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| author | Ph. Marek <philipp.marek@bmlv.gv.at> | 2006-10-03 01:14:38 -0700 |
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| committer | Linus Torvalds <torvalds@g5.osdl.org> | 2006-10-03 08:04:09 -0700 |
| commit | 6bf1d73d7a512cfa791b7415742f71c80f6b8d7e (patch) | |
| tree | f36a3bb3b3c9bcfc44824ee864e41ffa9f1e0916 /Documentation/fb | |
| parent | ca27ac4cc6caa73740122a5f3d601c8a27b89e7c (diff) | |
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[PATCH] intelfb: Documentation update
Correct sample boot line and add a remark on mode setting.
Signed-off-by: Antonino Daplas <adaplas@pol.net>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
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diff --git a/Documentation/fb/intelfb.txt b/Documentation/fb/intelfb.txt index aa0d322db171..da5ee74219e8 100644 --- a/Documentation/fb/intelfb.txt +++ b/Documentation/fb/intelfb.txt @@ -88,12 +88,20 @@ Sample Usage In /etc/lilo.conf, add the line: -append="video=intelfb:800x600-32@75,accel,hwcursor,vram=8" +append="video=intelfb:mode=800x600-32@75,accel,hwcursor,vram=8" This will initialize the framebuffer to 800x600 at 32bpp and 75Hz. The framebuffer will use 8 MB of System RAM. hw acceleration of text and cursor will be enabled. +Remarks +------- + +If setting this parameter doesn't work (you stay in a 80x25 text-mode), +you might need to set the "vga=<mode>" parameter too - see vesafb.txt +in this directory. + + D. Module options The module parameters are essentially similar to the kernel |