^8f3ce5b39 (kx 2023-10-28 12:00:06 +0300 1) =============
^8f3ce5b39 (kx 2023-10-28 12:00:06 +0300 2) What is gxfb?
^8f3ce5b39 (kx 2023-10-28 12:00:06 +0300 3) =============
^8f3ce5b39 (kx 2023-10-28 12:00:06 +0300 4)
^8f3ce5b39 (kx 2023-10-28 12:00:06 +0300 5) .. [This file is cloned from VesaFB/aty128fb]
^8f3ce5b39 (kx 2023-10-28 12:00:06 +0300 6)
^8f3ce5b39 (kx 2023-10-28 12:00:06 +0300 7) This is a graphics framebuffer driver for AMD Geode GX2 based processors.
^8f3ce5b39 (kx 2023-10-28 12:00:06 +0300 8)
^8f3ce5b39 (kx 2023-10-28 12:00:06 +0300 9) Advantages:
^8f3ce5b39 (kx 2023-10-28 12:00:06 +0300 10)
^8f3ce5b39 (kx 2023-10-28 12:00:06 +0300 11) * No need to use AMD's VSA code (or other VESA emulation layer) in the
^8f3ce5b39 (kx 2023-10-28 12:00:06 +0300 12) BIOS.
^8f3ce5b39 (kx 2023-10-28 12:00:06 +0300 13) * It provides a nice large console (128 cols + 48 lines with 1024x768)
^8f3ce5b39 (kx 2023-10-28 12:00:06 +0300 14) without using tiny, unreadable fonts.
^8f3ce5b39 (kx 2023-10-28 12:00:06 +0300 15) * You can run XF68_FBDev on top of /dev/fb0
^8f3ce5b39 (kx 2023-10-28 12:00:06 +0300 16) * Most important: boot logo :-)
^8f3ce5b39 (kx 2023-10-28 12:00:06 +0300 17)
^8f3ce5b39 (kx 2023-10-28 12:00:06 +0300 18) Disadvantages:
^8f3ce5b39 (kx 2023-10-28 12:00:06 +0300 19)
^8f3ce5b39 (kx 2023-10-28 12:00:06 +0300 20) * graphic mode is slower than text mode...
^8f3ce5b39 (kx 2023-10-28 12:00:06 +0300 21)
^8f3ce5b39 (kx 2023-10-28 12:00:06 +0300 22)
^8f3ce5b39 (kx 2023-10-28 12:00:06 +0300 23) How to use it?
^8f3ce5b39 (kx 2023-10-28 12:00:06 +0300 24) ==============
^8f3ce5b39 (kx 2023-10-28 12:00:06 +0300 25)
^8f3ce5b39 (kx 2023-10-28 12:00:06 +0300 26) Switching modes is done using gxfb.mode_option=<resolution>... boot
^8f3ce5b39 (kx 2023-10-28 12:00:06 +0300 27) parameter or using `fbset` program.
^8f3ce5b39 (kx 2023-10-28 12:00:06 +0300 28)
^8f3ce5b39 (kx 2023-10-28 12:00:06 +0300 29) See Documentation/fb/modedb.rst for more information on modedb
^8f3ce5b39 (kx 2023-10-28 12:00:06 +0300 30) resolutions.
^8f3ce5b39 (kx 2023-10-28 12:00:06 +0300 31)
^8f3ce5b39 (kx 2023-10-28 12:00:06 +0300 32)
^8f3ce5b39 (kx 2023-10-28 12:00:06 +0300 33) X11
^8f3ce5b39 (kx 2023-10-28 12:00:06 +0300 34) ===
^8f3ce5b39 (kx 2023-10-28 12:00:06 +0300 35)
^8f3ce5b39 (kx 2023-10-28 12:00:06 +0300 36) XF68_FBDev should generally work fine, but it is non-accelerated.
^8f3ce5b39 (kx 2023-10-28 12:00:06 +0300 37)
^8f3ce5b39 (kx 2023-10-28 12:00:06 +0300 38)
^8f3ce5b39 (kx 2023-10-28 12:00:06 +0300 39) Configuration
^8f3ce5b39 (kx 2023-10-28 12:00:06 +0300 40) =============
^8f3ce5b39 (kx 2023-10-28 12:00:06 +0300 41)
^8f3ce5b39 (kx 2023-10-28 12:00:06 +0300 42) You can pass kernel command line options to gxfb with gxfb.<option>.
^8f3ce5b39 (kx 2023-10-28 12:00:06 +0300 43) For example, gxfb.mode_option=800x600@75.
^8f3ce5b39 (kx 2023-10-28 12:00:06 +0300 44) Accepted options:
^8f3ce5b39 (kx 2023-10-28 12:00:06 +0300 45)
^8f3ce5b39 (kx 2023-10-28 12:00:06 +0300 46) ================ ==================================================
^8f3ce5b39 (kx 2023-10-28 12:00:06 +0300 47) mode_option specify the video mode. Of the form
^8f3ce5b39 (kx 2023-10-28 12:00:06 +0300 48) <x>x<y>[-<bpp>][@<refresh>]
^8f3ce5b39 (kx 2023-10-28 12:00:06 +0300 49) vram size of video ram (normally auto-detected)
^8f3ce5b39 (kx 2023-10-28 12:00:06 +0300 50) vt_switch enable vt switching during suspend/resume. The vt
^8f3ce5b39 (kx 2023-10-28 12:00:06 +0300 51) switch is slow, but harmless.
^8f3ce5b39 (kx 2023-10-28 12:00:06 +0300 52) ================ ==================================================
^8f3ce5b39 (kx 2023-10-28 12:00:06 +0300 53)
^8f3ce5b39 (kx 2023-10-28 12:00:06 +0300 54) Andres Salomon <dilinger@debian.org>