docs/relnotes/7.6.1.rst

   1 Mesa 7.6.1 Release Notes, 21 December 2009
   2 ==========================================
   3
   4 Mesa 7.6.1 is a bug-fix release fixing issues since version 7.6.
   5
   6 Mesa 7.6.1 implements the OpenGL 2.1 API, but the version reported by
   7 glGetString(GL_VERSION) depends on the particular driver being used.
   8 Some drivers don't support all the features required in OpenGL 2.1.
   9
  10 See the :doc:`Compiling/Installing page <../install>` for
  11 prerequisites for DRI hardware acceleration.
  12
  13 MD5 checksums
  14 -------------
  15
  16 ::
  17
  18    e80fabad2e3eb7990adae773d6aeacba  MesaLib-7.6.1.tar.gz
  19    7db4617e9e10ad3aca1b64339fd71b7d  MesaLib-7.6.1.tar.bz2
  20    dd3275dbf9833480d2e92d0c69b22abd  MesaLib-7.6.1.zip
  21    f7fdcfe3c0f363e571c60f02f74368fb  MesaDemos-7.6.1.tar.gz
  22    a4226f06732a02556fcf6be290b86dff  MesaDemos-7.6.1.tar.bz2
  23    849425f356bd940726cebedfa79de176  MesaDemos-7.6.1.zip
  24    d40cc7c5e337a85b674e27a8e494f52f  MesaGLUT-7.6.1.tar.gz
  25    ca9aecb91f05b1da9fd7d5eeb19d47d7  MesaGLUT-7.6.1.tar.bz2
  26    23fad8398004c977a1d8953079b72ca6  MesaGLUT-7.6.1.zip
  27
  28 New features
  29 ------------
  30
  31 -  Upgraded GL/glext.h to version 56, GL/glxext.h to version 25,
  32    GL/wglext.h to version 17
  33 -  New 3D driver, r600, for Radeon R6xx, R7xx hardware
  34
  35 Bug fixes
  36 ---------
  37
  38 -  Fixed crash caused by glXCopyContext() and glXDestroyContext(), bug
  39    24217
  40 -  glXQueryContext(GLX_RENDER_TYPE) returned wrong values (bug 24211)
  41 -  GLSL sqrt(0) returned unpredictable results
  42 -  Fixed default texture binding bug when a bound texture was deleted.
  43 -  r300: Work around an issue with very large fragment programs on R500.
  44 -  Fake glXQueryDrawable() didn't return good values (bug 24320)
  45 -  Fixed AUX buffer breakage (bug 24426).
  46 -  Fixed locale-dependent float parsing bug in GLSL compiler (bug 24531)
  47 -  Fixed Gallium Cell driver compilation failure.
  48 -  Fixed glGetTexLevelParameter(GL_TEXTURE_INTERNAL_FORMAT) query so
  49    that it returns the actual compressed format chosen.
  50 -  Fixed glBitmap bugs in Intel drivers.
  51 -  Fixed a number of Microsoft Visual Studio compilation problems.
  52 -  Fixed clipping / provoking vertex bugs in i965 driver.
  53 -  Assorted build fixes for AIX.
  54 -  Endianness fixes for the DRI swrast driver (bug 22767).
  55 -  Point sprite fixes for i915/945 driver.
  56 -  Fixed assorted memory leaks (usually on error paths)
  57 -  Fixed some GLSL compiler bugs (ex: 25579)
  58 -  Assorted build fixes for BlueGene
  59
  60 Changes
  61 -------
  62
  63 -  Removed old VC6, VC7 project files for Windows