Date: Fri, 14 Jan 2005 12:47:32 -0800 From: Eric Anholt <anholt@FreeBSD.org> To: Oliver Lehmann <oliver@FreeBSD.org> Cc: freebsd-x11@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: ports/75666: add Matrox MGA Driver to xorg-server Message-ID: <1105735652.846.3.camel@leguin> In-Reply-To: <20050114172824.67139826.oliver@FreeBSD.org> References: <200501132054.j0DKsIqQ023076@freefall.freebsd.org> <20050114172824.67139826.oliver@FreeBSD.org>
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On Fri, 2005-01-14 at 17:28 +0100, Oliver Lehmann wrote: > Eric Anholt wrote: > > > Synopsis: add Matrox MGA Driver to xorg-server > > > > State-Changed-From-To: open->closed > > State-Changed-By: anholt > > State-Changed-When: Thu Jan 13 20:52:48 GMT 2005 > > State-Changed-Why: > > I've committed an mga_hal port in x11-servers which I believe does all > > that's necessary for MGA HAL support, without cluttering up xorg-server. > > (I read the > > diffs and didn't see things that seemed too major, but please tell me if > > there are pieces of Matrox's code that are necessary). > > > > http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=75666 > > Would be nice to get the mga_drv.o module installed too since there is a > noteable performance plus by using that file instead of the one which gets > compiled from xorg (at least on my Cel500) What would be even nicer is figuring out which of the hunks of Matrox's patch would cause a performance improvement, so it can get integrated upstream and everyone can benefit without having to do an mess like the nvidia driver that gets broken on a regular basis. The diff is pretty small if you do diff -bu -- Eric Anholt eta@lclark.edu http://people.freebsd.org/~anholt/ anholt@FreeBSD.org
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