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| author | Michal Januszewski <spock@gentoo.org> | 2009-04-06 19:01:06 -0700 |
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| committer | Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> | 2009-04-07 08:31:09 -0700 |
| commit | 7ce5ba3c7ef26284f60babbe4465259d1f9968f3 (patch) | |
| tree | c484e2f08884fd1251afcd86e658263468f24c0c /Documentation/fb | |
| parent | d88ca815b5b3534ed2dae123ba0bf366861f850c (diff) | |
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uvesafb: documentation update
Update the uvesafb documentation to accurately reflect the default options
used by the driver.
Signed-off-by: Michal Januszewski <spock@gentoo.org>
Cc: Krzysztof Helt <krzysztof.h1@poczta.fm>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation/fb')
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/fb/uvesafb.txt | 7 |
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/fb/uvesafb.txt b/Documentation/fb/uvesafb.txt index 7ac3c4078ff9..eefdd91d298a 100644 --- a/Documentation/fb/uvesafb.txt +++ b/Documentation/fb/uvesafb.txt @@ -59,7 +59,8 @@ Accepted options: ypan Enable display panning using the VESA protected mode interface. The visible screen is just a window of the video memory, console scrolling is done by changing the - start of the window. Available on x86 only. + start of the window. This option is available on x86 + only and is the default option on that architecture. ywrap Same as ypan, but assumes your gfx board can wrap-around the video memory (i.e. starts reading from top if it @@ -67,7 +68,7 @@ ywrap Same as ypan, but assumes your gfx board can wrap-around Available on x86 only. redraw Scroll by redrawing the affected part of the screen, this - is the safe (and slow) default. + is the default on non-x86. (If you're using uvesafb as a module, the above three options are used a parameter of the scroll option, e.g. scroll=ypan.) @@ -182,7 +183,7 @@ from the Video BIOS if you set pixclock to 0 in fb_var_screeninfo. -- Michal Januszewski <spock@gentoo.org> - Last updated: 2007-06-16 + Last updated: 2009-03-30 Documentation of the uvesafb options is loosely based on vesafb.txt. |