============= What is gxfb?

.. [This file is cloned from VesaFB/aty128fb]

This is a graphics framebuffer driver for AMD Geode GX2 based processors.

Advantages:

No need to use AMD's VSA code (or other VESA emulation layer) in the BIOS.
It provides a nice large console (128 cols + 48 lines with 1024x768) without using tiny, unreadable fonts.
You can run XF68_FBDev on top of /dev/fb0
Most important: boot logo 😃

Disadvantages:

graphic mode is slower than text mode...

How to use it?

Switching modes is done using gxfb.mode_option=... boot parameter or using fbset program.

See Documentation/fb/modedb.rst for more information on modedb resolutions.

X11

XF68_FBDev should generally work fine, but it is non-accelerated.

Configuration

You can pass kernel command line options to gxfb with gxfb.

================ ================================================== mode_option specify the video mode. Of the form x[-][@] vram size of video ram (normally auto-detected) vt_switch enable vt switching during suspend/resume. The vt switch is slow, but harmless. ================ ==================================================

Andres Salomon dilinger@debian.org