ZX(4) - Device Drivers Manual (sparc64)

ZX(4) - Device Drivers Manual (sparc64) #

ZX(4) - Device Drivers Manual (sparc64)

NAME #

zx - accelerated 24-bit color frame buffer

SYNOPSIS #

zx* at sbus? wsdisplay* at zx?

DESCRIPTION #

The ZX and TurboZX are dual-slot SBus color frame buffers, with graphics acceleration and overlay capabilities. They are also known as the Sun “Leo” graphics card.

The zx driver interfaces the frame buffer with the wscons(4) console framework. It does not provide direct device driver entry points but makes its functions available via the internal wsdisplay(4) interface.

DISPLAY RESOLUTION #

The following resolutions are supported by the ZX frame buffer:

**Resolution** **Refresh Rate** **Details**  
`1280x1024`   76 Hz           Non-interlaced  
`1280x1024`   67 Hz           Non-interlaced  
`1152x900`    76 Hz           Non-interlaced  
`1152x900`    66 Hz           Non-interlaced  
`1024x768`    76 Hz           Non-interlaced  
`1024x768`    60 Hz           Non-interlaced  
`960x680`     112 Hz          Stereo, non-interlaced 56 Hz field rate per eye  
`960x680`     108 Hz          Stereo, non-interlaced 54 Hz field rate per eye  
`770x575`     50 Hz           Interlaced - PAL  
`640x480`     59.94 Hz        Interlaced - NTSC

If the ZX frame buffer is connected to a monitor at boot time, it will select its display resolution depending of the monitor ‘select code’ provided by the 13W3 connector. If the frame buffer is not connected to a monitor, the default resolution of 1152x900, with a 66 Hz refresh rate, will be selected. The selected resolutions are:

**Monitor**   **Resolution** **Refresh** **Monitor**  
**sense code**               **Rate**   **Type**  
`0`           1024x768      76 Hz      X449A  
`1`           1152x900      66 Hz        
`2`           1280x1024     76 Hz      X248A, GDM-205S  
`3`           1152x900      66 Hz      GDM-1955A15, GDM-1604A15, CPD-1790  
`4`           1280x1024     67 Hz      GDM-20D10, GDM-1962  
`5`           1152x900      66 Hz        
`6`           1152x900      76 Hz      GDM-1662B, 17SMM4  
`7`           1152x900      66 Hz      

SEE ALSO #

intro(4), sbus(4), wscons(4), wsdisplay(4)

CAVEATS #

There is currently no software interface to change the frame buffer resolution at runtime.

OpenBSD 7.5 - September 3, 2011