# HG changeset patch
# User diego
# Date 1174124427 0
# Node ID 9babdd441b76037bd5aa32175a03dc8d34e4728a
# Parent 57cf28cd028502c7580b366c6f96ab5bdd757e90
Some more details for the mga_vid section taken from drivers/README.
diff -r 57cf28cd0285 -r 9babdd441b76 DOCS/xml/en/video.xml
--- a/DOCS/xml/en/video.xml Sat Mar 17 09:18:08 2007 +0000
+++ b/DOCS/xml/en/video.xml Sat Mar 17 09:40:27 2007 +0000
@@ -816,10 +816,13 @@
Matrox framebuffer (mga_vid)
-This is a combination of a video output driver and a Linux kernel module
-for the Matrox G200/G400/G450/G550 BES (Back-End Scaler).
-It has hardware VSYNC support with triple buffering. It works on both
-framebuffer console and under X, but only with Linux 2.4.x.
+mga_vid is a combination of a video output driver and
+a Linux kernel module that utilitizes the Matrox G200/G400/G450/G550 video
+scaler/overlay unit to perform YUV->RGB colorspace conversion and arbitrary
+video scaling.
+mga_vid has hardware VSYNC support with triple
+buffering. It works on both a framebuffer console and under X, but only
+with Linux 2.4.x.
@@ -860,7 +863,7 @@
Now you have to (re)compile MPlayer,
- ./configure will detect
+ ./configure will detect
/dev/mga_vid and build the 'mga' driver. Using it
from MPlayer goes by
if you have matroxfb console, or under XFree86
@@ -879,6 +882,12 @@
and can be written for brightness change:
echo "brightness=120" > /dev/mga_vid
+
+
+There is a test application called mga_vid_test in the same
+directory. It should draw 256x256 images on the screen if all is working well.
+
+