Device and Network Interfaces s3virge(7)
NAME
s3virge - S3 ViRGE video driver
SYNOPSIS
Section "Device" Identifier "devname"Driver "s3virge"
... [ Option "optionname" ["optionvalue"]] EndSectionDESCRIPTION
s3virge is an Xorg driver for S3 based video cards. The
driver is fully accelerated, and provides support for the following framebuffer depths: 8, 15, 16, and 24. Allvisual types are supported for depth 8, and TrueColor visu-
als are supported for the other depths. XVideo hardware up scaling is supported in depth 16 and 24 on the DX, GX, GX2, MX, MX+, and Trio3D/2X. Doublescan modes are supported andtested in depth 8 and 16 on DX, but disable XVideo. Doub-
lescan modes on other chipsets are untested. SUPPORTED HARDWAREThe 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(4) for general configuration details. This section only covers configuration details specific to this driver. All options names are case andwhite space insensitive when parsed by the server, for exam-
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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 forhigh-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.X Version 11 Last change: xf86-video-s3virge 1.10.4 2
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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 thefastest setting (fifo_aggressive) and move down if you
encounter pixel corruption. The optimal setting willprobably 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 isX Version 11 Last change: xf86-video-s3virge 1.10.4 3
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recommended. Default: none. The following PCI bus Options are supported:Option "pci_burst" ["boolean"]
will enable PCI burst mode. This should work on all buta few broken PCI chipsets, and will increase perfor-
mance. Default: off.Option "pci_retry" ["boolean"]
will allow the driver to rely on PCI Retry to programthe 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 sureit is ready. It should work on most recent PCI chip-
sets. 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.SEE ALSO
Xorg(1), xorg.conf(4), Xserver(1), X(5)KNOWN BUGS
The VideoRam generic driver parameter is presently ignoredby the s3virge driver. On PPC this is reported to cause
problems for 2M cards, because they may autodetect as 4M. SUPPORT For assistance with this driver, or XFree86 in general, check the XFree86 web site at http://www.xfree86.org. A FAQX Version 11 Last change: xf86-video-s3virge 1.10.4 4
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is available on the web site at http://www.xfree86.org/FAQ/. If you find a problem with XFree86 or have a question not answered in the FAQ please use our bug report form available on the web site or send mail to XFree86@XFree86.org. When reporting problems with the driver send as much detail as possible, including chipset type, a server output log, and operating system specifics. AUTHORS
Kevin Brosius, Matt Grossman, Harald Koenig, Sebastien Mar-
ineau, Mark Vojkovich.ATTRIBUTES
See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attri-
butes:_________________________________________________________________________
| ATTRIBUTE TYPE | ATTRIBUTE VALUE |
|_____________________________|__________________________________________|
| Availability | x11/server/xorg/driver/xorg-video-s3virge|
|_____________________________|__________________________________________|
| Interface Stability | Volatile ||_____________________________|__________________________________________|
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