[MPlayer-dev-eng] The future of XXX_VID drivers

[Nick Kurshev]

Hello, David!

On Sat, 17 Nov 2001 21:04:36 +0100 you wrote:

> Nick Kurshev wrote:
> 
> >Hello!
> >
> >After implementing of radeon_vid I have some suggestions about future of
> >these drivers family.
> >1. I've found that struct mga_vid_config_t should be expanded by vendor_id.
> >2. It's gladly accepted to add new ioctl request: MGA_VID_QUERY_FORMAT
> >3. In case when format is not supported, IMHO mplayer butnot vesa r vo_mga
> >should decide what is best format in this case (looking at existing yuv2yuv or
> >yuv2rgb stuff).
> >4. IMHO word MGA is obsolete now and it would be better to raname it ;)
> >5. What about hw support of saturation, brightness and gamma correction?
> >IMHO these things are same as audio equalizer (which should be implemented too).
> >6. Driver answer should be improved. (Currently if driver doesn't support some format
> >vo_vesa writes : Your mga_vid_driver version is incompatible with mplayer
> >that is lie.
> >
> >Best regards! Nick
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> 
> Won't a lot of these things be taken care of when I'm done with libvo2? 
> When people start moving their devices to libvo2 they'll hopefully go 
> through their code and resolve such issues...
> 
Don't understand?
I mean - radeon_vid and mga_vid stuff which are kernel drivers.
But libvo2 is userland stuff.
> //David Holm
> 
> But first, give me ao_pts =D
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Best regards! Nick