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NOUVEAU(4)							    NOUVEAU(4)

NAME
       nouveau - NVIDIA video driver

SYNOPSIS
       Section "Device"
	 Identifier "devname"
	 Driver "nouveau"
	 ...
       EndSection

DESCRIPTION
       nouveau	is an Xorg driver for NVIDIA video cards.  The driver supports
       2D acceleration and provides  support  for  the	following  framebuffer
       depths:	(15,)  16   and 24.  TrueColor visuals are supported for these
       depths.

SUPPORTED HARDWARE
       The nouveau driver supports PCI, PCI-Express and AGP video cards	 based
       on the following NVIDIA chips:

       RIVA TNT		     NV4

       RIVA TNT2	     NV5

       GeForce 256, QUADRO   NV10

       GeForce2, QUADRO2     NV11 & NV15

       GeForce3, QUADRO DCC  NV20

       nForce, nForce2	     NV1A, NV1F

       GeForce4, QUADRO4     NV17, NV18, NV25, NV28

       GeForce FX, QUADRO FX NV30, NV31, NV34, NV35, NV36, NV37, NV38

       GeForce 6XXX	     NV40, NV41, NV43, NV44, NV45, C51

       GeForce 7XXX	     G70, G71, G72, G73

CONFIGURATION DETAILS
       Please  refer  to xorg.conf(5) for general configuration details.  This
       section only covers configuration details specific to this driver.

       The driver auto-detects the chipset type and the amount of video memory
       present for all chips.

       The following driver Options are supported:

       Option "HWCursor" "boolean"
	      Enable or disable the HW cursor.	Default: on.

       Option "NoAccel" "boolean"
	      Disable	or  enable  acceleration.   Default:  acceleration  is
	      enabled.

       Option "ShadowFB" "boolean"
	      Enable or disable use of the shadow framebuffer layer.  Default:
	      off.

       Option "WrappedFB" "boolean"
	      Enable  or  disable  wfb,	 only  affects	nv50+. Useful for some
	      legacy configurations where high rendering latency is perceived.
	      Default: wfb is disabled.

       Option "GLXVBlank" "boolean"
	      Synchronize  GLX	clients	 to  VBlank. Useful where tearing is a
	      problem, harmful if the GPU isn't fast enough to	keep  up  with
	      the monitor refresh rate. Default: off.

       Option "ZaphodHeads" "string"
	      Specify  the  randr output(s) to use with zaphod mode for a par‐
	      ticular driver instance.	If you use this option	you  most  use
	      this option for all instances of the driver.
	      For  example:  Option  "ZaphodHeads"  "LVDS,VGA-0"  will	assign
	      xrandr outputs LVDS and VGA-0 to this instance of the driver.

       Option "PageFlip" "boolean"
	      Enable DRI2 page flipping. Default: on.

       Option "SwapLimit" "integer"
	      Set maximum allowed number of pending OpenGL double-buffer swaps
	      for a drawable before a client is blocked.
	      A	 value of 1 corresponds to double-buffering. A value of 2 cor‐
	      responds to triple-buffering. Higher  values  may	 allow	higher
	      framerate,  but  also increase lag for interactive applications,
	      e.g., games. Nouveau currently reliably supports a maximum value
	      of 2 on XOrg 1.12+. A maximum setting of 2 on older x-servers is
	      allowed,	but  it	 will  break  conformance  with	  the	OpenML
	      OML_sync_control	specification  and will cause failure of soft‐
	      ware that relies on correct  presentation	 timing	 behaviour  as
	      defined in that specification.
	      Default: 2 for XOrg 1.12+, 1 for older servers.

SEE ALSO
       Xorg(1), xorg.conf(5), Xserver(1), X(7)

AUTHORS
       Authors include: David McKay, Jarno Paananen, Chas Inman, Dave Schmenk,
       Mark Vojkovich

COPYRIGHT
       NOTICE TO USER:	 The source  code   is	copyrighted  under   U.S.  and
       international  laws.   Users  and  possessors  of  this source code are
       hereby granted a nonexclusive,  royalty-free copyright license  to  use
       this code in individual and commercial software.

       Any  use	 of  this source code must include,  in the user documentation
       and internal comments to the code,  notices to the end user as follows:

       Copyright 1993-2003 NVIDIA, Corporation.	 All rights reserved.

       NVIDIA, CORPORATION MAKES NO REPRESENTATION ABOUT  THE  SUITABILITY  OF
       THIS  SOURCE   CODE  FOR ANY PURPOSE.  IT IS  PROVIDED  "AS IS" WITHOUT
       EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTY OF ANY KIND.	 NVIDIA, CORPORATION DISCLAIMS
       ALL WARRANTIES  WITH REGARD  TO THIS SOURCE CODE, INCLUDING ALL IMPLIED
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       End  Users   acquire  the source code  with only those rights set forth
       herein.

X Version 11		   xf86-video-nouveau 1.0.10		    NOUVEAU(4)
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