patch-2.3.39 linux/Documentation/fb/aty128fb.txt

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• Date: Mon Jan 10 12:17:37 2000
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• Orig date: Wed Dec 31 16:00:00 1969

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+[This file is cloned from VesaFB/matroxfb]
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+What is aty128fb?
+=================
+
+This is a driver for a graphic framebuffer for ATI Rage128 based devices
+on Intel and PPC boxes.
+
+Advantages:
+
+ * It provides a nice large console (128 cols + 48 lines with 1024x768)
+   without using tiny, unreadable fonts.
+ * You can run XF68_FBDev on top of /dev/fb0
+ * Most important: boot logo :-)
+
+Disadvantages:
+
+ * graphic mode is slower than text mode... but you should not notice
+   if you use same resolution as you used in textmode.
+ * still experimental.
+
+
+How to use it?
+==============
+
+Switching modes is done using the  video=aty128fb:<resolution>... modedb
+boot parameter or using `fbset' program.
+
+See Documentation/fb/modedb.txt for more information on modedb
+resolutions.
+
+You should compile in both vgacon (to boot if you remove your Rage128 from
+box) and aty128fb (for graphics mode). You should not compile-in vesafb
+unless you have primary display on non-Rage128 VBE2.0 device (see 
+Documentation/vesafb.txt for details).
+
+
+X11
+===
+
+XF68_FBDev should generally work fine, but it is non-accelerated. As of
+this document, 8 and 32bpp works fine.  There have been palette issues
+when switching from X to console and back to X.  You will have to restart
+X to fix this.
+
+
+Configuration
+=============
+
+You can pass kernel command line options to vesafb with
+`video=aty128fb:option1,option2:value2,option3' (multiple options should
+be separated by comma, values are separated from options by `:'). 
+Accepted options:
+
+noaccel  - do not use acceleration engine. It is default.
+accel    - use acceleration engine. Not finished.
+vmode:x  - chooses PowerMacintosh video mode <x>. Depreciated.
+cmode:x  - chooses PowerMacintosh colour mode <x>. Depreciated.
+<XxX@X>  - selects startup videomode. See modedb.txt for detailed
+	   explanation. Default is 640x480x8bpp.
+
+
+Limitations
+===========
+
+There are known and unknown bugs, features and misfeatures.
+Currently there are following known bugs:
+ + This driver is still experimental and is not finished.  Too many
+   bugs/eratta to list here.
+
+--
+Brad Douglas <brad@neruo.com>