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, GM108
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57       GeForce GTX 9XX       GM200, GM204, GM206
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59       GeForce GTX 10XX      GP102, GP104, GP106, GP107, GP108
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CONFIGURATION DETAILS

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

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

129       Authors include: David McKay, Jarno Paananen, Chas Inman, Dave Schmenk,
130       Mark Vojkovich
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