IFB(4)

NAME
ifb - inextricable frame buffer

SYNOPSIS
ifb* at pci?
wsdisplay* at ifb?

DESCRIPTION
The ifb driver attempts to support various frame buffer cards based on the 3DLabs ‘Wildcat’ chips, such as the Sun Expert3D-Lite, Expert3D, XVR-500, XVR-600 and XVR-1200 boards. It does not provide direct device driver entry points but makes its functions available via the internal wsdisplay(4) interface.

DISPLAY RESOLUTION
If the ifb frame buffer is used as the console display, a different resolution than the default 1152x900 can be selected by changing the OpenPROM environment. To change the default resolution, type the following:

  ok setenv output-device screen:r1280x1024x76

to change to a 76Hz 1280x1024 resolution.

The ifb frame buffer accepts the following resolutions:
Mode identifier | Resolution | Refresh
 | | Rate (Hz)
r640x480x60 | 640x480 | 60
r640x480x60i | 640x480 | 60 | Composite sync
r768x575x50i | 768x575 | 50
r1024x768x60 | 1024x768 | 60 | Composite sync
r1024x768x70 | 1024x768 | 70
r1024x768x75 | 1024x768 | 75
r1024x768x77 | 1024x768 | 77
r1024x800x84 | 1024x800 | 84 | Composite sync
r1152x900x66 | 1152x900 | 66 | Composite sync
r1152x900x76 | 1152x900 | 76 | Composite sync
r1280x800x76 | 1280x1024 | 76
r1280x1024x60 | 1280x1024 | 60
r1280x1024x67 | 1280x1024 | 67 | Composite sync
r1280x1024x75 | 1280x1024 | 75
r1280x1024x76 | 1280x1024 | 76 | Composite sync
r1280x1024x85 | 1280x1024 | 85
r1440x900x76 | 1440x900 | 76 | Composite sync
r1600x1000x66 | 1600x1000 | 66
r1600x1000x76 | 1600x1000 | 76 | Composite sync
r1600x1280x76 | 1600x1280 | 76
r1792x1344x75 | 1792x1344 | 75
r1920x1080x72 | 1920x1080 | 72 | Composite sync
r1920x1200x70 | 1920x1200 | 70
r1920x1200x75 | 1920x1200 | 75

Modes with the suffix letter ‘i’ are interlaced.

SEE ALSO
intro(4), pci(4), wscons(4), wsdisplay(4)

BUGS
The second head of XVR-1200 cards is not supported.