The attached patch, which applies to 2.4.17-rc2 and 2.5.2-pre1, updates
the configure entry and help appropriately. Linus and Marcelo, please
apply.
Robert Love
diff -urN linux-2.4.17-rc2/Documentation/Configure.help linux/Documentation/Configure.help
--- linux-2.4.17-rc2/Documentation/Configure.help Wed Dec 19 03:18:34 2001
+++ linux/Documentation/Configure.help Thu Dec 20 18:34:59 2001
@@ -4350,11 +4350,9 @@
Matrox unified accelerated driver
CONFIG_FB_MATROX
- Say Y here if you have a Matrox Millennium, Matrox Millennium II,
- Matrox Mystique, Matrox Mystique 220, Matrox Productiva G100, Matrox
- Mystique G200, Matrox Millennium G200, Matrox Marvel G200 video,
- Matrox G400 or G450 card in your box. At this time, support for the
- G100 is untested and support for G450 is highly experimental.
+ Say Y here if you have a Matrox Millennium, Millennium II, Mystique,
+ Mystique 220, Productiva G100, Mystique G200, Millennium G200,
+ Marvel G200 video, G400, G450, or G550 card in your box.
This driver is also available as a module ( = code which can be
inserted and removed from the running kernel whenever you want).
@@ -4381,12 +4379,12 @@
packed pixel and 32 bpp packed pixel. You can also use font widths
different from 8.
-Matrox G100/G200/G400/G450 support
+Matrox G100/G200/G400/G450/G550 support
CONFIG_FB_MATROX_G100
- Say Y here if you have a Matrox G100, G200, G400 or G450 based
- video card. If you select "Advanced lowlevel driver options", you
- should check 8 bpp packed pixel, 16 bpp packed pixel, 24 bpp packed
- pixel and 32 bpp packed pixel. You can also use font widths
+ Say Y here if you have a Matrox G100, G200, G400, G450, or G550
+ based video card. If you select "Advanced lowlevel driver options",
+ you should check 8 bpp packed pixel, 16 bpp packed pixel, 24 bpp
+ packed pixel and 32 bpp packed pixel. You can also use font widths
different from 8.
If you need support for G400 secondary head, you must first say Y to
@@ -4394,6 +4392,9 @@
section, and then to "Matrox I2C support" and "G400 second head
support" here in the framebuffer section.
+ If you need support for G450 or G550 secondary head, say Y to
+ "Matrox G450/G550 second head support" below.
+
Matrox I2C support
CONFIG_FB_MATROX_I2C
This drivers creates I2C buses which are needed for accessing the
@@ -4440,7 +4441,7 @@
Matrox G450 second head support
CONFIG_FB_MATROX_G450
Say Y or M here if you want to use a secondary head (meaning two
- monitors in parallel) on G450.
+ monitors in parallel) on G450 or G550.
If you compile it as module, two modules are created,
matroxfb_crtc2.o and matroxfb_g450.o. Both modules are needed if you
@@ -4452,6 +4453,9 @@
primary and secondary head outputs. Secondary head driver always
start in 640x480 resolution and you must use fbset to change it.
+ Note on most G550 cards the analog output is the secondary head,
+ so you will need to say Y here to use it.
+
Also do not forget that second head supports only 16 and 32 bpp
packed pixels, so it is a good idea to compile them into the kernel
too. You can use only some font widths, as the driver uses generic
diff -urN linux-2.4.17-rc2/drivers/video/Config.in linux/drivers/video/Config.in
--- linux-2.4.17-rc2/drivers/video/Config.in Wed Dec 19 03:17:57 2001
+++ linux/drivers/video/Config.in Thu Dec 20 17:23:57 2001
@@ -121,14 +121,14 @@
if [ "$CONFIG_FB_MATROX" != "n" ]; then
bool ' Millennium I/II support' CONFIG_FB_MATROX_MILLENIUM
bool ' Mystique support' CONFIG_FB_MATROX_MYSTIQUE
- bool ' G100/G200/G400/G450 support' CONFIG_FB_MATROX_G100
+ bool ' G100/G200/G400/G450/G550 support' CONFIG_FB_MATROX_G100
if [ "$CONFIG_I2C" != "n" ]; then
dep_tristate ' Matrox I2C support' CONFIG_FB_MATROX_I2C $CONFIG_FB_MATROX $CONFIG_I2C_ALGOBIT
if [ "$CONFIG_FB_MATROX_G100" = "y" ]; then
dep_tristate ' G400 second head support' CONFIG_FB_MATROX_MAVEN $CONFIG_FB_MATROX_I2C
fi
fi
- dep_tristate ' G450 second head support' CONFIG_FB_MATROX_G450 $CONFIG_FB_MATROX_G100
+ dep_tristate ' G450/G550 second head support' CONFIG_FB_MATROX_G450 $CONFIG_FB_MATROX_G100
bool ' Multihead support' CONFIG_FB_MATROX_MULTIHEAD
fi
tristate ' ATI Mach64 display support (EXPERIMENTAL)' CONFIG_FB_ATY
-
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