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31.Dd December 25, 2006
32.Dt LIGHT 4 sgimips
33.Os
34.Sh NAME
35.Nm light
36.Nd SGI Light/Entry/Starter (LG1/LG2) graphics controller
37.Sh SYNOPSIS
38.Cd "light* at gio? slot ?"
39.Cd "wsdisplay* at light? console ?"
40.Sh DESCRIPTION
41The
42.Nm
43driver supports the SGI Light series of graphics controllers, also known as
44Entry or Starter graphics and designated LG1 or LG2.
45These controllers have a fixed 1024x768 resolution with 8-bit colour depth.
46Unlike most SGI offerings, both 13w3 and VGA video cables are supported.
47.Nm
48is found in Indigo and Crimson machines.
49.Sh SEE ALSO
50.Xr gio 4 ,
51.Xr grtwo 4 ,
52.Xr newport 4 ,
53.Xr wscons 4
54.Sh HISTORY
55The
56.Nm
57driver first appeared in
58.Nx 5.0 .
59.Sh AUTHORS
60Stephen M. Rumble wrote this driver.
61.Sh BUGS
62Much is unknown about the REX chipset.
63Therefore, the driver relies on the PROM to properly initialise the graphics.
64.Pp
65This driver will not run without modification on Crimson machines.
66