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Release Notes for the
Intel(R) Embedded Graphics Driver for Linux*
Version 6.0 Beta Release, Aug 2006
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Contents
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- New Features
- System Requirements
- In This Release
- Source included in this release
- Installation
- OpenGL* (Description and Installation)
- Patch Information
- Software Errata
- Software Licenses
- Legal / Disclaimers
New Features
============
The Intel(R) Embedded Graphics Driver 6.0 release contains the following new features
and capabilities:
- Added support for Q965 chipset with "Gen4" graphics capability (2D only)
OS Support Changes:
- DSL (Damn Small Linux) support
This release also contains fixes for errata. For details on Windows errata,
including status and priority information, refer to the Errata document
located at the following website:
www.intel.com/design/intarch/specupdt/309380.htm
System Requirements
====================
This package includes drivers built for the following X servers:
XFree86 version 4.2.0 & 4.3.0
X.org version 6.7 & 6.8
Note the driver requires the official versions from www.Xfree86.org
or www.X.org, and may not necessarily operate with versions that are
part of your Linux distribution.
Target system must contain one of the following Intel Chipsets:
Intel(R) Q965 Chipset
Intel(R) 945G Chipset
Intel(R) 945GM Chipset
Intel(R) 915GM Chipset
Intel(R) 915GV Chipset
Intel(R) 855GME Chipset
Intel(R) 852GM Chipset
Intel(R) 852GME Chipset
Intel(R) 845GV Chipset
Intel(R) 815 Chipset
Intel(R) 815E Chipset
Please check with your system provider to determine Intel Chipset
used in your system.
The drivers provided by this package have been tested using the following
firmware version:
AMI BIOS version: 08.00.09
AMI BIOS build date: 05/21/2003
AMI BIOS ID: HLFDB022
The system should contain a minimum of 128MB of RAM.
The Linux kernel agpgart must support the supported Intel chipsets (see
below for more information).
In This Release (Bill of Materials)
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This package contains an XFree86 loadable module device driver for the
Intel(R) chipsets listed above.
The following files are contained in the IEGD_6_0_Linux directory:
Documents/RELNOTES.txt Release notes
Documents/UsersGuide.pdf IEGD User's Guide
Documents/Xfree86/intel.4 Man page for display driver - Xfree86
Documents/Xfree86/IntelEscape.3x Intel(R) Escape man page - Xfree86
Documents/Xorg-X11/intel.4 Man page for display driver - X.org
Documents/Xorg-X11/IntelEscape.3x Intel(R) Escape man page - X.org
License/License.txt License file for display driver
Driver/XFree86-4.2/intel_drv.o Intel(R) Embedded Graphics Driver binary
Driver/XFree86-4.2/libXiegd_escape.a Intel(R) Escape client library
Driver/XFree86-4.2/libXiegd_escape.so.1.0 Intel(R) Escape client shared library
Driver/XFree86-4.2/intel_escape.h Intel(R) Escape client include
Driver/XFree86-4.2/ch7009.so Chrontel* 7009/7301 TVout/DVI encoder
Driver/XFree86-4.2/ch7017.so Chrontel 7017/7019/7304/7305 TVout/LVDS
encoder
Driver/XFree86-4.2/fs454.so Focus* 453/454 TVout encoder
Driver/XFree86-4.2/lvds.so GMCH Internal LVDS controller
Driver/XFree86-4.2/tv.so GMCH Internal TV controller
Driver/XFree86-4.2/ns2501.so National Semiconductor* 2501 LVDS
controller
Driver/XFree86-4.2/ns387.so National Semiconductor 387R LVDS
controller
Driver/XFree86-4.2/sii164.so Silicon Image* 164 DVI encoder
Driver/XFree86-4.2/ti410.so Texas Instruments* TFP410 DVI encoder
Driver/XFree86-4.2/th164.so Thine* 164 DVI encoder
Driver/XFree86-4.2/sdvo.so Serial DVO Devices
Driver/XFree86-4.2/softpd.so VCH Devices
Driver/XFree86-4.3/intel_drv.o Intel(R) Embedded Graphics Driver binary
Driver/XFree86-4.3/libXiegd_escape.a Intel(R) Escape client library.
Driver/XFree86-4.3/libXiegd_escape.so.1.0 Intel(R) Escape client shared library
Driver/XFree86-4.3/intel_escape.h Intel(R) Escape client include
Driver/XFree86-4.3/ch7009.so Chrontel 7009/7301 TVout/DVI encoder
Driver/XFree86-4.3/ch7017.so Chrontel 7017/7019/7304/7305 TVout/LVDS
encoder
Driver/XFree86-4.3/fs454.so Focus 453/454 TVout encoder
Driver/XFree86-4.3/lvds.so GMCH Internal LVDS controller
Driver/XFree86-4.3/tv.so GMCH Internal TV controller
Driver/XFree86-4.3/ns2501.so National Semiconductor 2501 LVDS
controller
Driver/XFree86-4.3/ns387.so National Semiconductor 387R LVDS
controller
Driver/XFree86-4.3/sii164.so Silicon Image 164 DVI encoder
Driver/XFree86-4.3/ti410.so Texas Instruments TFP410 DVI encoder
Driver/XFree86-4.3/th164.so Thine 164 DVI encoder
Driver/XFree86-4.3/sdvo.so Serial DVO Devices
Driver/XFree86-4.3/softpd.so VCH Devices
Driver/Xorg-X11R6.7/intel_drv.o Intel(R) Embedded Graphics Driver binary
Driver/Xorg-X11R6.7/libXiegd_escape.a Intel(R) Escape client library.
Driver/Xorg-X11R6.7/libXiegd_escape.so.1.0 Intel(R) Escape client shared
library
Driver/Xorg-X11R6.7/intel_escape.h Intel(R) Escape client include
Driver/Xorg-X11R6.7/ch7009.so Chrontel 7009/7301 TVout/DVI encoder
Driver/Xorg-X11R6.7/ch7017.so Chrontel 7017/7019/7304/7305 TVout/LVDS
encoder
Driver/Xorg-X11R6.7/fs454.so Focus* 453/454 TVout encoder
Driver/Xorg-X11R6.7/lvds.so GMCH Internal LVDS controller
Driver/Xorg-X11R6.7/tv.so GMCH Internal TV controller
Driver/Xorg-X11R6.7/ns2501.so National Semiconductor 2501 LVDS
controller
Driver/Xorg-X11R6.7/ns387.so National Semiconductor 387R LVDS
controller
Driver/Xorg-X11R6.7/sii164.so Silicon Image 164 DVI encoder
Driver/Xorg-X11R6.7/ti410.so Texas Instruments TFP410 DVI encoder
Driver/Xorg-X11R6.7/th164.so Thine 164 DVI encoder
Driver/Xorg-X11R6.7/sdvo.so Serial DVO Devices
Driver/Xorg-X11R6.7/softpd.so VCH Devices
Driver/Xorg-X11R6.8 Xorg-X11R6.8 binaries
Driver/Xorg-X11R6.8/libGL.so OpenGL binary
Driver/Xorg-X11R6.8/intel_drv.o Intel(R) Embedded Graphics Driver
binary
Driver/Xorg-X11R6.8/libXiegd_escape.a Intel(R) Escape client library.
Driver/Xorg-X11R6.8/libXiegd_escape.so.1.0 Intel(R) Escape client shared
library
Driver/Xorg-X11R6.8/intel_escape.h Intel(R) Escape client include
Driver/Xorg-X11R6.8/ch7009.so Chrontel 7009/7301 TVout/DVI encoder
Driver/Xorg-X11R6.8/ch7017.so Chrontel 7017/7019/7304/7305
TVout/LVDS
encoder
Driver/Xorg-X11R6.8/fs454.so Focus* 453/454 TVout encoder
Driver/Xorg-X11R6.8/lvds.so GMCH Internal LVDS controller
Driver/Xorg-X11R6.8/tv.so GMCH Internal TV controller
Driver/Xorg-X11R6.8/ns2501.so National Semiconductor 2501 LVDS
controller
Driver/Xorg-X11R6.8/ns387.so National Semiconductor 387R LVDS
controller
Driver/Xorg-X11R6.8/sii164.so Silicon Image 164 DVI encoder
Driver/Xorg-X11R6.8/ti410.so Texas Instruments TFP410 DVI encoder
Driver/Xorg-X11R6.8/th164.so Thine 164 DVI encoder
Driver/Xorg-X11R6.8/sdvo.so Serial DVO Devices
Driver/Xorg-X11R6.8/softpd.so VCH Devices
Utilities/gui_lib_setup_linux.txt Instructions for GUI setup
Utilities/IEGDGUI Display modes GUI utility
Utilities/pcf2iegd Utility for conversion of PCF files
The following files are contained in the IEGD_Patches/Driver directory:
agpgart.patch-2.4.20 Patch for 2.4.20 kernel
agpgart.patch-2.4.20-8 Patch for Red Hat* 2.4.20-8 kernel
agpgart.patch-2.4.24 Patch for 2.4.24 kernel
agpgart.patch-2.6.5-1.358 Patch for Fedora* 2.6.5-1.358 kernel
agpgart.patch-2.6.5-7.191 Patch for SuSE 2.6.5-7.191 kernel
agpgart.patch-2.6.13-15 Patch for SuSE 2.6.13-15 kernel
COPYING GPL license agreement for patches
Source included in this release
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None.
Installation
============
1) Copy the driver binary (intel_drv.o) to the X server's modules/driver
directory. The default installation location is
/usr/X11R6/lib/modules/drivers. This location can vary so check
your system for the proper path.
2) Copy the necessary port driver files (*.so files) into X server's modules
directory. The default installation location is /usr/X11R6/lib/modules.
This location can vary so check your system for the proper path.
Once copying the required port drivers, specify them in "PortDrivers"
option in the Device section of config file. For more information,
look for option "PortDrivers" in the man page.
3) Copy the driver man page to the X server's man/man4 directory. The default
installation location is /usr/X11R6/man/man4. This location can vary so
check your system for the proper path.
4) Modify your X server config file to include a device section for this driver.
See the man page for details on the configuration options and example
usage.
The default location for the config file is /etc/X11
5) Copy the port control client libraries libXportctl.a and libXportctl.so.1.0
to the X server's library directory. Create symbolic links for additional
names:
ln -s libXportctl.so.1.0 libXportctl.so
ln -s libXportctl.so.1.0 libXportctl.so.1
The default installation location is /usr/X11R6/lib. This location can
vary so check your system for the proper path.
6) Copy the port control include file to the X server's include/extensions
directory. The default installation location is /usr/X11R6/include/X11.
This location can vary so check your system for the proper path.
7) Copy the port control man page to the X server's man/man3 directory. Create
hard links for each of the port control functions using the following:
ln IntelPortCtl.3x IntelPortCtlQueryExtension.3x
ln IntelPortCtl.3x IntelPortCtlQueryVersion.3x
ln IntelPortCtl.3x IntelPortCtlPortControl.3x
ln IntelPortCtl.3x IntelPortCtlGetPortAttributes.3x
ln IntelPortCtl.3x IntelPortCtlSetPortAttributes.3x
ln IntelPortCtl.3x IntelPortCtlReadPortAttributes.3x
ln IntelPortCtl.3x IntelPortCtlWritePortAttributes.3x
ln IntelPortCtl.3x IntelPortCtlQueryPorts.3x
ln IntelPortCtl.3x IntelPortCtlGetPortMode.3x
ln IntelPortCtl.3x IntelPortCtlGetPortModes.3x
ln IntelPortCtl.3x IntelPortCtlSetPortMode.3x
ln IntelPortCtl.3x IntelPortCtlSetPortModes.3x
ln IntelPortCtl.3x IntelPortCtlAllocPort.3x
ln IntelPortCtl.3x IntelPortCtlQueryPort.3x
The default installation location is /usr/X11R6/man/man3. This location can
vary so check your system for the proper path.
8) Copy the driver control client libraries libXiegdctl.a and
libXiegdctl.so.1.0 to the X server's library directory. Create symbolic
links for additional names:
ln -s libXiegdctl.so.1.0 libXiegdctl.so
ln -s libXiegdctl.so.1.0 libXiegdctl.so.1
The default installation location is /usr/X11R6/lib. This location can
vary so check your system for the proper path.
9) Copy the escape client libraries libXiegd_escape.a and
libXiegd_escape.so.1.0 to the X server's library directory.
Create symbolic links for additional names:
ln -s libXiegd_escape.so.1.0 libXiegd_escape.so
ln -s libXiegd_escape.so.1.0 libXiegd_escape.so.1
The default installation location is /usr/X11R6/lib. This location
can vary, so check your system for the proper path.
10) Copy the driver control include file to the X server's include/extensions
directory. The default installation location is /usr/X11R6/include/X11.
This location can vary so check your system for the proper path.
11) Copy the driver control man page to the X server's man/man3 directory.
Create hard links for each of the port control functions using the
following:
ln IntelDriverCtl.3x IntelDriverCtlQueryExtension.3x
ln IntelDriverCtl.3x IntelDriverCtlQueryVersion.3x
ln IntelDriverCtl.3x IntelDriverCtlPortControl.3x
ln IntelDriverCtl.3x IntelDriverCtlGetDriverInfo.3x
The default installation location is /usr/X11R6/man/man3. This location can
vary so check your system for the proper path.
OpenGL*
========
Description:
------------
The OpenGL implementation for IEGD consists of three components.
libGL.so: This is the shared library that implements the OpenGL and
GLX APIs. It is linked by all OpenGL applications.
intel.ko: This is the Direct Rendering Manager (DRM). It is a kernel
module that provides the OpenGL application with the
permissions necessary to directly access the DMA buffers
used by libGL.
X Server: The existing IEGD X server driver has been enhanced to
communicate with libGL.
Installing the IEGD OpenGL driver provides a fully hardware accelerated
implementation of the OpenGL library to applications. This implementation
makes use of a Direct Rendering technology, which allows the client to
directly write to DMA buffers that are used by the Graphics Hardware.
Due to the use of direct rendering technology, system designers should
take special care to ensure that only trusted clients are allowed to use
the OpenGL library. A malicious application could otherwise use direct
rendering to destabilized the graphics hardware or, in theory, elevate
their permissions on the system.
A system designer can control the access to the direct rendering functionality
by limiting the access to the DRI device file located at:
/dev/dri/card0
The permissions on this device are set by the X-Server using the information
provided in the "DRI" section of the xorg.conf file.
Install:
--------
To install the IEGD libGL onto a system copy the libGL.so binary from the
package to the standard location. Then compile and install the kernel
module from the sources provided. Lastly, enable the DRI option in the
X configuration file.
NOTE: The system likely has a version of libGL already installed.
You may want to make a backup copy of the existing library before
installing the IEGD library.
1) cd IEGD_x_x_Linux/Driver/Xorg-X11R6.8/
2) cp libGL.so /usr/X11R6/lib/libGL.so.1.2
3) ldconfig
4) cd IEGD_Patches/Drm/
5) make
6) Add the following option to the first IEGD device section in the
xorg.conf file.
Option "DRI" "Yes"
7) restart the X-Server or restart the system
Patch Information
=================
Additional kernel patches are needed for the GART driver to support the
Intel(R) Embedded Graphics X display driver.
Patching instructions using Linux distributions with XFree86:
To patch the Linux 2.4.2x and SuSE kernel with the GART changes:
1. cd into the kernel source directory (e.g. /usr/src/linux-2.x.xxx)
2. run 'patch -p1 < .../IEGD_Patches/Driver/agpgart.patch-2.x.xxx'
To update the kernel:
1. cd to the kernel source directory (e.g. /usr/src/linux-2.x.xxx)
2. run 'make modules'
3. run 'make modules_install'
Patching instructions for Fedora Core 2
---------------------------------------
To patch a Linux 2.6.xxxx kernel with the GART changes for Fedora Core 2
kernels:
1. cd into the kernel source directory (e.g. cd /usr/src/linux-2.6.5-1.358)
2. Execute the patch command as follows:
patch -p1 < .../IEGD_Patches/Driver/agpgart.patch-2.6.xxxx
To update the kernel:
1. cd to the kernel source directory (e.g. cd /usr/src/linux-2.6.5-1.358)
2. Since the agpgart is built-in by default in Fedora Core 2, it needs to be
configured to install it as a module before updating the kernel.
make menuconfig
From the configuration menu, select Device Drivers, then Character
Devices. Scroll down to /dev/agpart. Change the disposition to M (for
Module). Exit from the configuration menu and save your changes.
3. Execute the make modules command:
make modules
4. Install the modules:
make modules_install
5. Build the kernel
make install
6. Run the following commands for the linux-2.6.xxxx kernel:
modprobe agpgart
modprobe intel-agp
Also, to ensure the modules are loaded after a reboot, add the following line to
the /etc/modprobe.conf file:
alias char-major-10-175 intel-agp
Software Errata
================
For information on Linux errata fixed in this release, including status and
priority information, refer to the Errata document located at the following
website:
www.intel.com/design/intarch/specupdt/309380.htm
Software Licenses
=================
The Intel(R) Embedded Graphics Display Driver for Linux* is subject to the
terms of the license agreement located in the LICENSE file in this distribution
package.
The kernel patches are subject to the terms of the GPL license
agreement located in the COPYING file in the patches subdirectory of the
distribution package.
Other included software packages are subject to the terms included in each
package.
Legal / Disclaimers
===================
Copyright (C) 2006, Intel Corporation. All rights reserved.
Intel Corporation assumes no responsibility for errors or omissions in this
document. Nor does Intel make any commitment to update the information
contained herein.
* Other product and corporate names may be trademarks of other companies and
are used only for explanation and to the owners' benefit, without intent to
infringe.
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