NAME

ffb − 24-bit UPA color frame buffer and graphics accelerator

DESCRIPTION

ffb is a 24-bit UPA-based color frame buffer and graphics accelerator which comes in the two configurations: single buffered frame and double buffered frame. 

Single buffered frame buffer Consists of 32 video memory planes of 1280 x 1024 pixels, including 24-bit single-buffering and 8-bit X planes. 

Double buffered frame buffer Consists of 96 video memory planes of 1280 x 1024 pixels, including 24-bit double-buffering, 8-bit X planes, 28-bit Z-buffer planes and 4-bit Y planes. 

The driver supports the following frame buffer ioctls which are defined in fbio(7I):

FBIOPUTCMAP, FBIOGETCMAP, FBIOSVIDEO, FBIOGVIDEO,
FBIOVERTICAL, FBIOSCURSOR, FBIOGCURSOR, FBIOSCURPOS,
FBIOGCURPOS,  FBIOGCURMAX,  FBIO_WID_PUT,  FBIO_WID_GET

FILES

/dev/fbs/ffb0 device special file

SEE ALSO

ffbconfig(1M), mmap(2), fbio(7I)

SunOS 5.6  —  Last change: 10 Jun 1997