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author | Kaleb Keithley <kaleb@freedesktop.org> | 2003-11-14 16:48:55 +0000 |
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committer | Kaleb Keithley <kaleb@freedesktop.org> | 2003-11-14 16:48:55 +0000 |
commit | ea0e108b28b440cbff9acbb471f3aec2370914be (patch) | |
tree | 08b847fe466b88af6257ce7484da8c786133aa69 | |
parent | 677304545d45d78574e4252fa1c572e7861f1a73 (diff) |
XFree86 4.3.0.1xf86-4_3_0_1PRE_xf86-4_3_0_1
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diff --git a/README.sgml b/README.sgml index c129da9..3dba59b 100644 --- a/README.sgml +++ b/README.sgml @@ -1,55 +1,80 @@ -<!DOCTYPE linuxdoc PUBLIC "-//XFree86//DTD linuxdoc//EN"> +<!DOCTYPE linuxdoc PUBLIC "-//XFree86//DTD linuxdoc//EN" [ +<!ENTITY % defs SYSTEM "defs.ent"> %defs; +]> <article> <title>Information for DEC 21030 Users (aka TGA) <author>The XFree86 Project, Inc. -<date>26th February 1998 +<date>March 5th, 2000 + +<ident> +$XFree86: xc/programs/Xserver/hw/xfree86/doc/sgml/DECtga.sgml,v 3.9 2000/03/06 22:59:23 dawes Exp $ +</ident> + <toc> <p> <sect>DEC 21030 <p> <itemize> -<item>The DEC 21030 is supported by XFree86 in this release of XFree86 3.3. +<item>The DEC 21030 is supported by XFree86 &relvers;. The driver is now +partially accelerated. The built-in graphics on the Multia is +supported in 8-plane mode, and PCI cards with 8 or 16 MB framebuffers +are supported in 24-plane mode. TGA2 (aka PowerStorm 3D30/4D20) +cards are not currently supported. <item>Current Known Problems <enum> -<item>Only one modeline is accepted, this will be the first viable one -that matches other criteria. -<item>Due to the above, Virtual Resolutions is not supported either. +<item>Virtual desktops and multiple modelines do not work. You should +specify only one modeline. + +<item>Hardware cursor is only supported on systems with the BT485 +ramdac, ie the Multia. -<item>VideoRam is currently limited to 2MB. +<item>After the server has been run using the hardware cursor, the +Linux TGA console cursor (which also uses the hardware cursor) is +shifted down by one pixel. This problem does not affect Linux kernels +2.2.10 and above, which do not use the hardware cursor. + +<item>The XAA PolySegment() method is buggy. If you experience server +crashes with SIGFPE, or server hangs, try disabling it (see below). -<item>The 8plane 21030 is currently the only supported chipset. I don't -have access to the 24plane or the 24plane3D chip. </enum> <item>The following options may be specified for the 21030 driver: <descrip> -<tag>Option &dquot;dac_8_bit&dquot;</tag> - Turn on 8Bit BT485 RamDac. -<tag>Option &dquot;dac_6_bit&dquot;</tag> - Turn on 6Bit BT485 RamDac. -<tag>MemBase &dquot;0x???????&dquot;</tag> - If the server does not detect the base address of the 21030, then - Check /proc/pci for the 21030 and look for the "Prefetchable 32 bit - memory at 0x???????" and enter this as your MemBase setting. - In XFree86 v3.3.2, if you are using Linux > v2.0.27 with the PCI - routines the server should detect the base address automatically. +<tag>BusID "PCI:?:??:?"</tag> Currently it is necessary to + specify the BusID so that the server will find the card. + Check /proc/pci and look for the bus, device, and function + numbers in the 21030 section. On a Multia, this should be + &dquot;PCI:0:11:0&dquot;. + +<tag>MemBase 0x???????</tag> If the server does not + detect the base address of the 21030, then check /proc/pci for + the 21030 and look for the "Prefetchable 32 bit memory + at 0x???????" and enter this as your MemBase setting. + +<tag>Option "NoAccel"</tag> + Disables acceleration. + +<tag>Option "swcursor"</tag> + Disables the hardware cursor. + +<tag>Option "NoXaaPolySegment"</tag> + Disables the XAA PolySegment() method. </descrip> -<item>No acceleration features of the 21030 have been taken advantage of yet! </itemize> -<sect> Additional Notes <p> -The code for the 21030 as yet - has only been tested on DEC's UDB box, better -known as the Multia, in a Linux environment. - +<sect>Authors <p> -<verb> -$XFree86: xc/programs/Xserver/hw/xfree86/doc/sgml/DECtga.sgml,v 3.6.2.3 1998/02/26 20:11:25 hohndel Exp $ -</verb> +<itemize> +<item>Matthew Grossman, <email>mattg@oz.net</email> +<item>Alan Hourihane, <email>alanh@fairlite.demon.co.uk</email> +<item>Martin Lucina, <email>mato@kotelna.sk</email> +<item>Tim Rowley, <email>tor@cs.brown.edu</email> +</itemize> </article> |