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| author | Adrian McMenamin <adrian@mcmen.demon.co.uk> | 2007-08-10 13:00:48 -0700 |
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| committer | Linus Torvalds <torvalds@woody.linux-foundation.org> | 2007-08-11 15:47:40 -0700 |
| commit | acb73865328bd6211a1452f39a4f660d26658918 (patch) | |
| tree | 2a2b9737d7c572d6d980c49b3dd7936e7606b166 /Documentation/fb | |
| parent | 306c869c237a66fe85580f60558f105e3305d465 (diff) | |
| download | linux-acb73865328bd6211a1452f39a4f660d26658918.tar.bz2 | |
pvr2fb: update Documentation/fb/pvr2fb.txt
The current version is very old and does not correctly specify how to
set the video mode.
Signed-off by: Adrian McMenamin <adrian@mcmen.demon.co.uk>
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/pvr2fb.txt | 22 |
1 files changed, 13 insertions, 9 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/fb/pvr2fb.txt b/Documentation/fb/pvr2fb.txt index 2bf6c2321c2d..36bdeff585e2 100644 --- a/Documentation/fb/pvr2fb.txt +++ b/Documentation/fb/pvr2fb.txt @@ -9,14 +9,13 @@ one found in the Dreamcast. Advantages: * It provides a nice large console (128 cols + 48 lines with 1024x768) - without using tiny, unreadable fonts. + without using tiny, unreadable fonts (NOT on the Dreamcast) * You can run XF86_FBDev on top of /dev/fb0 * Most important: boot logo :-) Disadvantages: - * Driver is currently limited to the Dreamcast PowerVR 2 implementation - at the time of this writing. + * Driver is largely untested on non-Dreamcast systems. Configuration ============= @@ -29,11 +28,16 @@ Accepted options: font:X - default font to use. All fonts are supported, including the SUN12x22 font which is very nice at high resolutions. -mode:X - default video mode. The following video modes are supported: - 640x240-60, 640x480-60. +mode:X - default video mode with format [xres]x[yres]-<bpp>@<refresh rate> + The following video modes are supported: + 640x640-16@60, 640x480-24@60, 640x480-32@60. The Dreamcast + defaults to 640x480-16@60. At the time of writing the + 24bpp and 32bpp modes function poorly. Work to fix that is + ongoing + Note: the 640x240 mode is currently broken, and should not be - used for any reason. It is only mentioned as a reference. + used for any reason. It is only mentioned here as a reference. inverse - invert colors on screen (for LCD displays) @@ -52,10 +56,10 @@ output:X - output type. This can be any of the following: pal, ntsc, and X11 === -XF86_FBDev should work, in theory. At the time of this writing it is -totally untested and may or may not even portray the beginnings of -working. If you end up testing this, please let me know! +XF86_FBDev has been shown to work on the Dreamcast in the past - though not yet +on any 2.6 series kernel. -- Paul Mundt <lethal@linuxdc.org> +Updated by Adrian McMenamin <adrian@mcmen.demon.co.uk> |