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- Information for ATI Rage 128 Users
-
- Precision Insight, Inc., SuSE GmbH
-
- 12 November 1999
-
- 1. Supported Hardware
-
- o ATI Rage 128 based cards
-
- 2. Features
-
- o Full support (including hardware accelerated 2D drawing) for 8, 15, 16,
- 24 bit pixel depths.
-
- o Hardware cursor support to reduce sprite flicker.
-
- o Support for high resolution video modes up to 1800x1440 @ 70Hz.
-
- o Support for doublescan video modes (e.g., 320x200 and 320x240).
-
- o Support for gamma correction at all pixel depths.
-
- o Fully programmable clock supported.
-
- o Robust text mode restore for VT switching.
-
- 3. Technical Notes
-
- o None
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- 4. Reported Working Video Cards
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- o Rage Fury AGP 32MB
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- o XPERT 128 AGP 16MB
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- o XPERT 99 AGP 8MB
-
- 5. Configuration
-
- The driver auto-detects all device information necessary to initialize the
- card. The only lines you need in the "Device" section of your XF86Config
- file are:
-
- Section "Device"
- Identifier "Rage 128"
- Driver "r128"
- EndSection
-
- or let xf86config do this for you.
-
- However, if you have problems with auto-detection, you can specify:
-
- o VideoRam - in kilobytes
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- o MemBase - physical address of the linear framebuffer
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- o IOBase - physical address of the memory mapped IO registers
-
- o ChipID - PCI DEVICE ID
-
- 6. Driver Options
-
- o "hw_cursor" - request hardware cursor (default)
-
- o "sw_cursor" - software cursor only
-
- o "no_accel" - software rendering only
-
- o "dac_8_bit" - use color weight 888 in 8 bpp mode (default)
-
- o "dac_6_bit" - use color weight 666 in 8 bpp mode (VGA emulation)
-
- 7. Known Limitations
-
- o DGA is not supported yet
-
- 8. Authors
-
- The XFree86 4 driver was ported from XFree86 3.3.x and enhanced by:
-
- o Rickard E. (Rik) Faith <faith@precisioninsight.com>
-
- o Kevin E. Martin <kevin@precisioninsight.com>
-
- The XFree86 4 driver was funded by ATI and was donated to The XFree86 Project
- by:
-
- Precision Insight, Inc.
- Cedar Park, TX
- USA
-
- The XFree86 3.3.x driver used for the port was written by:
-
- o Rickard E. (Rik) Faith <faith@precisioninsight.com>
-
- o Kevin E. Martin <kevin@precisioninsight.com>
-
- The XFree86 3.3.x driver was funded by ATI and was donated to The XFree86
- Project by Precision Insight, Inc. It was based in part on an earlier driver
- that was written by:
-
- o Alan Hourihane <alanh@fairlite.demon.co.uk>
-
- o Dirk Hohndel <hohndel@suse.de>
-
- This early driver was funded and donated to The XFree86 Project by:
-
- SuSE GmbH
- Schanzaekerstr. 10
- 90443 Nuernberg
- Germany
-
- http://www.precisioninsight.com
-
- http://www.suse.com
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