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.\" $NetBSD: vesafb.4,v 1.1 2006/04/24 14:35:15 jmcneill Exp $
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.\" Copyright (c) 2006 Jared D. McNeill <jmcneill@invisible.ca>
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.\" All rights reserved.
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.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
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.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions
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.\" are met:
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.\" 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright
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.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.
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.\" 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright
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.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the
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.\" documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution.
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.\" 3. All advertising materials mentioning features or use of this software
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.\" must display the following acknowledgement:
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.\" This product includes software developed by the NetBSD
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.\" Foundation, Inc. and its contributors.
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.\" 4. Neither the name of The NetBSD Foundation nor the names of its
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.\" contributors may be used to endorse or promote products derived
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.\" from this software without specific prior written permission.
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.\"
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.\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE NETBSD FOUNDATION, INC. AND CONTRIBUTORS
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.\" ``AS IS'' AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED
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.\" TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR
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.\" PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE FOUNDATION OR CONTRIBUTORS
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.\" BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR
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.\" CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF
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.\" SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS
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.\" INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN
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.\" CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE)
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.\" ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE
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.\" POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
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.\"
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.Dd April 24, 2006
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.Dt VESAFB 4 i386
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.Os
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.Sh NAME
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.Nm vesafb
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.Nd VESA BIOS extensions 2.0 and above framebuffer device driver
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.Sh SYNOPSIS
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.Cd "vesafb* at vesabios?"
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.Cd "wsdisplay* at vesafb? console ?"
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.Pp
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.Cd options VESAFB_WIDTH=640
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.Cd options VESAFB_HEIGHT=480
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.Cd options VESAFB_DEPTH=8
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.Sh DESCRIPTION
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.Nm
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provides support for framebuffer consoles on i386 display adapters which
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implement VESA BIOS extensions (VBE) 2.0 or above. Since this interface
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is accessed via x86 BIOS calls, this driver only works on the i386 port.
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.Sh HISTORY
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The
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.Nm
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driver
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appeared in
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.Nx 4.0 .
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.Sh BUGS
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The
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.Nm
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driver attaches to the console very early in the i386 boot process; since
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consinit() is called before KVM86 is initialized, the vesafb_cnattach()
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function assumes that hardware is present. This causes the console to be
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blank until the
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.Nm
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driver attaches.
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.Pp
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.Nm
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does not support VBE 1.2 and below, as they do not provide support for
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linear framebuffers.
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