1Geode 2.11.16 (2014-07-17)
2==========================
3No user-visible change:
4
5 * This release restores compatibility with xserver-1.15 and newer
6   by adding a missing xf86Modes.h include to src/geode_dcon.c
7
8Geode 2.11.15 (2013-10-09)
9==========================
10No user-visible change:
11
12 * This release restores compatibility with xserver-1.14 by removing
13   mibstore.h includes and miInitializeBackingStore() functions.
14   Since Nov.2010 (commit c4c4676) the only purpose of mibstore.h
15   was to define an empty function for backward compatibility.
16
17 * Build helpers migrate to contemporary [build-aux] and [m4].
18
19Geode 2.11.14 (2012-11-25)
20==========================
21Better compatibility with xserver-1.13, cairo-1.12 and gtk3:
22
23 * Fix building on Xservers without XAA (Maarten Lankhorst)
24   xserver-1.13 dropped XAA acceleration method, as it does not accel
25   anything important used on modern desktops.
26   The geode driver now supports configuring whether to include XAA
27   support - by default it is automatically disabled with newest
28   xservers that do not support it, but can be explicitly disabled for
29   older xservers as well if desired (particularly for LX deployments).
30   XAA support remains in place for the time being for older xservers,
31   as the EXA support for GX2 GPUs is of unknown quality and speed.
32
33 * Fix building with new xserver-1.13 API (Maarten Lankhorst)
34   xserver-1.13 changed API, including moving various global symbols
35   behind function calls, to better support multiple switchable graphics
36   cards and hotplugged (USB) graphics cards. Work done to support both
37   pre-1.13 and 1.13+ APIs in other drivers is reused to bring the same
38   support to the Geode driver.
39
40 * Implement solid source pictures acceleration (Mart Raudsepp)
41   cairo-1.12 uses these extensively for text rendering, instead of 1x1
42   repeating images that cairo-1.10 used and we already accelerate.
43   Without acceleration, in addition to being slow, we'd hit a fallback
44   handling bug in EXA with xserver older than 1.13.1, which results in
45   very visible text corruption in many instances.
46
47 * Handle negative srcX and srcY parameters better in EXA Composite
48   operations, used via the RENDER extension (Mart Raudsepp)
49   Handling of source picture coordinates outside actual source pixmap
50   area is still subpar and ignoring spec in some corner cases, but
51   a more specific case is improved to provide correct results in more
52   situations. In particular this fixes GtkTrayIcon drawing via cairo as
53   used by gtk3, specifically as seen in GNOME3 fallback desktop.
54   Previously no icon was drawn at all if the icon needed centering to the
55   drawing area, which in the end is achieved via a negative srcX/srcY.
56   https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=51360
57
58 * Fix builds for exotic and/or non-target platforms (Dave Airlie)
59
60 * Clarify the copyright of older AMD commits (Martin-Éric Racine)
61
62VALIDATION PLATFORMS
63 * Debian (X server 1.7.7) on Artec DBE61 and Hercules EC-800.
64 * Debian (X server 1.12.14) on FIC ION603A.
65 * Fedora (X server 1.13) on OLPC XO-1.
66
67Geode 2.11.13 (2011-12-26)
68==========================
69This release mainly features a complete overhaul of the building scripts plus
70a cleanup of deprecated macros. The key benefit is that this Geode driver can
71finally build on FreeBSD and on other platforms not offering V4L2 support and
72that it can also build on a 64-bit host using its 32-bit personality.
73
74Support for the Video Input Port (VIP) feature of the Geode LX found in 'ztv'
75is now documented and the source code saw the removal of deprecated Linux 2.4
76backward compatibility code. Compiling is skipped on platforms without V4L2.
77
78Configuration for laptops featuring WXGA resolutions is finally documented.
79
80Setting the GEODE_TRACE_FALL macro now enables composite operation tracing on
81this driver. This can be used to profile the performance during development.
82
83Fixes to keep this driver compilable on recent X servers are also included.
84
85VALIDATION PLATFORMS
86* Debian (X server 1.7.7) on Artec DBE61 and Hercules EC-800.
87* Ubuntu (X server 1.10.4) on FIC ION603A.
88
89Geode 2.11.12 (2011-02-13)
90==========================
91This release drops the "linux/videodev.h" include in z4l.c because
92V4L1 support was dropped as of Linux kernel 2.6.38, and it fixes 
93packed overlay offscreen allocations.
94
95Geode 2.11.11 (2010-12-27)
96==========================
97This release restores code compatibility down to X server 1.4, it fixes
98compilation under 1.9.99 and newer, and it improves handling of gamma
99correction in video vs graphics
100
101Geode 2.11.10 (2010-11-09)
102==========================
103This release migrates deprecated xalloc/xrealloc/xfree/xcalloc calls
104to malloc/realloc/free/calloc, fixes several DCON-specific issues, 
105improves mode validation and adds support for one WXGA resolution.
106
107Geode 2.11.9 (2010-08-23)
108=========================
109We are pleased to announce this maintenance release of xf86-video-geode.
110It features a plethora of bug fixes, a few documentation updates and one
111performance enhancement.
112
113This release also marks the return of AMD to the development team. 
114
115Noticeable changes compared to 2.11.8
116-------------------------------------
117 * Fixes all known rendering bugs, most notably those pertaining to the
118   GNOME and KDE desktop environments, to video player applications and
119   to the Chrome and Firefox browsers.
120
121 * Dramatically improves the performance:
122                      Before         After
123    -aa10text         4660/sec       53300/sec
124    -aa24text         2740/sec       16200/sec
125
126 * Validates resolutions rather than resorts to virtual screen sizes.
127   Adds a new screen resolution at 106.50MHz to those we know about.
128
129 * Clarifies the copyrights of each file and updates COPYING to match.
130