ATI Adapters README file

Marc Aurele La France

2002 February 12


This is the README for the XAA ATI driver included in this release.

1. Statement of intent

2. A note on acceleration

3. Current implementation for ATI adapters

4. Current implementation of generic VGA support for non-ATI adapters

5. xorg.conf specifications

5.1. Driver ``ati''
5.2. ChipSet ``name''
5.3. ChipID & ChipRev specifications
5.4. IOBase
5.5. BusID
5.6. Clocks
5.7. Option ``nopanel_display''
5.8. Option ``crt_display''
5.9. Option ``noaccel''
5.10. Option ``nolinear''
5.11. Option ``HWCursor'' and Option ``SWCursor''
5.12. Option ``SilkenMouse''
5.13. Option ``shadowfb''
5.14. Option ``dpms''
5.15. Option ``backingstore''
5.16. MemBase address
5.17. Option ``ReferenceClock'' ``frequency''
5.18. ClockChip ``name''

6. Video modes

7. Known problems and limitations

8. Reporting problems

9. Driver history

10. Driver versions


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