Unlikely. The difference between a library driver running with video ram
mmap()'d (ie direct access) and io port access and a kernel driver is probably
that the kernel driver is slower due to syscall overhead.
> the video hardware. I for one would like to be able to use the features
> of my Matrox MGA Millenium in linux :)
Then you will have to get Matrox to release specifications for the card.
Alan