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26.Dd $Mdocdate: April 15 2008 $
27.Dt MGX 4 sparc64
28.Os
29.Sh NAME
30.Nm mgx
31.Nd SMS MGX and MGXPlus accelerated 8/24-bit color frame buffers
32.Sh SYNOPSIS
33.Cd "mgx* at sbus?"
34.Cd "wsdisplay* at mgx?"
35.Sh DESCRIPTION
36The
37.Tn Southland Media Systems
38.Pq now Tn "Quantum 3D"
39MGX and MGXPlus are SBus color frame buffers, with graphics acceleration
40capabilities.
41.Pp
42The
43.Nm
44driver interfaces the frame buffer with the
45.Xr wscons 4
46console framework.
47It does not provide direct device driver entry points
48but makes its functions available via the internal
49.Xr wsdisplay 4
50interface.
51.Sh DISPLAY RESOLUTION
52The MGX and MGXPlus frame buffers will adapt their resolution to the monitor
53they are connected to.
54However, when not connected to a Sun monitor, the device will default to the
55.Xr cgthree 4 -compatible
561152x900 resolution, with a refresh rate of 66Hz.
57A different resolution can be forced using the set of DIP switches
58.Pq sometimes covered by metal foil
59located near the SBus connector on the board itself.
60.Pp
61The DIP switch settings are as follows:
62.Bl -column "   1   2   3   4" "Resolution" "Refresh"
63.It Li Switches Ta Resolution Ta Refresh Ta Details
64.It Li "  1   2   3   4" Ta "" Ta "Rate" Ta ""
65.It " "
66.\" 0
67.It Li "OFF OFF OFF OFF" Ta 1024x768 Ta 77Hz
68.\" 2
69.It Li "OFF ON  OFF OFF" Ta 1280x1024 Ta 76Hz
70.\" 3 (exactly the same as #7. Not a typo)
71.It Li "ON  ON  OFF OFF" Ta 1152x900 Ta 66Hz
72.\" 4
73.It Li "OFF OFF ON  OFF" Ta 1152x900 Ta 76Hz
74.\" 6
75.It Li "OFF ON  ON  OFF" Ta 1152x900 Ta 77Hz
76.\" 7
77.It Li "ON  ON  ON  OFF" Ta 1152x900 Ta 66Hz Ta cgthree compatible
78.\" 11
79.It Li "ON  ON  OFF ON " Ta 1152x900 Ta 66Hz Ta cgsix compatible
80.\" 12
81.It Li "OFF OFF ON  ON " Ta 1280x1024 Ta 67Hz
82.\" 15
83.It Li "ON  ON  ON  ON " Ta probed Ta probed Ta factory default
84.El
85.Pp
86All other combinations are unsupported and may damage the hardware.
87.Sh SEE ALSO
88.Xr intro 4 ,
89.Xr sbus 4 ,
90.Xr wscons 4 ,
91.Xr wsdisplay 4
92.Sh CAVEATS
93This driver does not support mode switching at the moment, and
94drives the card in PROM-compatible, 8 bit, mode only.
95