1NOUVEAU(4)                 Kernel Interfaces Manual                 NOUVEAU(4)
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NAME

6       nouveau - NVIDIA video driver
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SYNOPSIS

9       Section "Device"
10         Identifier "devname"
11         Driver "nouveau"
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13       EndSection
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DESCRIPTION

16       nouveau  is an Xorg driver for NVIDIA video cards.  The driver supports
17       2D acceleration and provides  support  for  the  following  framebuffer
18       depths:  (15,)  16   and 24.  TrueColor visuals are supported for these
19       depths.
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SUPPORTED HARDWARE

23       The nouveau driver supports PCI, PCI-Express and AGP video cards  based
24       on the following NVIDIA chips:
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26       RIVA TNT              NV4
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28       RIVA TNT2             NV5
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30       GeForce 256, QUADRO   NV10
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32       GeForce2, QUADRO2     NV11 & NV15
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34       GeForce3, QUADRO DCC  NV20
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36       nForce, nForce2       NV1A, NV1F
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38       GeForce4, QUADRO4     NV17, NV18, NV25, NV28
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40       GeForce FX, QUADRO FX NV30, NV31, NV34, NV35, NV36, NV37, NV38
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42       GeForce 6XXX          NV40, NV41, NV43, NV44, NV45, C51, MCP61
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44       GeForce 7XXX          G70, G71, G72, G73, MCP67, MCP68, MCP73
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46       GeForce 8XXX, 9XXX, 2XX, 3XX
47                             G80,  G84,  G86, G92, G94, G96, G98, G200, GT215,
48                             GT216, GT218, MCP77, MCP79, MCP89
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50       GeForce 4XX, 5XX      GF100, GF104, GF106, GF108, GF110, GF114,  GF116,
51                             GF117, GF119
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53       GeForce 6XX, 7XX      GK104, GK106, GK107, GK110, GK208
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55       GeForce GTX 750       GM107
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CONFIGURATION DETAILS

59       Please  refer  to xorg.conf(5) for general configuration details.  This
60       section only covers configuration details specific to this driver.
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62       The driver auto-detects the chipset type and the amount of video memory
63       present for all chips.
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65       The following driver Options are supported:
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67       Option "HWCursor" "boolean"
68              Enable or disable the HW cursor.  Default: on.
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70       Option "AccelMethod" "string"
71              Specify  the  acceleration  method.  One  of  "none",  or "exa".
72              Default: exa.
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74       Option "NoAccel" "boolean"
75              Disable  or  enable  acceleration.   Default:  acceleration   is
76              enabled.
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78       Option "ShadowFB" "boolean"
79              Enable or disable use of the shadow framebuffer layer.  Default:
80              off.
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82       Option "WrappedFB" "boolean"
83              Enable or disable wfb,  only  affects  nv50+.  Useful  for  some
84              legacy configurations where high rendering latency is perceived.
85              Default: wfb is disabled.
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87       Option "GLXVBlank" "boolean"
88              Synchronize GLX clients to VBlank. Useful  where  tearing  is  a
89              problem,  harmful  if  the GPU isn't fast enough to keep up with
90              the monitor refresh rate. Default: on.
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92       Option "ZaphodHeads" "string"
93              Specify the randr output(s) to use with zaphod mode for  a  par‐
94              ticular  driver  instance.   If you use this option you most use
95              this option for all instances of the driver.
96              For  example:  Option  "ZaphodHeads"  "LVDS,VGA-0"  will  assign
97              xrandr outputs LVDS and VGA-0 to this instance of the driver.
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99       Option "PageFlip" "boolean"
100              Enable DRI2 page flipping. Default: on.
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102       Option "SwapLimit" "integer"
103              Set maximum allowed number of pending OpenGL double-buffer swaps
104              for a drawable before a client is blocked.
105              A value of 1 corresponds to double-buffering. A value of 2  cor‐
106              responds  to  triple-buffering.  Higher  values may allow higher
107              framerate, but also increase lag for  interactive  applications,
108              e.g., games. Nouveau currently reliably supports a maximum value
109              of 2 on XOrg 1.12+. A maximum setting of 2 on older x-servers is
110              allowed,   but   it  will  break  conformance  with  the  OpenML
111              OML_sync_control specification and will cause failure  of  soft‐
112              ware  that  relies  on  correct presentation timing behaviour as
113              defined in that specification.
114              Default: 1.
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116       Option "DRI" "integer"
117              Define the maximum level of DRI to enable. Valid values are 2 or
118              3.   exa acceleration will honor the maximum level if it is sup‐
119              ported.  Under glamor acceleration DRI3  is  always  enabled  if
120              supported, as glamor currently does not support DRI2. Default: 2
121              on exa, 3 on glamor.
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SEE ALSO

124       Xorg(1), xorg.conf(5), Xserver(1), X(7)
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AUTHORS

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