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Date:      Thu, 26 Sep 2002 11:13:53 -0700
From:      Brooks Davis <brooks@one-eyed-alien.net>
To:        Mikhail Teterin <mi+mx@aldan.algebra.com>
Cc:        Bob Bomar <bulldog@fxp.org>, hardware@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Parhelia and FreeBSD
Message-ID:  <20020926111351.A26046@Odin.AC.HMC.Edu>
In-Reply-To: <200209261405.37340.mi%2Bmx@aldan.algebra.com>; from mi%2Bmx@aldan.algebra.com on Thu, Sep 26, 2002 at 02:05:37PM -0400
References:  <200209260011.11510@aldan> <20020926051743.GC49212@peitho.fxp.org> <200209261405.37340.mi%2Bmx@aldan.algebra.com>

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On Thu, Sep 26, 2002 at 02:05:37PM -0400, Mikhail Teterin wrote:
> On Thursday 26 September 2002 01:17 am, Bob Bomar wrote:
> =3D On Thu, Sep 26, 2002 at 12:11:11AM -0400, Mikhail Teterin wrote:
> =3D > Does Matrox' Parhelia work for anyone on FreeBSD? With X11 on two o=
r three=20
> =3D > digital monitors? Thanks!
> =20
> =3D I was wondering the same thing, Matrox released the 2D Linux drivers,
> =3D and in the past, the Linux dirvers worked pretty good on my boxes,
> =3D but I am curious to how the Parhelia does.
>=20
> Mmm, you mean, one can just force the Linux mtx_drv.o into the XFree86
> and get away with it? It is only available in binary :-( Or am I missing
> something? Thanks!

That's how the 4.x XFree86 driver infrastructure works.  Drivers are
only architecture dependent, not OS dependent.  I use the gatos binary
drivers for the ATI Rage P/M Mobility in my laptop so I can get xv
support and the page is nearly 100% linux:

http://gatos.sourceforge.net/ati.2.php

-- Brooks

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