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| author | Ondrej Zajicek <santiago@crfreenet.org> | 2007-05-08 00:39:24 -0700 |
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| committer | Linus Torvalds <torvalds@woody.linux-foundation.org> | 2007-05-08 11:15:32 -0700 |
| commit | 249bdbbf0dbab5554a4bfe55639e324d4758da96 (patch) | |
| tree | 9c29295b115f83908814b35447ac5965b22a2fe4 /Documentation/fb | |
| parent | 4941cb7a18fd84d4d8cd097d2beada3c79c8f781 (diff) | |
| download | lwn-249bdbbf0dbab5554a4bfe55639e324d4758da96.tar.gz lwn-249bdbbf0dbab5554a4bfe55639e324d4758da96.zip | |
s3fb: driver fixes
This fixes broken fbcon on Virge VX in 24 bpp mode, and contains several
other small updates.
Signed-off-by: Ondrej Zajicek <santiago@crfreenet.org>
Signed-off-by: Antonino Daplas <adaplas@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation/fb')
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/fb/s3fb.txt | 12 |
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/fb/s3fb.txt b/Documentation/fb/s3fb.txt index 8a04c0da0c91..2c97770bdbaa 100644 --- a/Documentation/fb/s3fb.txt +++ b/Documentation/fb/s3fb.txt @@ -35,10 +35,12 @@ Supported Features * suspend/resume support * DPMS support -Text mode is supported even in higher resolutions, but there is limitation -to lower pixclocks (maximum between 50-60 MHz, depending on specific hardware). -This limitation is not enforced by driver. Text mode supports 8bit wide fonts -only (hardware limitation) and 16bit tall fonts (driver limitation). +Text mode is supported even in higher resolutions, but there is limitation to +lower pixclocks (maximum usually between 50-60 MHz, depending on specific +hardware, i get best results from plain S3 Trio32 card - about 75 MHz). This +limitation is not enforced by driver. Text mode supports 8bit wide fonts only +(hardware limitation) and 16bit tall fonts (driver limitation). Text mode +support is broken on S3 Trio64 V2/DX. There are two 4 bpp modes. First mode (selected if nonstd == 0) is mode with packed pixels, high nibble first. Second mode (selected if nonstd == 1) is mode @@ -73,6 +75,8 @@ Known bugs ========== * cursor disable in text mode doesn't work + * text mode broken on S3 Trio64 V2/DX + -- Ondrej Zajicek <santiago@crfreenet.org> |