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29 .Dt VIDCVIDEO 4 acorn32
33 .Nd VIDC video device driver
35 .Cd "vidcvideo0 at vidc0"
36 .Cd "wsdisplay* at vidcvideo0 console ?"
38 .Cd "makeoptions MONITOR=""AKF85"""
39 .Cd "makeoptions MODES=""1024,768,60 800,600,60"""
43 driver provides support for the video system of the
45 and of the video and sound macrocell of the
52 It provides support for both a text-based console display and a memory-mapped
53 frame buffer usable by the X Window System.
57 driver chooses a screen mode to use when
59 starts up, and has no means of changing it thereafter.
60 The driver attempts to choose a screen mode from its built-in list that most
61 closely matches the mode being used under
63 If the built-in list of modes is inadequate, a different one can be substituted
64 by compiling a kernel using the
68 ModeInfo file, specifying the list of modes to extract from it in
71 .Bl -tag -width /usr/src/sys/arch/acorn32/conf/monitors
72 .It Pa /usr/src/sys/arch/acorn32/conf/monitors
73 Directory for ModeInfo files.
84 was compulsory, as there was no built-in list of screen modes.