From d09f463a5d1ce73e0b65d5276fbcca393fa2da46 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Kaleb Keithley Date: Fri, 14 Nov 2003 16:48:55 +0000 Subject: Initial revision --- man/radeon.man | 218 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 218 insertions(+) create mode 100644 man/radeon.man (limited to 'man/radeon.man') diff --git a/man/radeon.man b/man/radeon.man new file mode 100644 index 00000000..d0c6547d --- /dev/null +++ b/man/radeon.man @@ -0,0 +1,218 @@ +.\" $XFree86: xc/programs/Xserver/hw/xfree86/drivers/ati/radeon.man,v 1.0 2003/01/31 23:04:50 +.ds q \N'34' +.TH RADEON __drivermansuffix__ __vendorversion__ +.SH NAME +radeon \- ATI RADEON video driver +.SH SYNOPSIS +.nf +.B "Section \*qDevice\*q" +.BI " Identifier \*q" devname \*q +.B " Driver \*qradeon\*q" +\ \ ... +.B EndSection +.fi +.SH DESCRIPTION +.B radeon +is a XFree86 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 cards), hardware cursor, XV extension, Xinerama extension. +.SH SUPPORTED HARDWARE +The +.B radeon +driver supports PCI and AGP video cards based on the following ATI chips +.TP 12 +.B R100 +Radeon 7200 +.TP 12 +.B RV100 +Radeon 7000(VE), M6 +.TP 12 +.B RV200 +Radeon 7500, M7 +.TP 12 +.B R200 +Radeon 8500, 9100, FireGL 8800/8700 +.TP 12 +.B RV250 +Radeon 9000, M9 +.TP 12 +.B R300 +Radeon 9700PRO/9700/9500PRO/9500, FireGL X1/Z1 + +.SH CONFIGURATION DETAILS +Please refer to XF86Config(__filemansuffix__) for general configuration +details. This section only covers configuration details specific to this +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: +.PP +.RS 4 +VideoRam \- in kilobytes +.br +MemBase \- physical address of the linear framebuffer +.br +IOBase \- physical address of the MMIO registers +.br +ChipID \- PCI DEVICE ID +.RE +.PP +In addition, the following driver +.B Options +are supported: +.TP +.BI "Option \*qSWcursor\*q \*q" boolean \*q +Selects software cursor. The default is +.B off. +.TP +.BI "Option \*qNoAccel\*q \*q" boolean \*q +Enables or disables all hardware acceleration. +.br +The default is to +.B enable +hardware acceleration. +.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 +are used. +.br +The default is +.B off. +.TP +.BI "Option \*qVideoKey\*q \*q" integer \*q +This overrides the default pixel value for the YUV video overlay key. +.br +The default value is +.B undefined. +.TP +.BI "Option \*qUseFBDev\*q \*q" boolean \*q +Enable or disable use of an OS\-specific framebuffer device interface +(which is not supported on all OSs). See fbdevhw(__drivermansuffix__) +for further information. +.br +The default is +.B off. +.TP +.BI "Option \*qAGPMode\*q \*q" integer \*q +Set AGP data transfer rate. +(used only when DRI is enabled) +.br +1 \-\- x1 (default) +.br +2 \-\- x2 +.br +4 \-\- x4 +.br +others \-\- invalid +.TP +.BI "Option \*qAGPFastWrite\*q \*q" boolean \*q +Enable AGP fast write. +.br +(used only when DRI is enabled) +.br +The default is +.B off. +.TP +.BI "Option \*qForcePCIMode\*q \*q" boolean \*q +Force to use PCI GART for DRI acceleration. +.br +(used only when DRI is enabled) +.br +The default is +.B off. +.TP +.BI "Option \*qDDCMode\*q \*q" boolean \*q +Force to use the modes queried from the connected monitor. +.br +The default is +.B off. +.TP +.BI "Option \*qCloneDisplay\*q \*q" integer \*q +.br +This option is only used for dual\-head cards with only single +screen section specified in the configuration file. + +0 \-\- disable +.br +1 \-\- auto\-detect (default) +.br +2 \-\- force on +.br +3 \-\- auto\-detect + 2nd head overlay +.br +4 \-\- force on + 2nd head overlay +.br +others \-\- auto\-detect + +.B disable +means only one CRTC is used for both heads. +.B auto\-detect +means the secondary head will be driven by CRTC2 +if a monitor is detected there. +.B force on +means the secondary head will be driven by CRTC2 +even no monitor is detected there. +.B 2nd-head overlay +means the only hardware overlay will be placed to the secondary head. + +Primary/Secondary head for dual\-head cards: +.br +(when only one port is used, it will be treated as the primary regardless) +.br +.B Primary head: +.br +DVI port on DVI+VGA cards +.br +LCD output on laptops +.br +Internal TMDS prot on DVI+DVI cards +.br +.B Secondary head: +.br +VGA port on DVI+VGA cards +.br +VGA port on laptops +.br +External TMDS port on DVI+DVI cards + +.TP +.BI "Option \*qCloneMode\*q \*q" "string" \*q +Set the first mode for the secondary head. +It can be different from the modes used for the primary head. If you don't +have this line while clone is on, the modes specified for the primary head +will be used for the secondary head. +.TP +.BI "Option \*qCloneHSync\*q \*q" "string" \*q +Set the horizontal sync range for the secondary monitor. +It is not required if a DDC\-capable monitor is connected. +.br +The default value is +.B undefined. +.TP +.BI "Option \*qCloneVRefresh\*q \*q" "string" \*q +Set the vertical refresh range for the secondary monitor. +It is not required if a DDC\-capable monitor is connected. +.br +The default value is +.B undefined. +.TP +.BI "Option \*qPanelOff\*q \*q" boolean \*q +Disable panel output. Only used when clone is enabled. +.br +The default value is +.B off. +.TP +.BI "Option \*qEnablePageFlip\*q \*q" boolean \*q +Enable page flipping for 3D acceleration. This will increase performance +but not work correctly in some rare cases, hence the default is +.B off. + + +.SH SEE ALSO +XFree86(1), XF86Config(__filemansuffix__), xf86config(1), Xserver(1), X(__miscmansuffix__) +.SH AUTHORS +.nf +Authors include: ... -- cgit v1.2.3