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authorEric Anholt <eric@anholt.net>2007-07-02 18:33:47 -0700
committerEric Anholt <eric@anholt.net>2007-07-02 18:33:47 -0700
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Update documentation and bump driver version to 2.1.0.
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Information for Intel graphics driver users
Eric Anholt
-2007-04-02
+2007-07-02
This document provides a brief summary of the Intel graphics support provided
by the xf86-video-intel driver. More information can also be found in the
@@ -15,9 +15,14 @@ Supported Hardware:
i845
i852
i855
- i915
- i945
- i965
+ 915G
+ 915GM
+ 945G
+ 945GM/GME
+ 946GZ
+ G965
+ GM/GME965
+ G33/Q33/Q35
Features
- Full support for 8, 15, 16, and 24 bit pixel depths.
@@ -70,6 +75,9 @@ Known Limitations
release.
- Gray output with integrated TV-out and PAL TVs.
- EXA support unstable on i845.
+- Some GM965 systems, such as the Thinkpad T61, probe the TV as being connected
+ even when no output connector is available. This results in the gnome-panel
+ issue noted below.
Common issues not caused by the driver
- Font sizes (DPI) are wrong. Some displays incorrectly report their
@@ -80,7 +88,7 @@ Common issues not caused by the driver
- gnome-panel is located in the middle of the screen. gnome-panel places
itself within head #0's boundaries, which doesn't work well with a second
head covering the same area as head #0 but larger.
-- Older resolution-changing applicationss have poor results in
+- Older resolution-changing applications have poor results in
multihead systems. Previous extensions such as RandR 1.1 exposed only a
single output to client programs, and those requests map poorly to multi-head
systems. Currently, those requests map to just one of the outputs in the