEDID\*q \*q" boolean \*q -Do not use EDID data for mode validation, but DDC is still used +Do not use EDID data for mode validation. DDC is still used for monitor detection. This is different from NoDDC option. .br The default value is @@ -321,11 +322,11 @@ The default value is Forces the X driver to use the EDID data specified in a file rather than the display's EDID. Also overrides DDC monitor detection. .br -You may specify a semicolon separated list of output name and filename pairs +You may specify a semicolon-separated list of output name and filename pairs with an optional flag, "digital" or "analog", to override the digital bit in -the edid which is used by the driver to determine whether to use the +the EDID which is used by the driver to determine whether to use the analog or digital encoder associated with a DVI-I port. -The output name is the randr output name, e.g., "VGA-0" or "DVI-0"; +The output name is the RandR output name, e.g., "VGA-0" or "DVI-0"; consult the Xorg log for the supported output names of any given system. .br The file must contain a raw 128-byte EDID block, as captured by @@ -381,7 +382,7 @@ parameter may be specified as a float value with standard suffixes like .BI "Option \*qRenderAccel\*q \*q" boolean \*q Enables or disables hardware Render acceleration. It is supported on all Radeon cards when using EXA acceleration and on Radeon R/RV/RS1xx, -R/RV/RS2xx and RS3xx when usig XAA. The default is to +R/RV/RS2xx and RS3xx when using XAA. The default is to .B enable Render acceleration. .TP @@ -486,16 +487,16 @@ on PowerPC and SPARC and 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 server +When BIOS connector information isn't available, use this option to +reverse the mapping of the two main DDC ports. Use this if the X server 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 +When BIOS panel information isn'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). @@ -511,7 +512,7 @@ The default is .TP .BI "Option \*qDefaultTMDSPLL\*q \*q" boolean \*q Use the default driver provided TMDS PLL values rather than the ones -provided by the bios. This option has no effect on Mac cards. Enable +provided by the BIOS. This option has no effect on Mac cards. Enable this option if you are having problems with a DVI monitor using the internal TMDS controller. The default is @@ -519,7 +520,7 @@ The default is .TP .BI "Option \*qDefaultTVDACAdj\*q \*q" boolean \*q Use the default driver provided TVDAC Adj values rather than the ones -provided by the bios. This option has no effect on Mac cards. Enable +provided by the BIOS. This option has no effect on Mac cards. Enable this option if you are having problems with a washed out display on the secondary DAC. The default is @@ -542,7 +543,7 @@ The default is .BI "Option \*qMacModel\*q \*q" string \*q .br Used to specify Mac models for connector tables and quirks. If you have -a powerbook or mini with DVI that does not work properly, try the alternate +a PowerBook or Mini with DVI that does not work properly, try the alternate options as Apple does not seem to provide a good way of knowing whether they use internal or external TMDS for DVI. Only valid on PowerPC. On Linux, the driver will attempt to detect the MacModel automatically. @@ -569,7 +570,7 @@ The default value is .BI "Option \*qTVStandard\*q \*q" string \*q .br Used to specify the default TV standard if you want to use something other than -the bios default. Valid options are: +the BIOS default. Valid options are: .br ntsc .br @@ -598,7 +599,7 @@ The default is .B on. .TP .BI "Option \*qInt10\*q \*q" boolean \*q -This option allows you to disable int10 initialization. Set this to +This option allows you to disable INT10 initialization. Set this to False if you are experiencing a hang when initializing a secondary card. The default is .B on. @@ -606,32 +607,32 @@ The default is .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 know to cause instability on some chips. +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 +AtomBIOS chips. TV-out is experimental and may not function on these chips as well as hoped for. The default is .B off. .TP .BI "Option \*qR4xxATOM\*q \*q" boolean \*q -This option enables modesetting on R/RV4xx chips using atombios. +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, +(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 heurisitc. +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 +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 |