NAME

pnozz — Weitek Power9100 accelerated frame buffer

SYNOPSIS

pnozz0 at sbus? slot ? offset ?

DESCRIPTION

The pnozz is a color frame buffer with graphics acceleration, embedded in the Tadpole SPARCbook 3GS, 3GX, 3TX, and 3XP laptops. It is based on the Weitek Power9100 video processor and an IBM RGB525 RAMDAC.

If the tctrl(4) device is also configured, the pnozz will be powered down when the lid of the laptop is closed or the screen is blanked.

SEE ALSO

intro(4), sbus(4), tctrl(4)

HISTORY

Support for the pnozz first appeared in NetBSD 1.6.

BUGS

There is currently no way to switch back and forth from the onboard display to the external connector. It is not possible to change resolutions or color depth.