From b8ad9f1fe0059f496cad89ce76040247e5e03ed1 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Andrew Morton Date: Mon, 19 Jan 2004 05:09:54 -0800 Subject: [PATCH] [PATCH] tridentfb documentation fix From: Bram Stolk Fixes for Documentation/fb/modedb.txt and Documentation/fb/tridentfb.txt --- Documentation/fb/modedb.txt | 1 + Documentation/fb/tridentfb.txt | 11 ++++++++--- 2 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/Documentation/fb/modedb.txt b/Documentation/fb/modedb.txt index 049c4cd84fa02..747b8a9d52ea3 100644 --- a/Documentation/fb/modedb.txt +++ b/Documentation/fb/modedb.txt @@ -55,6 +55,7 @@ There may be more modes. aty128fb - ATI Rage128 / Pro frame buffer atyfb - ATI Mach64 frame buffer tdfx - 3D Fx frame buffer + tridentfb - Trident (Cyber)blade chipset frame buffer BTW, only a few drivers use this at the moment. Others are to follow (feel free to send patches). diff --git a/Documentation/fb/tridentfb.txt b/Documentation/fb/tridentfb.txt index c6289d2587bb3..8a6c8a43e6a37 100644 --- a/Documentation/fb/tridentfb.txt +++ b/Documentation/fb/tridentfb.txt @@ -11,10 +11,15 @@ Only PCI/AGP based cards are supported, none of the older Tridents. How to use it? ============== -Just do your usual console work :) -When booting you can pass the following parameters -================================================== +When booting you can pass the video parameter. +video=tridentfb + +The parameters for tridentfb are concatenated with a ':' as in this example. + +video=tridentfb:800x600,bpp=16,noaccel + +The second level parameters that tridentfb understands are: noaccel - turns off acceleration (when it doesn't work for your card) accel - force text acceleration (for boards which by default are noacceled) -- 2.53.0