CONFIG_FB_SGIVW SGI Visual Workstation support for framebuffer graphics. CONFIG_FB The frame buffer device provides an abstraction for the graphics hardware. It represents the frame buffer of some video hardware and allows application software to access the graphics hardware through a well-defined interface, so the software doesn't need to know anything about the low-level (hardware register) stuff. Frame buffer devices work identically across the different architectures supported by Linux and make the implementation of application programs easier and more portable; at this point, an X server exists which uses the frame buffer device exclusively. On several non-X86 architectures, the frame buffer device is the only way to use the graphics hardware. The device is accessed through special device nodes, usually located in the /dev directory, i.e. /dev/fb*. You need an utility program called fbset to make full use of frame buffer devices. Please read <file:Documentation/fb/framebuffer.txt> and the Framebuffer-HOWTO at <http://www.tahallah.demon.co.uk/programming/prog.html> for more information. Say Y here and to the driver for your graphics board below if you are compiling a kernel for a non-x86 architecture. If you are compiling for the x86 architecture, you can say Y if you want to play with it, but it is not essential. Please note that running graphical applications that directly touch the hardware (e.g. an accelerated X server) and that are not frame buffer device-aware may cause unexpected results. If unsure, say N. CONFIG_FB_ACORN This is the frame buffer device driver for the Acorn VIDC graphics hardware found in Acorn RISC PCs and other ARM-based machines. If unsure, say N. CONFIG_FB_PM2 This is the frame buffer device driver for the Permedia2 AGP frame buffer card from ASK, aka `Graphic Blaster Exxtreme'. There is a product page at <http://www.ask.com.hk/product/Permedia%202/permedia2.htm>. CONFIG_FB_PM2_FIFO_DISCONNECT Support the Permedia2 FIFOI disconnect feature (see CONFIG_FB_PM2). CONFIG_FB_PM2_PCI Say Y to enable support for Permedia2 AGP frame buffer card from 3Dlabs (aka `Graphic Blaster Exxtreme') on the PCI bus. CONFIG_FB_PM2_CVPPC Say Y to enable support for the Amiga Phase 5 CVisionPPC BVisionPPC framebuffer cards. Phase 5 is no longer with us, alas. CONFIG_FB_AMIGA This is the frame buffer device driver for the builtin graphics chipset found in Amigas. The driver is also available as a module ( = code which can be inserted and removed from the running kernel whenever you want). The module will be called amifb.o. If you want to compile it as a module, say M here and read <file:Documentation/modules.txt>. CONFIG_FB_PM3 This is the frame buffer device driver for the 3DLabs Permedia3 chipset, used in Formac ProFormance III, 3DLabs Oxygen VX1 & similar boards, 3DLabs Permedia3 Create!, Appian Jeronimo 2000 and maybe other boards. CONFIG_FB_AMIGA_OCS This enables support for the original Agnus and Denise video chips, found in the Amiga 1000 and most A500's and A2000's. If you intend to run Linux on any of these systems, say Y; otherwise say N. CONFIG_FB_AMIGA_ECS This enables support for the Enhanced Chip Set, found in later A500's, later A2000's, the A600, the A3000, the A3000T and CDTV. If you intend to run Linux on any of these systems, say Y; otherwise say N. CONFIG_FB_AMIGA_AGA This enables support for the Advanced Graphics Architecture (also known as the AGA or AA) Chip Set, found in the A1200, A4000, A4000T and CD32. If you intend to run Linux on any of these systems, say Y; otherwise say N. CONFIG_FB_CYBER This enables support for the Cybervision 64 graphics card from Phase5. Please note that its use is not all that intuitive (i.e. if you have any questions, be sure to ask!). Say N unless you have a Cybervision 64 or plan to get one before you next recompile the kernel. Please note that this driver DOES NOT support the Cybervision 64 3D card, as they use incompatible video chips. CONFIG_FB_CYBER2000 This enables support for the Integraphics CyberPro 20x0 and 5000 VGA chips used in the Rebel.com Netwinder and other machines. Say Y if you have a NetWinder or a graphics card containing this device, otherwise say N. CONFIG_FB_VIRGE This enables support for the Cybervision 64/3D graphics card from Phase5. Please note that its use is not all that intuitive (i.e. if you have any questions, be sure to ask!). Say N unless you have a Cybervision 64/3D or plan to get one before you next recompile the kernel. Please note that this driver DOES NOT support the older Cybervision 64 card, as they use incompatible video chips. CONFIG_FB_RETINAZ3 This enables support for the Retina Z3 graphics card. Say N unless you have a Retina Z3 or plan to get one before you next recompile the kernel. CONFIG_FB_CLGEN This enables support for Cirrus Logic GD542x/543x based boards on Amiga: SD64, Piccolo, Picasso II/II+, Picasso IV, or EGS Spectrum. If you have a PCI-based system, this enables support for these chips: GD-543x, GD-544x, GD-5480. Please read the file <file:Documentation/fb/clgenfb.txt>. Say N unless you have such a graphics board or plan to get one before you next recompile the kernel. CONFIG_FB_ATARI This is the frame buffer device driver for the builtin graphics chipset found in Ataris. CONFIG_FB_FM2 This is the frame buffer device driver for the Amiga FrameMaster card from BSC (exhibited 1992 but not shipped as a CBM product). CONFIG_FB_OF Say Y if you want support with Open Firmware for your graphics board. CONFIG_FB_S3TRIO If you have a S3 Trio say Y. Say N for S3 Virge. CONFIG_FB_3DFX This driver supports graphics boards with the 3Dfx Banshee/Voodoo3 chips. Say Y if you have such a graphics board. The driver is also available as a module ( = code which can be inserted and removed from the running kernel whenever you want). The module will be called tdfxfb.o. If you want to compile it as a module, say M here and read <file:Documentation/modules.txt>. CONFIG_FB_RIVA This driver supports graphics boards with the nVidia Riva/Geforce chips. Say Y if you have such a graphics board. The driver is also available as a module ( = code which can be inserted and removed from the running kernel whenever you want). The module will be called rivafb.o. If you want to compile it as a module, say M here and read <file:Documentation/modules.txt>. CONFIG_FB_ATY This driver supports graphics boards with the ATI Mach64 chips. Say Y if you have such a graphics board. The driver is also available as a module ( = code which can be inserted and removed from the running kernel whenever you want). The module will be called atyfb.o. If you want to compile it as a module, say M here and read <file:Documentation/modules.txt>. CONFIG_FB_ATY128 This driver supports graphics boards with the ATI Rage128 chips. Say Y if you have such a graphics board and read <file:Documentation/fb/aty128fb.txt>. The driver is also available as a module ( = code which can be inserted and removed from the running kernel whenever you want). The module will be called aty128fb.o. If you want to compile it as a module, say M here and read <file:Documentation/modules.txt>. CONFIG_FB_MAXINE Say Y here to directly support the on-board framebuffer in the Maxine (5000/20, /25, /33) version of the DECstation. There is a page dedicated to Linux on DECstations at <http://decstation.unix-ag.org/>. CONFIG_FB_PMAG_BA Say Y here to directly support the on-board PMAG-BA framebuffer in the 5000/1xx versions of the DECstation. There is a page dedicated to Linux on DECstations at <http://decstation.unix-ag.org/>. CONFIG_FB_PMAGB_B Say Y here to directly support the on-board PMAGB-B framebuffer in the 5000/1xx versions of the DECstation. There is a page dedicated to Linux on DECstations at <http://decstation.unix-ag.org/>. CONFIG_FB_NEOMAGIC This driver supports notebooks with NeoMagic PCI chips. Say Y if you have such a graphics card. The driver is also available as a module ( = code which can be inserted and removed from the running kernel whenever you want). The module will be called neofb.o. If you want to compile it as a module, say M here and read Documentation/modules.txt. CONFIG_FB_CONTROL This driver supports a frame buffer for the graphics adapter in the Power Macintosh 7300 and others. CONFIG_FB_PLATINUM This driver supports a frame buffer for the "platinum" graphics adapter in some Power Macintoshes. CONFIG_FB_VALKYRIE This driver supports a frame buffer for the "valkyrie" graphics adapter in some Power Macintoshes. CONFIG_FB_CT65550 This is the frame buffer device driver for the Chips & Technologies 65550 graphics chip in PowerBooks. CONFIG_FB_TGA This is the frame buffer device driver for generic TGA graphic cards. Say Y if you have one of those. CONFIG_FB_VESA This is the frame buffer device driver for generic VESA 2.0 compliant graphic cards. The older VESA 1.2 cards are not supported. You will get a boot time penguin logo at no additional cost. Please read <file:Documentation/fb/vesafb.txt>. If unsure, say Y. CONFIG_FB_VGA16 This is the frame buffer device driver for VGA 16 color graphic cards. Say Y if you have such a card. This code is also available as a module. If you want to compile it as a module ( = code which can be inserted in and removed from the running kernel whenever you want), say M here and read <file:Documentation/modules.txt>. The module will be called vga16fb.o. CONFIG_FB_STI STI refers to the HP "Standard Text Interface" which is a set of BIOS routines contained in a ROM chip in HP PA-RISC based machines. Enabling this option will implement the linux framebuffer device using calls to the STI BIOS routines for initialisation. If you enable this option, you will get a planar framebuffer device /dev/fb which will work on the most common HP graphic cards of the NGLE family, including the artist chips (in the 7xx and Bxxx series), HCRX, HCRX24, CRX, CRX24 and VisEG series. It is safe to enable this option, so you should probably say "Y". CONFIG_FB_HGA Say Y here if you have a Hercules mono graphics card. This driver is also available as a module ( = code which can be inserted and removed from the running kernel whenever you want). The module will be called hgafb.o. If you want to compile it as a module, say M here and read <file:Documentation/modules.txt>. As this card technology is 15 years old, most people will answer N here. CONFIG_FB_E1355 Build in support for the SED1355 Epson Research Embedded RAMDAC LCD/CRT Controller (since redesignated as the S1D13505) as a framebuffer. Product specs at <http://www.erd.epson.com/vdc/html/products.htm>. CONFIG_E1355_REG_BASE Epson SED1355/S1D13505 LCD/CRT controller register base address. See the manuals at <http://www.erd.epson.com/vdc/html/contents/S1D13505.htm> for discussion. CONFIG_E1355_FB_BASE Epson SED1355/S1D13505 LCD/CRT controller memory base address. See the manuals at <http://www.erd.epson.com/vdc/html/contents/S1D13505.htm> for discussion. CONFIG_FB_PVR2 Say Y here if you have a PowerVR 2 card in your box. If you plan to run linux on your Dreamcast, you will have to say Y here. This driver may or may not work on other PowerVR 2 cards, but is totally untested. Use at your own risk. If unsure, say N. This driver is also available as a module ( = code which can be inserted and removed from the running kernel whenever you want). The module will be called pvr2fb.o. If you want to compile it as a module, say M here and read <file:Documentation/modules.txt>. You can pass several parameters to the driver at boot time or at module load time. The parameters look like "video=pvr2:XXX", where the meaning of XXX can be found at the end of the main source file (<file:drivers/video/pvr2fb.c>). Please see the file <file:Documentation/fb/pvr2fb.txt>. CONFIG_FB_PVR2_DEBUG Say Y here if you wish for the pvr2fb driver to print out debugging messages. Most people will want to say N here. If unsure, you will also want to say N. CONFIG_FB_MATROX Say Y here if you have a Matrox Millennium, Matrox Millennium II, Matrox Mystique, Matrox Mystique 220, Matrox Productiva G100, Matrox Mystique G200, Matrox Millennium G200, Matrox Marvel G200 video, Matrox G400, G450 or G550 card in your box. This driver is also available as a module ( = code which can be inserted and removed from the running kernel whenever you want). The module will be called matroxfb.o. If you want to compile it as a module, say M here and read <file:Documentation/modules.txt>. You can pass several parameters to the driver at boot time or at module load time. The parameters look like "video=matrox:XXX", and are described in <file:Documentation/fb/matroxfb.txt>. CONFIG_FB_MATROX_MILLENIUM Say Y here if you have a Matrox Millennium or Matrox Millennium II video card. If you select "Advanced lowlevel driver options" below, you should check 4 bpp packed pixel, 8 bpp packed pixel, 16 bpp packed pixel, 24 bpp packed pixel and 32 bpp packed pixel. You can also use font widths different from 8. CONFIG_FB_MATROX_MYSTIQUE Say Y here if you have a Matrox Mystique or Matrox Mystique 220 video card. If you select "Advanced lowlevel driver options" below, you should check 8 bpp packed pixel, 16 bpp packed pixel, 24 bpp packed pixel and 32 bpp packed pixel. You can also use font widths different from 8. CONFIG_FB_MATROX_G450 Say Y here if you have a Matrox G100, G200, G400, G450 or G550 based video card. If you select "Advanced lowlevel driver options", you should check 8 bpp packed pixel, 16 bpp packed pixel, 24 bpp packed pixel and 32 bpp packed pixel. You can also use font widths different from 8. If you need support for G400 secondary head, you must first say Y to "I2C support" and "I2C bit-banging support" in the character devices section, and then to "Matrox I2C support" and "G400 second head support" here in the framebuffer section. G450/G550 secondary head and digital output are supported without additional modules. The driver starts in monitor mode. You must use the matroxset tool (available at <ftp://platan.vc.cvut.cz/pub/linux/matrox-latest/>) to swap primary and secondary head outputs, or to change output mode. Secondary head driver always start in 640x480 resolution and you must use fbset to change it. Do not forget that second head supports only 16 and 32 bpp packed pixels, so it is a good idea to compile them into the kernel too. You can use only some font widths, as the driver uses generic painting procedures (the secondary head does not use acceleration engine). G450/G550 hardware can display TV picture only from secondary CRTC, and it performs no scaling, so picture must have 525 or 625 lines. CONFIG_FB_MATROX_G100A Say Y here if you have a Matrox G100, G200 or G400 based video card. If you select "Advanced lowlevel driver options", you should check 8 bpp packed pixel, 16 bpp packed pixel, 24 bpp packed pixel and 32 bpp packed pixel. You can also use font widths different from 8. If you need support for G400 secondary head, you must first say Y to "I2C support" and "I2C bit-banging support" in the character devices section, and then to "Matrox I2C support" and "G400 second head support" here in the framebuffer section. CONFIG_FB_MATROX_I2C This drivers creates I2C buses which are needed for accessing the DDC (I2C) bus present on all Matroxes, an I2C bus which interconnects Matrox optional devices, like MGA-TVO on G200 and G400, and the secondary head DDC bus, present on G400 only. You can say Y or M here if you want to experiment with monitor detection code. You must say Y or M here if you want to use either second head of G400 or MGA-TVO on G200 or G400. If you compile it as module, it will create a module named i2c-matroxfb.o. CONFIG_FB_MATROX_MAVEN WARNING !!! This support does not work with G450 !!! Say Y or M here if you want to use a secondary head (meaning two monitors in parallel) on G400 or MGA-TVO add-on on G200. Secondary head is not compatible with accelerated XFree 3.3.x SVGA servers - secondary head output is blanked while you are in X. With XFree 3.9.17 preview you can use both heads if you use SVGA over fbdev or the fbdev driver on first head and the fbdev driver on second head. If you compile it as module, two modules are created, matroxfb_crtc2.o and matroxfb_maven.o. Matroxfb_maven is needed for both G200 and G400, matroxfb_crtc2 is needed only by G400. You must also load i2c-matroxfb to get it to run. The driver starts in monitor mode and you must use the matroxset tool (available at <ftp://platan.vc.cvut.cz/pub/linux/matrox-latest/>) to switch it to PAL or NTSC or to swap primary and secondary head outputs. Secondary head driver also always start in 640x480 resolution, you must use fbset to change it. Also do not forget that second head supports only 16 and 32 bpp packed pixels, so it is a good idea to compile them into the kernel too. You can use only some font widths, as the driver uses generic painting procedures (the secondary head does not use acceleration engine). CONFIG_FB_MATROX_MULTIHEAD Say Y here if you have more than one (supported) Matrox device in your computer and you want to use all of them for different monitors ("multihead"). If you have only one device, you should say N because the driver compiled with Y is larger and a bit slower, especially on ia32 (ix86). If you said M to "Matrox unified accelerated driver" and N here, you will still be able to use several Matrox devices simultaneously: insert several instances of the module matroxfb.o into the kernel with insmod, supplying the parameter "dev=N" where N is 0, 1, etc. for the different Matrox devices. This method is slightly faster but uses 40 KB of kernel memory per Matrox card. There is no need for enabling 'Matrox multihead support' if you have only one Matrox card in the box. CONFIG_FB_VOODOO1 Say Y here if you have a 3Dfx Voodoo Graphics (Voodoo1/sst1) or Voodoo2 (cvg) based graphics card. This driver is also available as a module ( = code which can be inserted and removed from the running kernel whenever you want). The module will be called sstfb.o. If you want to compile it as a module, say M here and read Documentation/modules.txt. WARNING: Do not use any application that uses the 3D engine (namely glide) while using this driver. Please read the file Documentation/fb/README-sstfb.txt for supported options and other important info support. CONFIG_FB_TRIDENT This driver is supposed to support graphics boards with the Trident CyberXXXX/Image/CyberBlade chips mostly found in laptops but also on some motherboards. For more information, read <file:Documentation/fb/tridentfb.txt> Say Y if you have such a graphics board. The driver is also available as a module ( = code which can be inserted and removed from the running kernel whenever you want). The module will be called rivafb.o. If you want to compile it as a module, say M here and read <file:Documentation/modules.txt>. CONFIG_FB_SBUS Say Y if you want support for SBUS or UPA based frame buffer device. CONFIG_FB_CREATOR This is the frame buffer device driver for the Creator and Creator3D graphics boards. CONFIG_FB_CGSIX This is the frame buffer device driver for the CGsix (GX, TurboGX) frame buffer. CONFIG_FB_BWTWO This is the frame buffer device driver for the BWtwo frame buffer. CONFIG_FB_CGTHREE This is the frame buffer device driver for the CGthree frame buffer. CONFIG_FB_CGFOURTEEN This is the frame buffer device driver for the CGfourteen frame buffer on Desktop SPARCsystems with the SX graphics option. CONFIG_FB_P9100 This is the frame buffer device driver for the P9100 card supported on Sparcbook 3 machines. CONFIG_FB_LEO This is the frame buffer device driver for the SBUS-based Sun ZX (leo) frame buffer cards. CONFIG_FB_IGA This is the framebuffer device for the INTERGRAPHICS 1680 and successor frame buffer cards. CONFIG_FB_TCX This is the frame buffer device driver for the TCX 24/8bit frame buffer. CONFIG_FB_HIT This is the frame buffer device driver for the Hitachi HD64461 LCD frame buffer card. CONFIG_FB_SIS This is the frame buffer device driver for the SiS 630 and 640 Super Socket 7 UMA cards. Specs available at <http://www.sis.com.tw/>. CONFIG_FB_SIS_300 This is the frame buffer device driver for the SiS 630 and related Super Socket 7 UMA cards. Specs available at <http://www.sis.com.tw/>. CONFIG_FB_SIS_315 This is the frame buffer device driver for the SiS 315 graphics card. Specs available at <http://www.sis.com.tw/>. CONFIG_FB_IMSTT The IMS Twin Turbo is a PCI-based frame buffer card bundled with many Macintosh and compatible computers. CONFIG_FB_TX3912 The TX3912 is a Toshiba RISC processor based on the MIPS 3900 core see <http://www.toshiba.com/taec/components/Generic/risc/tx3912.htm>. Say Y here to enable kernel support for the on-board framebuffer. CONFIG_FB_VIRTUAL This is a `virtual' frame buffer device. It operates on a chunk of unswappable kernel memory instead of on the memory of a graphics board. This means you cannot see any output sent to this frame buffer device, while it does consume precious memory. The main use of this frame buffer device is testing and debugging the frame buffer subsystem. Do NOT enable it for normal systems! To protect the innocent, it has to be enabled explicitly at boot time using the kernel option `video=vfb:'. This driver is also available as a module ( = code which can be inserted and removed from the running kernel whenever you want). The module will be called vfb.o. If you want to compile it as a module, say M here and read <file:Documentation/modules.txt>. If unsure, say N. CONFIG_FB_ATY_CT Say Y here to support use of ATI's 64-bit Rage boards (or other boards based on the Mach64 CT, VT, GT, and LT chipsets) as a framebuffer device. The ATI product support page for these boards is at <http://support.ati.com/products/pc/mach64/>. CONFIG_FB_ATY_GX Say Y here to support use of the ATI Mach64 Graphics Expression board (or other boards based on the Mach64 GX chipset) as a framebuffer device. The ATI product support page for these boards is at <http://support.ati.com/products/pc/mach64/graphics_xpression.html>. CONFIG_FB_RADEON Choose this option if you want to use an ATI Radeon graphics card as a framebuffer device. There are both PCI and AGP versions. You don't need to choose this to run the Radeon in plain VGA mode. There is a product page at <http://www.ati.com/na/pages/products/pc/radeon32/index.html>. CONFIG_FB_SA1100 This is a framebuffer device for the SA-1100 LCD Controller. See <http://www.linux-fbdev.org/> for information on framebuffer devices. If you plan to use the LCD display with your SA-1100 system, say Y here.