From: Bram Stolk Fixes for Documentation/fb/modedb.txt and Documentation/fb/tridentfb.txt Documentation/fb/modedb.txt | 1 + Documentation/fb/tridentfb.txt | 11 ++++++++--- 2 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff -puN Documentation/fb/modedb.txt~tridentfb-documentation-fix Documentation/fb/modedb.txt --- 25/Documentation/fb/modedb.txt~tridentfb-documentation-fix 2004-01-06 07:58:19.000000000 -0800 +++ 25-akpm/Documentation/fb/modedb.txt 2004-01-06 07:58:19.000000000 -0800 @@ -55,6 +55,7 @@ There may be more modes. aty128fb - ATI Rage128 / Pro frame buffer atyfb - ATI Mach64 frame buffer tdfx - 3D Fx frame buffer + tridentfb - Trident (Cyber)blade chipset frame buffer BTW, only a few drivers use this at the moment. Others are to follow (feel free to send patches). diff -puN Documentation/fb/tridentfb.txt~tridentfb-documentation-fix Documentation/fb/tridentfb.txt --- 25/Documentation/fb/tridentfb.txt~tridentfb-documentation-fix 2004-01-06 07:58:19.000000000 -0800 +++ 25-akpm/Documentation/fb/tridentfb.txt 2004-01-06 07:58:19.000000000 -0800 @@ -11,10 +11,15 @@ Only PCI/AGP based cards are supported, How to use it? ============== -Just do your usual console work :) -When booting you can pass the following parameters -================================================== +When booting you can pass the video parameter. +video=tridentfb + +The parameters for tridentfb are concatenated with a ':' as in this example. + +video=tridentfb:800x600,bpp=16,noaccel + +The second level parameters that tridentfb understands are: noaccel - turns off acceleration (when it doesn't work for your card) accel - force text acceleration (for boards which by default are noacceled) _