From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Nicholas Wourms Subject: Re: Status of radeonfb in 2.5? Date: Fri, 18 Oct 2002 18:16:26 -0400 Sender: linux-fbdev-devel-admin@lists.sourceforge.net Message-ID: References: <3DACA222.5030409@netscape.net> <20021016223613.17897@192.168.4.1> <3DADD22F.9030508@netscape.net> <1034977216.615.27.camel@daplas> Reply-To: nwourms@netscape.net Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7Bit Return-path: Received: from main.gmane.org ([80.91.224.249]) by usw-sf-list1.sourceforge.net with esmtp (Exim 3.31-VA-mm2 #1 (Debian)) id 182fP8-0003i1-00 for ; Fri, 18 Oct 2002 15:15:38 -0700 Received: from list by main.gmane.org with local (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 182fOE-00079G-00 for ; Sat, 19 Oct 2002 00:14:42 +0200 Errors-To: linux-fbdev-devel-admin@lists.sourceforge.net List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" To: linux-fbdev-devel@lists.sourceforge.net Antonino Daplas wrote: > Not necessarily painless... > > Given timings in X modeline format (you can generate with xvidtune): > > "XRESxYRES" MHZ XACTIVE FP_X HSYNC BP_X YACTIVE FP_Y VSYNC > BP_Y +hsync +vsync > > Then timings in fb.mode: > > mode "XRESxYRES MHZ" > # D: "MHZ, H: HorizSync kHz, V: VertRefresh Hz > geometry xres yres vxres vyres bpp > timings pixclock left right upper lower hsync vsync > hsync high > vsync high > endmode > > where: > > pixclock = 1000000/MHZ > left = BP_X - HSYNC > right = FP_X - XACTIVE > upper = BP_Y - VSYNC > lower = FP_Y - YACTIVE > hsync = HSYNC - FP_X > vsync = VSYNC - FP_Y > > What you need to concentrate on is the timings field of fb.modes. This > also assumes that the driver actually reads the timings field. Some > drivers disregard those values (considers only xres and yres) then > configure their own timings. > Tony, Thank you, this is *exactly* what I was looking for! I never knew what xvidtune was really for, but this sure answers that one. Cheers, Nicholas ------------------------------------------------------- This sf.net email is sponsored by: Access Your PC Securely with GoToMyPC. Try Free Now https://www.gotomypc.com/s/OSND/DD