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.ds q \N'34'
.TH AMDGPU __drivermansuffix__ __vendorversion__
.SH NAME
amdgpu \- AMD RADEON GPU video driver
.SH SYNOPSIS
.nf
.B "Section \*qDevice\*q"
.BI "  Identifier \*q"  devname \*q
.B  "  Driver \*qamdgpu\*q"
\ \ ...
.B EndSection
.fi
.SH DESCRIPTION
.B amdgpu
is an __xservername__ driver for AMD RADEON-based video cards with the
following features:
.PP
.PD 0
.TP 2
\(bu
Support for 24-bit pixel depth;
.TP
\(bu
RandR support up to version 1.4;
.TP
\(bu
3D acceleration;
.PD
.SH SUPPORTED HARDWARE
The
.B amdgpu
driver supports CI and newer families' video cards.
.PD
.SH CONFIGURATION DETAILS
Please refer to __xconfigfile__(__filemansuffix__) for general configuration
details.  This section only covers configuration details specific to this
driver.
.PP
The following driver
.B Options
are supported:
.TP
.BI "Option \*qSWcursor\*q \*q" boolean \*q
Selects software cursor.  The default is
.B off.
.TP
.BI "Option \*qNoAccel\*q \*q" boolean \*q
Enables or disables all hardware acceleration.
.br
The default is to
.B enable
hardware acceleration.
.TP
.BI "Option \*qZaphodHeads\*q \*q" string \*q
Specify the RandR output(s) to use with zaphod mode for a particular driver
instance.  If you use this option you must use this option for all instances
of the driver.
.br
For example:
.B
Option \*qZaphodHeads\*q \*qLVDS,VGA-0\*q
will assign xrandr outputs LVDS and VGA-0 to this instance of the driver.
.TP
.BI "Option \*qEnablePageFlip\*q \*q" boolean \*q
Enable DRI2 page flipping.  The default is
.B on.

.SH SEE ALSO
__xservername__(__appmansuffix__), __xconfigfile__(__filemansuffix__), Xserver(__appmansuffix__), X(__miscmansuffix__)
.IP " 1." 4
Wiki page:
.RS 4
http://www.x.org/wiki/radeon
.RE
.IP " 2." 4
Overview about amdgpu development code:
.RS 4
http://cgit.freedesktop.org/xorg/driver/xf86-video-amdgpu/
.RE
.IP " 3." 4
Mailing list:
.RS 4
http://lists.x.org/mailman/listinfo/xorg-driver-ati
.RE
.IP " 4." 4
IRC channel:
.RS 4
#radeon on irc.freenode.net
.RE
.IP " 5." 4
Query the bugtracker for amdgpu bugs:
.RS 4
https://bugs.freedesktop.org/query.cgi?product=xorg&component=Driver/AMDgpu
.RE
.IP " 6." 4
Submit bugs & patches:
.RS 4
https://bugs.freedesktop.org/enter_bug.cgi?product=xorg&component=Driver/AMDgpu
.RE

.SH AUTHORS
.nf
Authors include:
Michel D\(:anzer            \fImichel@daenzer.net\fP
Alex Deucher             \fIalexdeucher@gmail.com\fP