Update documentation and bump driver version to 2.1.0.
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README
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Information for Intel graphics driver users
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Eric Anholt
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2007-04-02
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2007-07-02
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This document provides a brief summary of the Intel graphics support provided
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by the xf86-video-intel driver. More information can also be found in the
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i845
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i852
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i855
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i915
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i945
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i965
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915G
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915GM
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945G
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945GM/GME
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946GZ
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G965
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GM/GME965
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G33/Q33/Q35
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Features
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- Full support for 8, 15, 16, and 24 bit pixel depths.
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release.
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- Gray output with integrated TV-out and PAL TVs.
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- EXA support unstable on i845.
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- Some GM965 systems, such as the Thinkpad T61, probe the TV as being connected
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even when no output connector is available. This results in the gnome-panel
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issue noted below.
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Common issues not caused by the driver
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- Font sizes (DPI) are wrong. Some displays incorrectly report their
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- gnome-panel is located in the middle of the screen. gnome-panel places
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itself within head #0's boundaries, which doesn't work well with a second
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head covering the same area as head #0 but larger.
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- Older resolution-changing applicationss have poor results in
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- Older resolution-changing applications have poor results in
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multihead systems. Previous extensions such as RandR 1.1 exposed only a
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single output to client programs, and those requests map poorly to multi-head
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systems. Currently, those requests map to just one of the outputs in the
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AC_PREREQ(2.57)
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AC_INIT([xf86-video-intel],
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2.0.0,
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2.1.0,
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[https://bugs.freedesktop.org/enter_bug.cgi?product=xorg],
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xf86-video-intel)
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.SH SUPPORTED HARDWARE
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.B intel
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supports the i810, i810-DC100, i810e, i815, i830M, 845G, 852GM, 855GM,
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865G, 915G, 915GM, 945G, 945GM, 965G, 965Q, 946GZ and 965GM chipsets.
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865G, 915G, 915GM, 945G, 945GM, 965G, 965Q, 946GZ, 965GM, 945GME,
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G33, Q33, and Q35 chipsets.
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.SH CONFIGURATION DETAILS
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Please refer to __xconfigfile__(__filemansuffix__) for general configuration
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details. This section only covers configuration details specific to this
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driver.
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.PP
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The Intel 8xx and 9xx families of integrated graphics chipsets has a unified
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The Intel 8xx and 9xx families of integrated graphics chipsets have a unified
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memory architecture and uses system memory for video ram. For the i810 and
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i815 family of chipset, operating system support for allocating system
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memory for video use is required in order to use this driver. For the 830M
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.TP
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.BI "Option \*qCacheLines\*q \*q" integer \*q
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This allows the user to change the amount of graphics memory used for
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2D acceleration and video. Decreasing this amount leaves more for 3D
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textures. Increasing it can improve 2D performance at the expense of
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3D performance.
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.TP
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This option only takes effect when XAA acceleration is enabled.
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.TP
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2D acceleration and video when XAA acceleration is enabled. Decreasing this
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amount leaves more for 3D textures. Increasing it can improve 2D performance
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at the expense of 3D performance.
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Default: depends on the resolution, depth, and available video memory. The
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driver attempts to allocate space for at 3 screenfuls of pixmaps plus an
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HD-sized XV video. The default used for a specific configuration can be found
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.B "Option \*qTripleBuffer\*q"
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).
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Default for i810: The option is not used.
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Default for i830 and above: Disabled.
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Default for i830 and above: Disabled (This option is currently unstable).
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.TP
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.BI "Option \*qTripleBuffer\*q \*q" boolean \*q
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Enable support for triple buffering. This should improve 3D performance at the
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Keith Whitwell. Lid status support added by Alan Hourihane. Textured video
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support for 915G and later chips, RandR 1.2 and hardware modesetting added
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by Eric Anholt and Keith Packard. EXA and Render acceleration added by Wang
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Zhenyu. TV out support added by Zou Nan Hai and Keith Packard. 965GM support
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added by Wang Zhenyu.
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Zhenyu. TV out support added by Zou Nan Hai and Keith Packard. 965GM, G33,
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Q33, and Q35 support added by Wang Zhenyu.
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