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author | Russell King <rmk@arm.linux.org.uk> | 2014-08-07 10:47:13 +0100 |
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committer | Russell King <rmk@arm.linux.org.uk> | 2014-09-27 11:15:38 +0100 |
commit | fe99147dba758c0c140e88c04212a24074debc68 (patch) | |
tree | c74cef21281262ef3b01546e070a39a0b62698b3 /README | |
parent | d70bfd3246444186e12a35315f6c042d2a2534da (diff) |
packaging: add README and INSTALL files
Add some of the usual documentation files to describe the package and
the standard installation instructions.
Signed-off-by: Russell King <rmk@arm.linux.org.uk>
Diffstat (limited to 'README')
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@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@ +xf86-video-armada +X.org graphics driver for KMS based systems with pluggable GPU backend + +What is xf86-video-armada? +-------------------------- +The xf86-video-armada module is a 2D graphics driver for the X Window +System as implemented by X.org, supporting these DRM KMS drivers: + + Freescale i.MX + Marvell Armada 510 (Dove) + +and GPUs: + + Vivnate libGAL (Armada only) + +Build requirements +------------------ +xf86-video-armada can be built as a stand-alone KMS driver, or with +Vivante GPU support. + +When building with Vivante libGAL support, the configure options +--with-libgal-include= and --with-libgal-lib= should indicate the +location of the libGAL headers and library respectively. + +The following packages are required by this driver: + +- libdrm-armada git://ftp.arm.linux.org.uk/~rmk/libdrm-armada.git/ + +What operations are accelerated? +-------------------------------- +- Copies using all alu operations. +- GetImage partially accelerated. +- PutImage partially accelerated. +- Solid fills without stipples or partial plane mask. +- FillSpans without stipples or partial plane mask. +- Xrender compositing without component alpha or alpha maps. |