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authorFelix Kuehling <fxkuehl@gmx.de>2005-02-01 23:20:22 +0000
committerFelix Kuehling <fxkuehl@gmx.de>2005-02-01 23:20:22 +0000
commitdbd65625f1eb3dbb5c45e1fc41e385db45c973ed (patch)
treefee53521be168aae3cd20032417b2b3697fdabf9 /man
parent0c5a94f8a342728e43792e01c6df5ff17dbb59c8 (diff)
- Changed option ForcePCIMode to option BusType for consistency with other
drivers (radeon) and the DmaType option. - Changed the type of a few more messages in SavagePreInit. - Updated the manual page. - Moved option CrtOnly to a more sensible place in the man page.
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@@ -101,6 +101,12 @@ necessary to override it here. The
parameter may be specified as an integer in Hz (135750000), or with
standard suffixes like "k", "kHz", "M", or "MHz" (as in 135.75MHz).
.TP
+.BI "Option \*qCrtOnly\*q \*q" boolean \*q
+This option disables output to the LCD and enables output to the CRT port only.
+It is useful on laptops if you only want to use the CRT port or to force the CRT
+output only on desktop cards that use mobile chips. Default: auto-detect active
+outputs
+.TP
.BI "Option \*qUseBIOS\*q \*q" boolean \*q
Enable or disable use of the video BIOS to change modes. Ordinarily, the
.B savage
@@ -158,23 +164,28 @@ The amount of AGP memory that will allocated for DMA and textures in
MB. Valid sizes are 4, 8, 16, 32, 64, 128 and 256. The default is
16MB.
.TP
-.BI "Option \*qCrtOnly\*q \*q" boolean \*q
-This option disables output to the LCD and enables output to the CRT port only.
-It is useful on laptops if you only want to use the CRT port or to force the CRT
-output only on desktop cards that use mobile chips. Default: auto-detect active
-outputs
-.TP
-.BI "Option \*qDmaType\*q \*q" AGP \*q
-.TP
-.BI "Option \*qDmaType\*q \*q" PCI \*q
+.BI "Option \*qDmaType\*q \*q" string \*q
The type of memory that will be used by the 3D driver for DMA (direct
-memory access). \*qPCI\*q works with all hardware but with poor
-performance. \*qAGP\*q only works if you have an AGP card. The default
-is \*qAGP\*q if you have an AGP card, \*qPCI\*q otherwise.
+memory access).
+.br
+PCI \-\- PCI memory (default on PCI cards)
+.br
+AGP \-\- AGP memory (default on AGP cards)
+.br
+\*qAGP\*q only works if you have an AGP card.
.TP
-.BI "Option \*qForcePCIMode\*q \*q" boolean \*q
-If you turn this on then PCI memory will be used for DMA and AGP
-textures will be disabled.
+.BI "Option \*qBusType\*q \*q" string \*q
+The bus type that will be used to access the graphics card.
+.br
+PCI \-\- PCI bus (default on PCI cards)
+.br
+AGP \-\- AGP bus (default on AGP cards)
+.br
+\*qAGP\*q only works if you have an AGP card. If you choose \*qPCI\*q
+on an AGP card the AGP bus speed is not set and no AGP aperture is
+allocated. This implies
+.BI DmaType
+\*qPCI\*q.
.SH FILES
savage_drv.o
.SH "SEE ALSO"