`devg-chips.so`

Graphics driver for Chips and Technologies graphics chipsets

Syntax:

io-graphics -dl devg-chip.so [option[,option ...]] ... &

Runs on:

MIPSLE, PowerPC, SHLE, x86, ARMLE

Options:

For the general io-graphics options that can be used with this driver, see io-graphics.

Options specific to this driver:

-amode=config-file: Specifies the full path to chips.conf, which is the configuration file for this driver.

Description:

The devg-chips.so driver provides accelerated 2D support for Chips and Technologies graphics chipsets.

You can edit the chips.conf configuration file to enable devg-chips.so to run on your board. For more information on the options available, see the configuration file.

You must specify the location of the configuration file to the devg-chips.so driver via the -a option of io-graphics For example:

io-graphics -dl devg-chips.so -g640x480x16 -amode=/etc/photon/config/chips.conf

Supported chipsets

65550
65554
65555
69000
69030

Acceleration features

Feature	Provision
Solid fills	Yes
Bresenham lines	No
Pattern fills	Yes
Polygons	No
Onscreen blitting	Yes
Offscreen blitting	Yes
Chroma-keyed blitting	Yes
Alpha blending	No
Raster OP's	Full
Bitmaps	No

Video Overlay/Scaler support

Feature	Provision
YUV formats	Yes
RGB formats	Yes
Up scaling	Yes

Other features

Feature	Provision
Hardware Cursor	Yes
TV Out	No
Video capture	No
DPMS (power saving)	Yes

Resolution and refresh support

Display size (pixels):	Refresh rate(Hz):	Color depth (bits per pixel):
640x480	60, 72, 75, 85	8, 15, 16, 24
800x600	60, 70, 75, 85	8, 15, 16, 24
1024x768	60, 70, 75, 85	8, 15, 16, 24
1152x864	60, 70, 75, 85	8, 15, 16, 24
1280x1024	60, 70, 75	8, 15, 16, 24
1600x1200	60, 70	8, 15, 16, 24

Restrictions:

These values are typical, they may be dependent on your BIOS and monitor
Higher resolution and color depths may require more video RAM

Files:

This driver needs the following files available at run time:

libdisputil.so: graphics driver utility library
libffb.so: software rasterization library