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                     Silicon Motion Driver for XFree86 4.1.0
                         Alpha Release 1.3.1cz, 11/12/2001
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Extensions:

- gamma correction for 24 bit true color mode.

Known problems:

- gamma correction does not work for 16 bit true color mode:
  LoadPalette gets a gamma correction color table for 5:6:5 RGB,
  whereas the SMI RAMDAC wants a 8:8:8 RGB color table.

- gamma correction only implemented for the Lynx3DM

- StopVideo don't work. The graphics controller continues to write
  into the capture buffer

Fixed bugs (or new bugs :) ):

- in SMI_ScreenInit frame buffer size calculation for video changed.


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                     Silicon Motion Driver for XFree86 4.1.0
                         Alpha Release 1.3.0cz, 10/26/2001
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Fixed bugs:

- XAA: clipping rectangle was clipped to visible screen, so offscreen
  pixmaps could not been drawn at with accelerated drawing functions.

Extensions:

- smi_video: partly rewritten.
  - Support for 7111
  - interlaced video via
    - XF86Config Option "Interlaced" or
    - attribute XV_INTERLACED

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                     Silicon Motion Driver for XFree86 4.0.2
                         Alpha Release 1.2.2, 02/14/2001
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Fixed bugs:

- #920  - Color change/flash at 8bpp when switch back to desktop in rotation
          mode.
- #932  - System hangs when enabling rotation in 24-bpp.
- #941  - Overlay disappear in the virtual desktop when move the window.
- #944  - Mouse pointer doesn't work properly in panning modes under rotation.
- #950  - Garbage appears on desktop when click the Basic/Metal for the Theme
          Selector.
- #983  - Added ZoomOnLCD option.
- #1058 - Desktop changes color when panning in 24-bpp mode.
- #1069 - CRT is off after exit X on DSTN 800x600.
- #1074 - Screen broken occurs in X when enable Rotation on DSTN 800x600.

Known problems:

- When video is playing in panning mode, it is not correctly clipped when you
  move the panning window.
- Sound breaks apart in Netscape when moving the window around.

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                     Silicon Motion Driver for XFree86 4.0.2
                         Alpha Release 1.2.1, 01/03/2001
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Fixed bugs:

- Severe corruption in 24-bpp across all chips.
- Disable hardware cursor on older BIOSes.

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                     Silicon Motion Driver for XFree86 4.0.2
                         Alpha Release 1.2.0, 12/13/2000
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Fixed bugs:

- When restoring from VESAFB graphics mode, the screen did not update with the
  UseBIOS switch on.

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                     Silicon Motion Driver for XFree86 4.0.1
                         Alpha Release 1.1.9, 11/30/2000
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Fixed bugs:

#581 - Need Linux driver to support zooming via ctrl+alt++ &  ctrl+alt+-.
#670 - Screen broken occurs when switch back to the Xwindow during in Rotation
       mode.
#671 - Very slow to pop up the Exit menu from X windows during in Rotation mode.
#672 - It doesn't redraw properly in X windows during in Rotation mode.
#689 - Screen broken when toggle between terminal and desktop during playing in
       MPEG.
#705 - Linux CRT only 800x600 or 1024x768 there is no display.
#864 - Lockup when video is playing and switching to full-screen command shell.

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                     Silicon Motion Driver for XFree86 4.0.1
                         Alpha Release 1.1.8, 11/27/2000
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Fixed bugs:

#640 - X windows shift to the right when start X or apply Rotation.

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                     Silicon Motion Driver for XFree86 4.0.1
                         Alpha Release 1.1.7, 11/17/2000
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Fixed bugs:

#676 - Green color only shown in window when run Xlive in Linux.
#835 - Screen black after DPMS on.


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                     Silicon Motion Driver for XFree86 4.0.1
                         Alpha Release 1.1.6, 11/03/2000
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Fixed bugs:

#687 - Blue rectangle appears when video is clipped on thr right edge of screen.
#735 - When resume from sleep, X does not wake up.

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                     Silicon Motion Driver for XFree86 4.0.1
                         Alpha Release 1.1.5, 10/06/2000
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Fixed bugs:

#578 - Don't check for CRT-only when validating modes.
#579 - Corrected DPI issue when DDC monitor is not attached.

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                     Silicon Motion Driver for XFree86 4.0.1
                         Alpha Release 1.1.4, 09/20/2000
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Fixed bugs:

#521 - Screen corruption after return from X Server when vesafb is used.

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                     Silicon Motion Driver for XFree86 4.0.1
                         Alpha Release 1.1.3, 09/18/2000
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New features:

- Added live video capture.

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                     Silicon Motion Driver for XFree86 4.0.1
                         Alpha Release 1.1.2, 09/14/2000
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Fixed bugs:

#486 - Video scaling wrong on SM720.

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                     Silicon Motion Driver for XFree86 4.0.1
                         Alpha Release 1.1.1, 08/23/2000
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New features:

- Added support for overlays.

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                     Silicon Motion Driver for XFree86 4.0.1
                         Alpha Release 1.1.0, 08/11/2000
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New features:

- Added support for XFree86 4.0.1 server. This implies that support for the 4.0
  server has gone. Hence the change in the alpha version number from 1.0.x to
  1.1.x.

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                      Silicon Motion Driver for XFree86 4.0
                         Alpha Release 1.0.2, 08/02/2000
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Fixed bugs:

#161, Corruption when moving windows with a wallpaper background.

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                      Silicon Motion Driver for XFree86 4.0
                         Alpha Release 1.0.1, 07/27/2000
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Fixed bugs:

#160, Mouse pointer sometimes in bad location.
#258, Temporary corruption starting X.

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                      Silicon Motion Driver for XFree86 4.0
                         Alpha Release 1.0.0, 06/05/2000
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This is alpha version 1.0.0 of the Silicon Motion drivers for the XFree86 4.0
server. See the README file for general information.

This ALPHA version has the following known problems:

- During mode initialization, the screen shows temporary garbage.
- Image Transfers are disabled in the hardware for now.

This driver has been tested on the LynxEM+ 712 chip under 16-bit mode. Any other
mode might still show lock-ups and/or garbage. Please report any problems to
frido@siliconmotion.com.

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