README revision ba0eab60 
1  Information for newport Users
2  Guido Guenther
3  24 February 2003
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6  Table of Contents
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9  1. Supported Hardware
10  2. Features
11  3. Notes
12  4. Configuration
13  5. Authors
14  6. Acknowledgements
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19  [1m1.  Supported Hardware[0m
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21  This is an unaccelerated driver for the SGI newport cards (a.k.a. XL)
22  as found in the SGI Indy and Indigo2. Both the 8bit and 24bit versions
23  are tested and working.
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26  [1m2.  Features[0m
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29  +o  Support for 8 and 24 bit pixel depths
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31  +o  Hardware cursor support to reduce flicker
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34  [1m3.  Notes[0m
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37  +o  X -configure does not generate a xorg.conf file.
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39  +o  There's only a 1280x1024 mode.
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43  [1m4.  Configuration[0m
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45  The driver auto-detects all device information necessary to initialize
46  the card on the Indy. The only lines you need in the "Device" section
47  of your xorg.conf file are:
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49         Section "Device"
50             Identifier "SGI newport"
51             Driver     "newport"
52         EndSection
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55  Indigo2 users have to use the BusID option as documented below.
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57  However, if you have problems with auto-detection, you can specify:
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59  +o  bitplanes - number of physical bitplanes (8 or 24)
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61  +o  HWCursor - enable or disable hardware cursor
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63  +o  BusID - set this to "1" on the Indigo2 XL
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67  [1m5.  Authors[0m
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70  +o  Guido Guenther  <agx@sigxcpu.org>
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74  [1m6.  Acknowledgements[0m
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77  +o  Gleb O. Raiko  <raiko@niisi.msk.ru> for getting the beast to build
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79  +o  Ralf Baechle  <ralf@oss.sgi.com> for his patience...
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81  +o  Ulf Carlsson  <ulfc@calypso.engr.sgi.com> for comments and elf
82     loader code
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84  +o  Nina A. Podolskaya  <nap@niisi.msk.ru> for elf loader code
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86  +o  all the guys who wrote the newport_con linux kernel code
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