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<!DOCTYPE linuxdoc PUBLIC "-//Xorg//DTD linuxdoc//EN" [
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<!ENTITY % defs SYSTEM "defs.ent"> %defs;
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<article>
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<title>Information for newport Users
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<author>Guido Günther
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<date>24 February 2003
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<ident>
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</ident>
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<toc>
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<sect>Supported Hardware
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<p>
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This is an unaccelerated driver for the SGI newport cards (a.k.a. XL) as found
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in the SGI Indy and Indigo2. Both the 8bit and 24bit versions are tested and
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working.
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<sect>Features
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<p>
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<itemize>
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<item>Support for 8 and 24 bit pixel depths
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<item>Hardware cursor support to reduce flicker
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</itemize>
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<sect>Notes
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<p>
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<itemize>
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<item>X -configure does not generate a xorg.conf file.
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<item>There's only a 1280x1024 mode.
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</itemize>
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<sect>Configuration
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<p>
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The driver auto-detects all device information necessary to
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initialize the card on the Indy. The only lines you need in the "Device"
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section of your xorg.conf file are:
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<verb>
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Section "Device"
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Identifier "SGI newport"
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Driver "newport"
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EndSection
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</verb>
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Indigo2 users have to use the BusID option as documented below.
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However, if you have problems with auto-detection, you can specify:
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<itemize>
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<item>bitplanes - number of physical bitplanes (8 or 24)
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<item>HWCursor - enable or disable hardware cursor
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<item>BusID - set this to "1" on the Indigo2 XL
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</itemize>
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<sect>Authors
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<p>
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<itemize>
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<item>Guido Guenther <email>agx@sigxcpu.org</email>
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</itemize>
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<sect>Acknowledgements
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<p>
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<itemize>
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<item>Gleb O. Raiko <email>raiko@niisi.msk.ru</email> for getting the beast to build
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<item>Ralf Baechle <email>ralf@oss.sgi.com</email> for his patience...
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<item>Ulf Carlsson <email>ulfc@calypso.engr.sgi.com</email> for comments and elf loader code
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<item>Nina A. Podolskaya <email>nap@niisi.msk.ru</email> for elf loader code
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<item>all the guys who wrote the newport_con linux kernel code
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</itemize>
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</article>
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