December 25, 2006 LIGHT 4 sgimips

### NAME

light - SGI Light/Entry/Starter (LG1/LG2) graphics controller

### SYNOPSIS

light* at gio? slot ? wsdisplay* at light? console ?

### DESCRIPTION

The light driver supports the SGI Light series of graphics controllers, also known as Entry or Starter graphics and designated LG1 or LG2. These controllers have a fixed 1024x768 resolution with 8-bit colour depth. Unlike most SGI offerings, both 13w3 and VGA video cables are supported. light is found in Indigo and Crimson machines.

### SEE ALSO

gio(4), grtwo(4), newport(4), wscons(4)

### HISTORY

The light driver first appeared in NetBSD5.0.

### AUTHORS

Stephen M. Rumble wrote this driver.

### BUGS

Much is unknown about the REX chipset. Therefore, the driver relies on the PROM to properly initialise the graphics.

This driver will not run without modification on Crimson machines.