xenocara/driver/xf86-video-i740/README

  Information for i740 Users
  Precision Insight, Inc.
  18 February 1999
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  Table of Contents


  1. Supported Hardware
  2. Features
  3. Technical Notes
  4. Reported Working Video Cards
  5. Configuration
  6. Driver Options
  7. Known Limitations
  8. Author


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  1.  Supported Hardware


  o  Intel 740 based cards.



  2.  Features


  o  Full support for 8, 15, 16, and 24 bit pixel depths.

  o  Hardware cursor support to reduce sprite flicker.

  o  Hardware accelerated 2D drawing engine support for 8, 15, 16 and 24
     bit pixel depths.

  o  Support for high resolution video modes up to 1600x1200.

  o  Support for doublescan video modes (e.g., 320x200 and 320x240).

  o  Support for gamma correction at all pixel depths.

  o  Fully programmable clock supported.

  o  Robust text mode restore for VT switching.



  3.  Technical Notes


  o  Hardware acceleration is not possible when using the framebuffer in
     32 bit per pixel format.

  o  Interlace modes cannot be supported.



  4.  Reported Working Video Cards


  o  Real3D Starfighter AGP

  o  Real3D Starfighter PCI

  o  Diamond Stealth II/G460 AGP

  o  3DVision-i740 AGP

  o  ABIT G740 8MB SDRAM

  o  Acorp AGP i740

  o  AGP 2D/3D V. 1N, AGP-740D

  o  AOpen AGP 2X 3D Navigator PA740

  o  ARISTO i740 AGP (ART-i740-G)

  o  ASUS AGP-V2740

  o  Atrend (Speedy) 3DIO740 AGP (ATC-2740)

  o  Chaintech AGP-740D

  o  EliteGroup(ECS) 3DVision-i740 AGP

  o  EONtronics Picasso 740

  o  EONtronics Van Gogh

  o  Everex MVGA i740/AG

  o  Flagpoint Shocker i740 8MB

  o  Gainward CardExpert 740 8MB

  o  Genoa Systems Phantom 740

  o  Gigabyte Predator i740 8MB AGP

  o  Hercules Terminator 128 2X/i AGP

  o  HOT-158 (Shuttle)

  o  Intel Express 3D AGP

  o  Jaton Video-740 AGP 3D

  o  Jetway J-740-3D 8MB AGP, i740 AGP 3D

  o  Joymedia Apollo 7400

  o  Leadtek Winfast S900

  o  Machspeed Raptor i740 AGP 4600

  o  Magic-Pro MP-740DVD

  o  MAXI Gamer AGP 8 MB

  o  Palit Daytona AGP740

  o  PowerColor C740 (SG/SD) AGP

  o  QDI Amazing I

  o  Soyo AGP (SY-740 AGP)

  o  Spacewalker Hot-158

  o  VideoExcel AGP 740

  o  ViewTop ZeusL 8MB

  o  Winfast S900 i740 AGP 8MB



  5.  Configuration

  The driver auto-detects all device information necessary to initialize
  the card. The only lines you need in the "Device" section of your
  xorg.conf file are:

         Section "Device"
             Identifier "Intel i740"
             Driver     "i740"
         EndSection



  However, if you have problems with auto-detection, you can specify:

  o  VideoRam - in kilobytes

  o  DacSpeed - in MHz

  o  MemBase - physical address of the linear framebuffer

  o  IOBase - physical address of the memory mapped IO registers



  6.  Driver Options


  o  "NoAccel" - Turn off hardware acceleration

  o  "SWCursor" - Request a software cursor (hardware is default)

  o  "SDRAM" - Force the use of SDRAM timings

  o  "SGRAM" - Force the use of SGRAM timings

  o  "SlowRam" - Force the use of slower ram timings

  o  "Dac6Bit" - Force the use of a 6 Bit Dac (8 Bit is the default)

  o  "UsePIO - Force the use of programmed IO (Memory mapped is the
     default)

  Note: the i740 X server should automatically detect whether your card
  has SGRAM or SDRAM. Use the "sgram" and "sdram" options if it is
  incorrectly detected.



  7.  Known Limitations


  o  Certain drawing operations are very slow when using 24 bit pixel
     depth mode.



  8.  Author


  o  Original version by Kevin E Martin
     <mailto:kevin@precisioninsight.com>

  o  Daryll Strauss  <mailto:daryll@precisioninsight.com>

  The Xorg version of this driver originally came from XFree86 4.4 rc2.

  The XFree86 version of this driver was donated to The XFree86 Project
  by:

      Precision Insight, Inc.
      Cedar Park, TX
      USA



  http://www.precisioninsight.com