1. Introduction

This driver is written by Thomas Winischhofer and is a (nearly) complete re-write of a driver written for the SiS6326 and SiS530 by Alan Hourihane and others.

It currently supports the following chipsets:

• old series: 5597/5598, 6236/AGP/DVD, 530/620
• 300 series: 300/305, 540, 630/730
• 315 series: 315/E/PRO, 550/551/552, 650, 651, M650, 740
• 330 series: 330 ("Xabre"), M]661[F/M]X, [M]741[GX], [M]760[GX]

Among other features, the driver supports

• 8/16/24 bits color depth; old series also 15
• Hardware cursor; 315/330 series: Color HW cursor
• XAA; XVideo (Xv); RENDER (XRAND) and other extensions
• 6326: TV output
• 300/315/330 series: TV output via Chrontel TV encoders or SiS video bridges
• 300/315/330 series: LCD output via LVDS transmitters or SiS video bridges
• 300/315/330 series: Dual head mode; Xinerama; Merged framebuffer mode

This document provides a brief overview over the driver's features and configuration options. Please see http://www.winischhofer.at/linuxsisvga.shtml for detailed documentation and updates.