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TDFX(4)			    Kernel Interfaces Manual		       TDFX(4)

NAME
       tdfx -- Voodoo Graphics and VoodooII Memory Access GLIDE	device driver

SYNOPSIS
       device tdfx
       device tdfx_linux

DESCRIPTION
       This  driver  creates  an  entry	 in  /dev that allows programs (mostly
       GLIDE-based software) to	access the device memory of the	Voodoo	Graph-
       ics  and	 VoodooII 3D accelerators created by 3Dfx, Inc.	 This provides
       an interface for	applications based on the GLIDE	API or that simply use
       the API provided	by the linux /dev/3dfx device to use the video device.

       Supports	all cards based	on the following chipsets:

	     3Dfx Voodoo Graphics
	     3Dfx Voodoo II

       Specifically, the following cards should	work:

	     Diamond Multimedia	Monster	3D
	     Diamond Multimedia	Monster	3D II

       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	 sepa-
       rately.

       By  including  tdfx_linux, you can enable the linux ioctl code for this
       driver, where the only supported	applications currently reside.

FILES
       /dev/3dfx     Symlinked to default 3dfx board
       /dev/3dfx*    Character Device programming interface

       /dev/voodoo   Mirrors of	above interfaces
       /dev/voodoo*  (Some apps	use /dev/voodoo)

HISTORY
       The tdfx	driver appeared	in FreeBSD 5.0,	and was	 originally  developed
       for Linux kernel	2.0.x, later written for 2.2.x and 2.4.x.

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>
       to be directly compatible with it and  support  the  many  GLIDE	 based
       games available for Linux and Unix.

FreeBSD	13.1		       February	19, 2001		       TDFX(4)

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