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Silicon Motion Driver for XFree86 4.1.0
Alpha Release 1.3.1cz, 11/12/2001
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Extensions:
- gamma correction for 24 bit true color mode.
Known problems:
- gamma correction does not work for 16 bit true color mode:
LoadPalette gets a gamma correction color table for 5:6:5 RGB,
whereas the SMI RAMDAC wants a 8:8:8 RGB color table.
- gamma correction only implemented for the Lynx3DM
- StopVideo don't work. The graphics controller continues to write
into the capture buffer
Fixed bugs (or new bugs :) ):
- in SMI_ScreenInit frame buffer size calculation for video changed.
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Silicon Motion Driver for XFree86 4.1.0
Alpha Release 1.3.0cz, 10/26/2001
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Fixed bugs:
- XAA: clipping rectangle was clipped to visible screen, so offscreen
pixmaps could not been drawn at with accelerated drawing functions.
Extensions:
- smi_video: partly rewritten.
- Support for 7111
- interlaced video via
- XF86Config Option "Interlaced" or
- attribute XV_INTERLACED
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Silicon Motion Driver for XFree86 4.0.2
Alpha Release 1.2.2, 02/14/2001
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Fixed bugs:
- #920 - Color change/flash at 8bpp when switch back to desktop in rotation
mode.
- #932 - System hangs when enabling rotation in 24-bpp.
- #941 - Overlay disappear in the virtual desktop when move the window.
- #944 - Mouse pointer doesn't work properly in panning modes under rotation.
- #950 - Garbage appears on desktop when click the Basic/Metal for the Theme
Selector.
- #983 - Added ZoomOnLCD option.
- #1058 - Desktop changes color when panning in 24-bpp mode.
- #1069 - CRT is off after exit X on DSTN 800x600.
- #1074 - Screen broken occurs in X when enable Rotation on DSTN 800x600.
Known problems:
- When video is playing in panning mode, it is not correctly clipped when you
move the panning window.
- Sound breaks apart in Netscape when moving the window around.
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Silicon Motion Driver for XFree86 4.0.2
Alpha Release 1.2.1, 01/03/2001
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Fixed bugs:
- Severe corruption in 24-bpp across all chips.
- Disable hardware cursor on older BIOSes.
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Silicon Motion Driver for XFree86 4.0.2
Alpha Release 1.2.0, 12/13/2000
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Fixed bugs:
- When restoring from VESAFB graphics mode, the screen did not update with the
UseBIOS switch on.
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Silicon Motion Driver for XFree86 4.0.1
Alpha Release 1.1.9, 11/30/2000
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Fixed bugs:
#581 - Need Linux driver to support zooming via ctrl+alt++ & ctrl+alt+-.
#670 - Screen broken occurs when switch back to the Xwindow during in Rotation
mode.
#671 - Very slow to pop up the Exit menu from X windows during in Rotation mode.
#672 - It doesn't redraw properly in X windows during in Rotation mode.
#689 - Screen broken when toggle between terminal and desktop during playing in
MPEG.
#705 - Linux CRT only 800x600 or 1024x768 there is no display.
#864 - Lockup when video is playing and switching to full-screen command shell.
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Silicon Motion Driver for XFree86 4.0.1
Alpha Release 1.1.8, 11/27/2000
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Fixed bugs:
#640 - X windows shift to the right when start X or apply Rotation.
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Silicon Motion Driver for XFree86 4.0.1
Alpha Release 1.1.7, 11/17/2000
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Fixed bugs:
#676 - Green color only shown in window when run Xlive in Linux.
#835 - Screen black after DPMS on.
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Silicon Motion Driver for XFree86 4.0.1
Alpha Release 1.1.6, 11/03/2000
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Fixed bugs:
#687 - Blue rectangle appears when video is clipped on thr right edge of screen.
#735 - When resume from sleep, X does not wake up.
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Silicon Motion Driver for XFree86 4.0.1
Alpha Release 1.1.5, 10/06/2000
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Fixed bugs:
#578 - Don't check for CRT-only when validating modes.
#579 - Corrected DPI issue when DDC monitor is not attached.
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Silicon Motion Driver for XFree86 4.0.1
Alpha Release 1.1.4, 09/20/2000
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Fixed bugs:
#521 - Screen corruption after return from X Server when vesafb is used.
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Silicon Motion Driver for XFree86 4.0.1
Alpha Release 1.1.3, 09/18/2000
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New features:
- Added live video capture.
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Silicon Motion Driver for XFree86 4.0.1
Alpha Release 1.1.2, 09/14/2000
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Fixed bugs:
#486 - Video scaling wrong on SM720.
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Silicon Motion Driver for XFree86 4.0.1
Alpha Release 1.1.1, 08/23/2000
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New features:
- Added support for overlays.
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Silicon Motion Driver for XFree86 4.0.1
Alpha Release 1.1.0, 08/11/2000
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New features:
- Added support for XFree86 4.0.1 server. This implies that support for the 4.0
server has gone. Hence the change in the alpha version number from 1.0.x to
1.1.x.
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Silicon Motion Driver for XFree86 4.0
Alpha Release 1.0.2, 08/02/2000
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Fixed bugs:
#161, Corruption when moving windows with a wallpaper background.
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Silicon Motion Driver for XFree86 4.0
Alpha Release 1.0.1, 07/27/2000
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Fixed bugs:
#160, Mouse pointer sometimes in bad location.
#258, Temporary corruption starting X.
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Silicon Motion Driver for XFree86 4.0
Alpha Release 1.0.0, 06/05/2000
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This is alpha version 1.0.0 of the Silicon Motion drivers for the XFree86 4.0
server. See the README file for general information.
This ALPHA version has the following known problems:
- During mode initialization, the screen shows temporary garbage.
- Image Transfers are disabled in the hardware for now.
This driver has been tested on the LynxEM+ 712 chip under 16-bit mode. Any other
mode might still show lock-ups and/or garbage. Please report any problems to
frido@siliconmotion.com.
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