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Subject: Re: Matrox Marvell G400
From: Xavier Bestel <xavier.bestel@free.fr>
To: Gregory Maxwell <greg@linuxpower.cx>
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Le 05 Feb 2001 12:36:37 -0500, Gregory Maxwell a ?crit :
> 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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