s3virge(4) - Linux man page
Name
s3virge - S3 ViRGE video driverSynopsis
Section DeviceIdentifier devname
Driver s3virge
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[ Option "optionname" ["optionvalue"]]
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Description
Supported Hardware
The s3virge driver supports PCI and AGP video cards based on the following S3 chips:- ViRGE
- 86C325
- ViRGE VX
- 86C988
- ViRGE DX
- 86C375
- ViRGE GX
- 86C385
- ViRGE GX2
- 86C357
- ViRGE MX
- 86C260
- ViRGE MX+
- 86C280
- Trio 3D
- 86C365
- Trio 3D/2X
- 86C362, 86C368
Configuration Details
Please refer to xorg.conf(5x) for general configuration details. This section only covers configuration details specific to this driver. All options names are case and white space insensitive when parsed by the server, for example, "virge vx" and "VIRGEvx" are equivalent.The driver auto-detects the chipset type, but the following ChipSet names may optionally be specified in the config file "Device" section, and will override the auto-detection:
"virge", "86c325", "virge vx", "86c988", "virge dx", "86c375", "virge gx", "86c385", "virge gx2", "86c357", "virge mx", "86c260", "virge mx+", "86c280", "trio 3d", "86c365", "trio 3d/2x", "86c362", "86c368".
The following Cursor Options are supported:
- Option HWCursor [boolean]
- Enable or disable the HW cursor. Default: on.
- Option SWCursor [boolean]
- Inverse of "HWCursor". Default: off.
The following display Options are supported:
- Option ShadowFB [boolean]
- Use shadow framebuffer. Disables HW acceleration. Default: off.
- Option Rotate cw | ccw
- Rotate the screen CW - clockwise or CCW - counter clockwise. Disables HW Acceleration and HW Cursor, uses ShadowFB. Default: no rotation.
- Option XVideo [boolean]
- Disable XVideo support by using the off option. This changes FIFO settings which prevent screen noise for high-res modes. Default: on
The following video memory Options are supported:
- Option slow_edodram
- Switch the standard ViRGE to 2-cycle edo mode. Try this if you encounter pixel corruption on the ViRGE. Using this option will cause a large decrease in performance. Default: off.
- Option fpm_vram
- Switch the ViRGE/VX to fast page mode vram mode. Default: off.
- Option slow_dram | fast_dram
- Change Trio 3D and 3D/2X memory options. Default: Use BIOS defaults.
- Option early_ras_precharge | late_ras_precharge
- adjust memory parameters. One of these will us the same settings as your video card defaults, and using neither in the config file does the same. Default: none.
- Option set_mclk integer
- sets the memory clock, where integer is in kHz, and integer <= 100000. Default: probe the memory clock value, and use it at server start.
- Option set_refclk integer
- sets the ref clock for ViRGE MX, where integer is in kHz. Default: probe the memory clock value, and use it at server start.
The following acceleration and graphics engine Options are supported:
- Option NoAccel
- Disable acceleration. Very useful for determining if the driver has problems with drawing and acceleration routines. This is the first option to try if your server runs but you see graphic corruption on the screen. Using it decreases performance, as it uses software emulation for drawing operations the video driver can accelerate with hardware. Default: acceleration is enabled.
- Option UseFB
- There are two framebuffer rendering methods. fb and cfb. Both are available in the driver. fb is the newer and default method. To switch back to cfb use this option with no, off or other negative parameter. Default: on.
- Option fifo_aggressive | fifo_moderate | fifo_conservative
- alter the settings for the threshold at which the pixel FIFO takes over the internal memory bus to refill itself. The smaller this threshold, the better the acceleration performance of the card. You may try the fastest setting (fifo_aggressive) and move down if you encounter pixel corruption. The optimal setting will probably depend on dot-clock and on color depth. Note that specifying any of these options will also alter other memory settings which may increase performance, so trying fifo_conservative will in most cases be a slight benefit (this uses the chip defaults). If pixel corruption or transient streaking is observed during drawing operations then removing any fifo options is recommended. Default: none.
The following PCI bus Options are supported:
- Option pci_burst [boolean]
- will enable PCI burst mode. This should work on all but a few broken PCI chipsets, and will increase performance. Default: off.
- Option pci_retry [boolean]
- will allow the driver to rely on PCI Retry to program the ViRGE registers. pci_burst must be enabled for this to work. This will increase performance, especially for small fills/blits, because the driver does not have to poll the ViRGE before sending it commands to make sure it is ready. It should work on most recent PCI chipsets. Default: off.
The following ViRGE MX LCD Options are supported:
- Option lcd_center
- Option set_lcdclk integer
- allows setting the clock for a ViRGE MX LCD display. integer is in Hz. Default: use probed value.
The following additional Options are supported:
- Option ShowCache [boolean]
- Enable or disable viewing offscreen cache memory. A development debug option. Default: off.
- Option mx_cr3a_fix [boolean]
- Enable or disable a cr3a fix added for ViRGE MX. Default: on.
