[Mplayer-users] new mga_vid driver

[Arpi]

Hi,

> > it's normal! :)
> > you shouldn't use mga_vid under X 4.0.x versions, because it has
> > Xv driver what does the *same* as mga.
> 
> Sure, but mga_vid is (slightly) faster and with my slow machine
> every percent is important :-)
>  
> > mga_vid uses direct hw access via registers, it can conflict with
> > other drivers like opengl...
> 
> Isn't it possible to lock the resources (ie, register, memory)
> by the kernel ?
Not really.
DRI kernel driver does the locking for the X 4 drivers, as GLX and Xv.
But I can't use DRI because DRI doesn't contain the functions etc I need.
Btw Xv shouldn't be much slower than mga_vid, and the slowdown is just
because the locking you want :)


A'rpi / Astral & ESP-team

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