^8f3ce5b39 (kx 2023-10-28 12:00:06 +0300 1) =============
^8f3ce5b39 (kx 2023-10-28 12:00:06 +0300 2) What is lxfb?
^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)
^8f3ce5b39 (kx 2023-10-28 12:00:06 +0300 8) This is a graphics framebuffer driver for AMD Geode LX based processors.
^8f3ce5b39 (kx 2023-10-28 12:00:06 +0300 9)
^8f3ce5b39 (kx 2023-10-28 12:00:06 +0300 10) Advantages:
^8f3ce5b39 (kx 2023-10-28 12:00:06 +0300 11)
^8f3ce5b39 (kx 2023-10-28 12:00:06 +0300 12) * No need to use AMD's VSA code (or other VESA emulation layer) in the
^8f3ce5b39 (kx 2023-10-28 12:00:06 +0300 13) BIOS.
^8f3ce5b39 (kx 2023-10-28 12:00:06 +0300 14) * It provides a nice large console (128 cols + 48 lines with 1024x768)
^8f3ce5b39 (kx 2023-10-28 12:00:06 +0300 15) without using tiny, unreadable fonts.
^8f3ce5b39 (kx 2023-10-28 12:00:06 +0300 16) * You can run XF68_FBDev on top of /dev/fb0
^8f3ce5b39 (kx 2023-10-28 12:00:06 +0300 17) * Most important: boot logo :-)
^8f3ce5b39 (kx 2023-10-28 12:00:06 +0300 18)
^8f3ce5b39 (kx 2023-10-28 12:00:06 +0300 19) Disadvantages:
^8f3ce5b39 (kx 2023-10-28 12:00:06 +0300 20)
^8f3ce5b39 (kx 2023-10-28 12:00:06 +0300 21) * graphic mode is slower than text mode...
^8f3ce5b39 (kx 2023-10-28 12:00:06 +0300 22)
^8f3ce5b39 (kx 2023-10-28 12:00:06 +0300 23)
^8f3ce5b39 (kx 2023-10-28 12:00:06 +0300 24) How to use it?
^8f3ce5b39 (kx 2023-10-28 12:00:06 +0300 25) ==============
^8f3ce5b39 (kx 2023-10-28 12:00:06 +0300 26)
^8f3ce5b39 (kx 2023-10-28 12:00:06 +0300 27) Switching modes is done using lxfb.mode_option=<resolution>... boot
^8f3ce5b39 (kx 2023-10-28 12:00:06 +0300 28) parameter or using `fbset` program.
^8f3ce5b39 (kx 2023-10-28 12:00:06 +0300 29)
^8f3ce5b39 (kx 2023-10-28 12:00:06 +0300 30) See Documentation/fb/modedb.rst for more information on modedb
^8f3ce5b39 (kx 2023-10-28 12:00:06 +0300 31) resolutions.
^8f3ce5b39 (kx 2023-10-28 12:00:06 +0300 32)
^8f3ce5b39 (kx 2023-10-28 12:00:06 +0300 33)
^8f3ce5b39 (kx 2023-10-28 12:00:06 +0300 34) X11
^8f3ce5b39 (kx 2023-10-28 12:00:06 +0300 35) ===
^8f3ce5b39 (kx 2023-10-28 12:00:06 +0300 36)
^8f3ce5b39 (kx 2023-10-28 12:00:06 +0300 37) XF68_FBDev should generally work fine, but it is non-accelerated.
^8f3ce5b39 (kx 2023-10-28 12:00:06 +0300 38)
^8f3ce5b39 (kx 2023-10-28 12:00:06 +0300 39)
^8f3ce5b39 (kx 2023-10-28 12:00:06 +0300 40) Configuration
^8f3ce5b39 (kx 2023-10-28 12:00:06 +0300 41) =============
^8f3ce5b39 (kx 2023-10-28 12:00:06 +0300 42)
^8f3ce5b39 (kx 2023-10-28 12:00:06 +0300 43) You can pass kernel command line options to lxfb with lxfb.<option>.
^8f3ce5b39 (kx 2023-10-28 12:00:06 +0300 44) For example, lxfb.mode_option=800x600@75.
^8f3ce5b39 (kx 2023-10-28 12:00:06 +0300 45) Accepted options:
^8f3ce5b39 (kx 2023-10-28 12:00:06 +0300 46)
^8f3ce5b39 (kx 2023-10-28 12:00:06 +0300 47) ================ ==================================================
^8f3ce5b39 (kx 2023-10-28 12:00:06 +0300 48) mode_option specify the video mode. Of the form
^8f3ce5b39 (kx 2023-10-28 12:00:06 +0300 49) <x>x<y>[-<bpp>][@<refresh>]
^8f3ce5b39 (kx 2023-10-28 12:00:06 +0300 50) vram size of video ram (normally auto-detected)
^8f3ce5b39 (kx 2023-10-28 12:00:06 +0300 51) vt_switch enable vt switching during suspend/resume. The vt
^8f3ce5b39 (kx 2023-10-28 12:00:06 +0300 52) switch is slow, but harmless.
^8f3ce5b39 (kx 2023-10-28 12:00:06 +0300 53) ================ ==================================================
^8f3ce5b39 (kx 2023-10-28 12:00:06 +0300 54)
^8f3ce5b39 (kx 2023-10-28 12:00:06 +0300 55) Andres Salomon <dilinger@debian.org>