From 6748d620fbf39dd98982856c09256bdec0fc82a1 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Eric Anholt Date: Mon, 30 Apr 2007 17:27:23 -0700 Subject: Ignore VideoRam now that its original purpose is obsolete. It had been necessary to allow more than a small amount of memory to be allocated, but now those old small allocations people had configured are getting in the way. --- man/intel.man | 13 +++---------- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-) (limited to 'man/intel.man') diff --git a/man/intel.man b/man/intel.man index 178ff0a6..daf90307 100644 --- a/man/intel.man +++ b/man/intel.man @@ -43,17 +43,10 @@ NetBSD, and Solaris have such kernel drivers available. By default, the i810 will use 8 megabytes of system memory for graphics. For the 830M and later, the driver will automatically size its memory allocation according to the features it will -support. The amount of memory used may be limited by using the +support. The .B VideoRam -entry in the config file -.B "Device" -section. Limiting the amount of memory used may result in features being -disabled, so if you choose to configure it, it is advisable to check the -__xservername__ -log file to see 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 -reduce performance for 3D applications. +option, which in the past had been necessary to allow more than some small +amount of memory to be allocated, is now ignored. .PP The following driver .B Options -- cgit v1.2.3