58 lines
1.9 KiB
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58 lines
1.9 KiB
Groff
.\" shorthand for double quote that works everywhere.
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.ds q \N'34'
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.TH MODESETTING __drivermansuffix__ __vendorversion__
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.SH NAME
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modesetting \- video driver for framebuffer device
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.SH SYNOPSIS
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.nf
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.B "Section \*qDevice\*q"
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.BI " Identifier \*q" devname \*q
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.B " Driver \*qmodesetting\*q"
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.BI " BusID \*qpci:" bus : dev : func \*q
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\ \ ...
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.B EndSection
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.fi
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.SH DESCRIPTION
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.B modesetting
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is an __xservername__ driver for KMS devices. This is a non-accelerated
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driver, the following framebuffer depths are supported: 8, 15, 16, 24.
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All visual types are supported for depth 8, and TrueColor visual is
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supported for the other depths. RandR 1.2 is supported.
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.SH SUPPORTED HARDWARE
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The
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.B modesetting
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driver supports all hardware where a KMS driver is available.
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modesetting uses the Linux DRM KMS ioctls and dumb object create/map.
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.SH CONFIGURATION DETAILS
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Please refer to __xconfigfile__(__filemansuffix__) for general configuration
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details. This section only covers configuration details specific to
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this driver.
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.PP
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For this driver it is not required to specify modes in the screen
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section of the config file. The
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.B modesetting
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driver can pick up the currently used video mode from the kernel
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driver and will use it if there are no video modes configured.
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.PP
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For PCI boards you might have to add a BusID line to the Device
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section. See above for a sample line.
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.PP
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The following driver
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.B Options
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are supported:
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.TP
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.BI "Option \*qkmsdev\*q \*q" string \*q
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The framebuffer device to use. Default: /dev/dri/card0.
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.TP
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.BI "Option \*qShadowFB\*q \*q" boolean \*q
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Enable or disable use of the shadow framebuffer layer. Default: on.
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.TP
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.BI "Option \*qAccelMethod\*q \*q" string \*q
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One of \*qglamor\*q or \*qnone\*q. Default: glamor
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.TP
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.SH "SEE ALSO"
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__xservername__(__appmansuffix__), __xconfigfile__(__filemansuffix__), Xserver(__appmansuffix__),
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X(__miscmansuffix__)
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.SH AUTHORS
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Authors include: Dave Airlie
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