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+.\" $XFree86: xc/programs/Xserver/hw/xfree86/drivers/nv/nv.man,v 1.17 2003/02/11 00:00:18 mvojkovi Exp $
+.\" shorthand for double quote that works everywhere.
+.ds q \N'34'
+.TH NV __drivermansuffix__ __vendorversion__
+.SH NAME
+nv \- NVIDIA video driver
+.SH SYNOPSIS
+.nf
+.B "Section \*qDevice\*q"
+.BI " Identifier \*q" devname \*q
+.B " Driver \*qnv\*q"
+\ \ ...
+.B EndSection
+.fi
+.SH DESCRIPTION
+.B nv
+is an XFree86 driver for NVIDIA video cards. The driver supports full 2D
+acceleration and provides support for the following framebuffer depths:
+8, 15, 16 (except Riva128) and 24. All
+visual types are supported for depth 8, TrueColor and DirectColor
+visuals are supported for the other depths with the exception of
+the Riva128 which only supports TrueColor in the higher depths.
+
+.SH SUPPORTED HARDWARE
+The
+.B nv
+driver supports PCI and AGP video cards based on the following NVIDIA chips:
+.TP 22
+.B RIVA 128
+NV3
+.TP 22
+.B RIVA TNT
+NV4
+.TP 22
+.B RIVA TNT2
+NV5
+.TP 22
+.B GeForce 256, QUADRO
+NV10
+.TP 22
+.B GeForce2, QUADRO2
+NV11 & NV15
+.TP 22
+.B GeForce3, QUADRO DCC
+NV20
+.TP 22
+.B nForce, nForce2
+NV1A, NV1F
+.TP 22
+.B GeForce4, QUADRO4
+NV17, NV18, NV25, NV28
+.TP 22
+.B GeForce FX, QUADRO FX
+NV30
+.SH CONFIGURATION DETAILS
+Please refer to XF86Config(__filemansuffix__) for general configuration
+details. This section only covers configuration details specific to this
+driver.
+.PP
+The driver auto-detects the chipset type and the amount of video memory
+present for all chips.
+.PP
+The following driver
+.B Options
+are supported:
+.TP
+.BI "Option \*qHWCursor\*q \*q" boolean \*q
+Enable or disable the HW cursor. Default: on.
+.TP
+.BI "Option \*qNoAccel\*q \*q" boolean \*q
+Disable or enable acceleration. Default: acceleration is enabled.
+.TP
+.BI "Option \*qUseFBDev\*q \*q" boolean \*q
+Enable or disable use of on OS-specific fb interface (and is not supported
+on all OSs). See fbdevhw(__drivermansuffix__) for further information.
+Default: off.
+.TP
+.BI "Option \*qCrtcNumber\*q \*q" integer \*q
+nForce2, Quadro4, GeForce4 and NV30 may have two video outputs.
+The driver attempts to autodetect
+which one the monitor is connected to. In the case that autodetection picks
+the wrong one, this option may be used to force usage of a particular output.
+The options are "0" or "1".
+Default: autodetected.
+.TP
+.BI "Option \*qFlatPanel\*q \*q" boolean \*q
+The driver usually cannot autodetect the presence of a flat panel so
+this option should be set when used with a flat panel. With this driver
+a flat panel will only work if it was POSTed by the BIOS, that is, the
+machine must have booted to the panel.
+Default: off.
+.TP
+.BI "Option \*qFPDither\*q \*q" boolean \*q
+Most digital flat panels have only 6 bits per component color resolution.
+This option tells the driver to dither from 8 bits per component to 6 before
+the flat panel truncates it. This is only suported in depth 24 on NV11,
+nForce2, GeForce4, Quadro4 and NV30.
+Default: off.
+.TP
+.BI "Option \*qRotate\*q \*qCW\*q"
+.TP
+.BI "Option \*qRotate\*q \*qCCW\*q"
+Rotate the display clockwise or counterclockwise. This mode is unaccelerated.
+Default: no rotation.
+
+Note: Option Rotate does not work unless the Resize and Rotate extension has
+been turned off.
+.TP
+.BI "Option \*qShadowFB\*q \*q" boolean \*q
+Enable or disable use of the shadow framebuffer layer. Default: off.
+.SH "SEE ALSO"
+XFree86(1), XF86Config(__filemansuffix__), xf86config(1), Xserver(1), X(__miscmansuffix__)
+.SH AUTHORS
+Authors include: David McKay, Jarno Paananen, Chas Inman, Dave Schmenk,
+Mark Vojkovich