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diff --git a/man/i810.man b/man/i810.man index 98bdf8f0..c892bb3e 100644 --- a/man/i810.man +++ b/man/i810.man @@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ the 830M and later. .SH SUPPORTED HARDWARE .B i810 supports the i810, i810-DC100, i810e, i815, 830M, 845G, 852GM, 855GM, -and 865G chipsets. +865G and 915G chipsets. .SH CONFIGURATION DETAILS Please refer to __xconfigfile__(__filemansuffix__) for general configuration @@ -131,14 +131,73 @@ option described above. It is provided for compatibility with most other drivers. .TP .BI "Option \*qXVideo\*q \*q" boolean \*q -Disable or enable XVideo support. Default: XVideo is enabled for -configurations where it is supported. - +Disable or enable XVideo support. +Default: XVideo is enabled for configurations where it is supported. +.TP +.BI "Option \*qMonitorLayout\*q \*q" anystr \*q +Allow different monitor configurations. e.g. \*qCRT,LFP\*q will +configure a CRT on Pipe A and an LFP on Pipe B. Regardless of the +primary heads' pipe it is always configured as \*q<PIPEA>,<PIPEB>\*q. +Additionally you can add different configurations such as +\*qCRT+DFP,LFP\*q which would put a digital flat panel and a CRT +on pipe A, and a local flat panel on pipe B. +For single pipe configurations you can just specify the monitors types +on Pipe A, such as \*qCRT+DFP\*q which will enable the CRT and DFP +on Pipe A. +Valid monitors are CRT, LFP, DFP, TV, CRT2, LFP2, DFP2, TV2 and NONE. +NOTE: Some configurations of monitor types may fail, this depends on +the Video BIOS and system configuration. +Default: Not configured, and will use the current head's pipe and monitor. +.TP +.BI "Option \*qClone\*q \*q" boolean \*q +Enable Clone mode on pipe B. This will setup the second head as a complete +mirror of the monitor attached to pipe A. +NOTE: Video overlay functions will not work on the second head in this mode. +If you require this, then use the MonitorLayout above and do (as an example) +\*qCRT+DFP,NONE\*q to configure both a CRT and DFP on Pipe A to achieve +local mirroring and disable the use of this option. +Default: Clone mode on pipe B is disabled. +.TP +.BI "Option \*qCloneRefresh\*q \*q" integer \*q +When the Clone option is specified we can drive the second monitor at a +different refresh rate than the primary. +Default: 60Hz. +.TP +.BI "Option \*qCheckLid\*q \*q" boolean \*q +On mobile platforms it's desirable to monitor the lid status and switch +the outputs accordingly when the lid is opened or closed. By default this +option is on, but may incur a very minor performance penalty as we need +to poll a register on the card to check for this activity. It can be +turned off using this option. This only works with the 830M, 852GM and 855GM +systems. +Default: enabled. +.TP +.BI "Option \*qFlipPrimary\*q \*q" boolean \*q +When using a dual pipe system, it may be preferable to switch the primary +screen to the alternate pipe to display on the other monitor connection. +NOTE: Using this option may cause text mode to be restored incorrectly, +and thus should be used with caution. +Default: disabled. +.TP +.BI "Option \*qDisplayInfo\*q \*q" boolean \*q +It has been found that a certain BIOS call can lockup the Xserver because +of a problem in the Video BIOS. The log file will identify if you are +suffering from this problem and tell you to turn this option off. +Default: enabled +.TP +.BI "Option \*qDevicePresence\*q \*q" boolean \*q +Tell the driver to perform an active detect of the currently connected +monitors. This option is useful if the monitor was not connected when +the machine has booted, but unfortunately it doesn't always work and +is extremely dependent upon the Video BIOS. +Default: disabled .SH "SEE ALSO" __xservername__(__appmansuffix__), __xconfigfile__(__filemansuffix__), xorgconfig(__appmansuffix__), Xserver(__appmansuffix__), X(__miscmansuffix__) .SH AUTHORS Authors include: Keith Whitwell, and also Jonathan Bian, Matthew J Sottek, Jeff Hartmann, Mark Vojkovich, Alan Hourihane, H. J. Lu. 830M and 845G -support reworked originally for XFree86 4.3 by David Dawes and Keith Whitwell. +support reworked for XFree86 4.3 by David Dawes and Keith Whitwell. 852GM, 855GM, and 865G support added by David Dawes and Keith Whitwell. +915G support added by Alan Hourihane and Keith Whitwell. +Dual Head, Clone and lid status support added by Alan Hourihane. |