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ATI Adapters README file

Marc Aurele La France

2002 February 12

This is the README for the XFree86 ATI driver included in this release.

1. Statement of intent

2. A note on acceleration

3. Current implementation for ATI adapters

4. Current implementation of generic VGA support for non-ATI adapters

5. XF86Config specifications

5.1. Driver ``ati''

5.2. ChipSet ``name''

5.3. ChipID & ChipRev specifications

5.4. IOBase

5.5. BusID

5.6. Clocks

5.7. Option ``nopanel_display''

5.8. Option ``crt_display''

5.9. Option ``noaccel''

5.10. Option ``nolinear''

5.11. Option ``HWCursor'' and Option ``SWCursor''

5.12. Option ``SilkenMouse''

5.13. Option ``shadowfb''

5.14. Option ``dpms''

5.15. Option ``backingstore''

5.16. MemBase address

5.17. Option ``ReferenceClock'' ``frequency''

5.18. ClockChip ``name''

6. Video modes

7. Known problems and limitations

8. Reporting problems

9. Driver history

10. Driver versions

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