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diff --git a/man/i810.man b/man/i810.man index 1a70c742..c892bb3e 100644 --- a/man/i810.man +++ b/man/i810.man @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -.\" $XFree86: xc/programs/Xserver/hw/xfree86/drivers/i810/i810.man,v 1.4 2003/07/29 20:59:06 dawes Exp $ +.\" $XFree86: xc/programs/Xserver/hw/xfree86/drivers/i810/i810.man,v 1.5 2003/10/18 02:27:07 dawes Exp $ .\" shorthand for double quote that works everywhere. .ds q \N'34' .TH I810 __drivermansuffix__ __vendorversion__ @@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ i810 \- Intel 8xx integrated graphics chipsets .fi .SH DESCRIPTION .B i810 -is an XFree86 driver for Intel integrated graphics chipsets. +is an __xservername__ driver for Intel integrated graphics chipsets. The driver supports depths 8, 15, 16 and 24. All visual types are supported in depth 8. For the i810/i815 other depths support the TrueColor and DirectColor visuals. For the 830M and later, only the @@ -25,10 +25,10 @@ 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 XF86Config(__filemansuffix__) for general configuration +Please refer to __xconfigfile__(__filemansuffix__) for general configuration details. This section only covers configuration details specific to this driver. .PP @@ -50,7 +50,8 @@ DRI is enabled. This amount may be changed with the entry in the config file .B "Device" section. It may be set to any reasonable value up to 64MB for older -chipsets or 128MB for newer chipets. It is advisable to check the XFree86 +chipsets or 128MB for newer chipets. It is advisable to check the +__xservername__ log file to check if any features have been disabled because of insufficient video memory. In particular, DRI support or tiling mode may be disabled with insufficient video memory. Either of these being disabled will @@ -72,7 +73,8 @@ Disable or enable acceleration. Default: acceleration is enabled. .TP .BI "Option \*qSWCursor\*q \*q" boolean \*q Disable or enable software cursor. Default: software cursor is disable -and a hardware cursor is used. +and a hardware cursor is used for configurations where the hardware cursor +is available. .TP .BI "Option \*qColorKey\*q \*q" integer \*q This sets the default pixel value for the YUV video overlay key. @@ -86,7 +88,7 @@ textures. Increasing it can improve 2D performance at the expense of Default: depends on the resolution, depth, and available video memory. The driver attempts to allocate at least enough to hold two DVD-sized YUV buffers by default. The default used for a specific configuration can be found -by examining the XFree86 log file. +by examining the __xservername__ log file. .TP .BI "Option \*qDRI\*q \*q" boolean \*q Disable or enable DRI support. @@ -115,6 +117,13 @@ The following driver .B Options are supported for the 830M and later chipsets: .TP +.BI "Option \*qVBERestore\*q \*q" boolean \*q +Enable or disable the use of VBE save/restore for saving and restoring +the initial text mode. This is disabled by default because it causes +lockups on some platforms. However, there are some cases where it must +enabled for the correct restoration of the initial video mode. If you are +having a problem with that, try enabling this option. Default: Disabled. +.TP .BI "Option \*qVideoKey\*q \*q" integer \*q This is the same as the .B \*qColorKey\*q @@ -124,12 +133,71 @@ other drivers. .BI "Option \*qXVideo\*q \*q" boolean \*q 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" -XFree86(1), XF86Config(__filemansuffix__), xf86config(1), Xserver(1), X(__miscmansuffix__) +__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 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. |