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23
24U-Boot MPC8xx video controller driver
25======================================
26
27The driver has been tested with the following configurations:
28
29- MPC823FADS with AD7176 on a PAL TV (YCbYCr)	- arsenio@tin.it
30- GENIETV    with AD7177 on a PAL TV (YCbYCr)	- arsenio@tin.it
31
32
33"video-mode" environment variable
34===============================
35
36The 'video-mode' environment variable can be used to enable and configure
37some video drivers.  The format matches the video= command-line option used
38for Linux:
39
40	video-mode=<driver>:<xres>x<yres>-<depth>@<freq><,option=string>
41
42	<driver>	The video driver name, ignored by U-Boot
43	<xres>		The X resolution (in pixels) to use.
44	<yres>		The Y resolution (in pixels) to use.
45	<depth>		The color depth (in bits) to use.
46	<freq>		The frequency (in Hz) to use.
47	<options>	A comma-separated list of device-specific options
48
49Example: video-mode=fslfb:1280x1024-32@60,monitor=dvi
50