W32 driver (SVGA server)

Release Notes for XFree86[TM] 3.3.1 : New Features in 3.3 : W32 driver (SVGA server)
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## 4.19. W32 driver (SVGA server)

- The SVGA server now supports acceleration for the most recent ET4000W32 chips. In 3.3, the ET4000W32p chips are now fully accelerated, and also support the higher performing linear memory layout (read the tseng README file for more information: there are a few problems).
- VESA DPMS (monitor power saving) support was added.
- There is now support for more than 256 colors on most ET4000W32i and ET4000W32p chips. This means 15, 16, 24 and/or 32 bits per pixel modes (32768, 65536 or 16 million colors) are supported on most common RAMDACs. On the W32p, these modes are accelerated. On the W32i, there is no acceleration in any mode. For accelerated support on W32i chips, refer to the separate W32 server (XF86_W32).
- A few bugs in XFree86 3.2 and 3.2A have been fixed. Most importantly the failure to probe some PCI cards has been resolved.
- Fix interference with ISA-DMA sensitive devices (soundcards, floppy-tape drives)
- Support for the Chrontel RAMDAC has been added.

Release Notes for XFree86[TM] 3.3.1 : New Features in 3.3 : W32 driver (SVGA server)
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