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diff --git a/README.sgml b/README.sgml index 193cfdc..ca365e5 100644 --- a/README.sgml +++ b/README.sgml @@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ <!-- Title information --> <title>Information for SiS Users <author>Thomas Winischhofer (<email>thomas@winischhofer.net</email>) -<date>5 October 2003 +<date>7 February 2005 <ident> </ident> @@ -17,137 +17,152 @@ <sect> Introduction <p> -This driver is written by Thomas Winischhofer and is a (nearly) complete re-write -of a driver written for the SiS6326 and SiS530 by Alan Hourihane and others. +This driver is written by Thomas Winischhofer and is a (nearly) complete +re-write of a driver written for the SiS6326 and SiS530 by Alan Hourihane +and others. It currently supports the following chipsets: <itemize> <item>old series: 5597/5598, 6236/AGP/DVD, 530/620 <item>300 series: 300/305, 540, 630/730 - <item>315 series: 315, 550, 650, 651, M650, 740 - <item>330 series: 330 ("Xabre"), 661FX, M661FX, 741, 760 + <item>315 series: 315/E/PRO, 550/551/552, 650, 651, M650, 740 + <item>330 series: 330 ("Xabre"), [M]661[F/M]X, [M]741[GX], [M]760[GX] </itemize> -The driver supports: +Among other features, the driver supports <itemize> - <item>8/16/24 bits color depth; old series also 15; - <item>XAA - <item>XVideo (Xv) - <item>Render (XRAND) - <item>Hardware cursor; 315/330 series: Color HW cursor; + <item>8/16/24 bits color depth; old series also 15 + <item>Hardware cursor; 315/330 series: Color HW cursor + <item>XAA; XVideo (Xv); RENDER (XRAND) and other extensions <item>6326: TV output <item>300/315/330 series: TV output via Chrontel TV encoders or SiS video bridges <item>300/315/330 series: LCD output via LVDS transmitters or SiS video bridges - <item>300/315/330 series: Dual head mode; Xinerama; Merged framebuffer mode; + <item>300/315/330 series: Dual head mode; Xinerama; Merged framebuffer mode </itemize> -This document gives an overview over the driver's features and configuration options. -Please see http://www.winischhofer.net/linuxsisvga.shtml for detailed documentation -and updates. Support for the 661, 741 and 760 is entirely untested as of this writing, -and possibly incomplete for LCD output. +This document provides a brief overview over the driver's features and +configuration options. Please see http://www.winischhofer.at/linuxsisvga.shtml +for detailed documentation and updates. <sect> xorg.conf Options <p> -The following options are of particular interest for the SiS -driver. Each of them must be specified in the Device section of the -xorg.conf file for this card. +The following options are of particular interest for the SiS driver. Each of them +must be specified in the Device section of the xorg.conf file for this card. -<sect1>For all chipsets<p> +In the list below, the options' arguments are described by type. For "boolean", +the keywords "on", "true" and "yes", as well as "off", "false" and "no" respectively +have the same meaning. + +<sect1> For all chipsets<p> <descrip> -<tag>Option "SWCursor", "HWCursor"</tag> +<tag>Option "SWCursor" [boolean]</tag> +<tag>Option "HWCursor" [boolean]</tag> These options select whether the software (SW) or hardware (HW) cursor should be used. The default is using the hardware cursor. -<tag>Option "NoAccel"</tag> - Disables 2D acceleration. Default: 2D acceleration is enabled. -<tag>Option "Turboqueue"</tag> - SiS chipsets have the option to extend the engine command queue on - VRAM. This concept is called "TurboQueue" and gives some performance improvement. - Due to hardware bugs, the TurboQueue is disabled on the 530/620, otherwise - enabled by default. -<tag>Option "Rotate"</tag> - This option enables clockwise ("CW") or counter-clockwise ("CCW") rotation of +<tag>Option "NoAccel" [boolean]</tag> + Disables 2D acceleration. By default, 2D acceleration is enabled. +<tag>Option "Rotate" [string]</tag> + This option enables clockwise ("CW") or counter-clockwise ("CCW") rotation of the display. Enabling either CW or CCW rotation disables the RandR extension. Default: no rotation. -<tag>Option "ShadowFB"</tag> - This option enables the shadow framebuffer layer. By default, it is disabled. -<tag>Option "NoXVideo"</tag> - Disables the XVideo support. Default: XVideo support is enabled. -<tag>Option "CRT1Gamma"</tag> - Enables or disables gamma correction. Default: gamma correction is enabled. +<tag>Option "ShadowFB" [boolean]</tag> + This option enables the shadow framebuffer layer. By default, it is disabled. +<tag>Option "NoXVideo" [boolean]</tag> + Disables the XVideo (Xv) support. By default, XVideo support is enabled. +<tag>Option "CRT1Gamma" [boolean]</tag> + Enables or disables gamma correction. Default: gamma correction is enabled. </descrip> -<sect1>old series specific options <p> +<sect1> old series specific options <p> <descrip> -<tag>Option "FastVram"</tag> - Enables 1 cycle memory access for read and write operations. The default +<tag>Option "FastVram" [boolean]</tag> + Enables 1 cycle memory access for read and write operations. The default depends on the chipset used. -<tag>Option "NoHostBus"</tag> - For 5597/5598 only. This option, if set, disables the CPU to VGA host bus. +<tag>Option "Turboqueue" [boolean]</tag> + SiS chipsets have the ability to extend the engine command queue in + video RAM. This concept is called "TurboQueue" and gives some performance + improvement. Due to hardware bugs, the TurboQueue is disabled on the 530/620, + otherwise enabled by default. +<tag>Option "NoHostBus" [boolean]</tag> + For 5597/5598 only. This option, if set, disables the CPU to VGA host bus. Disabling the host bus will result in a severe performance regression. -<tag>VideoRAM size</tag> The SiS 6326 can only directly address 4096K - bytes of video RAM. However, there are some cards out there featuring - 8192K (8MB) of video RAM. This RAM is not addressable by the engines. - Therefore, by default, the driver will only use 4096K. This behavior - can be overridden by specifying the amount of video RAM using the - VideoRAM keyword. If more than 4096K is specified, the driver will - disable 2D acceleration, Xv and the HW cursor. On all other chipsets, - this keyword is ignored. -<tag>Option "NoYV12"</tag> - Due to hardware bugs, XVideo may display a corrupt image when using +<tag>VideoRAM [size]</tag> + The SiS 6326 can only directly address 4096K bytes of video RAM. However, + there are some cards out there featuring 8192K (8MB) of video RAM. This RAM + is not addressable by the engines. Therefore, by default, the driver will + only use 4096K. This behavior can be overridden by specifying the amount of + video RAM using the VideoRAM keyword. If more than 4096K is specified, the + driver will disable 2D acceleration, Xv and the HW cursor. On all other + chipsets, this keyword is ignored. The size argument is expected in KB, but + without "KB". +<tag>Option "NoYV12" [boolean]</tag> + Due to hardware bugs, XVideo may display a corrupt image when using YV12 encoded material. This option, if set, disables support for YV12 and hence forces the Xv-aware application to use either YUV2 or XShm for video output. -<tag>Option "TVStandard"</tag> +<tag>Option "TVStandard" [string]</tag> (6326 only) Selects the TV output standard. May be PAL or NTSC. By default, this is selected by a jumper on the card. </descrip> -<sect1>300/315/330 series specific options<p> +<sect1> 300/315/330 series specific options<p> <descrip> -<tag>Option "ForceCRT1"</tag> - Enables or disables CRT1 (= the external VGA monitor). By default, +<tag>Option "EnableSiSCtrl" [boolean]</tag> + This option enables/disables the driver's interface for the SiSCtrl + utility. Please see http://www.winischhofer.at/linuxsisvga.shtml + for more information. +<tag>Option "Turboqueue" [boolean]</tag> + (300 series only) SiS chipsets have the ability to extend the engine + command queue in video RAM. This concept is called "TurboQueue" and gives + some performance improvement. The TurboQueue is enabled by default. +<tag>Option "ForceCRT1" [boolean]</tag> + Enables or disables CRT1 (= the external VGA monitor). By default, the driver will use CRT1 if a monitor is detected during server start. Some older monitors can't be detected, so they may require setting this option to true. To disable CRT1 output, set this option to false. -<tag>Option "ForceCRT1Type"</tag> - SiS 650, M650 and 651 with either 301LV or 302LV video bridge only. - May be VGA or LCD. Specifying LCD will force the driver to use the - VGA controller's CRT1 channel for driving the LCD, while CRT2 is - free for TV usage. Default is VGA. -<tag>Option "ForceCRT2Type"</tag> - Selects the CRT2 output device type. Valid parameters are LCD, TV, - SVIDEO, COMPOSITE, SCART, VGA, NONE. NONE disables CRT2. SVIDEO and - COMPOSITE are only for systems with a SiS video bridge and select the - desired plug type. For Chrontel systems, TV should be used instead. - VGA means secondary VGA and is only available on some SiS video bridges +<tag>Option "ForceCRT1Type" [string]</tag> + (For SiS 650, M650, 651, 661, 741, 760 with either SiS 301LV, 302LV or + SiS 301C video bridge only) The argument may be "VGA" or "LCD". Specifying + LCD will force the driver to use the VGA controller's CRT1 channel for + driving the LCD while CRT2 is free for TV usage. Default is VGA. +<tag>Option "ForceCRT2Type" [string]</tag> + Selects the CRT2 output device type. Valid parameters are "LCD", "TV", + "SVIDEO", "COMPOSITE", "SVIDEO+COMPOSITE", "SCART", "VGA", "YPBPR480I", + "YPBPR480P", "YPBPR720P", "YPBPR1080I" or "NONE". NONE disables CRT2. + SVIDEO, COMPOSITE, SVIDEO+COMPOSITE, SCART and all the YPBPR alternatives + are only for systems with a SiS video bridge and select the desired plug + or tv standard type. For Chrontel systems, TV should be used instead. VGA + means secondary VGA and is only available on some SiS video bridges (301, 301B, 301C). -<tag>Option "CRT2Gamma"</tag> - Enables or disables gamma correction for CRT2. This is only supported - for SiS video bridges. Default: gamma correction for CRT2 is enabled. -<tag>Option "DRI"</tag> +<tag>Option "CRT2Gamma" [boolean]</tag> + (For SiS video bridges only) This option enables or disables gamma + correction for CRT2. Default: gamma correction for CRT2 is enabled. +<tag>Option "DRI" [boolean]</tag> Although this option is accepted for all chipsets, it currently only makes sense on the 300 series; DRI is only supported on these chipsets. This option enables/disables DRI. -<tag>Option "TVStandard"</tag> +<tag>Option "TVStandard" [string]</tag> Selects the TV output standard. May be PAL or NTSC, on some machines (depending on the hardware) also PALM and PALN. Default: BIOS setting. -<tag>Option "TVXPosOffset", "TVYPosOffset"</tag> +<tag>Option "TVXPosOffset" [integer]</tag> +<tag>Option "TVYPosOffset" [integer]</tag> These options allow relocating the image on your TV. Both options take an integer within the range of -16 to 16. Default: 0. Not supported for Chrontel 7019. -<tag>Option "CHTVOverscan"</tag> - For Chrontel TV encoders only. Selects whether TV output should be +<tag>Option "CHTVOverscan" [boolean]</tag> + (For Chrontel TV encoders only) Selects whether TV output should be overscan or underscan. -<tag>Option "CHTVSuperOverscan"</tag> - For Chrontel 7005 TV encoders in PAL mode only. Selects whether TV output +<tag>Option "CHTVSuperOverscan" [boolean]</tag> + (For Chrontel 7005 TV encoders in PAL mode only) Selects whether TV output should be super-overscan (slightly larger than the viewable area) or not. -<tag> Option "SISTVXScale", "SISTVYScale"</tag> - For SiS video bridges only. These options allow zooming the image on +<tag>Option "SISTVXScale" [integer]</tag> +<tag>Option "SISTVYScale" [integer]</tag> + (For SiS video bridges only) These options allow zooming the image on your TV. SISTVXScale takes an integer within the range of -16 to 16. SISTVYScale accepts -4 to 3. Default: 0. Not all modes can be scaled. </descrip> @@ -155,50 +170,52 @@ xorg.conf file for this card. <sect1> 300 series specific options<p> <descrip> -<tag>Option "MaxXFBMem"</tag> - DRI requires the linux kernel's SiS framebuffer driver "sisfb" and some - other modules which come with either the linux kernel or X11R&relvers;. (On *BSD, - the DRI driver does not require any framebuffer driver.) - Sisfb takes care of memory management for texture data. In order to prevent - the X driver and sisfb from overwriting each others video memory, sisfb - reserves an amount of video memory for the X driver. This amount can either - be selected using sisfb's mem parameter, or auto-selected depending on the - amount of total video RAM available. However, the X driver needs to know about - the amount of RAM sisfb reserved. For this purpose, the Option "MaxXFBMem" exists. - - XFree 4.3.0 disabled SiS DRI support due to a lack of maintenance of the SiS DRI - driver. X11R&relvers; and X11R&relvers; and XFree86 4.4 contains a newly written - SiS DRI driver by Eric Anholt. - - If you intend to use DRI, I recommend setting the total video memory in the BIOS - to 64MB in order to at least overcome the lack of memory swap functions. - - Sisfb can be used for memory management only, or as a complete framebuffer driver. - If you start sisfb with a valid mode (ie you gain a graphical console), the X driver - can communicate with sisfb and doesn't require setting the MaxXFBMem option at all. - The X driver will receive enough information from sisfb in this case. - - However, if you use sisfb for memory management only, ie you started sisfb with - mode=none and still have a text mode console, there is no communication between sisfb - and the X driver. In this case, you need to set MaxXFBMem to the same value as you - gave sisfb with its mem parameter. If you didn't specify any mem parameter, sisfb - will reserve 12288KB if more than 16MB of total video RAM is available, 8192KB if - between 12 and 16MB of video RAM is available, 4096KB in all other cases. - - Then you need to specify any of these amounts as the parameter for the MaxXFBMem - option. The value is to be given without 'KB'. +<tag>Option "MaxXFBMem" [size]</tag> + This option might only be needed if you are running X on a Linux 2.4 series + kernel. This option is not needed and should be omitted on Linux 2.6 and *BSD. + + The Linux kernel features a framebuffer driver named "sisfb" which takes care + of memory management for DRI/DRM (such as for 3D texture data). In order to + keep the X driver and sisfb from overwriting each other's video memory, sisfb + reserves a certain amount of video memory for the X driver. Reserved memory + is for X 2D, pixmap cache and video data only. Sisfb will not present this + memory to the DRI. The amount of reserved memory can either be selected using + sisfb's mem parameter or auto-selected depending on the total amount of video + RAM available. + + Fact of the matter is, the X driver needs to know about the amount of RAM + sisfb reserved. For this purpose, the Option "MaxXFBMem" exists. + + If you start sisfb with a valid mode (ie you run a graphical console), the + X driver can communicate with sisfb and doesn't require setting the MaxXFBMem + option at all. The X driver will receive enough information from sisfb in + this case. + + If you, on the other hand, use sisfb for memory management only, ie you started + sisfb with mode=none and still have a text mode console, there is no communication + between sisfb and the X driver. In this - and ONLY this - case, you need to set + MaxXFBMem to the same value as you gave sisfb with its mem parameter. If you + didn't specify any mem parameter, sisfb will reserve (and you will have to + specify by MaxXFBMem) 12288KB if more than 16MB of total video RAM is available, + 8192KB if between 12 and 16MB of video RAM is available, 4096KB in all other + cases. The size is expected in KB, without the "KB". + + Final word of advice: If you intend to use DRI on an integrated chipset (such + as the 630/730), it is recommended to set the total video memory in the BIOS to + 64MB in order to at least overcome the DRI driver's lack of memory swap functions. </descrip> <sect1> 315/330 series specific options<p> <descrip> -<tag>Option "RenderAcceleration"</tag> - Enables or disables RENDER acceleration. By default, RENDER acceleration - is enabled. -<tag>Option "XvOnCRT2"</tag> - 315, 650, 740, 330 only. This option selects whether the XVideo (Xv) - overlay should be displayed on CRT1 or CRT2. Setting this options - means CRT2. The other CRT will only display the (blue) color key. +<tag>Option "RenderAcceleration" [boolean]</tag> + Enables or disables RENDER acceleration. This feature, for instance, accelerates + output of anti-aliased text. By default, RENDER acceleration is enabled. +<tag>Option "XvOnCRT2" [boolean]</tag> + (For 315, 650, 740, 330 only) This option selects whether the XVideo (Xv) + overlay should be displayed on CRT1 or CRT2. Setting this option means CRT2. + The other CRT will only display the (by default: blue) color key or a black/red + pattern. </descrip> Document based on 4.1 version written by Joanjo Santamarta and 3.3 version diff --git a/src/init301.c b/src/init301.c index 2e12fe7..1512fe3 100644 --- a/src/init301.c +++ b/src/init301.c @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ /* $XFree86$ */ -/* $XdotOrg: xc/programs/Xserver/hw/xfree86/drivers/sis/init301.c,v 1.12 2004/08/11 18:54:36 twini Exp $ */ +/* $XdotOrg: xc/programs/Xserver/hw/xfree86/drivers/sis/init301.c,v 1.13.2.1 2005/02/02 01:36:05 gisburn Exp $ */ /* * Mode initializing code (CRT2 section) * for SiS 300/305/540/630/730 and @@ -3501,9 +3501,9 @@ SiS_GetCRT2Data301(SiS_Private *SiS_Pr,USHORT ModeNo,USHORT ModeIdIndex, SiS_Pr->SiS_RVBHCMAX = ROMAddr[romptr]; SiS_Pr->SiS_RVBHCFACT = ROMAddr[romptr+1]; SiS_Pr->SiS_VGAHT = ROMAddr[romptr+2] | ((ROMAddr[romptr+3] & 0x0f) << 8); - SiS_Pr->SiS_VGAVT = ROMAddr[romptr+4] | ((ROMAddr[romptr+3] & 0xf0) << 4); + SiS_Pr->SiS_VGAVT = (ROMAddr[romptr+4] << 4) | ((ROMAddr[romptr+3] & 0xf0) >> 4); SiS_Pr->SiS_HT = ROMAddr[romptr+5] | ((ROMAddr[romptr+6] & 0x0f) << 8); - SiS_Pr->SiS_VT = ROMAddr[romptr+7] | ((ROMAddr[romptr+6] & 0xf0) << 4); + SiS_Pr->SiS_VT = (ROMAddr[romptr+7] << 4) | ((ROMAddr[romptr+6] & 0xf0) >> 4); if(SiS_Pr->SiS_VGAHT) gotit = TRUE; else { SiS_Pr->SiS_LCDInfo |= DontExpandLCD; @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ /* $XFree86$ */ -/* $XdotOrg: xc/programs/Xserver/hw/xfree86/drivers/sis/sis.h,v 1.17 2004/08/14 15:26:50 twini Exp $ */ +/* $XdotOrg: xc/programs/Xserver/hw/xfree86/drivers/sis/sis.h,v 1.18.2.1 2005/02/02 03:22:36 gisburn Exp $ */ /* * Main global data and definitions * @@ -472,7 +472,7 @@ typedef unsigned char UChar; /* Used for makeing use of the BIOS scratch area (save/restore mode number) */ #undef SIS_USE_BIOS_SCRATCH -#if (defined(i386) || defined(__i386) || defined(__i386__) || defined(__AMD64__)) +#if (defined(i386) || defined(__i386) || defined(__i386__) || defined(__AMD64__) || defined(__amd64__)) #define SIS_USE_BIOS_SCRATCH #endif |