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| author | Martin-Éric Racine <martin-eric.racine@iki.fi> | 2011-11-17 02:15:27 +0200 |
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| committer | Martin-Éric Racine <martin-eric.racine@iki.fi> | 2011-11-17 02:15:27 +0200 |
| commit | 9bbc7bc49f1d04d41d7e1750b81cfce45e4ddf42 (patch) | |
| tree | c9f0ca6eefabd3aafa0cf61154ddcb7a8dfdaa31 | |
| parent | 9e8a766cfb458cdc791f4c4a932fe51638a8bc73 (diff) | |
Added info about 'ztv' a.k.a. the V4L2 driver for LX in README.
| -rw-r--r-- | README | 23 |
1 files changed, 12 insertions, 11 deletions
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ xf86-video-geode -- AMD Geode GX and LX graphics driver for X.org ================================================================= -README last updated: 2011-03-13 +README last updated: 2011-11-17 GIT repository: git://anongit.freedesktop.org/git/xorg/driver/xf86-video-geode @@ -17,21 +17,22 @@ IRC channel: = Introduction = This is the X graphics driver for the AMD Geode GX and LX processors. -The GX driver features XAA and EXA support for graphics acceleration, -and the LX driver supports EXA (including compositing). Both drivers -support Xv overlay supprot and dynamic rotation with XRandR. +The GX component supports both XAA and EXA for graphics acceleration. +The LX component supports EXA including compositing. Both support Xv +overlay and dynamic rotation with XRandR. Additionally, a V4L2 driver +for the Geode LX is provided. = Dependencies = -As of version 2.9.0, this driver depends on X server 1.3 or newer, +Since version 2.9.0, this driver depends on X server 1.3 or greater, because it utilizes the new common DDC probing libraries from X.Org. - If necessary, it might be possible to create autoconf macros to make - this driver compile against older X servers, following this example: +If necessary, it might be possible to create autoconf macros to make +this driver compile against older X servers, following this example: - http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/xorg-commit/2007-February/010341.html +http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/xorg-commit/2007-February/010341.html - Patches accomplishing the same trick for the Geode driver are welcome. +Patches accomplishing the same trick for the Geode driver are welcome. = Roadmap = @@ -61,7 +62,7 @@ The driver suppports all maximum resolutions advertized by AMD, namely: LX: 1920x1440 (CRT) and 1600x1200 (TFT) GX: 1600x1200 (CRT) and 1280x1024 (TFT) -SC: 1280x1024 (CRT/TFT) - Currently unsupported by this driver - +SC: 1280x1024 (CRT/TFT) *** Currently unsupported by this driver *** = FAQ = @@ -82,7 +83,7 @@ A: Make sure that a sufficient amount of video RAM is reserved in the BIOS, Q: How do I produce useful information whenever submiting a bug report? A: See http://www.x.org/wiki/Development/Documentation/ServerDebugging - and follow the instructions. + and follow the instructions found there. Q: How do I test development snapshots from the upstream GIT repository? |