docs/RELNOTES-5.1

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   2                             Mesa 5.1 release notes
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   4                               Month day, 2003
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   6                                 PLEASE READ!!!!
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  10 Introduction
  11 ------------
  12
  13 Mesa uses an even/odd version number scheme like the Linux kernel.
  14 Even-numbered versions (such as 5.0) designate stable releases.
  15 Odd-numbered versions (such as 5.1) designate new developmental releases.
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  18 Bug fixes
  19 ---------
  20 See the VERSIONS file for a list of bugs fixed in this release.
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  24 New Features in Mesa 5.1
  25 ------------------------
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  27 GL_ATI_texture_env_combine3 extension
  28    This adds a few new texture combine modes.
  29    Contributed by Ian Romanick.
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  31 GL_SGI_texture_color_table
  32    Adds a color table lookup to the RGBA texture path.  There's a separate
  33    color table for each texture unit.
  34    Contributed by Eric Plante.
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  36 GL_NV_fragment_program
  37    NVIDIA's fragment-level programming feature.
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  41 Source File Changes
  42 -------------------
  43
  44 The mmath.[ch] files are obsolete.  Their contents have been moved
  45 into the imports.[ch] and macros.[ch] files.
  46
  47 The files related to vertex and fragment programming have changed.
  48 Old files:
  49         vpexec.[ch]
  50         vpparse.[ch]
  51         vpstate.[ch]
  52 New files:
  53         nvvertprog.h              - NV vertex program definitions
  54         nvfragprog.h              - NV fragment program definitions
  55         nvvertparse.[ch]          - NV vertex program parser
  56         nvfragparse.[ch]          - NV fragment program parser
  57         nvprogram.[ch]            - NV program API functions
  58         nvvertexec.[ch]           - NV vertex program execution
  59         swrast/s_nvfragprog.[ch]  - NV fragment program execution
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  61 Removed files:
  62         swrast/s_historgram.[ch]        - moved into src/histogram.c
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  66 Device Driver Status
  67 --------------------
  68
  69 A number of Mesa's software drivers haven't been actively maintained for
  70 some time.  We rely on volunteers to maintain many of these drivers.
  71 Here's the current status of all included drivers:
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  74 Driver                  Status
  75 ----------------------  ---------------------
  76 XMesa (Xlib)            implements OpenGL 1.4
  77 OSMesa (off-screen)     implements OpenGL 1.4
  78 FX (3dfx Voodoo1/2)     implements OpenGL 1.3
  79 SVGA                    implements OpenGL 1.3
  80 Wind River UGL          implements OpenGL 1.3
  81 Windows/Win32           implements OpenGL 1.4
  82 DJGPP                   implements OpenGL 1.4
  83 GGI                     implements OpenGL 1.3
  84 BeOS                    needs updating (underway)
  85 Allegro                 needs updating
  86 D3D                     needs updating
  87
  88 Note: supporting OpenGL 1.4 (vs. 1.3 or 1.2) usually only requires that the
  89 driver call the _mesa_enable_1_4_extensions() function.
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  93 $Id: RELNOTES-5.1,v 1.8 2003/03/29 16:39:52 brianp Exp $