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| author | Srikant Patnaik | 2015-01-11 12:28:04 +0530 |
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| committer | Srikant Patnaik | 2015-01-11 12:28:04 +0530 |
| commit | 871480933a1c28f8a9fed4c4d34d06c439a7a422 (patch) | |
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diff --git a/Documentation/fb/cirrusfb.txt b/Documentation/fb/cirrusfb.txt new file mode 100644 index 00000000..f9436843 --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/fb/cirrusfb.txt @@ -0,0 +1,97 @@ + + Framebuffer driver for Cirrus Logic chipsets + Copyright 1999 Jeff Garzik <jgarzik@pobox.com> + + + +{ just a little something to get people going; contributors welcome! } + + + +Chip families supported: + SD64 + Piccolo + Picasso + Spectrum + Alpine (GD-543x/4x) + Picasso4 (GD-5446) + GD-5480 + Laguna (GD-546x) + +Bus's supported: + PCI + Zorro + +Architectures supported: + i386 + Alpha + PPC (Motorola Powerstack) + m68k (Amiga) + + + +Default video modes +------------------- +At the moment, there are two kernel command line arguments supported: + +mode:640x480 +mode:800x600 + or +mode:1024x768 + +Full support for startup video modes (modedb) will be integrated soon. + +Version 1.9.9.1 +--------------- +* Fix memory detection for 512kB case +* 800x600 mode +* Fixed timings +* Hint for AXP: Use -accel false -vyres -1 when changing resolution + + +Version 1.9.4.4 +--------------- +* Preliminary Laguna support +* Overhaul color register routines. +* Associated with the above, console colors are now obtained from a LUT + called 'palette' instead of from the VGA registers. This code was + modeled after that in atyfb and matroxfb. +* Code cleanup, add comments. +* Overhaul SR07 handling. +* Bug fixes. + + +Version 1.9.4.3 +--------------- +* Correctly set default startup video mode. +* Do not override ram size setting. Define + CLGEN_USE_HARDCODED_RAM_SETTINGS if you _do_ want to override the RAM + setting. +* Compile fixes related to new 2.3.x IORESOURCE_IO[PORT] symbol changes. +* Use new 2.3.x resource allocation. +* Some code cleanup. + + +Version 1.9.4.2 +--------------- +* Casting fixes. +* Assertions no longer cause an oops on purpose. +* Bug fixes. + + +Version 1.9.4.1 +--------------- +* Add compatibility support. Now requires a 2.1.x, 2.2.x or 2.3.x kernel. + + +Version 1.9.4 +------------- +* Several enhancements, smaller memory footprint, a few bugfixes. +* Requires kernel 2.3.14-pre1 or later. + + +Version 1.9.3 +------------- +* Bundled with kernel 2.3.14-pre1 or later. + + |