Some more details for the mga_vid section taken from drivers/README.

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<title>Matrox framebuffer (mga_vid)</title>
<para>
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.
<systemitem>mga_vid</systemitem> 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.
<systemitem>mga_vid</systemitem> has hardware VSYNC support with triple
buffering. It works on both a framebuffer console and under X, but only
with Linux 2.4.x.
</para>
<procedure>
@@ -860,7 +863,7 @@ make<!--
</para></step>
<step><para>
Now you have to (re)compile <application>MPlayer</application>,
<filename>./configure</filename> will detect
<command>./configure</command> will detect
<filename>/dev/mga_vid</filename> and build the 'mga' driver. Using it
from <application>MPlayer</application> goes by <option>-vo mga</option>
if you have matroxfb console, or <option>-vo xmga</option> under XFree86
@@ -879,6 +882,12 @@ info, for example by
and can be written for brightness change:
<screen>echo "brightness=120" &gt; /dev/mga_vid</screen>
</para>
<para>
There is a test application called <command>mga_vid_test</command> in the same
directory. It should draw 256x256 images on the screen if all is working well.
</para>
</sect2>
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