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author | Ph. Marek <philipp.marek@bmlv.gv.at> | 2006-10-03 04:14:38 -0400 |
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committer | Linus Torvalds <torvalds@g5.osdl.org> | 2006-10-03 11:04:09 -0400 |
commit | 6bf1d73d7a512cfa791b7415742f71c80f6b8d7e (patch) | |
tree | f36a3bb3b3c9bcfc44824ee864e41ffa9f1e0916 /Documentation/fb | |
parent | ca27ac4cc6caa73740122a5f3d601c8a27b89e7c (diff) |
[PATCH] intelfb: Documentation update
Correct sample boot line and add a remark on mode setting.
Signed-off-by: Antonino Daplas <adaplas@pol.net>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation/fb')
-rw-r--r-- | Documentation/fb/intelfb.txt | 10 |
1 files changed, 9 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/fb/intelfb.txt b/Documentation/fb/intelfb.txt index aa0d322db171..da5ee74219e8 100644 --- a/Documentation/fb/intelfb.txt +++ b/Documentation/fb/intelfb.txt | |||
@@ -88,12 +88,20 @@ Sample Usage | |||
88 | 88 | ||
89 | In /etc/lilo.conf, add the line: | 89 | In /etc/lilo.conf, add the line: |
90 | 90 | ||
91 | append="video=intelfb:800x600-32@75,accel,hwcursor,vram=8" | 91 | append="video=intelfb:mode=800x600-32@75,accel,hwcursor,vram=8" |
92 | 92 | ||
93 | This will initialize the framebuffer to 800x600 at 32bpp and 75Hz. The | 93 | This will initialize the framebuffer to 800x600 at 32bpp and 75Hz. The |
94 | framebuffer will use 8 MB of System RAM. hw acceleration of text and cursor | 94 | framebuffer will use 8 MB of System RAM. hw acceleration of text and cursor |
95 | will be enabled. | 95 | will be enabled. |
96 | 96 | ||
97 | Remarks | ||
98 | ------- | ||
99 | |||
100 | If setting this parameter doesn't work (you stay in a 80x25 text-mode), | ||
101 | you might need to set the "vga=<mode>" parameter too - see vesafb.txt | ||
102 | in this directory. | ||
103 | |||
104 | |||
97 | D. Module options | 105 | D. Module options |
98 | 106 | ||
99 | The module parameters are essentially similar to the kernel | 107 | The module parameters are essentially similar to the kernel |