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diff --git a/share/man/man4/tdfx.4 b/share/man/man4/tdfx.4 index 5dd5f62..50b9187 100644 --- a/share/man/man4/tdfx.4 +++ b/share/man/man4/tdfx.4 @@ -1,7 +1,7 @@ .\" .\" $FreeBSD$ .\" -.Dd Feb 19, 2001 +.Dd February 19, 2001 .Dt 3DFX 4 .Os .Sh NAME @@ -11,18 +11,21 @@ .Cd device tdfx .Pp .Cd options TDFX_LINUX -.Pp .Sh DESCRIPTION -This driver creates a entry in /dev that allows programs (mostly +This driver creates an entry in +.Pa /dev +that allows programs (mostly .Em GLIDE-based software ) to access the device memory of the Voodoo Graphics and -VoodooII 3D accellerators created by -.Em 3Dfx, Inc. +VoodooII 3D accelerators created by +.Em 3Dfx, Inc . This provides an interface for applications based on the .Em GLIDE API or that simply use the API -provided by the linux /dev/3dfx device to use the video device. +provided by the linux +.Pa /dev/3dfx +device to use the video device. .Pp Supports all cards based on the following chipsets: .Bd -unfilled -offset indent @@ -37,20 +40,18 @@ Specifically, the following cards should work: .Ed .Pp Note that this driver does not currently have support for the Voodoo -Banshee, Voodoo3, Voodoo5, or Voodoo6 based cards. It also does not -currently support the Voodoo Rush. It also does not yet handle the SLI -feature of the Voodoo II boards. You can only use each of them -separately. +Banshee, Voodoo3, Voodoo5, or Voodoo6 based cards. +It also does not currently support the Voodoo Rush. +It also does not yet handle the SLI feature of the Voodoo II boards. +You can only use each of them separately. .Pp The following kernel configuration options are available: .Pp -.Em options LINUX_TDFX +.Cd options LINUX_TDFX .Pp Enable the linux ioctl code for this driver, where the only supported applications currently reside. -.Pp .Sh FILES -.Pp .Bl -tag -width /dev/voodoo* -compact .It Pa /dev/3dfx Symlinked to default @@ -59,25 +60,31 @@ board .It Pa /dev/3dfx* .Em Character Device programming interface -.El .Pp -.Bl -tag -width /dev/voodoo* -compact .It Pa /dev/voodoo Mirrors of above interfaces .It Pa /dev/voodoo* -(Some apps use /dev/voodoo) +(Some apps use +.Pa /dev/voodoo ) .El -.Pp .Sh AUTHORS -The driver was developed by Coleman Kane <cokane@micro.ti.com> after -the linux version of this driver by Darryll Straus, John Taylor, Jens -Axboe, Carlo Wood <carlo@alinoe.com> and Joseph Kain <joseph@3dfx.com> +.An -nosplit +The driver was developed by +.An Coleman Kane Aq cokane@micro.ti.com +after the linux version of this driver by +.An Darryll Straus , +.An John Taylor , +.An Jens Axboe , +.An Carlo Wood Aq carlo@alinoe.com +and +.An Joseph Kain Aq joseph@3dfx.com to be directly compatible with it and support the many GLIDE based games -available for Linux and UNIX. +available for Linux and +.Ux . .Sh HISTORY The .Nm driver appeared in -.Fx 5.0. +.Fx 5.0 , and was originally developed for Linux kernel 2.0.x, later written for 2.2.x and 2.4.x. |