17ec681f3SmrgMesa 7.7 Release Notes / 21 December 2009
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47ec681f3SmrgMesa 7.7 is a new development release. People who are concerned with
57ec681f3Smrgstability and reliability should stick with a previous release or wait
67ec681f3Smrgfor Mesa 7.7.1.
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87ec681f3SmrgMesa 7.7 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   395c9516edf1ad54b0934d8db15557bf  MesaLib-7.7.tar.gz
217ec681f3Smrg   e3fa64a1508bc23dd9de9dd2cea7cfb1  MesaLib-7.7.tar.bz2
227ec681f3Smrg   e54903eb5e49c3969821fa16b32da245  MesaLib-7.7.zip
237ec681f3Smrg   53b5b6f78e55de170d43c98cb6aaab7e  MesaDemos-7.7.tar.gz
247ec681f3Smrg   6fd616b27b9826d0faa23e08e05d9435  MesaDemos-7.7.tar.bz2
257ec681f3Smrg   240fe06159ad73d5e22c27033b66c80a  MesaDemos-7.7.zip
267ec681f3Smrg   9fe11a904b2a9d8cd06cc52bc330b716  MesaGLUT-7.7.tar.gz
277ec681f3Smrg   e8dceed05a59a2d3c2619d7d734587e3  MesaGLUT-7.7.tar.bz2
287ec681f3Smrg   96af041d435349ee23ead4667ec36363  MesaGLUT-7.7.zip
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307ec681f3SmrgNew features
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337ec681f3Smrg-  VMware "SVGA" Gallium driver. This is a Gallium3D driver which
347ec681f3Smrg   targets the VMware virtual graphics device. It allows Linux OpenGL
357ec681f3Smrg   guest applications to utilize the 3D graphics hardware of the host
367ec681f3Smrg   operating system.
377ec681f3Smrg-  GL_ARB_draw_elements_base_vertex (supported in Intel i965 and
387ec681f3Smrg   software drivers)
397ec681f3Smrg-  GL_ARB_depth_clamp (supported in Intel i965 DRI and software drivers)
407ec681f3Smrg-  GL_NV_depth_clamp (supported in Intel i965 DRI and software drivers)
417ec681f3Smrg-  GL_ARB_provoking_vertex (same as GL_EXT_provoking_vertex)
427ec681f3Smrg-  Wavefront .obj file loader/viewer demo (progs/demos/objviewer)
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447ec681f3SmrgBug fixes
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477ec681f3Smrg-  Many assorted i965 driver fixes.
487ec681f3Smrg-  Many r300-gallium driver fixes; this driver is now considered
497ec681f3Smrg   unstable-quality instead of experimental-quality.
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517ec681f3SmrgChanges
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547ec681f3Smrg-  New Mesa texture/surface format infrastructure
557ec681f3Smrg-  Removed some unused Mesa device driver hooks
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