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authorMartin-Éric Racine <q-funk@iki.fi>2008-08-13 09:25:49 +0300
committerMartin-Éric Racine <q-funk@iki.fi>2008-08-13 09:25:49 +0300
commit4e95ee76d47982450ec112988adb2079658bb682 (patch)
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parent316e89aa58f4d7f3cb4513a6decb035e99abc7d6 (diff)
Updated the README with the URL of the Geode X.Org wiki and
with info on the current Build Dependencies.
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-AMD Geode GX and LX Xorg graphics Driver
-May 9, 2007
+AMD Geode GX and LX X.Org graphics Driver
========================================
+Last updated: 2008-08-13
= Introduction =
@@ -9,6 +9,20 @@ The GX driver features XAA and EXA support for graphics acceleration,
and the LX driver supports EXA (including compositing). Both drivers
suppport dynamic rotation with XRandR, and Xv overlay support.
+http://wiki.x.org/wiki/AMDGeodeDriver
+
+= Dependencies =
+
+As of version 2.9.0, this driver depends on X.Org server 1.3 or newer,
+because it utilizes the new common DDC probing libraries from X.Org.
+
+If necessary, it might be possible to create autoconf macros to make
+this driver compile against older X servers, following this example:
+
+http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/xorg-commit/2007-February/010341.html
+
+Patches accomplising the same trick for the Geode driver are welcome.
+
= Configuration options =
You can specify the Geode driver in the normal fashion:
@@ -46,6 +60,4 @@ ExaScratch: Specify the amount of extra EXA scratch buffer (in bytes)
FBSize: Specify the size of the video space (in bytes)
PanelGeometry: Specify the geometry of the attached panel ("<width>x<height>")
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