Hardware Abstraction Layer (HAL)

Todo (Put here the generic, non-Matrox related, definition of a hardware abstraction layer --JoseFonseca)


The HAL module is also a binary provided by Matrox to provide extra functionality with its XFree86 drivers for the G400/450/550 chips. It provides support for dualhead and TV-out on G400 and DVI digital screen support on G450/550 cards. It also allows you to use their MergedFB implementation for dualheaded cards and their powerdesk configuration utility.

You can download it here. It's included with their Linux drivers.


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