Matrox HAL lib still required?

[Stefan Dirsch]

Hi

I wonder whether the Matrox HAL library is still required. Matrox
writes in the latest driver (4.2.0) for X.Org 6.8.2:

" [...]
The Matrox HAL ("Hardware Abstraction Layer") is a special library 
to enable features not supported by the standard XFree86 driver. 
It's required for DualHead, TV output, and DVI support with G400- 
based graphics hardware, for multi-display support with G200/G450 MMS 
products, and for DVI support. The HAL library is not required for 
basic DualHead support (without a DVI monitor) with G450- and G550-based 
graphics hardware. Also please take not that TV output is not supported 
with G450- and G550- based graphics hardware in Linux. [...] "

So one still needs it for Dualhead on G400 boards and DVI support in
general? Or did this change in the past?

Best regards,
Stefan

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