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authorMatthieu Herrb <matthieu@cvs.openbsd.org>2008-08-31 07:30:44 +0000
committerMatthieu Herrb <matthieu@cvs.openbsd.org>2008-08-31 07:30:44 +0000
commit533372064b915479b875cc33e6be0c72ebea204b (patch)
tree4a737ff1ee7845759c7dbaaaa5af5fa55427f262 /distrib
parent25f62a8d96172ad69db91366a2e458e7291987c8 (diff)
mention the sunffb driver.
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diff --git a/distrib/notes/README.sparc64 b/distrib/notes/README.sparc64
index 755472310..e9e838b87 100644
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+++ b/distrib/notes/README.sparc64
@@ -153,8 +153,9 @@ EndSection
Single, accelerated display
---------------------------
-Accelerated access to the framebuffer is only supported on machines with
-PCI VGA framebuffers. To use it, retrieve the PCI bus, device and function
+Accelerated access to the framebuffer is supported on machines with
+PCI VGA or UPA Creator framebuffers.
+To use a PCI VGA framebuffer, retrieve the PCI bus, device and function
of the video card, eg:
blade$ dmesg | grep vgafb
@@ -175,6 +176,15 @@ of the framebuffer):
# Option "reference_clock" "29.5MHz"
EndSection
+For UPA Creator framebuffers, the device can be automatically detected if
+you don't have an xorg.conf file. Otherwise the "Device" section would
+be something like:
+
+ Section "Device"
+ Identifier "Card0"
+ Driver "sunffb"
+ EndSection
+
It is also important that you modify the Monitor section and change the
HorizSync and VertRefresh parameters with those of the monitor in use.
Finally, customization of the Screen section will allow switching of
@@ -254,4 +264,4 @@ See xorg.conf(5) for more options.
problem_blurb
-$OpenBSD: README.sparc64,v 1.4 2007/08/26 07:38:37 matthieu Exp $
+$OpenBSD: README.sparc64,v 1.5 2008/08/31 07:30:43 matthieu Exp $