--- Ryan Underwood <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Wed, Jan 21, 2004 at 01:08:10PM -0800, Alex Deucher wrote: > > > > > > - Is only the G550 capable of swapping CRTC<->DAC mapping or can > the > > > G400 or G450 do it too? > > > > Not sure. I think the g450 and g550 are about the same expect for > the > > 3D engine and support for DVI. I suspect the g450 can do it, I > don't > > know about the g400. > > It looks like G400 is a static mapping (CRTC2->DAC2) but it appears > some > strange things can be done with the G450/G550 i.e. to display > backend-scaler output on the second head. Also, the HAL seems to > support TV cables plugged into the first head and DVI into the > second, > which as far as I know would imply a CRTC swap; afaik CRTC1 can only > output DVI/analog and CRTC2 can only output TV or analog. (is this > right??)
Sounds right, but your best bet it to ask Ville or Petr or on one of the directfb ML's as they are more familiar with the hardware. > > > > - G450/G550 tv-out works without the HAL? (I think this is > easier, > > > since > > > maven is integrated on these chips...) > > > > tv-out is not supported at all on g450/550, neither with HAL nor > > without. > > Okay, this is also something that matroxfb can do, so I suspect it > will > be related to shoving some registers at maven to get it working. > yeah the second dac and tv controller are integrated on the newer cards. > > > - what about the DVI addons for the G200 and single head G400? > > > Of course, I've never actually seen one of these. > > > > I'm not sure. the add on cards might have their own tmds chip on > them > > since I don't think the g200 or 400 or even 450 had a built in tmds > > controller. I could be wrong though. I've never seen one either. > > Looks like the DVI addon on G400 uses CRTC2 so it won't work at the > same > time with TV output. Still no idea about the G200. > > I noticed Matrox has a "single head to dual head" G450 upgrade that > involves a cable and entering a registration key into windows. > Hardware > crippled intentionally by software? Bah... > > -- > Ryan Underwood, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > ATTACHMENT part 2 application/pgp-signature name=signature.asc __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Hotjobs: Enter the "Signing Bonus" Sweepstakes http://hotjobs.sweepstakes.yahoo.com/signingbonus _______________________________________________ Devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/devel
