fbdevhw - Man Page

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(4) 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(5), xorgconfig(1), Xserver(1), X(7), fbdev(4)

Authors

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

Referenced By

xorg.conf(5).

xorg-server 21.1.14 X Version 11