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devg-neomagic.so

Graphics driver for NeoMagic chipsets

Syntax:

io-graphics -d neomagic [option[,option...]] ... &

Runs on:

x86

Options:

For the io-graphics options that you can use with this driver, see io-graphics.

Description:

The devg-neomagic.so driver provides accelerated 2D support for the specified graphics chipsets.

Supported chipsets

  • MagicMedia 256 AV
  • MagicMedia 256 AV+
  • MagicMedia 256 ZX
  • MagicMedia 256 XL+
  • MagicGraph 128ZV
  • MagicGraph 128ZV+
  • MagicGraph 128XD

Acceleration features

Feature Provision
Solid fills Yes
Pattern fills Yes
Onscreen blitting Yes
Offscreen blitting Yes
Chroma-keyed blitting Yes
Alpha blending No
Raster OPs Partial
Bitmaps No

Video Overlay/Scaler support

Feature Provision
YUV formats Yes (packed)
RGB formats Yes (RGB 555, 565)
Up scaling Yes
Down scaling No

Other features

Feature Provision
Hardware Cursor Yes
TV Out No
Video capture No
DPMS (power saving) Yes

Resolution and refresh support

Display size (pixels): Refresh rate (Hz): Color depth (bits per pixel):
640x480 60 8, 15, 16, 24
800x600 60 8, 15, 16, 24
1024x768 60 8, 15, 16, 24
1280x1024 60 8, 15, 16, 24

Restrictions:

  • These values are typical; the actual ones may depend on your video BIOS.
  • Higher resolution and color depths may require more video RAM.

Files:

This driver needs the following at run time:

libffb.so
Software rasterization library.

See also:

crttrap, devgt-iographics, io-graphics


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