Chapter 1 What's New in Video Driver Update 3

Video Driver Update 3 adds new support for Solaris 2.6 Intel Platform Edition video devices. It must be used with Solaris 2.6 Intel Platform Edition.

This chapter provides a brief description of what has been added since the previous Video Driver Update. A complete description of the devices, release notes, known problems, diskette image creation procedures, and installation instructions for all the video display support included in this release can be found in Chapter 2, Video Driver Update 3 for Solaris 2.6 (Intel Platform Edition).

New Video Display Device Support

Table 2-1 contains a list of the new video display devices supported in Solaris 2.6 Intel Platform Edition Video Driver Updates.

This support was added in Solaris 2.6 Intel Platform Edition Video Driver Updates 1 and 2. No new video display device support has been added in Video Driver Update 3.

Table 2-2 lists the notebook displays supported in Solaris 2.6 Intel Platform Edition Video Driver Update 3.

New Updated Video Support

• Support for S3 Trio64V2/DX chips (86C775) has been updated to work on motherboards where it previously failed.

• Support for new Siemens Nixdorf monitors has been added: MCM 1703 NTD, MCM 1704 NTD, MCM 1753 ND, MCM 1755 NTD, MCM 2103 ND, MCM 2105 NTD, MCM 2106 NTD, MCM 2107 NTD, MCM 2108 NTD, MCM 2109 NTD, MCM 2110 NTD.