Module Name: src
Committed By: rkujawa
Date: Fri Jul 20 17:31:17 UTC 2012
Modified Files:
src/share/man/man4: tdvfb.4
Log Message:
Note added Voodoo 1 support.
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Modified files:
Index: src/share/man/man4/tdvfb.4
diff -u src/share/man/man4/tdvfb.4:1.2 src/share/man/man4/tdvfb.4:1.3
--- src/share/man/man4/tdvfb.4:1.2 Thu Jul 19 10:27:58 2012
+++ src/share/man/man4/tdvfb.4 Fri Jul 20 17:31:17 2012
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.\" $NetBSD: tdvfb.4,v 1.2 2012/07/19 10:27:58 wiz Exp $
+.\" $NetBSD: tdvfb.4,v 1.3 2012/07/20 17:31:17 rkujawa Exp $
.\"
.\" Copyright (c) 2012 Radoslaw Kujawa
.\" All rights reserved.
@@ -24,12 +24,12 @@
.\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF
.\" SUCH DAMAGE.
.\"
-.Dd July 19, 2012
+.Dd July 20, 2012
.Dt TDVFB 4
.Os
.Sh NAME
.Nm tdvfb
-.Nd 3Dfx Voodoo 2 framebuffer driver
+.Nd 3Dfx Voodoo Graphics / Voodoo 2 framebuffer driver
.Sh SYNOPSIS
.Cd "tdvfb* at pci?"
.Cd "wsdisplay* at tdvfb?"
@@ -37,18 +37,19 @@
.Sh DESCRIPTION
The
.Nm
-driver provides support for the 3Dfx Voodoo 2 graphics card and provides an
-interface for the machine independent
+driver provides support for the graphics cards based on 3Dfx Voodoo Graphics
+(SST-1) and 3Dfx Voodoo2 (CVG) chipsets and provides an interface for the
+machine independent
.Xr wscons 4
driver.
.Pp
-Since Voodoo2 was originally designed as a 3D-only solution, most boards do not
-have any kind of firmware.
+Since both Voodoo Graphics and Voodoo2 were originally designed as a 3D-only
+solutions, most boards do not have any kind of firmware.
The
.Nm
driver is able to do low level initialization (boot) of the board, which means
that it can be used on all architectures and is truly machine independent.
-However, it also means that driver is cannot detect automatically if Voodoo2
+However, it also means that driver cannot detect automatically if the card
is used as a console.
The
.Dv TDVFB_CONSOLE
@@ -89,7 +90,7 @@ driver is unaccelerated.
Video mode is hard-coded to 800x600 at 60Hz in 32-bits, it should be selectable
at least via kernel configuration file.
It is not possible to detect what resolutions are supported by the monitor,
-since Voodoo2 has no DDC interface.
+since Voodoo Graphics and Voodoo2 have no DDC interface.
.Pp
8-bit depth is not supported by the hardware.
16-bit depth is supported by the hardware and is the preferred depth, however it
