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| author | Søren Sandmann Pedersen <sandmann@daimi.au.dk> | 2005-10-04 20:01:03 +0000 |
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| committer | Søren Sandmann Pedersen <sandmann@daimi.au.dk> | 2005-10-04 20:01:03 +0000 |
| commit | 640a96eef229aba0f564a3fa16120c6b9c8a0886 (patch) | |
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| parent | 23b57387e31c1c9b0f94d786e55c6847078f5812 (diff) | |
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@@ -0,0 +1,89 @@ + Information for newport Users + Guido Guenther + 24 February 2003 + ____________________________________________________________ + + Table of Contents + + + 1. Supported Hardware + 2. Features + 3. Notes + 4. Configuration + 5. Authors + 6. Acknowledgements + + + ______________________________________________________________________ + + [1m1. Supported Hardware[0m + + This is an unaccelerated driver for the SGI newport cards (a.k.a. XL) + as found in the SGI Indy and Indigo2. Both the 8bit and 24bit versions + are tested and working. + + + [1m2. Features[0m + + + +o Support for 8 and 24 bit pixel depths + + +o Hardware cursor support to reduce flicker + + + [1m3. Notes[0m + + + +o X -configure does not generate a xorg.conf file. + + +o There's only a 1280x1024 mode. + + + + [1m4. Configuration[0m + + The driver auto-detects all device information necessary to initialize + the card on the Indy. The only lines you need in the "Device" section + of your xorg.conf file are: + + Section "Device" + Identifier "SGI newport" + Driver "newport" + EndSection + + + Indigo2 users have to use the BusID option as documented below. + + However, if you have problems with auto-detection, you can specify: + + +o bitplanes - number of physical bitplanes (8 or 24) + + +o HWCursor - enable or disable hardware cursor + + +o BusID - set this to "1" on the Indigo2 XL + + + + [1m5. Authors[0m + + + +o Guido Guenther <agx@sigxcpu.org> + + + + [1m6. Acknowledgements[0m + + + +o Gleb O. Raiko <raiko@niisi.msk.ru> for getting the beast to build + + +o Ralf Baechle <ralf@oss.sgi.com> for his patience... + + +o Ulf Carlsson <ulfc@calypso.engr.sgi.com> for comments and elf + loader code + + +o Nina A. Podolskaya <nap@niisi.msk.ru> for elf loader code + + +o all the guys who wrote the newport_con linux kernel code + + + |