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diff --git a/static/openbsd/man4/man4.armv7/amdisplay.4 b/static/openbsd/man4/man4.armv7/amdisplay.4 new file mode 100644 index 00000000..4c34a607 --- /dev/null +++ b/static/openbsd/man4/man4.armv7/amdisplay.4 @@ -0,0 +1,76 @@ +.\" $OpenBSD: amdisplay.4,v 1.4 2019/05/29 19:37:06 fcambus Exp $ +.\" +.\" Copyright (c) 2017 Ian Sutton <ians@openbsd.org> +.\" +.\" Permission to use, copy, modify, and distribute this software for any +.\" purpose with or without fee is hereby granted, provided that the above +.\" copyright notice and this permission notice appear in all copies. +.\" +.\" THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS" AND THE AUTHOR DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES +.\" WITH REGARD TO THIS SOFTWARE INCLUDING ALL IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF +.\" MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHOR BE LIABLE FOR +.\" ANY SPECIAL, DIRECT, INDIRECT, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES OR ANY DAMAGES +.\" WHATSOEVER RESULTING FROM LOSS OF USE, DATA OR PROFITS, WHETHER IN AN +.\" ACTION OF CONTRACT, NEGLIGENCE OR OTHER TORTIOUS ACTION, ARISING OUT OF +.\" OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE USE OR PERFORMANCE OF THIS SOFTWARE. +.\" +.Dd $Mdocdate: May 29 2019 $ +.Dt AMDISPLAY 4 armv7 +.Os +.Sh NAME +.Nm amdisplay , +.Nm nxphdmi +.Nd Texas Instruments AM335x LCD display driver +.Sh SYNOPSIS +.Nm "amdisplay* at simplebus0" +.Nm "nxphdmi* at iic*" +.Nm "wsdisplay* at amdisplay*" +.Sh DESCRIPTION +The +.Nm +driver supports the LCD controller integrated in Texas Instruments' line of +AM335x SoCs. +The LCDC reads a framebuffer from memory via DMA and scans it out +at the proper frequency to suit a display (along with the necessary +hsync/vsync/etc. signals) to a PHY transmitter. +The BeagleBone Black uses NXP/Freescale's TDA19988 HDMI transmitter, +which is additionally supported by the +.Nm nxphdmi +driver. +.Sh SEE ALSO +.Xr intro 4 , +.Xr wsdisplay 4 , +.Xr wsfb 4 +.Sh HISTORY +The +.Nm +driver first appeared in +.Ox 6.2 . +.Sh AUTHORS +.An -nosplit +The +.Nm +driver was written by +.An Ian Sutton Aq Mt ians@openbsd.org . +The +.Nm nxphdmi +driver was written by +.An Oleksandr Tymoshenko Aq Mt gonzo@freebsd.org +and later ported to +.Ox . +.Sh CAVEATS +On the BeagleBone Black, the LCDC and onboard eMMC NAND chip share the same set +of pads such that only one can be wired and used at a time. +To boot from or use the onboard storage, disable +.Nm +via +.Xr config 8 +in the kernel. +.Pp +A display must be attached at boot time, otherwise +.Nm +will fail to configure. +.Pp +Hotplugging is not supported. +.Pp +Only 16-bit color depth is supported due to a silicon bug. |
