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diff --git a/Documentation/fb/aty128fb.txt b/Documentation/fb/aty128fb.txt deleted file mode 100644 index b605204fcfe1..000000000000 --- a/Documentation/fb/aty128fb.txt +++ /dev/null @@ -1,72 +0,0 @@ -[This file is cloned from VesaFB/matroxfb] - -What is aty128fb? -================= - -This is a driver for a graphic framebuffer for ATI Rage128 based devices -on Intel and PPC boxes. - -Advantages: - - * It provides a nice large console (128 cols + 48 lines with 1024x768) - without using tiny, unreadable fonts. - * You can run XF68_FBDev on top of /dev/fb0 - * Most important: boot logo :-) - -Disadvantages: - - * graphic mode is slower than text mode... but you should not notice - if you use same resolution as you used in textmode. - * still experimental. - - -How to use it? -============== - -Switching modes is done using the video=aty128fb:<resolution>... modedb -boot parameter or using `fbset' program. - -See Documentation/fb/modedb.txt for more information on modedb -resolutions. - -You should compile in both vgacon (to boot if you remove your Rage128 from -box) and aty128fb (for graphics mode). You should not compile-in vesafb -unless you have primary display on non-Rage128 VBE2.0 device (see -Documentation/fb/vesafb.txt for details). - - -X11 -=== - -XF68_FBDev should generally work fine, but it is non-accelerated. As of -this document, 8 and 32bpp works fine. There have been palette issues -when switching from X to console and back to X. You will have to restart -X to fix this. - - -Configuration -============= - -You can pass kernel command line options to vesafb with -`video=aty128fb:option1,option2:value2,option3' (multiple options should -be separated by comma, values are separated from options by `:'). -Accepted options: - -noaccel - do not use acceleration engine. It is default. -accel - use acceleration engine. Not finished. -vmode:x - chooses PowerMacintosh video mode <x>. Deprecated. -cmode:x - chooses PowerMacintosh colour mode <x>. Deprecated. -<XxX@X> - selects startup videomode. See modedb.txt for detailed - explanation. Default is 640x480x8bpp. - - -Limitations -=========== - -There are known and unknown bugs, features and misfeatures. -Currently there are following known bugs: - + This driver is still experimental and is not finished. Too many - bugs/errata to list here. - --- -Brad Douglas <brad@neruo.com> |