1. Introduction

This driver is written by Thomas Winischhofer and is a (nearly) complete re-write of a driver written for the SiS6326 and SiS530 by Alan Hourihane and others.

It currently supports the following chipsets:

• old series: SiS 5597/5598, 6236/AGP/DVD, 530/620
• 300 series: SiS 300/305, 540, 630/730
• 315 series: SiS 315/E/PRO, 55x, 650, 651, M650, 740, [M]661&[F/M/G]X, [M]741[GX]
• 330 series: SiS 330 ("Xabre"), [M]760[GX], [M]761[GX]
• 340 series: SiS 34x, XGI Volari Z7, V3XT, V5, V8

Among other features, the driver supports

• 8/16/24 bits color depth; old series also 15
• Hardware cursor; 315/330/340 series: Color HW cursor
• XAA; EXA; XVideo (Xv); RENDER and other extensions
• 6326: TV output
• 300/315/330/340 series: TV output via Chrontel TV encoders or SiS video bridges
• 300/315/330/340 series: LCD output via LVDS transmitters or SiS video bridges
• 300/315/330/340 series: Dual head mode; Xinerama; Merged framebuffer mode
• 300/315/330/340 series: Interface for SiSCtrl (see below)

This document provides a brief overview over the driver's features and configuration options. Please see http://www.winischhofer.at/linuxsisvga.shtml for detailed documentation and updates.