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authorBernie Thompson <bernie@plugable.com>2011-08-21 16:35:39 -0400
committerFlorian Tobias Schandinat <FlorianSchandinat@gmx.de>2011-08-24 06:12:38 -0400
commit4aa7faffe44bda5db54c214f5b3f789ec805cb9b (patch)
tree31c0ad3af01f47301e9f702c66408b4fe3be0cca /Documentation/fb
parent9f811b72c669e29f8c01e258d912254065e58f11 (diff)
udlfb: Enable fbcon access to framebuffer by default
Signed-off-by: Bernie Thompson <bernie@plugable.com> Signed-off-by: Florian Tobias Schandinat <FlorianSchandinat@gmx.de>
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-rw-r--r--Documentation/fb/udlfb.txt10
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/fb/udlfb.txt b/Documentation/fb/udlfb.txt
index c6d90a6fb90..57d2f2908b1 100644
--- a/Documentation/fb/udlfb.txt
+++ b/Documentation/fb/udlfb.txt
@@ -107,16 +107,18 @@ fb_defio Make use of the fb_defio (CONFIG_FB_DEFERRED_IO) kernel
107 Disable when running with X server that supports reporting 107 Disable when running with X server that supports reporting
108 changed regions via ioctl, as this method is simpler, 108 changed regions via ioctl, as this method is simpler,
109 more stable, and higher performance. 109 more stable, and higher performance.
110 default: fb_defio=1
110 111
111console Allow fbcon to attach to udlfb provided framebuffers. This 112console Allow fbcon to attach to udlfb provided framebuffers.
112 is disabled by default because fbcon will aggressively consume 113 Can be disabled if fbcon and other clients
113 the first framebuffer it finds, which isn't usually what the 114 (e.g. X with --shared-vt) are in conflict.
114 user wants in the case of USB displays. 115 default: console=1
115 116
116shadow Allocate a 2nd framebuffer to shadow what's currently across 117shadow Allocate a 2nd framebuffer to shadow what's currently across
117 the USB bus in device memory. If any pixels are unchanged, 118 the USB bus in device memory. If any pixels are unchanged,
118 do not transmit. Spends host memory to save USB transfers. 119 do not transmit. Spends host memory to save USB transfers.
119 Enabled by default. Only disable on very low memory systems. 120 Enabled by default. Only disable on very low memory systems.
121 default: shadow=1
120 122
121Sysfs Attributes 123Sysfs Attributes
122================ 124================