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diff --git a/docs/relnotes/7.6.rst b/docs/relnotes/7.6.rst index 0e99cafb6c..029cd5c578 100644 --- a/docs/relnotes/7.6.rst +++ b/docs/relnotes/7.6.rst @@ -1,88 +1,71 @@ -<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/loose.dtd"> -<html lang="en"><head> - <meta content="text/html; charset=utf-8" http-equiv="content-type"/> - <title>Mesa Release Notes</title> - <link href="../mesa.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css"/> -</head> -<body> +Mesa 7.6 Release Notes, 28 September 2009 +========================================= +Mesa 7.6 is a new development release. People who are concerned with +stability and reliability should stick with a previous release or wait +for Mesa 7.6.1. - - - - -<h1>Mesa 7.6 Release Notes, 28 September 2009</h1> - -<p> -Mesa 7.6 is a new development release. -People who are concerned with stability and reliability should stick -with a previous release or wait for Mesa 7.6.1. -</p> -<p> Mesa 7.6 implements the OpenGL 2.1 API, but the version reported by -glGetString(GL_VERSION) depends on the particular driver being used. +glGetString(GL\_VERSION) depends on the particular driver being used. Some drivers don't support all the features required in OpenGL 2.1. -</p> -<p> -See the <a href="../install.html">Compiling/Installing page</a> for prerequisites -for DRI hardware acceleration. -</p> - - -<h2>MD5 checksums</h2> -<pre>5ffa7d7abf8973f57a1bc4f813e6dade MesaLib-7.6.tar.gz -8c75f90cd0303cfac9e4b6d54f6759ca MesaLib-7.6.tar.bz2 -27fcfd69708599c978cb34ba5cd363e1 MesaLib-7.6.zip -e7befb3ae604f591806194a4da445628 MesaDemos-7.6.tar.gz -0ede7adf217951acd90dbe4551210c07 MesaDemos-7.6.tar.bz2 -ed9298409cf6613bc0964525ca4afc8a MesaDemos-7.6.zip -666955668e44ff14acf7d15dc78407d3 MesaGLUT-7.6.tar.gz -b8b59706f827d18d1b784a0ff98b4dc2 MesaGLUT-7.6.tar.bz2 -c49c19c2bbef4f3b7f1389974dff25f4 MesaGLUT-7.6.zip -</pre> - - -<h2>New features</h2> -<ul> -<li>OpenVG front-end (state tracker for Gallium). -This was written by Zack Rusin at Tungsten Graphics. -</li><li>GL_ARB_vertex_array_object and GL_APPLE_vertex_array_object extensions - (supported in Gallium drivers, Intel DRI drivers, and software drivers)</li> -<li>GL_ARB_copy_buffer extension - (supported in Gallium drivers, Intel DRI drivers, and software drivers)</li> -<li>GL_ARB_map_buffer_range extension - (supported in Gallium drivers, Intel DRI drivers, and software drivers)</li> -<li>GL_ARB_seamless_cube_map extension - (supported in software drivers and i965 drivers)</li> -<li>GL_ARB_vertex_array_bgra (ARB synonym for GL_EXT_vertex_array_bgra)</li> -<li>GL_ARB_sync (supported in software drivers and Intel DRI drivers)</li> -<li>GL_EXT_provoking_vertex extension (supported in Gallium, i915, i965, and software drivers) -</li><li>Rewritten radeon/r200/r300 driver using a buffer manager -</li><li>radeon/r200/r300 GL_EXT_framebuffer_object support when used with - kernel memory manager -</li><li>radeon/r200/r300 support for GL_ARB_occlusion_query</li> -<li>r300 driver supports OpenGL 1.5</li> -<li>r300 driver support for GL_EXT_vertex_array_bgra, GL_EXT_texture_sRGB -</li><li>i915/945 driver support for GL_ARB_point_sprite, GL_EXT_stencil_two_side - and GL_ATI_separate_stencil extensions -</li><li>Rewritten assembler for GL_ARB_vertex_program / - GL_ARB_fragment_program.</li> -<li>Added configure --with-max-width=W, --with-max-height=H options to specify - max framebuffer, viewport size. -</li><li>Initial version of Gallium llvmpipe driver. This is a new driver based - on LLVM which makes exensive use of run-time code generation. This is - an "alpha" stage driver. See the src/gallium/drivers/llvmpipe/README - file for more information. -</li></ul> - - -<h2>Bug fixes</h2> -<ul> -<li>i965 DRI driver fixes, including support for "unlimited" size constant - buffers (GLSL uniforms) -</li></ul> - - - -</body></html>
\ No newline at end of file +See the `Compiling/Installing page <../install.html>`__ for +prerequisites for DRI hardware acceleration. + +MD5 checksums +------------- + +:: + + 5ffa7d7abf8973f57a1bc4f813e6dade MesaLib-7.6.tar.gz + 8c75f90cd0303cfac9e4b6d54f6759ca MesaLib-7.6.tar.bz2 + 27fcfd69708599c978cb34ba5cd363e1 MesaLib-7.6.zip + e7befb3ae604f591806194a4da445628 MesaDemos-7.6.tar.gz + 0ede7adf217951acd90dbe4551210c07 MesaDemos-7.6.tar.bz2 + ed9298409cf6613bc0964525ca4afc8a MesaDemos-7.6.zip + 666955668e44ff14acf7d15dc78407d3 MesaGLUT-7.6.tar.gz + b8b59706f827d18d1b784a0ff98b4dc2 MesaGLUT-7.6.tar.bz2 + c49c19c2bbef4f3b7f1389974dff25f4 MesaGLUT-7.6.zip + +New features +------------ + +- OpenVG front-end (state tracker for Gallium). This was written by + Zack Rusin at Tungsten Graphics. +- GL\_ARB\_vertex\_array\_object and GL\_APPLE\_vertex\_array\_object + extensions (supported in Gallium drivers, Intel DRI drivers, and + software drivers) +- GL\_ARB\_copy\_buffer extension (supported in Gallium drivers, Intel + DRI drivers, and software drivers) +- GL\_ARB\_map\_buffer\_range extension (supported in Gallium drivers, + Intel DRI drivers, and software drivers) +- GL\_ARB\_seamless\_cube\_map extension (supported in software drivers + and i965 drivers) +- GL\_ARB\_vertex\_array\_bgra (ARB synonym for + GL\_EXT\_vertex\_array\_bgra) +- GL\_ARB\_sync (supported in software drivers and Intel DRI drivers) +- GL\_EXT\_provoking\_vertex extension (supported in Gallium, i915, + i965, and software drivers) +- Rewritten radeon/r200/r300 driver using a buffer manager +- radeon/r200/r300 GL\_EXT\_framebuffer\_object support when used with + kernel memory manager +- radeon/r200/r300 support for GL\_ARB\_occlusion\_query +- r300 driver supports OpenGL 1.5 +- r300 driver support for GL\_EXT\_vertex\_array\_bgra, + GL\_EXT\_texture\_sRGB +- i915/945 driver support for GL\_ARB\_point\_sprite, + GL\_EXT\_stencil\_two\_side and GL\_ATI\_separate\_stencil extensions +- Rewritten assembler for GL\_ARB\_vertex\_program / + GL\_ARB\_fragment\_program. +- Added configure --with-max-width=W, --with-max-height=H options to + specify max framebuffer, viewport size. +- Initial version of Gallium llvmpipe driver. This is a new driver + based on LLVM which makes exensive use of run-time code generation. + This is an "alpha" stage driver. See the + src/gallium/drivers/llvmpipe/README file for more information. + +Bug fixes +--------- + +- i965 DRI driver fixes, including support for "unlimited" size + constant buffers (GLSL uniforms) |