arkfb: New driver for ARK Logic cards
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PATCH 3/3 arkfb: New driver for ARK Logic cards
This patch adds fbdev driver for graphics cards with ARK Logic 2000PV graphics chip with ICS 5342 ramdac.
It is against 2.6.21-rc7-mm2 .
Signed-off-by Ondrej Zajicek <[email protected]>
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Documentation/fb/arkfb.txt +68 -0
@@ -0,0 +1,68 @@ + + arkfb - fbdev driver for ARK Logic chips + ======================================== + + +Supported Hardware +================== + + ARK 2000PV chip + ICS 5342 ramdac + + - only BIOS initialized VGA devices supported + - probably not working on big endian + + +Supported Features +================== + + * 4 bpp pseudocolor modes (with 18bit palette, two variants) + * 8 bpp pseudocolor mode (with 18bit palette) + * 16 bpp truecolor modes (RGB 555 and RGB 565) + * 24 bpp truecolor mode (RGB 888) + * 32 bpp truecolor mode (RGB 888) + * text mode (activated by bpp = 0) + * doublescan mode variant (not available in text mode) + * panning in both directions + * suspend/resume support + +Text mode is supported even in higher resolutions, but there is limitation to +lower pixclocks (i got maximum about 70 MHz, it is dependent on specific +hardware). This limitation is not enforced by driver. Text mode supports 8bit +wide fonts only (hardware limitation) and 16bit tall fonts (driver +limitation). Unfortunately character attributes (like color) in text mode are +broken for unknown reason, so its usefulness is limited. + +There are two 4 bpp modes. First mode (selected if nonstd == 0) is mode with +packed pixels, high nibble first. Second mode (selected if nonstd == 1) is mode +with interleaved planes (1 byte interleave), MSB first. Both modes support +8bit wide fonts only (driver limitation). + +Suspend/resume works on systems that initialize video card during resume and +if device is active (for example used by fbcon). + + +Missing Features +================ +(alias TODO list) + + * secondary (not initialized by BIOS) device support + * big endian support + * DPMS support + * MMIO support + * interlaced mode variant + * support for fontwidths != 8 in 4 bpp modes + * support for fontheight != 16 in text mode + * hardware cursor + * vsync synchronization + * feature connector support + * acceleration support (8514-like 2D) + + +Known bugs +========== + + * character attributes (and cursor) in text mode are broken + +-- +Ondrej Zajicek <[email protected]>
drivers/video/Kconfig +14 -0
@@ -1412,6 +1412,20 @@ config FB_TRIDENT_ACCEL This will compile the Trident frame buffer device with acceleration functions. +config FB_ARK + tristate "ARK 2000PV support" + depends on FB && PCI + select FB_CFB_FILLRECT + select FB_CFB_COPYAREA + select FB_CFB_IMAGEBLIT + select FB_TILEBLITTING + select FB_SVGALIB + select VGASTATE + select FONT_8x16 if FRAMEBUFFER_CONSOLE + ---help--- + Driver for PCI graphics boards with ARK 2000PV chip + and ICS 5342 RAMDAC. + config FB_PM3 tristate "Permedia3 support" depends on FB && PCI && BROKEN
drivers/video/Makefile +1 -0
@@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ obj-$(CONFIG_FB_CYBLA) += cyb obj-$(CONFIG_FB_TRIDENT) += tridentfb.o obj-$(CONFIG_FB_LE80578) += vermilion/ obj-$(CONFIG_FB_S3) += s3fb.o +obj-$(CONFIG_FB_ARK) += arkfb.o obj-$(CONFIG_FB_STI) += stifb.o obj-$(CONFIG_FB_FFB) += ffb.o sbuslib.o obj-$(CONFIG_FB_CG6) += cg6.o sbuslib.o
drivers/video/arkfb.c +1192 -0
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