`devg-geode.so`

Graphics driver for AMD Geode and Media GX chipsets

Syntax:

io-display [-vf]
           -d vid=[0x]vendor_id,did=[0x]device_id[,deviceindex=index]
           [-c config_file] [-p priority]

Options:

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

Description:

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

Graphics drivers run at a higher priority than applications, but they shouldn't run at a higher priority than the audio, or else breaks in the audio occur. You can use the on command to adjust the priorities of the audio and graphics drivers.

Supported chipsets

Media GX
Geode GX1
Geode GXLV
SC1200

Acceleration features

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

Video Overlay/Scaler support

Feature	Provision
YUV formats	Yes (packed)
RGB formats	Yes (RGB 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
800x600	60	8, 15, 16
1024x768	60	8, 15, 16
1280x1024	60	8

Restrictions:

These are typical values; 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.