FBDEVHW(7) Standards, Environments, and Macros FBDEVHW(7)

NAME

fbdevhw - os-specific submodule for framebuffer device access

DESCRIPTION

fbdevhw provides functions for talking to a framebuffer device. It
is os-specific. It is a submodule used by other video drivers. A
fbdevhw module is currently available for linux framebuffer devices.

fbdev(7) is a non-accelerated driver which runs on top of the fbdevhw
module. fbdevhw can be used by other drivers too, this is usually
activated with `Option "UseFBDev"' in the device section.

SEE ALSO

Xorg(1), xorg.conf(4), xorgconfig(1), Xserver(1), X(5), fbdev(7)

AUTHORS

Authors include: Gerd Knorr, based on the XF68_FBDev Server code
(Martin Schaller, Geert Uytterhoeven).

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