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-rw-r--r--Documentation/fb/lxfb.txt50
-rw-r--r--drivers/video/geode/lxfb_core.c12
2 files changed, 55 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/fb/lxfb.txt b/Documentation/fb/lxfb.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..80656078d4d9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Documentation/fb/lxfb.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+[This file is cloned from VesaFB/aty128fb]
+
+What is lxfb?
+=================
+
+This is a graphics framebuffer driver for AMD Geode LX based processors.
+
+Advantages:
+
+ * No need to use AMD's VSA code (or other VESA emulation layer) in the
+ BIOS.
+ * It provides a nice large console (128 cols + 48 lines with 1024x768)
+ without using tiny, unreadable fonts.
+ * You can run XF68_FBDev on top of /dev/fb0
+ * Most important: boot logo :-)
+
+Disadvantages:
+
+ * graphic mode is slower than text mode...
+
+
+How to use it?
+==============
+
+Switching modes is done using lxfb.mode_option=<resolution>... boot
+parameter or using `fbset' program.
+
+See Documentation/fb/modedb.txt for more information on modedb
+resolutions.
+
+
+X11
+===
+
+XF68_FBDev should generally work fine, but it is non-accelerated.
+
+
+Configuration
+=============
+
+You can pass kernel command line options to lxfb with lxfb.<option>.
+For example, lxfb.mode_option=800x600@75.
+Accepted options:
+
+mode_option - specify the video mode. Of the form
+ <x>x<y>[-<bpp>][@<refresh>]
+vram - size of video ram (normally auto-detected)
+
+--
+Andres Salomon <dilinger@debian.org>
diff --git a/drivers/video/geode/lxfb_core.c b/drivers/video/geode/lxfb_core.c
index b565882eee37..1da944bdb11a 100644
--- a/drivers/video/geode/lxfb_core.c
+++ b/drivers/video/geode/lxfb_core.c
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
static char *mode_option;
static int noclear, nopanel, nocrt;
-static int fbsize;
+static int vram;
/* Most of these modes are sorted in ascending order, but
* since the first entry in this table is the "default" mode,
@@ -339,7 +339,7 @@ static int __init lxfb_map_video_memory(struct fb_info *info,
return ret;
info->fix.smem_start = pci_resource_start(dev, 0);
- info->fix.smem_len = fbsize ? fbsize : lx_framebuffer_size();
+ info->fix.smem_len = vram ? vram : lx_framebuffer_size();
info->screen_base = ioremap(info->fix.smem_start, info->fix.smem_len);
@@ -608,9 +608,7 @@ static int __init lxfb_setup(char *options)
if (!*opt)
continue;
- if (!strncmp(opt, "fbsize:", 7))
- fbsize = simple_strtoul(opt+7, NULL, 0);
- else if (!strcmp(opt, "noclear"))
+ if (!strcmp(opt, "noclear"))
noclear = 1;
else if (!strcmp(opt, "nopanel"))
nopanel = 1;
@@ -647,8 +645,8 @@ module_exit(lxfb_cleanup);
module_param(mode_option, charp, 0);
MODULE_PARM_DESC(mode_option, "video mode (<x>x<y>[-<bpp>][@<refr>])");
-module_param(fbsize, int, 0);
-MODULE_PARM_DESC(fbsize, "video memory size");
+module_param(vram, int, 0);
+MODULE_PARM_DESC(vram, "video memory size");
MODULE_DESCRIPTION("Framebuffer driver for the AMD Geode LX");
MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");