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+[This file is cloned from VesaFB. Thanks go to Gerd Knorr]
+
+What is matroxfb?
+=================
+
+This is a driver for a graphic framebuffer for Matrox devices on
+Alpha, Intel and PPC boxes.
+
+Advantages:
+
+ * It provides a nice large console (128 cols + 48 lines with 1024x768)
+   without using tiny, unreadable fonts.
+ * You can run XF{68,86}_FBDev or XFree86 fbdev driver on top of /dev/fb0
+ * Most important: boot logo :-)
+
+Disadvantages:
+
+ * graphic mode is slower than text mode... but you should not notice
+   if you use same resolution as you used in textmode.
+
+
+How to use it?
+==============
+
+Switching modes is done using the video=matroxfb:vesa:... boot parameter
+or using `fbset' program.
+
+If you want, for example, enable a resolution of 1280x1024x24bpp you should
+pass to the kernel this command line: "video=matroxfb:vesa:0x1BB".
+
+You should compile in both vgacon (to boot if you remove you Matrox from
+box) and matroxfb (for graphics mode). You should not compile-in vesafb
+unless you have primary display on non-Matrox VBE2.0 device (see 
+Documentation/fb/vesafb.txt for details).
+
+Currently supported video modes are (through vesa:... interface, PowerMac
+has [as addon] compatibility code):
+
+
+[Graphic modes]
+
+bpp | 640x400  640x480  768x576  800x600  960x720
+----+--------------------------------------------
+  4 |            0x12             0x102            
+  8 |  0x100    0x101    0x180    0x103    0x188   
+ 15 |           0x110    0x181    0x113    0x189   
+ 16 |           0x111    0x182    0x114    0x18A   
+ 24 |           0x1B2    0x184    0x1B5    0x18C   
+ 32 |           0x112    0x183    0x115    0x18B   
+
+
+[Graphic modes (continued)]
+
+bpp | 1024x768 1152x864 1280x1024 1408x1056 1600x1200
+----+------------------------------------------------
+  4 |   0x104             0x106
+  8 |   0x105    0x190    0x107     0x198     0x11C
+ 15 |   0x116    0x191    0x119     0x199     0x11D
+ 16 |   0x117    0x192    0x11A     0x19A     0x11E
+ 24 |   0x1B8    0x194    0x1BB     0x19C     0x1BF
+ 32 |   0x118    0x193    0x11B     0x19B
+
+
+[Text modes]
+
+text | 640x400  640x480  1056x344  1056x400  1056x480
+-----+------------------------------------------------
+ 8x8 |  0x1C0    0x108     0x10A     0x10B     0x10C
+8x16 | 2, 3, 7                       0x109
+
+You can enter these number either hexadecimal (leading `0x') or decimal
+(0x100 = 256). You can also use value + 512 to achieve compatibility
+with your old number passed to vesafb.
+
+Non-listed number can be achieved by more complicated command-line, for
+example 1600x1200x32bpp can be specified by `video=matroxfb:vesa:0x11C,depth:32'.
+
+
+X11
+===
+
+XF{68,86}_FBDev should work just fine, but it is non-accelerated. On non-intel
+architectures there are some glitches for 24bpp videomodes. 8, 16 and 32bpp
+works fine.
+
+Running another (accelerated) X-Server like XF86_SVGA works too. But (at least)
+XFree servers have big troubles in multihead configurations (even on first
+head, not even talking about second). Running XFree86 4.x accelerated mga 
+driver is possible, but you must not enable DRI - if you do, resolution and
+color depth of your X desktop must match resolution and color depths of your
+virtual consoles, otherwise X will corrupt accelerator settings.
+
+
+SVGALib
+=======
+
+Driver contains SVGALib compatibility code. It is turned on by choosing textual
+mode for console. You can do it at boot time by using videomode
+2,3,7,0x108-0x10C or 0x1C0. At runtime, `fbset -depth 0' does this work.
+Unfortunately, after SVGALib application exits, screen contents is corrupted.
+Switching to another console and back fixes it. I hope that it is SVGALib's
+problem and not mine, but I'm not sure.
+
+
+Configuration
+=============
+
+You can pass kernel command line options to matroxfb with
+`video=matroxfb:option1,option2:value2,option3' (multiple options should be 
+separated by comma, values are separated from options by `:'). 
+Accepted options:
+
+mem:X    - size of memory (X can be in megabytes, kilobytes or bytes)
+           You can only decrease value determined by driver because of
+           it always probe for memory. Default is to use whole detected
+           memory usable for on-screen display (i.e. max. 8 MB).
+disabled - do not load driver; you can use also `off', but `disabled'
+           is here too.
+enabled  - load driver, if you have `video=matroxfb:disabled' in LILO
+           configuration, you can override it by this (you cannot override
+           `off'). It is default.
+noaccel  - do not use acceleration engine. It does not work on Alphas.
+accel    - use acceleration engine. It is default.
+nopan    - create initial consoles with vyres = yres, thus disabling virtual
+           scrolling.
+pan      - create initial consoles as tall as possible (vyres = memory/vxres).
+           It is default.
+nopciretry - disable PCI retries. It is needed for some broken chipsets,
+           it is autodetected for intel's 82437. In this case device does
+           not comply to PCI 2.1 specs (it will not guarantee that every
+           transaction terminate with success or retry in 32 PCLK).
+pciretry - enable PCI retries. It is default, except for intel's 82437.
+novga    - disables VGA I/O ports. It is default if BIOS did not enable device.
+           You should not use this option, some boards then do not restart
+           without power off.
+vga      - preserve state of VGA I/O ports. It is default. Driver does not
+           enable VGA I/O if BIOS did not it (it is not safe to enable it in
+           most cases).
+nobios   - disables BIOS ROM. It is default if BIOS did not enable BIOS itself.
+           You should not use this option, some boards then do not restart
+           without power off.
+bios     - preserve state of BIOS ROM. It is default. Driver does not enable
+           BIOS if BIOS was not enabled before.
+noinit   - tells driver, that devices were already initialized. You should use
+           it if you have G100 and/or if driver cannot detect memory, you see
+           strange pattern on screen and so on. Devices not enabled by BIOS
+           are still initialized. It is default.
+init     - driver initializes every device it knows about.
+memtype  - specifies memory type, implies 'init'. This is valid only for G200 
+           and G400 and has following meaning:
+             G200: 0 -> 2x128Kx32 chips, 2MB onboard, probably sgram
+                   1 -> 2x128Kx32 chips, 4MB onboard, probably sgram
+                   2 -> 2x256Kx32 chips, 4MB onboard, probably sgram
+                   3 -> 2x256Kx32 chips, 8MB onboard, probably sgram
+                   4 -> 2x512Kx16 chips, 8/16MB onboard, probably sdram only
+                   5 -> same as above
+                   6 -> 4x128Kx32 chips, 4MB onboard, probably sgram
+                   7 -> 4x128Kx32 chips, 8MB onboard, probably sgram
+             G400: 0 -> 2x512Kx16 SDRAM, 16/32MB
+                        2x512Kx32 SGRAM, 16/32MB
+                   1 -> 2x256Kx32 SGRAM, 8/16MB
+                   2 -> 4x128Kx32 SGRAM, 8/16MB
+                   3 -> 4x512Kx32 SDRAM, 32MB
+                   4 -> 4x256Kx32 SGRAM, 16/32MB
+                   5 -> 2x1Mx32 SDRAM, 32MB
+                   6 -> reserved
+                   7 -> reserved
+           You should use sdram or sgram parameter in addition to memtype 
+           parameter.
+nomtrr   - disables write combining on frame buffer. This slows down driver but
+           there is reported minor incompatibility between GUS DMA and XFree
+           under high loads if write combining is enabled (sound dropouts).
+mtrr     - enables write combining on frame buffer. It speeds up video accesses
+           much. It is default. You must have MTRR support enabled in kernel
+           and your CPU must have MTRR (f.e. Pentium II have them).
+sgram    - tells to driver that you have Gxx0 with SGRAM memory. It has no
+           effect without `init'.
+sdram    - tells to driver that you have Gxx0 with SDRAM memory.
+           It is a default.
+inv24    - change timings parameters for 24bpp modes on Millenium and
+           Millenium II. Specify this if you see strange color shadows around
+           characters.
+noinv24  - use standard timings. It is the default.
+inverse  - invert colors on screen (for LCD displays)
+noinverse - show true colors on screen. It is default.
+dev:X    - bind driver to device X. Driver numbers device from 0 up to N,
+           where device 0 is first `known' device found, 1 second and so on.
+           lspci lists devices in this order.
+           Default is `every' known device for driver with multihead support
+           and first working device (usually dev:0) for driver without
+           multihead support.
+nohwcursor - disables hardware cursor (use software cursor instead).
+hwcursor - enables hardware cursor. It is default. If you are using
+           non-accelerated mode (`noaccel' or `fbset -accel false'), software
+           cursor is used (except for text mode).
+noblink  - disables cursor blinking. Cursor in text mode always blinks (hw
+           limitation).
+blink    - enables cursor blinking. It is default.
+nofastfont - disables fastfont feature. It is default.
+fastfont:X - enables fastfont feature. X specifies size of memory reserved for
+             font data, it must be >= (fontwidth*fontheight*chars_in_font)/8.
+             It is faster on Gx00 series, but slower on older cards.
+grayscale - enable grayscale summing. It works in PSEUDOCOLOR modes (text,
+            4bpp, 8bpp). In DIRECTCOLOR modes it is limited to characters
+            displayed through putc/putcs. Direct accesses to framebuffer
+            can paint colors.
+nograyscale - disable grayscale summing. It is default.
+cross4MB - enables that pixel line can cross 4MB boundary. It is default for
+           non-Millenium.
+nocross4MB - pixel line must not cross 4MB boundary. It is default for
+             Millenium I or II, because of these devices have hardware
+             limitations which do not allow this. But this option is
+             incompatible with some (if not all yet released) versions of
+             XF86_FBDev.
+dfp      - enables digital flat panel interface. This option is incompatible with
+           secondary (TV) output - if DFP is active, TV output must be
+           inactive and vice versa. DFP always uses same timing as primary
+           (monitor) output.
+dfp:X    - use settings X for digital flat panel interface. X is number from
+           0 to 0xFF, and meaning of each individual bit is described in
+           G400 manual, in description of DAC register 0x1F. For normal operation
+           you should set all bits to zero, except lowest bit. This lowest bit
+           selects who is source of display clocks, whether G400, or panel.
+           Default value is now read back from hardware - so you should specify
+           this value only if you are also using `init' parameter.
+outputs:XYZ - set mapping between CRTC and outputs. Each letter can have value
+           of 0 (for no CRTC), 1 (CRTC1) or 2 (CRTC2), and first letter corresponds
+           to primary analog output, second letter to the secondary analog output
+           and third letter to the DVI output. Default setting is 100 for
+           cards below G400 or G400 without DFP, 101 for G400 with DFP, and
+           111 for G450 and G550. You can set mapping only on first card,
+           use matroxset for setting up other devices.
+vesa:X   - selects startup videomode. X is number from 0 to 0x1FF, see table
+           above for detailed explanation. Default is 640x480x8bpp if driver
+           has 8bpp support. Otherwise first available of 640x350x4bpp,
+           640x480x15bpp, 640x480x24bpp, 640x480x32bpp or 80x25 text
+           (80x25 text is always available).
+
+If you are not satisfied with videomode selected by `vesa' option, you
+can modify it with these options:
+
+xres:X   - horizontal resolution, in pixels. Default is derived from `vesa'
+           option.
+yres:X   - vertical resolution, in pixel lines. Default is derived from `vesa'
+           option.
+upper:X  - top boundary: lines between end of VSYNC pulse and start of first
+           pixel line of picture. Default is derived from `vesa' option.
+lower:X  - bottom boundary: lines between end of picture and start of VSYNC
+           pulse. Default is derived from `vesa' option.
+vslen:X  - length of VSYNC pulse, in lines. Default is derived from `vesa'
+           option.
+left:X   - left boundary: pixels between end of HSYNC pulse and first pixel.
+           Default is derived from `vesa' option.
+right:X  - right boundary: pixels between end of picture and start of HSYNC
+           pulse. Default is derived from `vesa' option.
+hslen:X  - length of HSYNC pulse, in pixels. Default is derived from `vesa'
+           option.
+pixclock:X - dotclocks, in ps (picoseconds). Default is derived from `vesa'
+             option and from `fh' and `fv' options.
+sync:X   - sync. pulse - bit 0 inverts HSYNC polarity, bit 1 VSYNC polarity.
+           If bit 3 (value 0x08) is set, composite sync instead of HSYNC is
+           generated. If bit 5 (value 0x20) is set, sync on green is turned on.
+           Do not forget that if you want sync on green, you also probably
+           want composite sync.
+           Default depends on `vesa'.
+depth:X  - Bits per pixel: 0=text, 4,8,15,16,24 or 32. Default depends on
+           `vesa'.
+
+If you know capabilities of your monitor, you can specify some (or all) of
+`maxclk', `fh' and `fv'. In this case, `pixclock' is computed so that
+pixclock <= maxclk, real_fh <= fh and real_fv <= fv.
+
+maxclk:X - maximum dotclock. X can be specified in MHz, kHz or Hz. Default is
+           `don't care'.
+fh:X     - maximum horizontal synchronization frequency. X can be specified
+           in kHz or Hz. Default is `don't care'.
+fv:X     - maximum vertical frequency. X must be specified in Hz. Default is
+           70 for modes derived from `vesa' with yres <= 400, 60Hz for
+           yres > 400.
+
+
+Limitations
+===========
+
+There are known and unknown bugs, features and misfeatures.
+Currently there are following known bugs:
+ + SVGALib does not restore screen on exit
+ + generic fbcon-cfbX procedures do not work on Alphas. Due to this,
+   `noaccel' (and cfb4 accel) driver does not work on Alpha. So everyone
+   with access to /dev/fb* on Alpha can hang machine (you should restrict
+   access to /dev/fb* - everyone with access to this device can destroy
+   your monitor, believe me...).
+ + 24bpp does not support correctly XF-FBDev on big-endian architectures.
+ + interlaced text mode is not supported; it looks like hardware limitation,
+   but I'm not sure.
+ + Gxx0 SGRAM/SDRAM is not autodetected.
+ + If you are using more than one framebuffer device, you must boot kernel
+   with 'video=scrollback:0'.
+ + maybe more...
+And following misfeatures:
+ + SVGALib does not restore screen on exit.
+ + pixclock for text modes is limited by hardware to
+    83 MHz on G200
+    66 MHz on Millennium I
+    60 MHz on Millennium II
+   Because I have no access to other devices, I do not know specific
+   frequencies for them. So driver does not check this and allows you to
+   set frequency higher that this. It causes sparks, black holes and other
+   pretty effects on screen. Device was not destroyed during tests. :-)
+ + my Millennium G200 oscillator has frequency range from 35 MHz to 380 MHz
+   (and it works with 8bpp on about 320 MHz dotclocks (and changed mclk)).
+   But Matrox says on product sheet that VCO limit is 50-250 MHz, so I believe
+   them (maybe that chip overheats, but it has a very big cooler (G100 has
+   none), so it should work).
+ + special mixed video/graphics videomodes of Mystique and Gx00 - 2G8V16 and
+   G16V16 are not supported
+ + color keying is not supported
+ + feature connector of Mystique and Gx00 is set to VGA mode (it is disabled
+   by BIOS)
+ + DDC (monitor detection) is supported through dualhead driver
+ + some check for input values are not so strict how it should be (you can
+   specify vslen=4000 and so on).
+ + maybe more...
+And following features:
+ + 4bpp is available only on Millennium I and Millennium II. It is hardware
+   limitation.
+ + selection between 1:5:5:5 and 5:6:5 16bpp videomode is done by -rgba 
+   option of fbset: "fbset -depth 16 -rgba 5,5,5" selects 1:5:5:5, anything
+   else selects 5:6:5 mode.
+ + text mode uses 6 bit VGA palette instead of 8 bit (one of 262144 colors
+   instead of one of 16M colors). It is due to hardware limitation of 
+   Millennium I/II and SVGALib compatibility.
+
+
+Benchmarks
+==========
+It is time to redraw whole screen 1000 times in 1024x768, 60Hz. It is
+time for draw 6144000 characters on screen through /dev/vcsa
+(for 32bpp it is about 3GB of data (exactly 3000 MB); for 8x16 font in 
+16 seconds, i.e. 187 MBps).
+Times were obtained from one older version of driver, now they are about 3%
+faster, it is kernel-space only time on P-II/350 MHz, Millennium I in 33 MHz
+PCI slot, G200 in AGP 2x slot. I did not test vgacon.
+
+NOACCEL
+        8x16                 12x22
+        Millennium I  G200   Millennium I  G200
+8bpp    16.42         9.54   12.33         9.13
+16bpp   21.00        15.70   19.11        15.02
+24bpp   36.66        36.66   35.00        35.00
+32bpp   35.00        30.00   33.85        28.66
+
+ACCEL, nofastfont
+        8x16                 12x22                6x11
+        Millennium I  G200   Millennium I  G200   Millennium I  G200
+8bpp     7.79         7.24   13.55         7.78   30.00        21.01
+16bpp    9.13         7.78   16.16         7.78   30.00        21.01
+24bpp   14.17        10.72   18.69        10.24   34.99        21.01
+32bpp   16.15        16.16   18.73        13.09   34.99        21.01
+
+ACCEL, fastfont
+        8x16                 12x22                6x11
+        Millennium I  G200   Millennium I  G200   Millennium I  G200
+8bpp     8.41         6.01    6.54         4.37   16.00        10.51
+16bpp    9.54         9.12    8.76         6.17   17.52        14.01
+24bpp   15.00        12.36   11.67        10.00   22.01        18.32
+32bpp   16.18        18.29*  12.71        12.74   24.44        21.00
+
+TEXT
+        8x16
+        Millennium I  G200
+TEXT     3.29         1.50
+
+* Yes, it is slower than Millennium I.
+
+
+Dualhead G400
+=============
+Driver supports dualhead G400 with some limitations:
+ + secondary head shares videomemory with primary head. It is not problem
+   if you have 32MB of videoram, but if you have only 16MB, you may have
+   to think twice before choosing videomode (for example twice 1880x1440x32bpp
+   is not possible).
+ + due to hardware limitation, secondary head can use only 16 and 32bpp
+   videomodes.
+ + secondary head is not accelerated. There were bad problems with accelerated
+   XFree when secondary head used to use acceleration.
+ + secondary head always powerups in 640x480@60-32 videomode. You have to use
+   fbset to change this mode.
+ + secondary head always powerups in monitor mode. You have to use fbmatroxset
+   to change it to TV mode. Also, you must select at least 525 lines for
+   NTSC output and 625 lines for PAL output.
+ + kernel is not fully multihead ready. So some things are impossible to do.
+ + if you compiled it as module, you must insert i2c-matroxfb, matroxfb_maven
+   and matroxfb_crtc2 into kernel.
+
+
+Dualhead G450
+=============
+Driver supports dualhead G450 with some limitations:
+ + secondary head shares videomemory with primary head. It is not problem
+   if you have 32MB of videoram, but if you have only 16MB, you may have
+   to think twice before choosing videomode.
+ + due to hardware limitation, secondary head can use only 16 and 32bpp
+   videomodes.
+ + secondary head is not accelerated.
+ + secondary head always powerups in 640x480@60-32 videomode. You have to use
+   fbset to change this mode.
+ + TV output is not supported
+ + kernel is not fully multihead ready, so some things are impossible to do.
+ + if you compiled it as module, you must insert matroxfb_g450 and matroxfb_crtc2
+   into kernel.
+        
+--
+Petr Vandrovec <vandrove@vc.cvut.cz>