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27.Dd $Mdocdate: November 26 2010 $
28.Dt CREATOR 4 sparc64
29.Os
30.Sh NAME
31.Nm creator
32.Nd accelerated color frame buffer
33.Sh SYNOPSIS
34.Cd "creator* at mainbus0 flags 0x0"
35.Cd "creator* at upa0 flags 0x0"
36.Cd "wsdisplay* at creator?"
37.Sh DESCRIPTION
38The Creator, Creator 3D and Elite 3D
39are color frame buffers, with graphics acceleration, available for most
40of the UltraSPARC workstations with UPA slots.
41.Pp
42The
43.Nm
44driver interfaces those frame buffers with the
45.Xr wscons 4
46console framework.
47It does not provide direct device driver entry points but makes its functions
48available via the internal
49.Xr wsdisplay 4
50interface.
51.Pp
52By default hardware acceleration is used to erase the screen and
53scroll text.
54By setting
55.Ar flags
56to
57.Ar 1
58(via
59.Xr config 8
60or
61.Xr boot_config 8 )
62this acceleration can be disabled.
63.Sh SEE ALSO
64.Xr intro 4 ,
65.Xr upa 4 ,
66.Xr wscons 4 ,
67.Xr wsdisplay 4 ,
68.Xr boot_config 8 ,
69.Xr config 8
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