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diff --git a/share/man/man4/man4.hp300/gbox.4 b/share/man/man4/man4.hp300/gbox.4 new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..10c861ce129 --- /dev/null +++ b/share/man/man4/man4.hp300/gbox.4 @@ -0,0 +1,111 @@ +.\" $OpenBSD: gbox.4,v 1.1 2003/03/16 20:12:50 miod Exp $ +.\" +.\" Copyright (c) 1990, 1991, 1993 +.\" The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved. +.\" +.\" This code is derived from software contributed to Berkeley by +.\" the Systems Programming Group of the University of Utah Computer +.\" Science Department. +.\" +.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without +.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions +.\" are met: +.\" 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright +.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer. +.\" 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright +.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the +.\" documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution. +.\" 3. All advertising materials mentioning features or use of this software +.\" must display the following acknowledgement: +.\" This product includes software developed by the University of +.\" California, Berkeley and its contributors. +.\" 4. Neither the name of the University nor the names of its contributors +.\" may be used to endorse or promote products derived from this software +.\" without specific prior written permission. +.\" +.\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE REGENTS AND CONTRIBUTORS ``AS IS'' AND +.\" ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE +.\" IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE +.\" ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE REGENTS OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE +.\" FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL +.\" DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS +.\" OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) +.\" HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT +.\" LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY +.\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF +.\" SUCH DAMAGE. +.\" +.\" from: @(#)gb.4 8.1 (Berkeley) 6/9/93 +.\" +.Dd March 16, 2003 +.Dt GBOX 4 hp300 +.Os +.Sh NAME +.Nm gbox +.Nd +.Tn HP98700 +.Dq Gatorbox +frame buffer +.Sh SYNOPSIS +.Cd "gbox* at intio?" +.Cd "gbox* at dio? scode ?" +.Cd "grf* at gbox?" +.Sh DESCRIPTION +The +.Tn HP98700 +and +.Tn HP98710 +are 4- and 8-bit color frame buffers, +also known as the Gatorbox. +.Pp +The term +.Dq Gator +will often be used, and it is not to be +confused with +.Dq Gator +used in reference to an +.Tn HP +9837 or 200/237 machine. +Also, the term +.Dq Gatorbox +is used for the 98700 alone, with the 98701 frame +buffer memory or with the 98710 accelerator installed. +.Pp +The +.Nm +driver provides a frame buffer abstraction to the +.Xr grf 4 +driver, and the associated +.Xr ite 4 +console framework. +.Pp +The 98700 can be used as the only graphics device on a system, in which case +it will be used as the system console. +It can also be installed as a secondary display device. +For the first case, the +.Tn HP98287A M.A.D. +interface card +should be set to internal control space. +This will put the frame buffer at the DIO address 0x200000 and the control +registers at 0x560000. +At this address it will be the ``preferred'' console device (see +.Xr cons 4 ) . +For use as a secondary device, +the 98287A should be set to frame buffer address 0x300000, +and to an external select code. +.Pp +It should be noted that this configuration will conflict with the 98547 +display card which has a 2 megabyte frame buffer starting at address 0x200000. +The 98700 should only be installed as a secondary device in a machine with a +1 bit 98544 display card or 4 bit 98545 card. +The +.%T 98700H Installation Guide +contains further configuration information. +.Sh SEE ALSO +.Xr ioctl 2 , +.Xr dvbox 4 , +.Xr grf 4 , +.Xr hyper 4 , +.Xr intro 4 , +.Xr rbox 4 , +.Xr topcat 4 |