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From: "Santiago M. Mola" <coldwind@g.o>
To: gentoo-dev@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: Improving use.desc
Date: Thu, 03 Jan 2008 15:20:50
Message-Id: 3c32af40801030718x44d5a002hc098d14f778aa45@mail.gmail.com
In Reply to: [gentoo-dev] Re: Improving use.desc by Mike Kelly
1 On Jan 2, 2008 8:59 PM, Mike Kelly <pioto@×××××.org> wrote:
2 > While you're at it, I think almost everything in desc/video_cards.desc,
3 > desc/input_devices.desc, and a few more, could use some attention.
4
5 Here we go. I based it mostly on
6 http://xorg.freedesktop.org/archive/X11R7.0/doc/html/manindex4.html
7
8 I'm specially lost with the following:
9 sis / xgi
10 tdfx / voodoo
11 s3 / s3virge
12 nv / nouveau
13 radeonhd
14
15 Here's the new video_card.desc:
16
17 amd - VIDEO_CARDS setting to build driver for AMD Geode GX and LX video cards
18 apm - Alliance ProMotion video cards (ProMotion 6420 and 6422, AT24,
19 AT3D and AT25)
20 ark - VIDEO_CARDS setting to build driver for ark video cards
21 chips - VIDEO_CARDS setting to build driver for chips video cards
22 cirrus - Cirrus Logic video cards
23 cyrix - VIDEO_CARDS setting to build driver for cyrix video cards
24 dummy - VIDEO_CARDS setting to build driver for dummy video cards
25 epson - VIDEO_CARDS setting to build driver for epson video cards
26 fbdev - framebuffer devices
27 fglrx - VIDEO_CARDS setting to build driver for fglrx video cards
28 glint - VIDEO_CARDS setting to build driver for glint video cards
29 i128 - VIDEO_CARDS setting to build driver for i128 video cards
30 i740 - Intel i740 video cards
31 i810 - Intel video cards with i810, i810-DC100, i810e, i815, i830M,
32 845G, 852GM, 855GM, 865G, 915G, 915GM, 945G, 945GM, 965G, 965Q or
33 946GZ chipsets
34 impact - VIDEO_CARDS setting to build driver for impact video cards
35 imstt - Integrated Micro Solutions Twin Turbo 128 video cards
36 mach64 - ATI Mach64
37 mga - VIDEO_CARDS setting to build driver for mga video cards
38 neomagic - Neomagic video cards (MagicGraph chipsets)
39 newport - SGI Indy's and Indigo2's newport video cards
40 none - VIDEO_CARDS setting to build no drivers (useful when using
41 binary drivers)
42 nsc - FIXME: http://xorg.freedesktop.org/archive/X11R7.0/doc/html/nsc.4.html
43 nv - VIDEO_CARDS setting to build driver for nv video cards
44 nvidia - VIDEO_CARDS setting to build driver for nvidia video cards
45 r128 - ATI Rage 128
46 radeon - ATI Radeon up to X1050-series (i.e. Radeon SDR/DDR, Radeon
47 7000-9800, and Radeon X300-X1050 are supported)
48 rendition - Rendition / Micron Verite cards with V1000, V2100 and V2200 chipsets
49 s3 - VIDEO_CARDS setting to build driver for s3 video cards
50 s3virge - S3 ViRGE cards with ViRGE DX, GX, GX2, MX, MX+, VX, Trio 3D
51 and Trio 3D/2X chipsets
52 savage - S3 Savage family, supporting Savage (3D, 4, 2000, MX and IX),
53 SuperSavage (MX and IX), ProSavage (PM133, KM133, DDR, DDR-K), Twister
54 (ProSavage PN133) and TwisterK (ProSavage KN133)
55 siliconmotion - Silicon Motion based video cards with Lynx, LynxE,
56 Lynx3D, LynxEM, LynxEM+, Lynx3DM and Cougar3DR chipsets
57 sis - VIDEO_CARDS setting to build driver for sis video cards
58 sisusb - SiS (Silicon Integrated Systems) video chips that are
59 connected via a Net2280-based USB dongle (SiS315E/PRO)
60 sunbw2 - VIDEO_CARDS setting to build driver for sunbw2 video cards
61 suncg14 - VIDEO_CARDS setting to build driver for suncg14 video cards
62 suncg3 - VIDEO_CARDS setting to build driver for suncg3 video cards
63 suncg6 - VIDEO_CARDS setting to build driver for suncg6 video cards
64 sunffb - VIDEO_CARDS setting to build driver for sunffb video cards
65 sunleo - VIDEO_CARDS setting to build driver for sunleo video cards
66 suntcx - VIDEO_CARDS setting to build driver for suntcx video cards
67 tdfx - VIDEO_CARDS setting to build driver for tdfx video cards
68 tga - VIDEO_CARDS setting to build driver for tga video cards
69 trident - Trident video cards
70 tseng - Tseng Labs video cards
71 v4l - video4linux cards like bt848/bt878-based TV cards
72 vermilion - VIDEO_CARDS setting to build driver for Intel Vermilion video cards
73 vesa - generic VESA video cards
74 vga - generic VGA video cards
75 via - VIA chipsets with onboard unichrome graphics
76 vmware - VMware virtual video cards (for use in VMware guest systems)
77 voodoo - VIDEO_CARDS setting to build driver for voodoo video cards
78 xgi - VIDEO_CARDS setting to build driver for xgi video cards
79
80 Suggestions? Corrections?
81
82 Things like
83 "S3 Savage family, supporting Savage (3D, 4, 2000, MX and IX),
84 SuperSavage (MX and IX), ProSavage (PM133, KM133, DDR, DDR-K), Twister
85 (ProSavage PN133) and TwisterK (ProSavage KN133)"
86 are too verbose or are ok?
87
88 Regards,
89 Santiago
90
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92 Santiago M. Mola
93 Jabber ID: cooldwind@×××××.com
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