ET6000 driver (SVGA server)

Release Notes for XFree86[TM] 3.3.1 : New Features in 3.3 : ET6000 driver (SVGA server)
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## 4.20. ET6000 driver (SVGA server)

- The ET6000 driver in the separate W32 server (XF86_W32) has not changed significantly.
- On the other hand, the ET6000 driver in the SVGA server, which already existed in XFree86 3.2 for all color depths, is now fully accelerated for all those color depths. It builds upon the new XAA architecture, which is the cornerstone of a new acceleration framework within the XFree86 servers. It is responsible for the outstanding acceleration performance of this release.
- Many small problems which existed in the initial 3.2 release have been solved. Screen noise, flicker or instability at higher pixel clocks are mostly fixed. Some detection problems are gone. Weird behaviour (jumping and screen wrap) when panning through large virtual desktops has been fixed. The server now detects the correct amount of memory on ET6000 cards with 2.25 MB of MDRAM. More realistic pixel clock rate limits have been put in place, to avoid modes that would cause screen problems.
- DPMS support was added.
- The ET6000 hardware cursor is now supported. Read the Tseng documentation file for more information (there are a few limitations)
- fix interference with ISA-DMA sensitive devices (soundcards, floppy-tape drives)

Release Notes for XFree86[TM] 3.3.1 : New Features in 3.3 : ET6000 driver (SVGA server)
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