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authorOndrej Zajicek <santiago@crfreenet.org>2007-05-08 03:39:24 -0400
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@woody.linux-foundation.org>2007-05-08 14:15:32 -0400
commit249bdbbf0dbab5554a4bfe55639e324d4758da96 (patch)
tree9c29295b115f83908814b35447ac5965b22a2fe4 /Documentation
parent4941cb7a18fd84d4d8cd097d2beada3c79c8f781 (diff)
s3fb: driver fixes
This fixes broken fbcon on Virge VX in 24 bpp mode, and contains several other small updates. Signed-off-by: Ondrej Zajicek <santiago@crfreenet.org> 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')
-rw-r--r--Documentation/fb/s3fb.txt12
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/fb/s3fb.txt b/Documentation/fb/s3fb.txt
index 8a04c0da0c91..2c97770bdbaa 100644
--- a/Documentation/fb/s3fb.txt
+++ b/Documentation/fb/s3fb.txt
@@ -35,10 +35,12 @@ Supported Features
35 * suspend/resume support 35 * suspend/resume support
36 * DPMS support 36 * DPMS support
37 37
38Text mode is supported even in higher resolutions, but there is limitation 38Text mode is supported even in higher resolutions, but there is limitation to
39to lower pixclocks (maximum between 50-60 MHz, depending on specific hardware). 39lower pixclocks (maximum usually between 50-60 MHz, depending on specific
40This limitation is not enforced by driver. Text mode supports 8bit wide fonts 40hardware, i get best results from plain S3 Trio32 card - about 75 MHz). This
41only (hardware limitation) and 16bit tall fonts (driver limitation). 41limitation is not enforced by driver. Text mode supports 8bit wide fonts only
42(hardware limitation) and 16bit tall fonts (driver limitation). Text mode
43support is broken on S3 Trio64 V2/DX.
42 44
43There are two 4 bpp modes. First mode (selected if nonstd == 0) is mode with 45There are two 4 bpp modes. First mode (selected if nonstd == 0) is mode with
44packed pixels, high nibble first. Second mode (selected if nonstd == 1) is mode 46packed pixels, high nibble first. Second mode (selected if nonstd == 1) is mode
@@ -73,6 +75,8 @@ Known bugs
73========== 75==========
74 76
75 * cursor disable in text mode doesn't work 77 * cursor disable in text mode doesn't work
78 * text mode broken on S3 Trio64 V2/DX
79
76 80
77-- 81--
78Ondrej Zajicek <santiago@crfreenet.org> 82Ondrej Zajicek <santiago@crfreenet.org>