From 3b89db12501d799635f667f61364e2f08d3b459a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Andres Salomon Date: Mon, 28 Apr 2008 02:14:57 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] --- yaml --- r: 94146 b: refs/heads/master c: fa20c8a6e520d9ccd68c8101155ffdbc19c977c3 h: refs/heads/master v: v3 --- [refs] | 2 +- trunk/Documentation/fb/gxfb.txt | 51 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++ trunk/drivers/video/geode/Kconfig | 20 ---------- trunk/drivers/video/geode/display_gx.c | 7 ---- trunk/drivers/video/geode/gxfb_core.c | 14 ++++--- 5 files changed, 60 insertions(+), 34 deletions(-) create mode 100644 trunk/Documentation/fb/gxfb.txt diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs] index 8d42123f89ff..ef98d0511cdb 100644 --- a/[refs] +++ b/[refs] @@ -1,2 +1,2 @@ --- -refs/heads/master: 0a5e79098799a4bead070a9bd7f1a2213ba5eef5 +refs/heads/master: fa20c8a6e520d9ccd68c8101155ffdbc19c977c3 diff --git a/trunk/Documentation/fb/gxfb.txt b/trunk/Documentation/fb/gxfb.txt new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..b56096142017 --- /dev/null +++ b/trunk/Documentation/fb/gxfb.txt @@ -0,0 +1,51 @@ +[This file is cloned from VesaFB/aty128fb] + +What is gxfb? +================= + +This is a graphics framebuffer driver for AMD Geode GX2 based processors. + +Advantages: + + * No need to use AMD's VSA code (or other VESA emulation layer) in the + BIOS. + * It provides a nice large console (128 cols + 48 lines with 1024x768) + without using tiny, unreadable fonts. + * You can run XF68_FBDev on top of /dev/fb0 + * Most important: boot logo :-) + +Disadvantages: + + * graphic mode is slower than text mode... + + +How to use it? +============== + +Switching modes is done using gxfb.mode_option=... boot +parameter or using `fbset' program. + +See Documentation/fb/modedb.txt for more information on modedb +resolutions. + + +X11 +=== + +XF68_FBDev should generally work fine, but it is non-accelerated. + + +Configuration +============= + +You can pass kernel command line options to gxfb with gxfb.