From: Sudip Mukherjee <sudipm.mukherjee@gmail.com>
To: Jean-Christophe Plagniol-Villard <plagnioj@jcrosoft.com>,
Tomi Valkeinen <tomi.valkeinen@ti.com>,
Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>,
Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-fbdev@vger.kernel.org,
linux-doc@vger.kernel.org, devel@driverdev.osuosl.org,
Sudip Mukherjee <sudipm.mukherjee@gmail.com>
Subject: [PATCH v2 2/3] Documentation/fb: add documentation for sm712fb
Date: Sat, 18 Jul 2015 04:20:58 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <1437192539-14150-2-git-send-email-sudipm.mukherjee@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1437192539-14150-1-git-send-email-sudipm.mukherjee@gmail.com>
Create the documentation for SM712. Mention all the supported modes and
how to use.
Signed-off-by: Sudip Mukherjee <sudip@vectorindia.org>
---
Documentation/fb/sm712fb.txt | 31 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
1 file changed, 31 insertions(+)
create mode 100644 Documentation/fb/sm712fb.txt
diff --git a/Documentation/fb/sm712fb.txt b/Documentation/fb/sm712fb.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c388442
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Documentation/fb/sm712fb.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+What is sm712fb?
+========+
+This is a graphics framebuffer driver for Silicon Motion SM712 based processors.
+
+How to use it?
+=======
+
+Switching modes is done using the video=sm712fb:... boot parameter.
+
+If you want, for example, enable a resolution of 1280x1024x24bpp you should
+pass to the kernel this command line: "video=sm712fb:0x31B".
+
+You should not compile-in vesafb.
+
+Currently supported video modes are:
+
+[Graphic modes]
+
+bpp | 640x480 800x600 1024x768 1280x1024
+----+--------------------------------------------
+ 8 | 0x301 0x303 0x305 0x307
+ 16 | 0x311 0x314 0x317 0x31A
+ 24 | 0x312 0x315 0x318 0x31B
+
+Missing Features
+========
+(alias TODO list)
+
+ * 2D acceleratrion
+ * dual-head support
--
1.8.1.2
next parent reply other threads:[~2015-07-18 4:20 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 10+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
[not found] <1437192539-14150-1-git-send-email-sudipm.mukherjee@gmail.com>
2015-07-18 4:20 ` Sudip Mukherjee [this message]
2015-07-18 4:20 ` [PATCH v2 3/3] MAINTAINERS: update maintainers list Sudip Mukherjee
2015-07-27 4:53 ` [PATCH v2 1/3] staging: sm7xxfb: move sm712fb out of staging Sudip Mukherjee
2015-09-01 13:27 ` Tomi Valkeinen
2015-09-01 13:55 ` Sudip Mukherjee
2015-09-02 11:58 ` Tomi Valkeinen
2015-09-02 12:48 ` Sudip Mukherjee
2015-09-24 11:58 ` Tomi Valkeinen
2015-09-25 13:54 ` Sudip Mukherjee
2015-09-27 4:42 ` Mike Rapoport
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