fbdevhw (4)

Leading comments

$XFree86: xc/programs/Xserver/hw/xfree86/fbdevhw/fbdevhw.man,v 1.1 2001/01/24 00:06:34 dawes Exp $

(The comments found at the beginning of the groff file "man4/fbdevhw.4".)

NAME

fbdevhw - os-specific submodule for framebuffer device access

DESCRIPTION

fbdevhw provides functions for talking to a framebuffer device. It is os-specific. It is a submodule used by other video drivers. A fbdevhw module is currently available for linux framebuffer devices.

fbdev(4) is a non-accelerated driver which runs on top of the fbdevhw module. fbdevhw can be used by other drivers too, this is usually activated with `Option "UseFBDev"' in the device section.

SEE ALSO

Xorg(1), xorg.conf(5), xorgconfig(1), Xserver(1), X(7), fbdev(4)

AUTHORS

Authors include: Gerd Knorr, based on the XF68_FBDev Server code (Martin Schaller, Geert Uytterhoeven).