Subject: Re: kernel args for fb?
From: Neil Jolly (njolly@home.com)
Date: Sat Dec 04 1999 - 09:10:43 MST
raptor wrote:
> Is there a list of the options for the FB driver built in to the kernel?
>
> For example, you can pass video=atyfb:vmode=18,cmode=32
>
> this works fine if you have an ati video card. If oyu had a matrox vido
> card, it would be video=matrox
>
> bot what if you have a "control" video card, as my 8600 has.
>
> I can find almost zero documentiation on fb (xfree86) or the "fb"
> functions in the 2.2.13 kernel, and I have checked the framebuffer howto
> (that author has a line that says he would like osme information on
> powerpc framebuffer) and the kernel docs, etc. Does anyone have this info,
> before I start picking through the source?
> thanks.
>
I believe it's video=controlfb for the control series & valkriefb for the
valkrie series of video controllers. If anybody can confirm this I'll add it
to the XFree86 for PPC pages.
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