From 8b7ad1d26cdf2623aeac068aa61bd589cb709ed5 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Kaleb Keithley Date: Fri, 14 Nov 2003 16:48:55 +0000 Subject: Initial revision --- man/fbdev.man | 62 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 62 insertions(+) create mode 100644 man/fbdev.man (limited to 'man') diff --git a/man/fbdev.man b/man/fbdev.man new file mode 100644 index 0000000..f6a6f7d --- /dev/null +++ b/man/fbdev.man @@ -0,0 +1,62 @@ +.\" $XFree86: xc/programs/Xserver/hw/xfree86/drivers/fbdev/fbdev.man,v 1.3 2001/10/02 15:57:32 alanh Exp $ +.\" shorthand for double quote that works everywhere. +.ds q \N'34' +.TH FBDEV __drivermansuffix__ __vendorversion__ +.SH NAME +fbdev \- video driver for framebuffer device +.SH SYNOPSIS +.nf +.B "Section \*qDevice\*q" +.BI " Identifier \*q" devname \*q +.B " Driver \*qfbdev\*q" +.BI " BusID \*qpci:" bus : dev : func \*q +\ \ ... +.B EndSection +.fi +.SH DESCRIPTION +.B fbdev +is an XFree86 driver for framebuffer devices. This is a non-accelerated +driver, the following framebuffer depths are supported: 8, 15, 16, 24. +All visual types are supported for depth 8, and TrueColor visual is +supported for the other depths. Multi-head configurations are supported. +.SH SUPPORTED HARDWARE +The +.B fbdev +driver supports all hardware where a framebuffer driver is available. +fbdev uses the os-specific submodule fbdevhw(__drivermansuffix__) to talk +to the kernel +device driver. Currently a fbdevhw module is available for linux. +.SH CONFIGURATION DETAILS +Please refer to XF86Config(__filemansuffix__) for general configuration +details. This section only covers configuration details specific to +this driver. +.PP +For this driver it is not required to specify modes in the screen +section of the config file. The +.B fbdev +driver can pick up the currently used video mode from the framebuffer +driver and will use it if there are no video modes configured. +.PP +For PCI boards you might have to add a BusID line to the Device +section. See above for a sample line. You can use "XFree86 -scanpci" +to figure out the correct values. +.PP +The following driver +.B Options +are supported: +.TP +.BI "Option \*qfbdev\*q \*q" string \*q +The framebuffer device to use. Default: /dev/fb0. +.TP +.BI "Option \*qShadowFB\*q \*q" boolean \*q +Enable or disable use of the shadow framebuffer layer. Default: on. +.TP +.BI "Option \*qRotate\*q \*q" string \*q +Enable rotation of the display. The supported values are "CW" (clockwise, +90 degrees), "UD" (upside down, 180 degrees) and "CCW" (counter clockwise, +270 degrees). Implies use of the shadow framebuffer layer. Default: off. +.SH "SEE ALSO" +XFree86(1), XF86Config(__filemansuffix__), xf86config(1), Xserver(1), +X(__miscmansuffix__), fbdevhw(__drivermansuffix__) +.SH AUTHORS +Authors include: Gerd Knorr, Michel Dänzer, Geert Uytterhoeven -- cgit v1.2.1