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+                     Silicon Motion Driver for XFree86 4.1.0
+                         Alpha Release 1.3.1cz, 11/12/2001
+-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+Extensions:
+
+- gamma correction for 24 bit true color mode.
+
+Known problems:
+
+- gamma correction does not work for 16 bit true color mode:
+  LoadPalette gets a gamma correction color table for 5:6:5 RGB,
+  whereas the SMI RAMDAC wants a 8:8:8 RGB color table.
+
+- gamma correction only implemented for the Lynx3DM
+
+- StopVideo don't work. The graphics controller continues to write
+  into the capture buffer
+
+Fixed bugs (or new bugs :) ):
+
+- in SMI_ScreenInit frame buffer size calculation for video changed.
+
+
+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+                     Silicon Motion Driver for XFree86 4.1.0
+                         Alpha Release 1.3.0cz, 10/26/2001
+-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+Fixed bugs:
+
+- XAA: clipping rectangle was clipped to visible screen, so offscreen
+  pixmaps could not been drawn at with accelerated drawing functions.
+
+Extensions:
+
+- smi_video: partly rewritten.
+  - Support for 7111
+  - interlaced video via
+    - XF86Config Option "Interlaced" or
+    - attribute XV_INTERLACED
+
+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+                     Silicon Motion Driver for XFree86 4.0.2
+                         Alpha Release 1.2.2, 02/14/2001
+-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+Fixed bugs:
+
+- #920  - Color change/flash at 8bpp when switch back to desktop in rotation
+          mode.
+- #932  - System hangs when enabling rotation in 24-bpp.
+- #941  - Overlay disappear in the virtual desktop when move the window.
+- #944  - Mouse pointer doesn't work properly in panning modes under rotation.
+- #950  - Garbage appears on desktop when click the Basic/Metal for the Theme
+          Selector.
+- #983  - Added ZoomOnLCD option.
+- #1058 - Desktop changes color when panning in 24-bpp mode.
+- #1069 - CRT is off after exit X on DSTN 800x600.
+- #1074 - Screen broken occurs in X when enable Rotation on DSTN 800x600.
+
+Known problems:
+
+- When video is playing in panning mode, it is not correctly clipped when you
+  move the panning window.
+- Sound breaks apart in Netscape when moving the window around.
+
+-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+                     Silicon Motion Driver for XFree86 4.0.2
+                         Alpha Release 1.2.1, 01/03/2001
+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+Fixed bugs:
+
+- Severe corruption in 24-bpp across all chips.
+- Disable hardware cursor on older BIOSes.
+
+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+                     Silicon Motion Driver for XFree86 4.0.2
+                         Alpha Release 1.2.0, 12/13/2000
+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+Fixed bugs:
+
+- When restoring from VESAFB graphics mode, the screen did not update with the
+  UseBIOS switch on.
+
+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+                     Silicon Motion Driver for XFree86 4.0.1
+                         Alpha Release 1.1.9, 11/30/2000
+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+Fixed bugs:
+
+#581 - Need Linux driver to support zooming via ctrl+alt++ &  ctrl+alt+-.
+#670 - Screen broken occurs when switch back to the Xwindow during in Rotation
+       mode.
+#671 - Very slow to pop up the Exit menu from X windows during in Rotation mode.
+#672 - It doesn't redraw properly in X windows during in Rotation mode.
+#689 - Screen broken when toggle between terminal and desktop during playing in
+       MPEG.
+#705 - Linux CRT only 800x600 or 1024x768 there is no display.
+#864 - Lockup when video is playing and switching to full-screen command shell.
+
+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+                     Silicon Motion Driver for XFree86 4.0.1
+                         Alpha Release 1.1.8, 11/27/2000
+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+Fixed bugs:
+
+#640 - X windows shift to the right when start X or apply Rotation.
+
+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+                     Silicon Motion Driver for XFree86 4.0.1
+                         Alpha Release 1.1.7, 11/17/2000
+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+Fixed bugs:
+
+#676 - Green color only shown in window when run Xlive in Linux.
+#835 - Screen black after DPMS on.
+
+
+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+                     Silicon Motion Driver for XFree86 4.0.1
+                         Alpha Release 1.1.6, 11/03/2000
+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+Fixed bugs:
+
+#687 - Blue rectangle appears when video is clipped on thr right edge of screen.
+#735 - When resume from sleep, X does not wake up.
+
+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+                     Silicon Motion Driver for XFree86 4.0.1
+                         Alpha Release 1.1.5, 10/06/2000
+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+Fixed bugs:
+
+#578 - Don't check for CRT-only when validating modes.
+#579 - Corrected DPI issue when DDC monitor is not attached.
+
+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+                     Silicon Motion Driver for XFree86 4.0.1
+                         Alpha Release 1.1.4, 09/20/2000
+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+Fixed bugs:
+
+#521 - Screen corruption after return from X Server when vesafb is used.
+
+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+                     Silicon Motion Driver for XFree86 4.0.1
+                         Alpha Release 1.1.3, 09/18/2000
+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+New features:
+
+- Added live video capture.
+
+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+                     Silicon Motion Driver for XFree86 4.0.1
+                         Alpha Release 1.1.2, 09/14/2000
+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+Fixed bugs:
+
+#486 - Video scaling wrong on SM720.
+
+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+                     Silicon Motion Driver for XFree86 4.0.1
+                         Alpha Release 1.1.1, 08/23/2000
+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+New features:
+
+- Added support for overlays.
+
+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+                     Silicon Motion Driver for XFree86 4.0.1
+                         Alpha Release 1.1.0, 08/11/2000
+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+New features:
+
+- Added support for XFree86 4.0.1 server. This implies that support for the 4.0
+  server has gone. Hence the change in the alpha version number from 1.0.x to
+  1.1.x.
+
+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+                      Silicon Motion Driver for XFree86 4.0
+                         Alpha Release 1.0.2, 08/02/2000
+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+Fixed bugs:
+
+#161, Corruption when moving windows with a wallpaper background.
+
+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+                      Silicon Motion Driver for XFree86 4.0
+                         Alpha Release 1.0.1, 07/27/2000
+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+Fixed bugs:
+
+#160, Mouse pointer sometimes in bad location.
+#258, Temporary corruption starting X.
+
+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+                      Silicon Motion Driver for XFree86 4.0
+                         Alpha Release 1.0.0, 06/05/2000
+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+This is alpha version 1.0.0 of the Silicon Motion drivers for the XFree86 4.0
+server. See the README file for general information.
+
+This ALPHA version has the following known problems:
+
+- During mode initialization, the screen shows temporary garbage.
+- Image Transfers are disabled in the hardware for now.
+
+This driver has been tested on the LynxEM+ 712 chip under 16-bit mode. Any other
+mode might still show lock-ups and/or garbage. Please report any problems to
+frido@siliconmotion.com.
+
+Header:   //Mercury/Projects/archives/XFree86/4.0/Release.txt-arc   1.33   13 Dec 2000 09:52:48   Frido  $
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