17ec681f3SmrgMesa 7.6 Release Notes, 28 September 2009
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47ec681f3SmrgMesa 7.6 is a new development release. People who are concerned with
57ec681f3Smrgstability and reliability should stick with a previous release or wait
67ec681f3Smrgfor Mesa 7.6.1.
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87ec681f3SmrgMesa 7.6 implements the OpenGL 2.1 API, but the version reported by
97ec681f3SmrgglGetString(GL_VERSION) depends on the particular driver being used.
107ec681f3SmrgSome drivers don't support all the features required in OpenGL 2.1.
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127ec681f3SmrgSee the :doc:`Compiling/Installing page <../install>` for
137ec681f3Smrgprerequisites for DRI hardware acceleration.
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207ec681f3Smrg   5ffa7d7abf8973f57a1bc4f813e6dade  MesaLib-7.6.tar.gz
217ec681f3Smrg   8c75f90cd0303cfac9e4b6d54f6759ca  MesaLib-7.6.tar.bz2
227ec681f3Smrg   27fcfd69708599c978cb34ba5cd363e1  MesaLib-7.6.zip
237ec681f3Smrg   e7befb3ae604f591806194a4da445628  MesaDemos-7.6.tar.gz
247ec681f3Smrg   0ede7adf217951acd90dbe4551210c07  MesaDemos-7.6.tar.bz2
257ec681f3Smrg   ed9298409cf6613bc0964525ca4afc8a  MesaDemos-7.6.zip
267ec681f3Smrg   666955668e44ff14acf7d15dc78407d3  MesaGLUT-7.6.tar.gz
277ec681f3Smrg   b8b59706f827d18d1b784a0ff98b4dc2  MesaGLUT-7.6.tar.bz2
287ec681f3Smrg   c49c19c2bbef4f3b7f1389974dff25f4  MesaGLUT-7.6.zip
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307ec681f3SmrgNew features
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337ec681f3Smrg-  OpenVG front-end (state tracker for Gallium). This was written by
347ec681f3Smrg   Zack Rusin at Tungsten Graphics.
357ec681f3Smrg-  GL_ARB_vertex_array_object and GL_APPLE_vertex_array_object
367ec681f3Smrg   extensions (supported in Gallium drivers, Intel DRI drivers, and
377ec681f3Smrg   software drivers)
387ec681f3Smrg-  GL_ARB_copy_buffer extension (supported in Gallium drivers, Intel DRI
397ec681f3Smrg   drivers, and software drivers)
407ec681f3Smrg-  GL_ARB_map_buffer_range extension (supported in Gallium drivers,
417ec681f3Smrg   Intel DRI drivers, and software drivers)
427ec681f3Smrg-  GL_ARB_seamless_cube_map extension (supported in software drivers and
437ec681f3Smrg   i965 drivers)
447ec681f3Smrg-  GL_ARB_vertex_array_bgra (ARB synonym for GL_EXT_vertex_array_bgra)
457ec681f3Smrg-  GL_ARB_sync (supported in software drivers and Intel DRI drivers)
467ec681f3Smrg-  GL_EXT_provoking_vertex extension (supported in Gallium, i915, i965,
477ec681f3Smrg   and software drivers)
487ec681f3Smrg-  Rewritten radeon/r200/r300 driver using a buffer manager
497ec681f3Smrg-  radeon/r200/r300 GL_EXT_framebuffer_object support when used with
507ec681f3Smrg   kernel memory manager
517ec681f3Smrg-  radeon/r200/r300 support for GL_ARB_occlusion_query
527ec681f3Smrg-  r300 driver supports OpenGL 1.5
537ec681f3Smrg-  r300 driver support for GL_EXT_vertex_array_bgra, GL_EXT_texture_sRGB
547ec681f3Smrg-  i915/945 driver support for GL_ARB_point_sprite,
557ec681f3Smrg   GL_EXT_stencil_two_side and GL_ATI_separate_stencil extensions
567ec681f3Smrg-  Rewritten assembler for GL_ARB_vertex_program /
577ec681f3Smrg   GL_ARB_fragment_program.
587ec681f3Smrg-  Added configure --with-max-width=W, --with-max-height=H options to
597ec681f3Smrg   specify max framebuffer, viewport size.
607ec681f3Smrg-  Initial version of Gallium llvmpipe driver. This is a new driver
617ec681f3Smrg   based on LLVM which makes exensive use of run-time code generation.
627ec681f3Smrg   This is an "alpha" stage driver. See the
637ec681f3Smrg   src/gallium/drivers/llvmpipe/README file for more information.
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657ec681f3SmrgBug fixes
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677ec681f3Smrg
687ec681f3Smrg-  i965 DRI driver fixes, including support for "unlimited" size
697ec681f3Smrg   constant buffers (GLSL uniforms)
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