On Wed, Oct 02, 2002 at 07:37:08AM -0700, Chris Tillman wrote:
> On Wed, Oct 02, 2002 at 11:47:18AM +0200, Vinai Kopp wrote:
> >
> > Now, would it be possible to specify this:
> >
> > video=imsttfb:vmode:?,cmode:24
> >
> > And what vmode would/could I specify?
> > I am guessing this on what I read in the bootpromt howto and in
> > imsttfb.c, but I could likely be dreadfully wrong. Any pointers in the
> > right directions are very appreciated!
>
> This is the 9600, right? According to macframebuffer.html which I
> downloaded from somewhere, that should be and ATI Mach64 (you could
> verify with cat /proc/pci). So then you should be using atyfb, not
> imsttfb:
Yes, this is the 9600/300 - great you remembered it :)
# cat /proc/pci
[snip hostbridge and stuff]
Bus 1, device 15, function 0:
Display controller: Integrated Micro Solutions Inc. IMS9129 [Twin
turbo 128] (rev 1).
IRQ 29.
Master Capable. Latency=32. Min Gnt=8.Max Lat=8.
Prefetchable 32 bit memory at 0x90000000 [0x90ffffff]
# lspci -vv 01:0f.0
01:0f.0 Display controller: Integrated Micro Solutions Inc. IMS9129
[Twin turbo 128] (rev 01)
Control: I/O- Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop-
ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B-
Status: Cap- 66Mhz- UDF- FastB2B- ParErr- DEVSEL=medium
>TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR-
Latency: 32 (2000ns min, 2000ns max)
Interrupt: pin A routed to IRQ 29
Region 0: Memory at 90000000 (32-bit, prefetchable) [size=16M]
Expansion ROM at 92000000 [disabled] [size=64K]
So I guess it is a imstty, isn't it?
> SYNTAX
>
> video=xxxxx:vmode:vv,cmode:cc r
>
> where xxxxx should be replaced with something appropriate for the frame buffer
> of your video card or built-in video chipset, vv and cc should be replaced with
> a vmode and cmode, respectively, that are supported by your monitor. r is
> optional, and can be replaced with an appropriate run-level. See below for
> examples of these values.
This list is wonderfull. Thanks!
> VMODE
>
> vmode refers to both the screen size in pixels (horizontal x vertical) and the
> refresh rate (in Hz).
>
> vmode size(pixels) refresh notes
> ----- ------------ ------- -----
> 1 512 x 384 60 Hz Interlaced NTSC
> 2 512 x 384 60 Hz
> 3 640 x 480 50 Hz Interlaced PAL
> 4 640 x 480 60 Hz Interlaced NTSC
> 5 640 x 480 60 Hz
> 6 640 x 480 67 Hz
> 7 640 x 870 75 Hz Portrait
> 8 768 x 576 50 Hz Interlaced PAL
> 9 800 x 600 56 Hz
> 10 800 x 600 60 Hz
> 11 800 x 600 72 Hz
> 12 800 x 600 75 Hz
> 13 832 x 624 75 Hz
> 14 1024 x 768 60 Hz
> 15 1024 x 768 72 Hz
> 16 1024 x 768 75 Hz
> 17 1024 x 768 75 Hz
> 18 1152 x 870 75 Hz
> 19 1280 x 960 75 Hz
> 20 1280 x 1024 75 Hz
>
>
> CMODE
>
> cmode refers to the bit depth and will be either 8, 16, 24, or 32 (though 24
> and 32 might actually produce the same result). To convert bit depth into
> number of colors simply find 2^(bit depth). So an 8-bit display will have 2^8
> or 256 colors, while a 24-bit display will have 2^24 or 16,777,216 colors
> (millions of colors).
>
> This document is: <a href="http://www.jonh.net/cgi-bin/lppcfom/fom?file=1043";>http://www.jonh.net/cgi-bin/lppcfom/fom?file=1043</a>
I'll try out the parameters tonight!
Thanks,
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Vinai
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