[Tfug] xorg in debian unstable

[t takahashi]

On 7/13/05, Ron Sandel <rsandel at email.arizona.edu> wrote:
> The way it is works, which you probably know, is there is mga_drv.o and
> mga_hal_drv.o.  The source code for mga_drv is open source, but
> mga_hal_drv.o is based on a closed source .a library.  So if you go to
> matrox.com and look on their forums, there are instructions on how to
> stick the .a library into an X source tree and get it to compile a hal
> driver.  It's possible but i'm not sure w/o looking at a file listing
> that the hal is included with debian's X, but I doubt it.  But matrox
> does specify that anyone can distribute the .a library no strings attached.

hmm, the package db seems to have a libmgahal-lib, but it's sort of a ghost.
no information on packages.debian.org.

thanks for the detailed clarification.

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