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more updates on chinese translation patch by Sheldon Jin (jinsh2 yahoo com)
author kraymer
date Wed, 18 Oct 2006 00:29:41 +0000
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2 mga_vid - MGA G200/G400 YUV Overlay kernel module
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4 Author:
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5 Aaron Holtzman <aholtzma@ess.engr.uvic.ca>, Oct 1999
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7 Contributions by:
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8 Fredrik Vraalsen <vraalsen@cs.uiuc.edu>
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9 Alan Cox <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk>
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11 WARNING ----- WARNING
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13 This code messes with your video card and your xserver. It will probably
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14 lock up your box, format your hard drive, and cause your brand new g400
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15 MAX to spout 6 inch flames. You have been warned.
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17 WARNING ----- WARNING
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19 What does this code do?
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21 mga_vid is a kernel module that utilitizes the Matrox g200/g400 video
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22 scaler/overlay unit to perform YUV->RGB colorspace conversion and
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23 arbitrary video scaling.
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25 mga_vid is also a monster hack.
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27 How does mga_vid work?
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29 This kernel module sets up the BES (backend scaler) with approriate values
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30 based on parameters supplied via ioctl. It also maps a chunk of video
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31 memory into userspace via mmap. This memory is stolen from X (which may
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32 decide to write to it later). The application can then write image data
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33 directly to the frame buffer (if it knows the right padding, etc).
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36 How do I know if mga_vid works on my system?
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38 There are test applications called mga_vid_test_g400 and mga_vid_test_g200.
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39 Use the appropriate one for your card. This test code should draw some
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40 nice 256x256 images for you if all is working well.