NAME

grfcl — 8/16/24/32-bit color graphics driver

SYNOPSIS

grfcl* at zbus0
grf3 at grfcl?
ite3 at grf3

DESCRIPTION

The grfcl device driver supports graphics boards with the Cirrus Logic chipset. It supports the minimal ioctl's needed to run X11.

HARDWARE

The grfcl interface supports the following ZorroII/III expansion cards:

Picasso II/II+

A Zorro II only card with the Cirrus Logic 5426, 5428 or 5429 chipset. From Village Tronic, manufacturer 2167, product 11 for the memory base and 12 for the register base (if your board has a product of 13, it is in segmented mode which is not supported by NetBSD). This board supports 8/15/16/24 bit graphics modes.

Picasso IV

A Zorro II/III card with the Cirrus Logic 5446 chipset. From Village Tronic, manufacturer 2167, in Zorro II mode with the product 21 for the memory base1, 22 for the memory base2 and 23 for the register base, in Zorro III mode with the product 24 for the entire board. This board supports 8/15/16/24 bit graphics modes.

Piccolo

A Zorro II/III card with the Cirrus Logic 5426 chipset. From IBH, manufacturer 2195, product 5 for the memory base and 6 for the register base. This board supports 8/15/16/24 bit graphics modes.

Piccolo SD64

A Zorro II/III card with the Cirrus Logic 5434 chipset. From IBH, manufacturer 2195, product 10 for the memory base and 11 for the register base. This board supports 8/15/16/24/32 bit graphics modes.

Spectrum

A Zorro II/III card with the Cirrus Logic 5426 chipset. From GVP, manufacturer 2193, product 1 for the memory base and 2 for the register base. This board supports 8/15/16/24 bit graphics modes.

FILES

/dev/grf3

graphics interface special file

/dev/ttye3

console interface special file for the internal terminal emulator

SEE ALSO

console(4), ite(4), grfconfig(8)

HISTORY

The grfcl interface first appeared in NetBSD 1.0.

BUGS

grfcl will not work with Zorro II cards in the segmented mode and it does not support the sync-on-green flag from grfconfig(8).