PM3FB(4)

📦 version 11.0, in nixpkgs unstable

💖 pm3fb(4) — like, the manual page for the 3Dlabs Permedia 3 / Oxygen VX1 / Proformance 3 framebuffer driver 💖

okay bestie, so this is PM3FB(4), a kernel interfaces manual page, and it's literally all about the pm3fb framebuffer driver. sit down, grab a strawberry 🍓, we're learning graphics card lore.

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

like, here's how she shows up in your kernel config:

pm3fb* at pci?
wsdisplay* at pm3fb?

periodt. that's the whole vibe check. 🫶

🌸 DESCRIPTION 🌸

okay so the pm3fb driver is the main character for the 3Dlabs Permedia 3 / Oxygen VX1 / Proformance 3 series of graphics cards, and what she does is give you an interface for the machine independent wscons(4) driver. iykyk 💅

now, real talk — currently pm3fb does not support anti-alias font rendering and it does not support the OpenLDI video interface. like, not yet, don't come for her 😭. BUT. she is capable of changing the resolution, and she uses DDC2 to pick an appropriate video mode for you. lowkey iconic, honestly ✨

also there's a 2D graphics engine in there doing the heavy lifting — it's used to accelerate scrolling, rectangle fills and bitmap font rendering. ate and left no crumbs 🔥

🦋 SEE ALSO 🦋

go check these out bestie, they're in the group chat too:

👑 AUTHORS 👑

the pm3fb driver was written by Naruaki Etomi. legend behaviour, no cap. 🌈⭐

💀 fr fr, don't @ me about the anti-alias fonts or the OpenLDI video interface — that's just the way it is right now.

🎀 that's the whole page bestie! this gem dropped from Debian, dated November 20, 2016 — mwah, go forth and render some bitmaps 💖🌸🧚

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