NAME
pnozz —
Weitek Power9100 accelerated
frame buffer
SYNOPSIS
pnozz0 at sbus? slot ? offset ?
DESCRIPTION
The
pnozz is a color frame buffer with graphics acceleration,
embedded in the Tadpole SPARCbook 3GS, 3GX, 3TX, and 3XP laptops. It is based
on the Weitek Power9100 video processor and an IBM RGB525 RAMDAC.
If the
sparc/tctrl(4)
device is also configured, the
pnozz will be powered down
when the lid of the laptop is closed or the screen is blanked.
SEE ALSO
sbus(4),
sparc/intro(4),
sparc/tctrl(4)
HISTORY
Support for the
pnozz first appeared in
NetBSD 1.6.
BUGS
There is currently no way to switch back and forth from the onboard display to
the external connector. It is not possible to change resolutions or color
depth.