From 4296a311618328143dff0bc447be11a76fb68659 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: stefan11111 Date: Sat, 13 Sep 2025 13:44:57 +0300 Subject: [PATCH] fbdevhw: document the FRAMEBUFFER envvar Follow-up after https://github.com/X11Libre/xserver/pull/399 Signed-off-by: stefan11111 --- hw/xfree86/fbdevhw/man/fbdevhw.man | 6 ++++++ 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+) diff --git a/hw/xfree86/fbdevhw/man/fbdevhw.man b/hw/xfree86/fbdevhw/man/fbdevhw.man index f72b3cd1d..acef85713 100644 --- a/hw/xfree86/fbdevhw/man/fbdevhw.man +++ b/hw/xfree86/fbdevhw/man/fbdevhw.man @@ -14,6 +14,12 @@ module is currently available for linux framebuffer devices. is a non-accelerated driver which runs on top of the fbdevhw module. fbdevhw can be used by other drivers too, this is usually activated with `Option "UseFBDev"' in the device section. +.SH CONFIGURATION DETAILS +Drivers using this module, like fbdev, usually have options +for setting the desired framebuffer device in xorg.conf. +For drivers that don't, or if this isn't set in xorg.conf, +fbdevhw also reads the FRAMEBUFFER environment variable for +the path to the framebuffer device it should use. .SH "SEE ALSO" .BR Xorg (@appmansuffix@), .BR xorg.conf (@filemansuffix@),