1 Supported chipsets

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The "ark" driver in the SVGA server is for ARK Logic graphics chipsets. The following chipsets are supported:

ARK1000PV (ark1000pv)

Chipset with 32-bit DRAM interface, supports fast DRAM timing, for VESA and PCI bus. Has powerful "coprocessor" for graphics acceleration which is not yet used in the current driver. The max supported resolution/refresh depends on the RAMDAC used on the card; expect 256 colors up to 80 or 110 MHz dot clock.

ARK1000VL (ark1000vl)

Older chip, VLB only. More or less compatible with ARK1000PV.

ARK2000PV (ark2000pv)

64-bit version of the ARK1000PV. Note that a ARK2000PV equipped with 1Mb of DRAM is about equivalent to the same card with an ARK1000PV chip; 2Mb is required for 64-bit operation. Again the RAMDAC used on the card determines the max supported dot clocks. The current driver is however limited to 80 MHz at 256 colors.

The chipset may not be detected automatically. In this case use a line like Chipset "ark1000pv" in the Device section of the XF86Config file.

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