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