1<html> 2<head> 3<title>Changes</title> 4</head> 5<body> 6<p><h2>Changes done for each driverversion:</h2></p> 7<p><h1>head (0.10-11), (Rudolf)</h1></p> 8<ul> 9 <li>Implemented laptop internal flatpanel presence and native resolution detection; 10 <li>Implemented external DVI flatpanel(s) presence and native resolution detection; 11 <li>Added flatpanel(s) refreshrate protection: it(they) is(are) always kept at 60Hz refresh; 12 <li>Added flatpanel specific CRTC modeline and DFP modeline tuning: DVI connected panels work now on both heads (if applicable); 13 <li>Fixed fullscreen overlay on DVI panels; 14 <li>Added aspect correction programming for flatpanels: corrects if mode aspect differs too much from panel aspect; 15 <li>Added flatpanel LVDS and TMDS transmitters powerup if a panel is detected; 16 <li>Updated NV11 and NV17 panel detection code: head should be identified correctly now; 17 <li>Fixed acceleration engine management regarding sync_to_token: no more updating glitches should occur now; 18 <li>Added recognition for GeForce4 MX 4000, GeForceFX 5700LE and GeForceFX 5700VE cards; also modified a few others to be more correct; 19 <li>Updated panel detection code once more: pre NV18 DVI panels should be working again now; 20 <li>Added flatpanel DPMS support for both heads via powerup/powerdown of LVDS and TMDS transmitters; 21 <li>Added panel(s) native mode(s) to the modelist exported by the driver. You can now set it (them) by just selecting it from the Screenprefs app, <strong>except</strong> if you use the native R5 one. Use Dualhead setup instead (for example): the extra mode(s) will be at the bottom of the list. 22</ul> 23NOTE:<br> 24dualhead switch mode is not yet operational for flatpanels... 25<p><h1>nv_driver 0.09, (Rudolf)</h1></p> 26<ul> 27 <li>Fixed NV11 trouble with repeating screen(s) on the right side of the monitor; 28 <li>Updated CRTC memory granularity code to work-around a hardware bug in older cards; 29 <li>Fixed fuzzy modes / no picture on GeForceFX 5700 cards: PLL discriminator restrictions updated. 30</ul> 31<p><h1>nv_driver 0.08, (Rudolf)</h1></p> 32<ul> 33 <li>Fixed GeForceFX 5600 and FX 5700 monitor 'refresh out of range' / shutoff fault. nVidia changed the pixelPLL for the NV31 and NV36; 34 <li>Fixed acceleration engine restrictions code to adhere to GeForceFX 5600 restrictions: those are still NV20 style for this card; 35 <li>Fixed overlay scaling restriction code to adhere to GeForceFX 5600 restrictions: engine is still the NV10/NV20 one, so it can downscale to 1/8 of the picture size; 36 <li>Kernel driver now signals abort on not being able to setup the INT routine instead of letting the machine freeze during accelerant initialisation; 37 <li>BWindowScreen R3-style function update for acceleration and page flipping/virtualscreens in apps ('Allegro' update): fixed cloning accelerants; 38 <li>Now only programming options head select register on dualhead cards. This fixes driver hanging on integrated GeForce2 cards (ID 0x01a0), and maybe also on some other cards; 39 <li>Expanded modelist to include suggested modes above 1600x1200 upto 2048x1536 resolution (if a card supports them): Done by Andrew Bachmann; 40 <li>Added card recognition for GeForceFX 5700, FX 5950 and some other (older) cards; 41 <li>Added 256Mb RAM detection; 42 <li>Improved startup code: this should (could) fix random trouble on some cards like for instance hardcursor trouble on especially laptops; 43 <li>Added dualhead support (use Mark Watson's 'Dualhead Setup' from BeBits for now); 44 <li>Updated mode granularity and max virtual size checking/limiting; 45 <li>Added dualhead support for 8- and 15bit colordepths; 46 <li>Fixed move_display distortions in virtualscreens especially visible in 8-bit colordepth (for both heads); 47 <li>Added 'overlay follows head' for dualhead stretch and switch modes: if more than half the overlay output window is on a screen, that screen gets the overlay output; 48 <li>Added dualhead switch mode (except for NV11 cards as they do not have output connector switching capability); 49 <li>Added monitor presence detection for both monitor output connectors on dualhead cards (analog type signals only); 50 <li>Added 'output follows monitor' for all modes: it does not matter on which connector you connect your monitor, the output will go there after setting a mode; like the card's BIOS does (except for NV11 cards as they do not have output connector switching capability). 51</ul> 52<p><h1>nv_driver 0.07 (Rudolf)</h1></p> 53<ul> 54 <li>Added card recognition for some Nvidia GeForce4 Ti 4600 cards (ID 0x0252); 55 <li>GeForce overlay activation updated: hardware should respond to the first request instead of to the second ('stampTV' update); 56 <li>Included B_YCbCr422 hardware overlay for TNT 1/2 class cards (pre NV10 architecture). 57</ul> 58<p><h1>nv_driver 0.06 (Rudolf)</h1></p> 59<ul> 60 <li>Added full 2D acceleration for TNT1 - GeForce FX cards; 61 <li>Added card recognition for GeForce FX Go and some older laptop cards; 62 <li>Implemented retrace synchronisation (INT routine); 63 <li>Geforce overlay updated: turned off ints explicitly, corrected upscaling restriction to be 8x, small speed improvement; 64 <li>Vertical timing updated: missed a register on all GeForce cards, missed another register on older cards; 65 <li>Register unlocking updated: missed a register on all supported cards. 66</ul> 67<p><h1>nv_driver 0.05 (Rudolf)</h1></p> 68<ul> 69 <li>Update on cursor move routine: pointer will nolonger accept illegal left-top positions. As a result it will nolonger vanish on some cards; 70 <li>Fixed hardware overlay on GeForce4 MX and Go series cards: disabled the embedded MPEG2 decoder engine which exist on these cards only; 71 <li>Fixed driver to adhere to the downscaling limitations of the new overlay engine existing in the GeForceFX series cards. 72</ul> 73<p><h1>nv_driver 0.04 (Rudolf)</h1></p> 74<ul> 75 <li>New cursor_move sync_to_retrace for all supported cards: now all display distortions should be gone (GeForce4 for example); 76 <li>Added hardware overlay support for the entire GeForce series cards; 77 <li>Now powering up all card function blocks: dualhead cards should now switch to the connected head (by it's BIOS) instead of hanging the system on boot (tested on a dualhead GeForce4 with a DVI and a VGA connector). 78</ul> 79<p><h1>nv_driver 0.03 (Rudolf)</h1></p> 80<ul> 81 <li>Prevent system or video freeze on dragging files or so in tracker windows; 82 <li>Pre NV10 cursor sync_to_retrace: no more distortions in cursor bitmaps on moving it; 83 <li>Cursor bitmapadress setup modification for laptops: The cursor should be visible now also on 'Go' type of cards; 84 <li>BWindowScreen / Sync_to_retrace fix: prevent apps from crashing on endless waiting for retrace. Wait_for_retrace is temporary disabled now until it's actually implemented. 85</ul> 86<p><h1>nv_driver 0.02 (Rudolf)</h1></p> 87<ul> 88 <li>hardcursor support; 89 <li>virtual screens / BWindowScreen support including panning/scrolling; 90 <li>colorspace selection; 91 <li>colorpalette setup; 92 <li>refreshrate selection; 93 <li>85 cards of 4 brands are detected now: These are all TNT1 - GeForce FX5900 Ultra cards as far as I know. Hopefully all those cards will actually work OK with the driver; 94 <li>DPMS support; 95 <li>resolution selection (CRTC setup); 96 <li>switch to 'enhanced mode' included: VESA is gone now! 97 <li>cardspecs are setup (faked PINS); 98 <li>several small fixes done to get the driver working correctly on all four of my cards: PCI TNT1, AGP TNT1, AGP TNT2 and AGP GeForce2MX400. 99</ul> 100<p><h1>Still todo:</h1></p> 101<ul> 102 <li>Add support for internal display panels (laptops); 103 <li>TVout support; 104 <li>Partial card coldstart: setup RAM and CORE speeds (if possible). 105</ul> 106</p> 107</body> 108</html> 109