NAME
grfet
- 8/16/24/32-bit color graphics driver
SYNOPSIS
grfet* at zbus0
grf6 at grfet?
ite6 at grf6
DESCRIPTION
The
grfet
device driver supports graphics boards with the Tseng ET4000 or
ET4000W32 chipset and a Sierra 11483 or Brooktree BT482 DAC.
It supports the minimal ioctl's needed to run X11.
HARDWARE
The
grfet
interface supports the following ZorroII/III expansion cards:
- Domino
-
A Zorro II only card with the Tseng ET4000 chipset and a Sierra 11483 DAC. From
Village Tronic, manufacturer 2167, product 1 for the memory base and 2
for the register base.
- Merlin
-
A Zorro II/III card with the Tseng ET4000W32 chipset and a Brooktree BT482 DAC.
From Expert, manufacturer 2117, with the product 3 for the memory base and
4 for the register base.
- oMnibus
-
A Zorro II only Zorro/AT bridge board with a separate VGA card usually with
a Tseng ET4000 chipset and a Sierra 11483 DAC, but a few others are also
supported.
Once made by Oliver Bausch and sold by Armax, manufacturer 2181, product 0
for the memory base and also 0 for the register base.
FILES
/dev/grf6
-
graphics interface special file
/dev/ttye6
-
console interface special file for the internal terminal emulator
SEE ALSO
console(4),
ite(4),
grfconfig(8)
HISTORY
The
grfet
interface first appeared in
NetBSD1.2.
BUGS
grfet
does not support the sync-on-green flag from
grfconfig(8).