README revision 1.1.1.3
1 1.1.1.3 mrg Information for S3 ViRGE Users 2 1.1.1.3 mrg The XFree86 Project Inc. 3 1.1.1.3 mrg 19 Dec 2001 4 1.1.1.3 mrg ____________________________________________________________ 5 1.1 mrg 6 1.1.1.3 mrg Table of Contents 7 1.1.1.2 mrg 8 1.1.1.2 mrg 9 1.1.1.3 mrg 1. Supported hardware 10 1.1.1.3 mrg 2. Features: 11 1.1.1.3 mrg 3. Configuration: 12 1.1.1.3 mrg 4. Documentation: 13 1.1.1.3 mrg 5. Support: 14 1.1.1.3 mrg 6. Authors 15 1.1.1.3 mrg 16 1.1.1.3 mrg 17 1.1.1.3 mrg ______________________________________________________________________ 18 1.1.1.3 mrg 19 1.1.1.3 mrg 1. Supported hardware 20 1.1.1.3 mrg 21 1.1.1.3 mrg The s3virge driver in X11R7.5 supports the S3 ViRGE, ViRGE DX, GX, 22 1.1.1.3 mrg GX2, MX, MX+, and VX chipsets. It also supports Trio3D and Trio3D/2x 23 1.1.1.3 mrg chips. A majority of testing is done on ViRGE DX chips, making them 24 1.1.1.3 mrg the most stable to date. This release has added support for doublescan 25 1.1.1.3 mrg modes on DX. 26 1.1.1.3 mrg 27 1.1.1.3 mrg This driver is moderately stable, however please use caution with any 28 1.1.1.3 mrg new install. Please report any problems to bugzilla.freedesktop.org, 29 1.1.1.3 mrg using the xorg component. 30 1.1.1.3 mrg 31 1.1.1.3 mrg 32 1.1.1.3 mrg 2. Features: 33 1.1.1.3 mrg 34 1.1.1.3 mrg 35 1.1.1.3 mrg 36 1.1.1.3 mrg o Fully accelerated support for S3 ViRGE family video adapters 37 1.1.1.3 mrg 38 1.1.1.3 mrg o uses linear frame buffer 39 1.1.1.3 mrg 40 1.1.1.3 mrg o supports resolutions up to 2048x2048 41 1.1.1.3 mrg 42 1.1.1.3 mrg o supports color depths of 8, 15, 16 and 24 43 1.1.1.3 mrg 44 1.1.1.3 mrg o full use of video card memory for acceleration caching when visible 45 1.1.1.3 mrg framebuffer leaves extra memory 46 1.1.1.3 mrg 47 1.1.1.3 mrg o XVideo on DX, GX, GX2, MX, MX+ and Trio3D/2X at depth 16 and 24 48 1.1.1.3 mrg 49 1.1.1.3 mrg o Doublescan modes on DX, possibly others (untested) 50 1.1.1.3 mrg 51 1.1.1.3 mrg 52 1.1.1.3 mrg 3. Configuration: 53 1.1.1.3 mrg 54 1.1.1.3 mrg 55 1.1.1.3 mrg The driver auto-detects RAM size, RAMDAC and ClockChip. Do not bother 56 1.1.1.3 mrg putting these in your "Device" section. 57 1.1.1.3 mrg 58 1.1.1.3 mrg 59 1.1.1.3 mrg 4. Documentation: 60 1.1.1.3 mrg 61 1.1.1.3 mrg 62 1.1.1.3 mrg The driver has several supported options which are documented in the 63 1.1.1.3 mrg s3virge man page. Please refer to it for additional details about 64 1.1.1.3 mrg configuration options. 65 1.1.1.3 mrg 66 1.1.1.3 mrg 67 1.1.1.3 mrg 5. Support: 68 1.1.1.3 mrg 69 1.1.1.3 mrg For support with X11R7.5 video drivers please refer to our web site at 70 1.1.1.3 mrg wiki.x.org <http://wiki.x.org>. 71 1.1.1.3 mrg 72 1.1.1.3 mrg 73 1.1.1.3 mrg 6. Authors 74 1.1.1.3 mrg 75 1.1.1.3 mrg 76 1.1.1.3 mrg 77 1.1.1.3 mrg o Mark Vojkovich <mailto:mvojkovich (a] nvidia.com> 78 1.1.1.3 mrg 79 1.1.1.3 mrg o Sebastien Marineau 80 1.1.1.3 mrg 81 1.1.1.3 mrg o Harald Koenig <mailto:koenig (a] tat.physik.uni-tuebingen.de> 82 1.1.1.3 mrg 83 1.1.1.3 mrg o Matt Grossman <mailto:mattg (a] oz.net> 84 1.1.1.3 mrg 85 1.1.1.3 mrg o Kevin Brosius <mailto:cobra (a] compuserve.com> 86 1.1.1.2 mrg 87 1.1 mrg 88 1.1 mrg 89
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