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diff --git a/target_arm64/usr/share/man/man4/modesetting.4 b/target_arm64/usr/share/man/man4/modesetting.4 new file mode 100644 index 0000000..20c354a --- /dev/null +++ b/target_arm64/usr/share/man/man4/modesetting.4 @@ -0,0 +1,57 @@ +.\" shorthand for double quote that works everywhere. +.ds q \N'34' +.TH MODESETTING 4 "xorg-server 1.17.3" "X Version 11" +.SH NAME +modesetting \- video driver for framebuffer device +.SH SYNOPSIS +.nf +.B "Section \*qDevice\*q" +.BI " Identifier \*q" devname \*q +.B " Driver \*qmodesetting\*q" +.BI " BusID \*qpci:" bus : dev : func \*q +\ \ ... +.B EndSection +.fi +.SH DESCRIPTION +.B modesetting +is an Xorg driver for KMS devices. This is a non-accelerated +driver, the following framebuffer depths are supported: 8, 15, 16, 24. +All visual types are supported for depth 8, and TrueColor visual is +supported for the other depths. RandR 1.2 is supported. +.SH SUPPORTED HARDWARE +The +.B modesetting +driver supports all hardware where a KMS driver is available. +modesetting uses the Linux DRM KMS ioctls and dumb object create/map. +.SH CONFIGURATION DETAILS +Please refer to xorg.conf(5) for general configuration +details. This section only covers configuration details specific to +this driver. +.PP +For this driver it is not required to specify modes in the screen +section of the config file. The +.B modesetting +driver can pick up the currently used video mode from the kernel +driver and will use it if there are no video modes configured. +.PP +For PCI boards you might have to add a BusID line to the Device +section. See above for a sample line. +.PP +The following driver +.B Options +are supported: +.TP +.BI "Option \*qkmsdev\*q \*q" string \*q +The framebuffer device to use. Default: /dev/dri/card0. +.TP +.BI "Option \*qShadowFB\*q \*q" boolean \*q +Enable or disable use of the shadow framebuffer layer. Default: on. +.TP +.BI "Option \*qAccelMethod\*q \*q" string \*q +One of \*qglamor\*q or \*qnone\*q. Default: glamor +.TP +.SH "SEE ALSO" +Xorg(1), xorg.conf(5), Xserver(1), +X(7) +.SH AUTHORS +Authors include: Dave Airlie |