ATI Adapters README file

ATI Adapters README file

Marc Aurele La France

2002 February 12


This is the README for the XAA ATI driver included in this release.

1. Statement of intent

2. A note on acceleration

3. Current implementation for ATI adapters

4. Current implementation of generic VGA support for non-ATI adapters

5. xorg.conf specifications

5.1. Driver ``ati''
5.2. ChipSet ``name''
5.3. ChipID & ChipRev specifications
5.4. IOBase
5.5. BusID
5.6. Clocks
5.7. Option ``nopanel_display''
5.8. Option ``crt_display''
5.9. Option ``noaccel''
5.10. Option ``nolinear''
5.11. Option ``HWCursor'' and Option ``SWCursor''
5.12. Option ``SilkenMouse''
5.13. Option ``shadowfb''
5.14. Option ``dpms''
5.15. Option ``backingstore''
5.16. MemBase address
5.17. Option ``ReferenceClock'' ``frequency''
5.18. ClockChip ``name''

6. Video modes

7. Known problems and limitations

8. Reporting problems

9. Driver history

10. Driver versions


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