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authorKaleb Keithley <kaleb@freedesktop.org>2003-11-14 16:48:55 +0000
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+<!DOCTYPE linuxdoc PUBLIC "-//XFree86//DTD linuxdoc//EN" [
+<!ENTITY % defs SYSTEM "defs.ent"> %defs;
+]>
+
+<article>
+<title>Information for i810 Users
+<author>Precision Insight, Inc.
+<date>3 March 2000
+<ident>
+$XFree86: xc/programs/Xserver/hw/xfree86/doc/sgml/i810.sgml,v 1.3 2001/04/04 01:34:18 dawes Exp $
+</ident>
+<toc>
+
+<sect>Supported Hardware
+<p>
+<itemize>
+ <item>Intel 810 motherboards:
+ <itemize>
+ <item>i810,
+ <item>i810-dc100,
+ <item>i810e
+ <item>i815
+ </itemize>
+</itemize>
+
+
+<sect>Features
+<p>
+<itemize>
+ <item>Full support for 8, 15, 16, and 24 bit pixel depths.
+ <item>Hardware cursor support to reduce sprite flicker.
+ <item>Hardware accelerated 2D drawing engine support for 8, 15, 16 and
+ 24 bit pixel depths.
+ <item>Support for high resolution video modes up to 1600x1200.
+ <item>Fully programmable clock supported.
+ <item>Robust text mode restore for VT switching.
+</itemize>
+
+
+<sect>Technical Notes
+<p>
+<itemize>
+ <item>Hardware acceleration is not possible when using the framebuffer
+ in 32 bit per pixel format, and this mode is not supported by
+ this driver.
+ <item>Interlace modes cannot be supported.
+ <item>This driver currently only works for Linux/ix86 and recent versions
+ of FreeBSD. It requires the agpgart kernel support, which is
+ included in Linux kernels 2.3.42 and higher, and FreeBSD 4.1
+ and higher.
+</itemize>
+
+
+<sect>Reported Working Video Cards
+<p>
+<itemize>
+ <item>Intel evaluation hardware - i810, i810-dc100, i810e and i815.
+ <item>Tyan Tomcat Motherboard.
+ <item>HappyPC set-top box.
+</itemize>
+
+
+<sect>Configuration
+<p>
+The driver auto-detects all device information necessary to
+initialize the card. The only lines you need in the "Device"
+section of your XF86Config file are:
+<verb>
+ Section "Device"
+ Identifier "Intel i810"
+ Driver "i810"
+ EndSection
+</verb>
+or let <tt>xf86config</tt> do this for you.
+
+However, if you have problems with auto-detection, you can specify:
+<itemize>
+ <item>DacSpeed - in MHz
+ <item>MemBase - physical address of the linear framebuffer
+ <item>IOBase - physical address of the memory mapped IO registers
+</itemize>
+
+In order to use most resolutions, it is necessary to install the
+'agpgart.o' module. You will probably have to compile the module yourself
+(see the notes in the module).
+
+Note: the i810 driver detects whether your motherboard has display cache
+video memory. This memory is has reduced bandwidth compared to normal
+system memory, and isn't used by the server. The main function of this
+memory is for ancillary buffers (eg. z buffer) in a forthcoming 3d
+capable server.
+
+
+<sect>Driver Options
+<p>
+<itemize>
+ <item>"NoAccel" - Turn off hardware acceleration
+ <item>"SWCursor" - Request a software cursor (hardware is default)
+ <item>"Dac6Bit" - Force the use of a 6 Bit Dac (8 Bit is the default)
+</itemize>
+
+<sect>Known Limitations
+<p>
+<itemize>
+ <item>No 3D support in this release.
+ <item>Running two X servers on different VTs is not supported at this time.
+</itemize>
+
+
+<sect>Author
+<p>
+<itemize>
+ <item>Keith Whitwell
+</itemize>
+
+This driver was donated to The XFree86 Project by:
+<verb>
+ Precision Insight, Inc.
+ Cedar Park, TX
+ USA
+</verb>
+
+<htmlurl name="http://www.precisioninsight.com"
+ url="http://www.precisioninsight.com">
+
+
+</article>