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annotate 915resolution/description.txt @ rev 17992
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Aleksej Bobylev <al.bobylev@gmail.com> |
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Thu Apr 23 16:47:39 2015 +0300 (2015-04-23) |
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1 915resolution is a tool to modify the video BIOS of the 800 and 900 series Intel
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2 graphics chipsets. This includes the 845G, 855G, and 865G chipsets, as well as
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3 915G, 915GM, and 945G chipsets. This modification is necessary to allow the
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4 display of certain graphics resolutions for an Xorg or XFree86 graphics server.
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6 915resolution's modifications of the BIOS are transient. There is no risk of
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7 permanent modification of the BIOS. This also means that 915resolution must be
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8 run every time the computer boots inorder for it's changes to take effect.
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10 915resolution is derived from the tool 855resolution. However, the code
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11 differs substantially. 915resolution's code base is much simpler. 915resolution
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12 also allows the modification of bits per pixel.
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