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| author | Justin Waters <justin.waters@timesys.com> | 2008-02-26 13:07:02 -0500 |
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| committer | Justin Waters <justin.waters@timesys.com> | 2008-02-26 13:07:02 -0500 |
| commit | b80a32b9cc634adfa8eaef33ec981e7febf2ade2 (patch) | |
| tree | f256bce13ba11f514a388160df84e1410bedbe2b /Documentation/fb/pvr2fb.txt | |
| parent | 594133ef22fae0d737bd1b57352cf3f48a192c63 (diff) | |
Update the i.MX31 Kernel to 2.6.232.6.23-mx31ads-2008022618072.6.23-mx31-200802261807
This is the result of a brute-force attempt to update the kernel to 2.6.23.
Now that we have a git tree, our effort will be a little nicer in the future.
Signed-off-by: Justin Waters <justin.waters@timesys.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation/fb/pvr2fb.txt')
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/fb/pvr2fb.txt | 22 |
1 files changed, 13 insertions, 9 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/fb/pvr2fb.txt b/Documentation/fb/pvr2fb.txt index 2bf6c2321c2d..36bdeff585e2 100644 --- a/Documentation/fb/pvr2fb.txt +++ b/Documentation/fb/pvr2fb.txt @@ -9,14 +9,13 @@ one found in the Dreamcast. Advantages: * It provides a nice large console (128 cols + 48 lines with 1024x768) - without using tiny, unreadable fonts. + without using tiny, unreadable fonts (NOT on the Dreamcast) * You can run XF86_FBDev on top of /dev/fb0 * Most important: boot logo :-) Disadvantages: - * Driver is currently limited to the Dreamcast PowerVR 2 implementation - at the time of this writing. + * Driver is largely untested on non-Dreamcast systems. Configuration ============= @@ -29,11 +28,16 @@ Accepted options: font:X - default font to use. All fonts are supported, including the SUN12x22 font which is very nice at high resolutions. -mode:X - default video mode. The following video modes are supported: - 640x240-60, 640x480-60. +mode:X - default video mode with format [xres]x[yres]-<bpp>@<refresh rate> + The following video modes are supported: + 640x640-16@60, 640x480-24@60, 640x480-32@60. The Dreamcast + defaults to 640x480-16@60. At the time of writing the + 24bpp and 32bpp modes function poorly. Work to fix that is + ongoing + Note: the 640x240 mode is currently broken, and should not be - used for any reason. It is only mentioned as a reference. + used for any reason. It is only mentioned here as a reference. inverse - invert colors on screen (for LCD displays) @@ -52,10 +56,10 @@ output:X - output type. This can be any of the following: pal, ntsc, and X11 === -XF86_FBDev should work, in theory. At the time of this writing it is -totally untested and may or may not even portray the beginnings of -working. If you end up testing this, please let me know! +XF86_FBDev has been shown to work on the Dreamcast in the past - though not yet +on any 2.6 series kernel. -- Paul Mundt <lethal@linuxdc.org> +Updated by Adrian McMenamin <adrian@mcmen.demon.co.uk> |