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2*4882a593SmuzhiyunFramebuffer driver for Cirrus Logic chipsets
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5*4882a593SmuzhiyunCopyright 1999 Jeff Garzik <jgarzik@pobox.com>
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8*4882a593Smuzhiyun.. just a little something to get people going; contributors welcome!
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11*4882a593SmuzhiyunChip families supported:
12*4882a593Smuzhiyun	- SD64
13*4882a593Smuzhiyun	- Piccolo
14*4882a593Smuzhiyun	- Picasso
15*4882a593Smuzhiyun	- Spectrum
16*4882a593Smuzhiyun	- Alpine (GD-543x/4x)
17*4882a593Smuzhiyun	- Picasso4 (GD-5446)
18*4882a593Smuzhiyun	- GD-5480
19*4882a593Smuzhiyun	- Laguna (GD-546x)
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21*4882a593SmuzhiyunBus's supported:
22*4882a593Smuzhiyun	- PCI
23*4882a593Smuzhiyun	- Zorro
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25*4882a593SmuzhiyunArchitectures supported:
26*4882a593Smuzhiyun	- i386
27*4882a593Smuzhiyun	- Alpha
28*4882a593Smuzhiyun	- PPC (Motorola Powerstack)
29*4882a593Smuzhiyun	- m68k (Amiga)
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33*4882a593SmuzhiyunDefault video modes
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35*4882a593SmuzhiyunAt the moment, there are two kernel command line arguments supported:
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37*4882a593Smuzhiyun- mode:640x480
38*4882a593Smuzhiyun- mode:800x600
39*4882a593Smuzhiyun- mode:1024x768
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41*4882a593SmuzhiyunFull support for startup video modes (modedb) will be integrated soon.
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43*4882a593SmuzhiyunVersion 1.9.9.1
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45*4882a593Smuzhiyun* Fix memory detection for 512kB case
46*4882a593Smuzhiyun* 800x600 mode
47*4882a593Smuzhiyun* Fixed timings
48*4882a593Smuzhiyun* Hint for AXP: Use -accel false -vyres -1 when changing resolution
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51*4882a593SmuzhiyunVersion 1.9.4.4
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53*4882a593Smuzhiyun* Preliminary Laguna support
54*4882a593Smuzhiyun* Overhaul color register routines.
55*4882a593Smuzhiyun* Associated with the above, console colors are now obtained from a LUT
56*4882a593Smuzhiyun  called 'palette' instead of from the VGA registers.  This code was
57*4882a593Smuzhiyun  modelled after that in atyfb and matroxfb.
58*4882a593Smuzhiyun* Code cleanup, add comments.
59*4882a593Smuzhiyun* Overhaul SR07 handling.
60*4882a593Smuzhiyun* Bug fixes.
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63*4882a593SmuzhiyunVersion 1.9.4.3
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65*4882a593Smuzhiyun* Correctly set default startup video mode.
66*4882a593Smuzhiyun* Do not override ram size setting.  Define
67*4882a593Smuzhiyun  CLGEN_USE_HARDCODED_RAM_SETTINGS if you _do_ want to override the RAM
68*4882a593Smuzhiyun  setting.
69*4882a593Smuzhiyun* Compile fixes related to new 2.3.x IORESOURCE_IO[PORT] symbol changes.
70*4882a593Smuzhiyun* Use new 2.3.x resource allocation.
71*4882a593Smuzhiyun* Some code cleanup.
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74*4882a593SmuzhiyunVersion 1.9.4.2
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76*4882a593Smuzhiyun* Casting fixes.
77*4882a593Smuzhiyun* Assertions no longer cause an oops on purpose.
78*4882a593Smuzhiyun* Bug fixes.
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81*4882a593SmuzhiyunVersion 1.9.4.1
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83*4882a593Smuzhiyun* Add compatibility support.  Now requires a 2.1.x, 2.2.x or 2.3.x kernel.
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86*4882a593SmuzhiyunVersion 1.9.4
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88*4882a593Smuzhiyun* Several enhancements, smaller memory footprint, a few bugfixes.
89*4882a593Smuzhiyun* Requires kernel 2.3.14-pre1 or later.
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92*4882a593SmuzhiyunVersion 1.9.3
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94*4882a593Smuzhiyun* Bundled with kernel 2.3.14-pre1 or later.
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