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Update the "Configuration with Intel i810 Graphics Chipsets" section

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to match the current GENERIC kernel config on 4.X and 5.X.  And be more
clear on the fact agp(4) needs to be loaded at boot time.

PR:		docs/51399
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Marc Fonvieille 2003-04-29 20:47:06 +00:00
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@ -520,11 +520,18 @@ EndSection</programlisting>
<para>Configuration with Intel i810 integrated chipsets
requires the <devicename>agpgart</devicename>
AGP programming interface for <application>XFree86</application>
to drive the card. To use <devicename>agpgart</devicename>,
the <filename>agp.ko</filename> kernel loadable module needs to
be loaded into the kernel with &man.kldload.8;. This can be
done automatically with the &man.loader.8; at boot time.
Simply add this line to
to drive the card. The &man.agp.4; driver is in the
<filename>GENERIC</filename> kernel since releases
4.8-RELEASE and 5.0-RELEASE. On prior releases, you will
have to add the following line:</para>
<programlisting>device agp</programlisting>
<para>in your kernel configuration file and rebuild a new
kernel. Instead, you may want to load
the <filename>agp.ko</filename> kernel module
automatically with the &man.loader.8; at boot time.
For that, simply add this line to
<filename>/boot/loader.conf</filename>:</para>
<programlisting>agp_load="YES"</programlisting>
@ -545,7 +552,11 @@ EndSection</programlisting>
</note>
<para>This will allow configuration of the hardware as any other
graphics board.</para>
graphics board. Note on systems without the &man.agp.4;
driver compiled in the kernel, trying to load the module
with &man.kldload.8; will not work. This driver has to be
in the kernel at boot time through being compiled in or
using <filename>/boot/loader.conf</filename>.</para>
<para>If you are using <application>XFree86 4.1.0</application> (or
later) and messages about unresolved symbols like