1 1.1.1.3 mrg Geode 2.11.16 (2014-07-17) 2 1.1.1.3 mrg ========================== 3 1.1.1.3 mrg No user-visible change: 4 1.1.1.3 mrg 5 1.1.1.3 mrg * This release restores compatibility with xserver-1.15 and newer 6 1.1.1.3 mrg by adding a missing xf86Modes.h include to src/geode_dcon.c 7 1.1.1.3 mrg 8 1.1.1.2 mrg Geode 2.11.15 (2013-10-09) 9 1.1.1.2 mrg ========================== 10 1.1.1.2 mrg No user-visible change: 11 1.1.1.2 mrg 12 1.1.1.2 mrg * This release restores compatibility with xserver-1.14 by removing 13 1.1.1.2 mrg mibstore.h includes and miInitializeBackingStore() functions. 14 1.1.1.2 mrg Since Nov.2010 (commit c4c4676) the only purpose of mibstore.h 15 1.1.1.2 mrg was to define an empty function for backward compatibility. 16 1.1.1.2 mrg 17 1.1.1.2 mrg * Build helpers migrate to contemporary [build-aux] and [m4]. 18 1.1.1.2 mrg 19 1.1.1.2 mrg Geode 2.11.14 (2012-11-25) 20 1.1.1.2 mrg ========================== 21 1.1.1.2 mrg Better compatibility with xserver-1.13, cairo-1.12 and gtk3: 22 1.1.1.2 mrg 23 1.1.1.2 mrg * Fix building on Xservers without XAA (Maarten Lankhorst) 24 1.1.1.2 mrg xserver-1.13 dropped XAA acceleration method, as it does not accel 25 1.1.1.2 mrg anything important used on modern desktops. 26 1.1.1.2 mrg The geode driver now supports configuring whether to include XAA 27 1.1.1.2 mrg support - by default it is automatically disabled with newest 28 1.1.1.2 mrg xservers that do not support it, but can be explicitly disabled for 29 1.1.1.2 mrg older xservers as well if desired (particularly for LX deployments). 30 1.1.1.2 mrg XAA support remains in place for the time being for older xservers, 31 1.1.1.2 mrg as the EXA support for GX2 GPUs is of unknown quality and speed. 32 1.1.1.2 mrg 33 1.1.1.2 mrg * Fix building with new xserver-1.13 API (Maarten Lankhorst) 34 1.1.1.2 mrg xserver-1.13 changed API, including moving various global symbols 35 1.1.1.2 mrg behind function calls, to better support multiple switchable graphics 36 1.1.1.2 mrg cards and hotplugged (USB) graphics cards. Work done to support both 37 1.1.1.2 mrg pre-1.13 and 1.13+ APIs in other drivers is reused to bring the same 38 1.1.1.2 mrg support to the Geode driver. 39 1.1.1.2 mrg 40 1.1.1.2 mrg * Implement solid source pictures acceleration (Mart Raudsepp) 41 1.1.1.2 mrg cairo-1.12 uses these extensively for text rendering, instead of 1x1 42 1.1.1.2 mrg repeating images that cairo-1.10 used and we already accelerate. 43 1.1.1.2 mrg Without acceleration, in addition to being slow, we'd hit a fallback 44 1.1.1.2 mrg handling bug in EXA with xserver older than 1.13.1, which results in 45 1.1.1.2 mrg very visible text corruption in many instances. 46 1.1.1.2 mrg 47 1.1.1.2 mrg * Handle negative srcX and srcY parameters better in EXA Composite 48 1.1.1.2 mrg operations, used via the RENDER extension (Mart Raudsepp) 49 1.1.1.2 mrg Handling of source picture coordinates outside actual source pixmap 50 1.1.1.2 mrg area is still subpar and ignoring spec in some corner cases, but 51 1.1.1.2 mrg a more specific case is improved to provide correct results in more 52 1.1.1.2 mrg situations. In particular this fixes GtkTrayIcon drawing via cairo as 53 1.1.1.2 mrg used by gtk3, specifically as seen in GNOME3 fallback desktop. 54 1.1.1.2 mrg Previously no icon was drawn at all if the icon needed centering to the 55 1.1.1.2 mrg drawing area, which in the end is achieved via a negative srcX/srcY. 56 1.1.1.2 mrg https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=51360 57 1.1.1.2 mrg 58 1.1.1.2 mrg * Fix builds for exotic and/or non-target platforms (Dave Airlie) 59 1.1.1.2 mrg 60 1.1.1.2 mrg * Clarify the copyright of older AMD commits (Martin-ric Racine) 61 1.1.1.2 mrg 62 1.1.1.2 mrg VALIDATION PLATFORMS 63 1.1.1.2 mrg * Debian (X server 1.7.7) on Artec DBE61 and Hercules EC-800. 64 1.1.1.2 mrg * Debian (X server 1.12.14) on FIC ION603A. 65 1.1.1.2 mrg * Fedora (X server 1.13) on OLPC XO-1. 66 1.1.1.2 mrg 67 1.1.1.2 mrg Geode 2.11.13 (2011-12-26) 68 1.1.1.2 mrg ========================== 69 1.1.1.2 mrg This release mainly features a complete overhaul of the building scripts plus 70 1.1.1.2 mrg a cleanup of deprecated macros. The key benefit is that this Geode driver can 71 1.1.1.2 mrg finally build on FreeBSD and on other platforms not offering V4L2 support and 72 1.1.1.2 mrg that it can also build on a 64-bit host using its 32-bit personality. 73 1.1.1.2 mrg 74 1.1.1.2 mrg Support for the Video Input Port (VIP) feature of the Geode LX found in 'ztv' 75 1.1.1.2 mrg is now documented and the source code saw the removal of deprecated Linux 2.4 76 1.1.1.2 mrg backward compatibility code. Compiling is skipped on platforms without V4L2. 77 1.1.1.2 mrg 78 1.1.1.2 mrg Configuration for laptops featuring WXGA resolutions is finally documented. 79 1.1.1.2 mrg 80 1.1.1.2 mrg Setting the GEODE_TRACE_FALL macro now enables composite operation tracing on 81 1.1.1.2 mrg this driver. This can be used to profile the performance during development. 82 1.1.1.2 mrg 83 1.1.1.2 mrg Fixes to keep this driver compilable on recent X servers are also included. 84 1.1.1.2 mrg 85 1.1.1.2 mrg VALIDATION PLATFORMS 86 1.1.1.2 mrg * Debian (X server 1.7.7) on Artec DBE61 and Hercules EC-800. 87 1.1.1.2 mrg * Ubuntu (X server 1.10.4) on FIC ION603A. 88 1.1.1.2 mrg 89 1.1.1.2 mrg Geode 2.11.12 (2011-02-13) 90 1.1.1.2 mrg ========================== 91 1.1.1.2 mrg This release drops the "linux/videodev.h" include in z4l.c because 92 1.1.1.2 mrg V4L1 support was dropped as of Linux kernel 2.6.38, and it fixes 93 1.1.1.2 mrg packed overlay offscreen allocations. 94 1.1.1.2 mrg 95 1.1.1.2 mrg Geode 2.11.11 (2010-12-27) 96 1.1.1.2 mrg ========================== 97 1.1.1.2 mrg This release restores code compatibility down to X server 1.4, it fixes 98 1.1.1.2 mrg compilation under 1.9.99 and newer, and it improves handling of gamma 99 1.1.1.2 mrg correction in video vs graphics 100 1.1.1.2 mrg 101 1.1.1.2 mrg Geode 2.11.10 (2010-11-09) 102 1.1.1.2 mrg ========================== 103 1.1.1.2 mrg This release migrates deprecated xalloc/xrealloc/xfree/xcalloc calls 104 1.1.1.2 mrg to malloc/realloc/free/calloc, fixes several DCON-specific issues, 105 1.1.1.2 mrg improves mode validation and adds support for one WXGA resolution. 106 1.1.1.2 mrg 107 1.1 mrg Geode 2.11.9 (2010-08-23) 108 1.1 mrg ========================= 109 1.1 mrg We are pleased to announce this maintenance release of xf86-video-geode. 110 1.1 mrg It features a plethora of bug fixes, a few documentation updates and one 111 1.1 mrg performance enhancement. 112 1.1 mrg 113 1.1 mrg This release also marks the return of AMD to the development team. 114 1.1 mrg 115 1.1 mrg Noticeable changes compared to 2.11.8 116 1.1 mrg ------------------------------------- 117 1.1 mrg * Fixes all known rendering bugs, most notably those pertaining to the 118 1.1 mrg GNOME and KDE desktop environments, to video player applications and 119 1.1 mrg to the Chrome and Firefox browsers. 120 1.1 mrg 121 1.1 mrg * Dramatically improves the performance: 122 1.1 mrg Before After 123 1.1 mrg -aa10text 4660/sec 53300/sec 124 1.1 mrg -aa24text 2740/sec 16200/sec 125 1.1 mrg 126 1.1 mrg * Validates resolutions rather than resorts to virtual screen sizes. 127 1.1 mrg Adds a new screen resolution at 106.50MHz to those we know about. 128 1.1 mrg 129 1.1 mrg * Clarifies the copyrights of each file and updates COPYING to match. 130
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