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commit 51f26a7f01b68e373867c03881868ca8830664d6
Author: Mark Schreiber <mark7 at alumni.cmu.edu>
Date: Sat Apr 10 10:55:08 2010 -0700
Correct spelling and grammar
diff --git a/man/radeon.man b/man/radeon.man
index 4031a1b..f442532 100644
--- a/man/radeon.man
+++ b/man/radeon.man
@@ -12,13 +12,13 @@ radeon \- ATI RADEON video driver
.fi
.SH DESCRIPTION
.B radeon
-is an __xservername__ driver for ATI RADEON based video cards with the
+is an __xservername__ driver for ATI RADEON-based video cards with the
following features:
.PP
.PD 0
.TP 2
\(bu
-Full support for 8, 15, 16 and 24 bit pixel depths;
+Full support for 8-, 15-, 16- and 24-bit pixel depths;
.TP
\(bu
RandR 1.2 and RandR 1.3 support;
@@ -228,13 +228,14 @@ The default value is
.B 0x1E.
.TP
.BI "Option \*qScalerWidth\*q \*q" integer \*q
-This sets the overlay scaler buffer width. Accepted values range from 1024 to
-2048, divisible by 64, values other than 1536 and 1920 may not make sense
-though. Should be set automatically, but noone has a clue what the limit is
-for which chip. If you think quality is not optimal when playing back HD video
-(with horizontal resolution larger than this setting), increase this value, if
-you get an empty area at the right (usually pink), decrease it. Note this only
-affects the "true" overlay via xv, it won't affect things like textured video.
+This sets the overlay scaler buffer width. Accepted values range from
+1024 to 2048, divisible by 64. Values other than 1536 and 1920 may
+not make sense. This should be set automatically, but no one knows
+what the limit is for which chip. If you think quality is not optimal
+when playing back HD video (with horizontal resolution larger than
+this setting), increase this value. If you get an empty area at the
+right (usually pink), decrease it. Note that this only affects the "true"
+overlay via Xv, and won't affect things like textured video.
.br
The default value is either 1536 (for most chips) or 1920.
.TP
@@ -266,7 +267,7 @@ The default is
.BI "Option \*qBusType\*q \*q" string \*q
Used to replace previous ForcePCIMode option.
Should only be used when driver's bus detection is incorrect
-or you want to force a AGP card to PCI mode. Should NEVER force
+or you want to force a AGP card to PCI mode. You should NEVER force
a PCI card to AGP bus.
.br
PCI \-\- PCI bus
@@ -298,12 +299,12 @@ The default value is
.B AUTO.
.TP
.BI "Option \*qColorTiling\*q \*q" "boolean" \*q
-Frame buffer can be addressed either in linear or tiled mode. Tiled mode can provide
-significant performance benefits with 3D applications, for 2D it shouldn't matter
+The framebuffer can be addressed either in linear or tiled mode. Tiled mode can provide
+significant performance benefits with 3D applications. For 2D it shouldn't matter
much. Tiling will be disabled if the virtual x resolution exceeds 2048 (3968 for R300
-and above), or if DRI is enabled the drm module is too old.
+and above), or if DRI is enabled and the drm module is too old.
.br
-If this option is enabled, a new dri driver is required for direct rendering too.
+If this option is enabled, a new DRI driver is required for direct rendering.
.br
Color tiling will be automatically disabled in interlaced or doublescan screen modes.
.br
@@ -311,7 +312,7 @@ The default value is
.B on.
.TP
.BI "Option \*qIgnoreEDID\*q \*q" boolean \*q
-Do not use EDID data for mode validation, but DDC is still used
+Do not use EDID data for mode validation. DDC is still used
for monitor detection. This is different from NoDDC option.
.br
The default value is
@@ -321,11 +322,11 @@ The default value is
Forces the X driver to use the EDID data specified in a file rather
than the display's EDID. Also overrides DDC monitor detection.
.br
-You may specify a semicolon separated list of output name and filename pairs
+You may specify a semicolon-separated list of output name and filename pairs
with an optional flag, "digital" or "analog", to override the digital bit in
-the edid which is used by the driver to determine whether to use the
+the EDID which is used by the driver to determine whether to use the
analog or digital encoder associated with a DVI-I port.
-The output name is the randr output name, e.g., "VGA-0" or "DVI-0";
+The output name is the RandR output name, e.g., "VGA-0" or "DVI-0";
consult the Xorg log for the supported output names of any given system.
.br
The file must contain a raw 128-byte EDID block, as captured by
@@ -381,7 +382,7 @@ parameter may be specified as a float value with standard suffixes like
.BI "Option \*qRenderAccel\*q \*q" boolean \*q
Enables or disables hardware Render acceleration. It is supported on all
Radeon cards when using EXA acceleration and on Radeon R/RV/RS1xx,
-R/RV/RS2xx and RS3xx when usig XAA. The default is to
+R/RV/RS2xx and RS3xx when using XAA. The default is to
.B enable
Render acceleration.
.TP
@@ -486,16 +487,16 @@ on PowerPC and SPARC and
on other architectures.
.TP
.BI "Option \*qReverseDDC\*q \*q" boolean \*q
-When BIOS connector informations aren't available, use this option to
-reverse the mapping of the 2 main DDC ports. Use this if the X server
+When BIOS connector information isn't available, use this option to
+reverse the mapping of the two main DDC ports. Use this if the X server
obviously detects the wrong display for each connector. This is
typically needed on the Radeon 9600 cards bundled with Apple G5s. The
default is
.B off.
.TP
.BI "Option \*qLVDSProbePLL\*q \*q" boolean \*q
-When BIOS panel informations aren't available (like on PowerBooks), it
-may still be necessary to use the firmware provided PLL values for the
+When BIOS panel information isn't available (like on PowerBooks), it
+may still be necessary to use the firmware-provided PLL values for the
panel or flickering will happen. This option will force probing of
the current value programmed in the chip when X is launched in that
case. This is only useful for LVDS panels (laptop internal panels).
@@ -511,7 +512,7 @@ The default is
.TP
.BI "Option \*qDefaultTMDSPLL\*q \*q" boolean \*q
Use the default driver provided TMDS PLL values rather than the ones
-provided by the bios. This option has no effect on Mac cards. Enable
+provided by the BIOS. This option has no effect on Mac cards. Enable
this option if you are having problems with a DVI monitor using the
internal TMDS controller.
The default is
@@ -519,7 +520,7 @@ The default is
.TP
.BI "Option \*qDefaultTVDACAdj\*q \*q" boolean \*q
Use the default driver provided TVDAC Adj values rather than the ones
-provided by the bios. This option has no effect on Mac cards. Enable
+provided by the BIOS. This option has no effect on Mac cards. Enable
this option if you are having problems with a washed out display on
the secondary DAC.
The default is
@@ -542,7 +543,7 @@ The default is
.BI "Option \*qMacModel\*q \*q" string \*q
.br
Used to specify Mac models for connector tables and quirks. If you have
-a powerbook or mini with DVI that does not work properly, try the alternate
+a PowerBook or Mini with DVI that does not work properly, try the alternate
options as Apple does not seem to provide a good way of knowing whether
they use internal or external TMDS for DVI. Only valid on PowerPC.
On Linux, the driver will attempt to detect the MacModel automatically.
@@ -569,7 +570,7 @@ The default value is
.BI "Option \*qTVStandard\*q \*q" string \*q
.br
Used to specify the default TV standard if you want to use something other than
-the bios default. Valid options are:
+the BIOS default. Valid options are:
.br
ntsc
.br
@@ -598,7 +599,7 @@ The default is
.B on.
.TP
.BI "Option \*qInt10\*q \*q" boolean \*q
-This option allows you to disable int10 initialization. Set this to
+This option allows you to disable INT10 initialization. Set this to
False if you are experiencing a hang when initializing a secondary card.
The default is
.B on.
@@ -606,32 +607,32 @@ The default is
.BI "Option \*qEXAVSync\*q \*q" boolean \*q
This option attempts to avoid tearing by stalling the engine until the display
controller has passed the destination region. It reduces tearing at the cost
-of performance and has been know to cause instability on some chips.
+of performance and has been known to cause instability on some chips.
The default is
.B off.
.TP
.BI "Option \*qATOMTvOut\*q \*q" boolean \*q
This option enables experimental TV-out support for R/RV5xx, R/RV6xx, and R/RV7xx
-atombios chips. TV-out is experimental and may not function on these chips as
+AtomBIOS chips. TV-out is experimental and may not function on these chips as
well as hoped for.
The default is
.B off.
.TP
.BI "Option \*qR4xxATOM\*q \*q" boolean \*q
-This option enables modesetting on R/RV4xx chips using atombios.
+This option enables modesetting on R/RV4xx chips using AtomBIOS.
The default is
.B off.
.TP
.BI "Option \*qEXAPixmaps\*q \*q" boolean \*q
-(KMS Only) Under kernel modesetting to avoid thrashing pixmaps in/out
-of VRAM on low memory cards, we use a heuristic based on VRAM amount,
+(KMS Only) Under kernel modesetting, to avoid thrashing pixmaps in/out
+of VRAM on low memory cards, we use a heuristic based on VRAM amount
to determine whether to allow EXA to use VRAM for non-essential pixmaps.
-This option allows us to override the heurisitc.
+This option allows us to override the heuristic.
The default is
.B on with > 32MB VRAM, off with < 32MB.
.TP
.BI "Option \*qZaphodHeads\*q \*q" string \*q
-Specify the randr output(s) to use with zaphod mode for a particular driver
+Specify the RandR output(s) to use with zaphod mode for a particular driver
instance. If you use this option you most use this option for all instances
of the driver.
.br