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diff --git a/Makefile.am b/Makefile.am index 2b6c46aa..8cbe4a9f 100644 --- a/Makefile.am +++ b/Makefile.am @@ -21,9 +21,4 @@ AUTOMAKE_OPTIONS = foreign SUBDIRS = src man -if BUILD_LINUXDOC -README: README.sgml - $(MAKE_TEXT) README.sgml && mv README.txt README -endif - -EXTRA_DIST = README.sgml +EXTRA_DIST = README @@ -1,177 +1,103 @@ - Information for Intel graphics driver users - Eric Anholt - 2006-08-04 - ____________________________________________________________ - - Table of Contents - - - 1. Introduction - 2. Supported Hardware - 3. Features - 4. Technical Notes - 5. Configuration - 6. Driver Options - 7. Known Limitations - 8. Author - - - ______________________________________________________________________ - - 11.. IInnttrroodduuccttiioonn - - This document provides a brief summary of the Intel graphics support - provided by the xf86-video-intel driver. More information can also be - found in the i810(4) manual page. - - - 22.. SSuuppppoorrtteedd HHaarrddwwaarree - - - +o i810, - - +o i810-dc100, - - +o i810e - - +o i815 - - +o i830 - - +o i845 - - +o i852 - - +o i855 - - +o i915 - - +o i945 - - +o i965 - - - - 33.. FFeeaattuurreess - - - +o Full support for 8, 15, 16, and 24 bit pixel depths. - - +o Hardware accelerated 2D drawing engine support for 8, 15, 16 and 24 - bit pixel depths. - - +o Hardware accelerated 3D drawing using OpenGL and the DRI. - - +o Hardware cursor support to reduce sprite flicker. - - +o Textured video XV implementation on i915 through i965. - - +o Hardware overlay XV implementation up through i945. - - +o Screen resize and rotation on chipsets up through i945. - - +o Screen resize on i965. - - - - 44.. TTeecchhnniiccaall NNootteess - - - +o Interlace modes cannot be supported. - - +o This driver requires kernel support for AGP, which is included in - Linux kernels 2.3.42 and higher, and FreeBSD 4.1 and higher. - - - - 55.. CCoonnffiigguurraattiioonn - - The driver auto-detects all device information necessary to initialize - the card. The only lines you should need in the "Device" section of - your xorg.conf file are: - - Section "Device" - Identifier "Intel i810" - Driver "i810" - EndSection - - - - 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). - - - 66.. DDrriivveerr OOppttiioonnss - - Please refer to the i810(4) manual page for information on - configuration options. - - - - 77.. KKnnoowwnn LLiimmiittaattiioonnss - - - +o Many systems with Intel graphics have issues with setting video - modes at larger than some small maximum resolution. This is not - fixed in the current release, but is being actively worked on in - the modesetting branch. - - +o Bug #5795: Some systems have issues with VT switching. This should - be fixed with the modesetting brach integration. - - +o Bug #5817: Hotkey switching from LVDS to CRT breaks CRT output. - This is a known issue, but will not be fixed in the current - release. - - +o Bug #6635: Video is output from an incorrect offset in the - framebuffer. This is expected to be fixed with the modesetting - branch integration. - - +o GL_EXT_texture_compression_s3tc is not supported. We can't support - the extension due to patent restrictions on compression, but may be - able to support an option for partial extension support in the - future. For now, this prevents Quake4 and some other games from - running. - - +o Some X Test Suite cases sometimes fail due to a timeout. These - cases include: Xt8/XtResizeWindow, Xt8/XtQueryGeometry, - Xt9/XtAppAddInput, Xt9/XtRemoveInput, Xt9/XtAppAddTimeOut, - Xt9/XtRemoveTimeOut, Xt9/XtAddGrab, Xt9/XtRemoveGrab. - - +o Some X Test Suite cases fail in 64-bit mode: Xlib9/XDrawArc, - XDrawImageString, XDrawLine, XDrawRectangle, XDrawSegments, - XFillArc, XFillPolygon, XFillRectangle, XPutImage, - Xt11/XtVaGetSubresources, XtSetSubvalues, and XtVaSetSubvalues. - - +o Some GLEAN test cases fail if DRI is enabled: pointAtten, - readPixSanity, texCombine, texCube, texEnv, texgen, - coloredTexPerf2, and coloredLitPerf2. - - - - 88.. AAuutthhoorr - - - +o Eric Anholt - - +o Keith Whitwell - - The X11R7.1 version of this driver originally came from XFree86 4.4 - rc2. - - The XFree86 version of this driver was donated to The XFree86 Project - by: - - Precision Insight, Inc. - Cedar Park, TX - USA - - - - The X.Org version of this driver is maintained by Intel Corporation. - - http://www.intellinuxgraphics.org - - - +Information for Intel graphics driver users +Eric Anholt +2006-04-02 + +This document provides a brief summary of the Intel graphics support provided +by the xf86-video-intel driver. More information can also be found in the +intel(4) manual page. + +Supported Hardware: + i810, + i810-dc100, + i810e + i815 + i830 + i845 + i852 + i855 + i915 + i945 + i965 + +Features +- Full support for 8, 15, 16, and 24 bit pixel depths. +- Hardware accelerated 2D drawing engine support for 8, 15, 16 and 24 bit + pixel depths. +- Hardware accelerated 3D drawing using OpenGL and the DRI. +- Hardware cursor support to reduce sprite flicker. +- Textured video XV implementation on i915 through i965. +- Hardware overlay XV implementation up through i945. +- Screen resize and rotation. + +Technical Notes +- Interlace modes cannot be supported. +- This driver requires kernel support for AGP, which is included in Linux + kernels 2.3.42 and higher, and FreeBSD 4.1 and higher. +- This driver may be built against xserver 1.2.0 or newer. If built + from git source against an older server, a copy of xserver 1.3.0 source is + needed to complete the build, which is chosen with the --with-xserver-source + argument to ./configure. The compatibility mode with xserver 1.2.0 will have + limited functionality, in particular by not supporting RandR 1.2 or the + new Damage 1.1 updated needed for 3D applications to work with display + rotation. + +Configuration + +The driver auto-detects all device information necessary to +initialize the card. The only lines you should need in the "Device" +section of your xorg.conf file are: + + Section "Device" + Identifier "intel" + Driver "intel" + EndSection + +Please refer to the intel(4) manual page for information on configuration +options. + + +Known Limitations +- Bug #8534: i830 laptop panels not supported. The driver + will fail to recognize them, and only function through VGA output. Two + partial DVO chip drivers (ivch and ch7017) are included which contain some of + the code necessary for i830 laptop panel support, but some I2C debugging will + be necessary to get those drivers to attach. +- No support for "zaphod mode" dualhead. This is the mode in which two + Device sections are placed in the config file, and doesn't support DRI or + many other features. Instead, only "MergedFB-style" dualhead is supported. +- No support for X Screens larger than 2048 pixels in either direction + before the 965. This reflects hardware limitations in the x direction on + those older chips, and limits dualhead functionality. It may be possible to + extend the limit vertically on these older chips. +- i855 XV may cause hangs. This was present in the previous release, and no + workaround is known. +- SDVO TV-out cards not supported. This should be fixed in the next + release. +- Gray output with integrated TV-out and PAL TVs. +- EXA support unstable on i845. + +Common issues not caused by the driver +- Font sizes (DPI) are wrong. Some displays incorrectly report their + physical size, which is harmless on most OSes that always assume 96dpi + displays. This can be fixed through quirks for specific monitors in the X + Server, and the output of xrandr --prop along with a physical measurement of + the screen size in a bug report against the server can help get that fixed. +- gnome-panel is located in the middle of the screen. gnome-panel places + itself within head #0's boundaries, which doesn't work well with a second + head covering the same area as head #0 but larger. +- Older resolution-changing applicationss have poor results in + multihead systems. Previous extensions such as RandR 1.1 exposed only a + single output to client programs, and those requests map poorly to multi-head + systems. Currently, those requests map to just one of the outputs in the + RandR 1.2 environment, and those applications need to be updated to RandR 1.2 + API when available for better results. + +The X11R6 version of this driver originally came from XFree86 4.4 rc2. + +The XFree86 version of this driver was donated to The XFree86 Project by: + Precision Insight, Inc. + Cedar Park, TX + USA + +The X.Org version of this driver is maintained by Intel Corporation. +<http://www.intellinuxgraphics.org> diff --git a/README.sgml b/README.sgml deleted file mode 100644 index 4a67017f..00000000 --- a/README.sgml +++ /dev/null @@ -1,147 +0,0 @@ -<!DOCTYPE linuxdoc PUBLIC "-//XFree86//DTD linuxdoc//EN" [ -<!ENTITY % defs SYSTEM "defs.ent"> %defs; -]> - -<article> -<title>Information for Intel graphics driver users -<author>Eric Anholt -<date>2006-04-02 -<toc> - -<sect>Introduction -<p> -This document provides a brief summary of the Intel graphics support provided -by the xf86-video-intel driver. More information can also be found in the -<htmlurl name="intel(4)" url="intel.4.html"> manual page. - -<sect>Supported Hardware -<p> -<itemize> - <item>i810, - <item>i810-dc100, - <item>i810e - <item>i815 - <item>i830 - <item>i845 - <item>i852 - <item>i855 - <item>i915 - <item>i945 - <item>i965 -</itemize> - - -<sect>Features -<p> -<itemize> - <item>Full support for 8, 15, 16, and 24 bit pixel depths. - <item>Hardware accelerated 2D drawing engine support for 8, 15, 16 and - 24 bit pixel depths. - <item>Hardware accelerated 3D drawing using OpenGL and the DRI. - <item>Hardware cursor support to reduce sprite flicker. - <item>Textured video XV implementation on i915 through i965. - <item>Hardware overlay XV implementation up through i945. - <item>Screen resize and rotation. -</itemize> - - -<sect>Technical Notes -<p> -<itemize> - <item>Interlace modes cannot be supported. - <item>This driver requires kernel support for AGP, which is - included in Linux kernels 2.3.42 and higher, and FreeBSD 4.1 - and higher. - <item>This driver may be built against xserver 1.2.0 or newer. If built - from git source against an older server, a copy of xserver 1.3.0 source is - needed to complete the build, which is chosen with the --with-xserver-source - argument to ./configure. The compatibility mode with xserver 1.2.0 will have - limited functionality, in particular by not supporting RandR 1.2 or the - new Damage 1.1 updated needed for 3D applications to work with display - rotation. -</itemize> - - -<sect>Configuration -<p> -The driver auto-detects all device information necessary to -initialize the card. The only lines you should need in the "Device" -section of your xorg.conf file are: -<verb> - Section "Device" - Identifier "intel" - Driver "intel" - EndSection -</verb> - -<sect>Driver Options -<p> -Please refer to the <htmlurl name="intel(4)" url="intel.4.html"> manual page -for information on configuration options. - - -<sect>Known Limitations -<p> -<itemize> - <item>Bug #8534: i830 laptop panels not supported. The driver - will fail to recognize them, and only function through VGA output. Two - partial DVO chip drivers (ivch and ch7017) are included which contain some of - the code necessary for i830 laptop panel support, but some I2C debugging will - be necessary to get those drivers to attach. - <item>No support for "zaphod mode" dualhead. This is the mode in which two - Device sections are placed in the config file, and doesn't support DRI or - many other features. Instead, only "MergedFB-style" dualhead is supported. - <item>No support for X Screens larger than 2048 pixels in either direction - before the 965. This reflects hardware limitations in the x direction on - those older chips, and limits dualhead functionality. It may be possible to - extend the limit vertically on these older chips. - <item>i855 XV may cause hangs. This was present in the previous release, - and no workaround is known. - <item>SDVO TV-out cards not supported. This should be fixed in the next - release. - <item>Gray output with integrated TV-out. - <item>EXA support unstable on i845. -</itemize> - -<sect>Common issues not caused by the driver -<itemize> - <item>Font sizes (DPI) are wrong. Some displays incorrectly report their - physical size, which is harmless on most OSes that always assume 96dpi - displays. This can be fixed through quirks for specific monitors in the X - Server, and the output of xrandr --prop along with a physical measurement of - the screen size in a bug report against the server can help get that fixed. - <item>gnome-panel is located in the middle of the screen. gnome-panel places - itself within head #0's boundaries, which doesn't work well with a second - head covering the same area as head #0 but larger. - <item>Older resolution-changing applicationss have poor results in - multihead systems. Previous extensions such as RandR 1.1 exposed only a - single output to client programs, and those requests map poorly to multi-head - systems. Currently, those requests map to just one of the outputs in the - RandR 1.2 environment, and those applications need to be updated to RandR 1.2 - API when available for better results. - <item> -</itemize> - -<sect>Author -<p> -<itemize> - <item>Eric Anholt - <item>Keith Whitwell -</itemize> - -The X11R&relvers; version of this driver originally came from XFree86 4.4 rc2. - -The XFree86 version of this driver was donated to The XFree86 Project by: -<verb> - Precision Insight, Inc. - Cedar Park, TX - USA -</verb> - -The X.Org version of this driver is maintained by Intel Corporation. - -<htmlurl name="http://www.intellinuxgraphics.org" - url="http://www.intellinuxgraphics.org"> - - -</article> |