README revision 54569438
1 2 Information for NeoMagic Users 3 NeoMagic Driver Version 0.2/4.0 4 (based on version 2.0.0/3.3.3) 5 6 71) Supported hardware 8 9 * NeoMagic 2200 (MagicMedia256AV) 10 * NeoMagic 2160 (MagicGraph128XD) 11 * NeoMagic 2097 (MagicGraph128ZV+) 12 * NeoMagic 2093 (MagicGraph128ZV) 13 * NeoMagic 2090 (MagicGraph128V) 14 * NeoMagic 2070 (MagicGraph128) 15 16 172) Features 18 19 * Full support for internal flat panels, external monitors, and 20 simultaneous internal/external displays. 21 22 * Complete set of Panel Resolutions supported including stretch and 23 centering modes for running lower resolutions on fixed resolution 24 panels. 25 26 * Support for depths of 8, 15, 16 and 24 bits per pixel. 27 28 * Hardware Cursor support to reduce sprite flicker. 29 30 * Hardware accelerated drawing engine for 8, 15 and 16 bit per 31 pixel modes. 32 33 * Fully programmable clocks supported in external monitor only 34 mode. 35 36 * Robust text mode restore for VT switching. 37 38 393) Technical Notes 40 41 * Enable both internal "intern_disp" and external "extern_disp" 42 options to get simultaneous panel/CRT support. 43 44 454) Reported Working Laptops 46 47 * Acer Travelmate 7120T 48 * Acer Extensa 367, 367D & 710TE 49 * Actebis TN559Pro 50 * Asus P6300 51 * CTX EzBook 700 & 77X series 52 * Compaq Presario 1080, 1210, 1215, 1220, 1610, 1611, 1620, 1621 & 1640 53 * Dell Inspiron 3000 & 3200 54 * Dell Latitude CP, CPi, LM & XPi 55 * Digital VP HiNote 575, 703, 717 & 720 56 * FIC DESIGNote 5550 57 * Fujitsu LifeBook 420D & 656Tx 58 * Gateway 2000 Solo 2300XL, 2500LS & 5150 59 * Highscreen XD Advance II 21,1" TFT 60 * Hi-Grade Notino AS6000 pII/266Mhz 61 * Hitachi VisionBook Plus 5000 62 * HP Omnibook 800, 3000, 3100, 4100 & Sojourn 63 * IBM ThinkPad 380D, 380E, 380ED, 380XD, 385XD, 560X & 600 64 * LEO DESIGNote 5550 65 * Micron Transport XKE 66 * NEC Ready 330T 67 * NEC Versa 2780 MT, 5060X, 5080X, 6060 & 6230 68 * NEC MB12C/UV (mobio NX) 69 * OPTI Phoenix 70 * Panasonic CF_S21, CF-25 MKIII & CF-35 71 * Quantex H-1330 72 * Sceptre 4500 73 * SEH DESIGNote 5550 74 * Siemens Nixdorf Scenic 510 75 * Sony PCG-505, PCG-705, PCG-717, PCG-719 & PCG-731 76 * TI Extensa 660 CDT 77 * Toshiba Libretto 100CT 78 * Toshiba Protege SS3000 79 * UMAX 520T 80 81 825) Configuration 83 84 The driver auto-detects all device info included memory size, so 85 use the following device section in your XF86Config file: 86 87 Section "Device" 88 Identifier "NeoMagic" 89 EndSection 90 91 or let xf86config or XF86Setup do this for you. 92 93 But if you have problems with auto-detection, you can specify: 94 95 VideoRam - in kilobytes 96 DacSpeed - in MHz 97 MemBase - physical address of the linear framebuffer 98 IOBase - physical address of the memory mapped IO registers 99 100 1016) Driver Options 102 103 "no_linear" - banked framebuffer mode 104 "no_accel" - software rendering only 105 "sw_cursor" - software cursor only 106 "no_mmio" - use I/O space directly 107 "intern_disp" - enable internal display (default) 108 "extern_disp" - enable external display 109 "no_stretch" - disable stretching of lower resolution modes on panel 110 "lcd_center" - center lower resolution modes on panel 111 112 NOTE: Stretching of panel image is on by default for lower panel 113 resolutions. 114 115 Options useful for special lcd mode setting (should not be needed): 116 "prog_lcd_mode_regs" - set special lcd mode registers (2070 default) 117 "no_prog_lcd_mode_regs" - don't set lcd mode registers (non-2070 default) 118 "prog_lcd_mode_stretch" - force lcd mode regs if stretching is enabled 119 "no_prog_lcd_mode_stretch" - no lcd mode regs if stretching (default) 120 121 Option for subnotebooks and other laptops with uncommon size panels: 122 "override_validate_mode" - disable LCD mode checking 123 124 WARNING: Disabling mode checking will allow for invalid modes that 125 could damage your LCD. 126 1277) Known Limitations 128 129 * External monitor support on the NM2070. 130 * Banked, or no_linear mode on the NM2070. 131 * Horizontal centering for lower than panel resolution on NM2070. 132 1338) Authors 134 135 The original version of the driver - written for Xfree86 3.3 - 136 done by: 137 Jens Owen (jens@tungstengraphics.com) 138 Kevin E. Martin (kevin@precisioninsight.com) 139 140 Precision Insight, Inc. 141 Cedar Park, TX USA 142 143 http://www.precisioninsight.com 144 145 Port to Xfree86 4.0 done by: 146 Egbert Eich (Egbert.Eich@Physik.TU-Darmstadt.de) 147 148 149 150$XFree86: xc/programs/Xserver/hw/xfree86/drivers/neomagic/README,v 1.2 2002/10/30 12:52:20 alanh Exp $ 151