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27.Dd $Mdocdate: November 1 2015 $
28.Dt CGSIX 4 sparc64
29.Os
30.Sh NAME
31.Nm cgsix
32.Nd accelerated 8-bit color frame buffer
33.Sh SYNOPSIS
34.Cd "cgsix* at sbus? flags 0x0"
35.Cd "wsdisplay* at cgsix?"
36.Sh DESCRIPTION
37The
38.Nm
39is an SBus color frame buffer with graphics acceleration,
40commonly found in the non
41.Sq creator
42SBus UltraSPARC workstations.
43.Pp
44The
45.Nm
46driver interfaces the frame buffer with the
47.Xr wscons 4
48console framework.
49It does not provide direct device driver entry points
50but makes its functions available via the internal
51.Xr wsdisplay 4
52interface.
53.Pp
54Different models exist, with various memory sizes and capabilities.
55The
56.Nm
57driver supports the four flavours:
58.Bl -item -offset indent -compact
59.It
60GX
61.It
62GX+
63.It
64Turbo GX (or TGX)
65.It
66Turbo GX+ (or TGX+)
67.El
68.Pp
69By default hardware acceleration is used to erase the screen and
70scroll text.
71By setting
72.Ar flags
73to
74.Ar 1
75(via
76.Xr config 8
77or
78.Xr boot_config 8 )
79this acceleration can be disabled.
80.Sh DISPLAY RESOLUTION
81If the
82.Nm
83frame buffer is used as the console display, a different resolution than the
84default 1152x900 can be selected by changing the OpenPROM environment.
85To change the default resolution, type the following:
86.Pp
87.Em \   ok
88setenv
89.Em output-device
90screen:r1280x1024x76
91.Pp
92to change to a 76Hz 1280x1024 resolution.
93.Pp
94If the
95.Nm
96frame buffer is a secondary display, or a serial console is used, the
97display resolution cannot be changed without using an
98.Em nvramrc
99OpenPROM script.
100Refer to the
101.Em Sun Frame Buffer FAQ
102for details.
103.Pp
104The
105.Nm
106frame buffer accepts the following resolutions:
107.Pp
108.Bl -tag -width screen:r1280x1024x76 -compact
109.It screen:r1024x768x60
110Super VGA 1024x768, with a refresh rate of 60Hz.
111Only available on TGX and TGX+.
112.It screen:r1024x768x70
113Super VGA 1024x768, with a refresh rate of 70Hz.
114Only available on TGX and TGX+.
115.It screen:r1024x768x76
116Super VGA 1024x768, with a refresh rate of 76Hz.
117Only available on TGX and TGX+.
118.It screen:r1024x800x74
1191024x800, with a refresh rate of 74Hz.
120Only available on TGX and TGX+.
121.It screen:r1024x800x85
1221024x800, with a refresh rate of 85Hz.
123Only available on GX+, TGX and TGX+.
124.It screen:r1152x900x66
125Standard 1152x900, with a refresh rate of 66Hz.
126.It screen:r1152x900x76
127Standard 1152x900, with a refresh rate of 76Hz.
128This is the default setting on GX and TGX.
129.It screen:r1280x1024x67
130High res 1280x1024, with a refresh rate of 67Hz.
131Only available on GX+ and TGX+.
132This is the default on GX+.
133.It screen:r1280x1024x76
134High res 1280x1024, with a refresh rate of 76Hz.
135Only available on TGX+, where this is the default setting.
136.It screen:r1600x1280x76
137High res 1600x1280, with a refresh rate of 76Hz.
138Only available on GX+ and TGX+.
139.El
140.Pp
141The 1600x1280 resolution is not officially supported by
142.Tn Sun
143on the GX+.
144.Sh SEE ALSO
145.Xr intro 4 ,
146.Xr sbus 4 ,
147.Xr wscons 4 ,
148.Xr wsdisplay 4 ,
149.Xr boot_config 8 ,
150.Xr config 8
151.Rs
152.%T Sun Frame Buffer FAQ
153.%U http://www.sunhelp.org/faq/FrameBuffer.html
154.Re
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