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From: Xavier Bestel <xavier.bestel@free.fr>
To: Gregory Maxwell <greg@linuxpower.cx>
Cc: Wakko Warner <wakko@animx.eu.org>, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Matrox Marvell G400
Date: 06 Feb 2001 19:06:32 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <200102061806.TAA01752@microsoft.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20010205123637.A31854@xi.linuxpower.cx>
In-Reply-To: <20010205113157.A5980@animx.eu.org>   <20010205123637.A31854@xi.linuxpower.cx>

Le 05 Feb 2001 12:36:37 -0500, Gregory Maxwell a écrit :
> On Mon, Feb 05, 2001 at 11:31:57AM -0500, Wakko Warner wrote:
> > How well is this card supported for it's capture capabilities and dual head?
> 
> Capture and dual head are almost totally unsupported without using a
> proprietary, binary only driver chunk which will soundly place your system as
> 'unsupported' as far as this list is concerned due to the difficulty of
> debugging a system when sourceless software bangs the hardware.
> 
> If this situation is not ideals for you, I suggest you address the issue
> with Matrox. 


So, which gfx cards are "GPL friendly" ?

Xav
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  reply	other threads:[~2001-02-06 18:07 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2001-02-05 16:31 Matrox Marvell G400 Wakko Warner
2001-02-05 17:36 ` Gregory Maxwell
2001-02-06 18:06   ` Xavier Bestel [this message]
2001-02-05 18:54 ` Alan Olsen
2001-02-06  0:18   ` Ricky Beam
  -- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2001-02-05 19:04 Petr Vandrovec
2001-02-06  9:36 ` David Woodhouse
2001-02-06 12:24 Petr Vandrovec

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