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uvesafb: documentation update
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Subject: uvesafb: documentation update
From: Michal Januszewski <spock@xxxxxxxxxx>
Update the uvesafb documentation to accurately reflect the default options
used by the driver.
Signed-off-by: Michal Januszewski <spock@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Krzysztof Helt <krzysztof.h1@xxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
Documentation/fb/uvesafb.txt | 7 ++++---
1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
diff -puN Documentation/fb/uvesafb.txt~uvesafb-documentation-update Documentation/fb/uvesafb.txt
--- a/Documentation/fb/uvesafb.txt~uvesafb-documentation-update
+++ a/Documentation/fb/uvesafb.txt
@@ -59,7 +59,8 @@ Accepted options:
ypan Enable display panning using the VESA protected mode
interface. The visible screen is just a window of the
video memory, console scrolling is done by changing the
- start of the window. Available on x86 only.
+ start of the window. This option is available on x86
+ only and is the default option on that architecture.
ywrap Same as ypan, but assumes your gfx board can wrap-around
the video memory (i.e. starts reading from top if it
@@ -67,7 +68,7 @@ ywrap Same as ypan, but assumes your g
Available on x86 only.
redraw Scroll by redrawing the affected part of the screen, this
- is the safe (and slow) default.
+ is the default on non-x86.
(If you're using uvesafb as a module, the above three options are
used a parameter of the scroll option, e.g. scroll=ypan.)
@@ -182,7 +183,7 @@ from the Video BIOS if you set pixclock
--
Michal Januszewski <spock@xxxxxxxxxx>
- Last updated: 2007-06-16
+ Last updated: 2009-03-30
Documentation of the uvesafb options is loosely based on vesafb.txt.
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Patches currently in -mm which might be from spock@xxxxxxxxxx are
origin.patch
linux-next.patch
uvesafb-documentation-update.patch
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