tdfx_linux (4)

Leading comments

$FreeBSD: releng/11.0/share/man/man4/tdfx.4 267938 2014-06-26 21:46:14Z bapt $

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

NAME

tdfx - Voodoo Graphics and VoodooII Memory Access GLIDE device driver

SYNOPSIS

device tdfx device tdfx_linux

DESCRIPTION

This driver creates an entry in /dev that allows programs (mostly GLIDE-based software to access the device memory of the Voodoo Graphics and VoodooII 3D accelerators created by 3Dfx, Inc This provides an interface for applications based on the GLIDE API or that simply use the API provided by the linux /dev/3dfx device to use the video device.

Supports all cards based on the following chipsets:

3Dfx Voodoo Graphics

3Dfx Voodoo II

Specifically, the following cards should work:

Diamond Multimedia Monster 3D

Diamond Multimedia Monster 3D II

Note that this driver does not currently have support for the Voodoo Banshee, Voodoo3, Voodoo5, or Voodoo6 based cards. It also does not currently support the Voodoo Rush. It also does not yet handle the SLI feature of the Voodoo II boards. You can only use each of them separately.

By including tdfx_linux you can enable the linux ioctl code for this driver, where the only supported applications currently reside.

FILES

/dev/3dfx

Symlinked to default 3dfx board

/dev/3dfx*

Character Device programming interface

/dev/voodoo

Mirrors of above interfaces

/dev/voodoo*

(Some apps use /dev/voodoo

HISTORY

The ifconfig driver appeared in Fx 5.0 , and was originally developed for Linux kernel 2.0.x, later written for 2.2.x and 2.4.x.

AUTHORS

An -nosplit The driver was developed by An Coleman Kane Aq cokane@micro.ti.com after the linux version of this driver by An Darryll Straus , An John Taylor , An Jens Axboe , An Carlo Wood Aq carlo@alinoe.com and An Joseph Kain Aq joseph@3dfx.com to be directly compatible with it and support the many GLIDE based games available for Linux and UNIX