This is pretty lame, sticking INREG into the blit path is probably going
to hurt performance.  Which, whatever, G-series are old cards, but still.
Redo me to put the needed bits in the pMga at init time instead. - ajax

diff -up xf86-video-mga-1.4.12/src/mga_dri.c.jx xf86-video-mga-1.4.12/src/mga_dri.c
--- xf86-video-mga-1.4.12/src/mga_dri.c.jx	2008-08-15 13:55:06.000000000 -0400
+++ xf86-video-mga-1.4.12/src/mga_dri.c	2011-06-20 12:04:43.047560274 -0400
@@ -374,7 +374,8 @@ void MGAGetQuiescence( ScrnInfoPtr pScrn
 
       pMga->SrcOrg = 0;
       OUTREG( MGAREG_DSTORG, pMga->DstOrg );
-      OUTREG( MGAREG_OPMODE, MGAOPM_DMA_BLIT );
+      OUTREG( MGAREG_OPMODE,
+	      (INREG(MGAREG_OPMODE) & ~MGAOPM_DMA_MASK) | MGAOPM_DMA_BLIT );
       OUTREG( MGAREG_CXBNDRY, 0xFFFF0000 ); /* (maxX << 16) | minX */
       OUTREG( MGAREG_YTOP, 0x00000000 );    /* minPixelPointer */
       OUTREG( MGAREG_YBOT, 0x007FFFFF );    /* maxPixelPointer */
diff -up xf86-video-mga-1.4.12/src/mga_exa.c.jx xf86-video-mga-1.4.12/src/mga_exa.c
--- xf86-video-mga-1.4.12/src/mga_exa.c.jx	2009-04-27 11:47:42.000000000 -0400
+++ xf86-video-mga-1.4.12/src/mga_exa.c	2011-06-20 12:08:14.368304719 -0400
@@ -701,7 +701,8 @@ mgaUploadToScreen(PixmapPtr pDst, int x,
 
     mgaSetup(pMga, pDst, NULL, 10);
 
-    OUTREG(MGAREG_OPMODE, MGAOPM_DMA_BLIT);
+    OUTREG(MGAREG_OPMODE,
+	   (INREG(MGAREG_OPMODE) & ~MGAOPM_DMA_MASK) | MGAOPM_DMA_BLIT);
     OUTREG(MGAREG_DSTORG, exaGetPixmapOffset(pDst));
     OUTREG(MGAREG_PITCH, mgaGetPixmapPitch(pDst));
     OUTREG(MGAREG_PLNWT, 0xffffffff);
diff -up xf86-video-mga-1.4.12/src/mga_reg.h.jx xf86-video-mga-1.4.12/src/mga_reg.h
--- xf86-video-mga-1.4.12/src/mga_reg.h.jx	2011-06-20 11:57:31.000000000 -0400
+++ xf86-video-mga-1.4.12/src/mga_reg.h	2011-06-20 12:01:22.891854925 -0400
@@ -124,6 +124,7 @@
 #define MGAOPM_DMA_GENERAL	(0x00 << 2)
 #define MGAOPM_DMA_BLIT		(0x01 << 2)
 #define MGAOPM_DMA_VECTOR	(0x10 << 2)
+#define MGAOPM_DMA_MASK		(0x11 << 2)
 
 /* MACCESS register additives */
 #define MGAMAC_PW8               0x00
diff -up xf86-video-mga-1.4.12/src/mga_storm.c.jx xf86-video-mga-1.4.12/src/mga_storm.c
--- xf86-video-mga-1.4.12/src/mga_storm.c.jx	2011-06-20 11:57:31.000000000 -0400
+++ xf86-video-mga-1.4.12/src/mga_storm.c	2011-06-20 12:11:51.721070061 -0400
@@ -2192,6 +2192,7 @@ MGAFillSolidRectsDMA(
     MGAPtr pMga = MGAPTR(pScrn);
     XAAInfoRecPtr infoRec = pMga->AccelInfoRec;
     CARD32 *base = (CARD32*)pMga->ILOADBase;
+    CARD32 opmode;
 
     CHECK_DMA_QUIESCENT(pMga, pScrn);
 
@@ -2207,7 +2208,8 @@ MGAFillSolidRectsDMA(
 
     if(!nBox) return;
 
-    OUTREG(MGAREG_OPMODE, MGAOPM_DMA_GENERAL);
+    opmode = INREG(MGAREG_OPMODE) & ~MGAOPM_DMA_MASK;
+    OUTREG(MGAREG_OPMODE, opmode | MGAOPM_DMA_GENERAL);
     while(nBox) {
 	base[0] = DMAINDICES(MGAREG_FXBNDRY, MGAREG_YDSTLEN + MGAREG_EXEC,
                 MGAREG_FXBNDRY, MGAREG_YDSTLEN + MGAREG_EXEC);
@@ -2219,7 +2221,7 @@ MGAFillSolidRectsDMA(
 	pBox++;
 	base += 5; nBox -= 2;
     }
-    OUTREG(MGAREG_OPMODE, MGAOPM_DMA_BLIT);
+    OUTREG(MGAREG_OPMODE, opmode | MGAOPM_DMA_BLIT);
 }
 
 static void
@@ -2256,9 +2258,11 @@ MGAFillSolidSpansDMA(
     }
 
     if(n) {
+	CARD32 opmode;
 	if(n > 838860) n = 838860;  /* maximum number we have room for */
 
-	OUTREG(MGAREG_OPMODE, MGAOPM_DMA_GENERAL);
+	opmode = INREG(MGAREG_OPMODE) | MGAOPM_DMA_MASK;
+	OUTREG(MGAREG_OPMODE, opmode | MGAOPM_DMA_GENERAL);
 	while(n) {
 	    base[0] = DMAINDICES(MGAREG_FXBNDRY, MGAREG_YDSTLEN + MGAREG_EXEC,
                 MGAREG_FXBNDRY, MGAREG_YDSTLEN + MGAREG_EXEC);
@@ -2270,7 +2274,7 @@ MGAFillSolidSpansDMA(
 	    ppt++;
 	    base += 5; n -= 2;
 	}
-	OUTREG(MGAREG_OPMODE, MGAOPM_DMA_BLIT);
+	OUTREG(MGAREG_OPMODE, opmode | MGAOPM_DMA_BLIT);
     }
 
     if(infoRec->ClipBox) {