Attachment 15768 Details for Bug 15201 – Man page change to document the earlier-implemented LVDS24Bit option

[patch] Man page change to document the earlier-implemented LVDS24Bit option

man-lvds24bit.patch (text/plain), 2.04 KB, created by Mike Isely on 2008-04-08 15:28:22 UTC

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>xorg-video-intel: Update man page to document LVDS24Bit option
>
>From: Mike Isely <isely@pobox.com>
>
>This is a companion to the driver patch that implements 24 bit pixel
>format; it adds corresponding documentation to the driver man page.
>
>Signed-off-by: Mike Isely <isely@pobox.com>
>
>---
>
> Note: This patch was composed against the 2.2.1 driver as patch in
> Debian 2.2.1-1.  However it should apply reasonably well against the
> upstream tree (I hope).
>
> man/intel.man |   17 +++++++++++++++++
> 1 file changed, 17 insertions(+)
>
>Index: man/intel.man
>===================================================================
>--- man/intel.man	(.../patch-lvds24bit)	(revision 45)
>+++ man/intel.man	(.../patch-man-lvds24bit)	(revision 45)
>@@ -182,6 +182,23 @@
> causing a crash.  If you find that your platform needs this option, please file
> a bug against xf86-video-intel at http://bugs.freedesktop.org which includes
> the output of 'lspci -v' and 'lspci -vn'.
>+.TP
>+.BI "Option \*qLVDS24Bit\*q \*q" boolean \*q
>+Specify 24 bit pixel format (i.e. 8 bits per color) to be used for the
>+LVDS output.  Some newer LCD panels expect pixels to be formatted and
>+sent as 8 bits per color channel instead of the more common 6 bits per
>+color channel.  Set this option to true to enable the newer format.
>+Note that this concept is entirely different and independent from the
>+frame buffer color depth - which is still controlled in the usual way
>+within the X server.  This option instead selects the physical format
>+/ sequencing of the digital bits sent to the display.  Setting the
>+frame buffer color depth is really a matter of preference by the user,
>+while setting the pixel format here is a requirement of the connected
>+hardware.  Leaving this unset implies the default value of false,
>+which is almost always going to be right choice.  If your
>+LVDS-connected display on the other hand is extremely washed out
>+(e.g. white on a lighter white), trying this option might clear the
>+problem.
> 
> .SH OUTPUT CONFIGURATION
> On 830M and better chipsets, the driver supports runtime configuration of

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