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author | Michal Januszewski <spock@gentoo.org> | 2009-04-06 22:01:06 -0400 |
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committer | Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> | 2009-04-07 11:31:09 -0400 |
commit | 7ce5ba3c7ef26284f60babbe4465259d1f9968f3 (patch) | |
tree | c484e2f08884fd1251afcd86e658263468f24c0c /Documentation/fb/uvesafb.txt | |
parent | d88ca815b5b3534ed2dae123ba0bf366861f850c (diff) |
uvesafb: documentation update
Update the uvesafb documentation to accurately reflect the default options
used by the driver.
Signed-off-by: Michal Januszewski <spock@gentoo.org>
Cc: Krzysztof Helt <krzysztof.h1@poczta.fm>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation/fb/uvesafb.txt')
-rw-r--r-- | Documentation/fb/uvesafb.txt | 7 |
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/fb/uvesafb.txt b/Documentation/fb/uvesafb.txt index 7ac3c4078ff9..eefdd91d298a 100644 --- a/Documentation/fb/uvesafb.txt +++ b/Documentation/fb/uvesafb.txt | |||
@@ -59,7 +59,8 @@ Accepted options: | |||
59 | ypan Enable display panning using the VESA protected mode | 59 | ypan Enable display panning using the VESA protected mode |
60 | interface. The visible screen is just a window of the | 60 | interface. The visible screen is just a window of the |
61 | video memory, console scrolling is done by changing the | 61 | video memory, console scrolling is done by changing the |
62 | start of the window. Available on x86 only. | 62 | start of the window. This option is available on x86 |
63 | only and is the default option on that architecture. | ||
63 | 64 | ||
64 | ywrap Same as ypan, but assumes your gfx board can wrap-around | 65 | ywrap Same as ypan, but assumes your gfx board can wrap-around |
65 | the video memory (i.e. starts reading from top if it | 66 | the video memory (i.e. starts reading from top if it |
@@ -67,7 +68,7 @@ ywrap Same as ypan, but assumes your gfx board can wrap-around | |||
67 | Available on x86 only. | 68 | Available on x86 only. |
68 | 69 | ||
69 | redraw Scroll by redrawing the affected part of the screen, this | 70 | redraw Scroll by redrawing the affected part of the screen, this |
70 | is the safe (and slow) default. | 71 | is the default on non-x86. |
71 | 72 | ||
72 | (If you're using uvesafb as a module, the above three options are | 73 | (If you're using uvesafb as a module, the above three options are |
73 | used a parameter of the scroll option, e.g. scroll=ypan.) | 74 | used a parameter of the scroll option, e.g. scroll=ypan.) |
@@ -182,7 +183,7 @@ from the Video BIOS if you set pixclock to 0 in fb_var_screeninfo. | |||
182 | 183 | ||
183 | -- | 184 | -- |
184 | Michal Januszewski <spock@gentoo.org> | 185 | Michal Januszewski <spock@gentoo.org> |
185 | Last updated: 2007-06-16 | 186 | Last updated: 2009-03-30 |
186 | 187 | ||
187 | Documentation of the uvesafb options is loosely based on vesafb.txt. | 188 | Documentation of the uvesafb options is loosely based on vesafb.txt. |
188 | 189 | ||