README revision 1.1.1.2
1 1.1.1.2 mrg Information for ATI Rage 128 Users 2 1.1.1.2 mrg Precision Insight, Inc., SuSE GmbH 3 1.1.1.2 mrg 13 June 2000 4 1.1.1.2 mrg ____________________________________________________________ 5 1.1.1.2 mrg 6 1.1.1.2 mrg Table of Contents 7 1.1.1.2 mrg 8 1.1.1.2 mrg 9 1.1.1.2 mrg 1. Supported Hardware 10 1.1.1.2 mrg 2. Features 11 1.1.1.2 mrg 3. Technical Notes 12 1.1.1.2 mrg 4. Reported Working Video Cards 13 1.1.1.2 mrg 5. Configuration 14 1.1.1.2 mrg 6. Driver Options 15 1.1.1.2 mrg 7. Known Limitations 16 1.1.1.2 mrg 8. Authors 17 1.1.1.2 mrg 18 1.1.1.2 mrg 19 1.1.1.2 mrg ______________________________________________________________________ 20 1.1.1.2 mrg 21 1.1.1.2 mrg 1. Supported Hardware 22 1.1.1.2 mrg 23 1.1.1.2 mrg 24 1.1.1.2 mrg o ATI Rage 128 based cards 25 1.1.1.2 mrg 26 1.1.1.2 mrg 27 1.1.1.2 mrg 28 1.1.1.2 mrg 2. Features 29 1.1.1.2 mrg 30 1.1.1.2 mrg 31 1.1.1.2 mrg o Full support (including hardware accelerated 2D drawing) for 8, 15, 32 1.1.1.2 mrg 16, 24 bit pixel depths. 33 1.1.1.2 mrg 34 1.1.1.2 mrg o Hardware cursor support to reduce sprite flicker. 35 1.1.1.2 mrg 36 1.1.1.2 mrg o Support for high resolution video modes up to 1800x1440 @ 70Hz. 37 1.1.1.2 mrg 38 1.1.1.2 mrg o Support for doublescan video modes (e.g., 320x200 and 320x240). 39 1.1.1.2 mrg 40 1.1.1.2 mrg o Support for gamma correction at all pixel depths. 41 1.1.1.2 mrg 42 1.1.1.2 mrg o Fully programmable clock supported. 43 1.1.1.2 mrg 44 1.1.1.2 mrg o Robust text mode restore for VT switching. 45 1.1.1.2 mrg 46 1.1.1.2 mrg 47 1.1.1.2 mrg 48 1.1.1.2 mrg 3. Technical Notes 49 1.1.1.2 mrg 50 1.1.1.2 mrg 51 1.1.1.2 mrg o None 52 1.1.1.2 mrg 53 1.1.1.2 mrg 54 1.1.1.2 mrg 55 1.1.1.2 mrg 4. Reported Working Video Cards 56 1.1.1.2 mrg 57 1.1.1.2 mrg 58 1.1.1.2 mrg o Rage Fury AGP 32MB 59 1.1.1.2 mrg 60 1.1.1.2 mrg o XPERT 128 AGP 16MB 61 1.1.1.2 mrg 62 1.1.1.2 mrg o XPERT 99 AGP 8MB 63 1.1.1.2 mrg 64 1.1.1.2 mrg 65 1.1.1.2 mrg 66 1.1.1.2 mrg 5. Configuration 67 1.1.1.2 mrg 68 1.1.1.2 mrg The driver auto-detects all device information necessary to initialize 69 1.1.1.2 mrg the card. The only lines you need in the "Device" section of your 70 1.1.1.2 mrg xorg.conf file are: 71 1.1.1.2 mrg 72 1.1.1.2 mrg Section "Device" 73 1.1.1.2 mrg Identifier "Rage 128" 74 1.1.1.2 mrg Driver "r128" 75 1.1.1.2 mrg EndSection 76 1.1.1.2 mrg 77 1.1.1.2 mrg 78 1.1.1.2 mrg or let xorgconfig do this for you. 79 1.1.1.2 mrg 80 1.1.1.2 mrg However, if you have problems with auto-detection, you can specify: 81 1.1.1.2 mrg 82 1.1.1.2 mrg o VideoRam - in kilobytes 83 1.1.1.2 mrg 84 1.1.1.2 mrg o MemBase - physical address of the linear framebuffer 85 1.1.1.2 mrg 86 1.1.1.2 mrg o IOBase - physical address of the memory mapped IO registers 87 1.1.1.2 mrg 88 1.1.1.2 mrg o ChipID - PCI DEVICE ID 89 1.1.1.2 mrg 90 1.1.1.2 mrg 91 1.1.1.2 mrg 92 1.1.1.2 mrg 6. Driver Options 93 1.1.1.2 mrg 94 1.1.1.2 mrg 95 1.1.1.2 mrg o "hw_cursor" - request hardware cursor (default) 96 1.1.1.2 mrg 97 1.1.1.2 mrg o "sw_cursor" - software cursor only 98 1.1.1.2 mrg 99 1.1.1.2 mrg o "no_accel" - software rendering only 100 1.1.1.2 mrg 101 1.1.1.2 mrg o "dac_8_bit" - use color weight 888 in 8 bpp mode (default) 102 1.1.1.2 mrg 103 1.1.1.2 mrg o "dac_6_bit" - use color weight 666 in 8 bpp mode (VGA emulation) 104 1.1.1.2 mrg 105 1.1.1.2 mrg 106 1.1.1.2 mrg 107 1.1.1.2 mrg 7. Known Limitations 108 1.1.1.2 mrg 109 1.1.1.2 mrg 110 1.1.1.2 mrg o None 111 1.1.1.2 mrg 112 1.1.1.2 mrg 113 1.1.1.2 mrg 114 1.1.1.2 mrg 8. Authors 115 1.1.1.2 mrg 116 1.1.1.2 mrg The X11R7.5 driver was originally part of XFree86 4.4 rc2. 117 1.1.1.2 mrg 118 1.1.1.2 mrg The XFree86 4 driver was ported from XFree86 3.3.x and enhanced by: 119 1.1.1.2 mrg 120 1.1.1.2 mrg o Rickard E. (Rik) Faith <mailto:faith (a] precisioninsight.com> 121 1.1.1.2 mrg 122 1.1.1.2 mrg o Kevin E. Martin <mailto:kevin (a] precisioninsight.com> 123 1.1.1.2 mrg 124 1.1.1.2 mrg The XFree86 4 driver was funded by ATI and was donated to The XFree86 125 1.1.1.2 mrg Project by: 126 1.1.1.2 mrg 127 1.1.1.2 mrg Precision Insight, Inc. 128 1.1.1.2 mrg Cedar Park, TX 129 1.1.1.2 mrg USA 130 1.1.1.2 mrg 131 1.1.1.2 mrg 132 1.1.1.2 mrg The XFree86 3.3.x driver used for the port was written by: 133 1.1.1.2 mrg 134 1.1.1.2 mrg o Rickard E. (Rik) Faith <mailto:faith (a] precisioninsight.com> 135 1.1.1.2 mrg 136 1.1.1.2 mrg o Kevin E. Martin <mailto:kevin (a] precisioninsight.com> 137 1.1.1.2 mrg 138 1.1.1.2 mrg The XFree86 3.3.x driver was funded by ATI and was donated to The 139 1.1.1.2 mrg XFree86 Project by Precision Insight, Inc. It was based in part on 140 1.1.1.2 mrg an earlier driver that was written by: 141 1.1.1.2 mrg 142 1.1.1.2 mrg o Alan Hourihane <mailto:alanh (a] fairlite.demon.co.uk> 143 1.1.1.2 mrg 144 1.1.1.2 mrg o Dirk Hohndel <mailto:hohndel (a] suse.de> 145 1.1.1.2 mrg 146 1.1.1.2 mrg This early driver was funded and donated to The XFree86 Project by: 147 1.1.1.2 mrg 148 1.1.1.2 mrg SuSE GmbH 149 1.1.1.2 mrg Schanzaekerstr. 10 150 1.1.1.2 mrg 90443 Nuernberg 151 1.1.1.2 mrg Germany 152 1.1.1.2 mrg 153 1.1.1.2 mrg 154 1.1.1.2 mrg 155 1.1.1.2 mrg http://www.precisioninsight.com 156 1.1.1.2 mrg 157 1.1.1.2 mrg http://www.suse.com 158 1.1.1.2 mrg 159 1.1 mrg 160 1.1 mrg Please submit bugs & patches to the Xorg bugzilla: 161 1.1 mrg 162 1.1 mrg https://bugs.freedesktop.org/enter_bug.cgi?product=xorg 163 1.1 mrg 164 1.1 mrg All questions regarding this software should be directed at the 165 1.1 mrg Xorg mailing list: 166 1.1 mrg 167 1.1 mrg http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/xorg 168 1.1 mrg 169 1.1 mrg The master development code repository can be found at: 170 1.1 mrg 171 1.1 mrg git://anongit.freedesktop.org/git/xorg/driver/xf86-video-r128 172 1.1 mrg 173 1.1 mrg http://cgit.freedesktop.org/xorg/driver/xf86-video-r128 174 1.1 mrg 175 1.1 mrg For more information on the git code manager, see: 176 1.1 mrg 177 1.1 mrg http://wiki.x.org/wiki/GitPage 178
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