docs/relnotes/9.0.rst

   1 Mesa 9.0 Release Notes / October 8, 2012
   2 ========================================
   3
   4 Mesa 9.0 is a new development release. People who are concerned with
   5 stability and reliability should stick with a previous release or wait
   6 for Mesa 9.0.1.
   7
   8 Mesa 9.0 implements the OpenGL 3.1 API, but the version reported by
   9 glGetString(GL_VERSION) or glGetIntegerv(GL_MAJOR_VERSION) /
  10 glGetIntegerv(GL_MINOR_VERSION) depends on the particular driver being
  11 used. Some drivers don't support all the features required in OpenGL
  12 3.1. OpenGL 3.1 is **only** available if requested at context creation
  13 because GL_ARB_compatibility is not supported.
  14
  15 MD5 checksums
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  17
  18 ::
  19
  20    be4cd34c6599a7cb9d254b05c48bdb1f  MesaLib-9.0.tar.gz
  21    60e557ce407be3732711da484ab3db6c  MesaLib-9.0.tar.bz2
  22    16b128544cd3f7e237927bb9f8aab7ce  MesaLib-9.0.zip
  23
  24 New features
  25 ------------
  26
  27 Note: some of the new features are only available with certain drivers.
  28
  29 -  Added new Gallium3D - nv30 driver
  30 -  Added new Gallium3D - radeonsi driver
  31 -  Added OpenCL state tracker Clover
  32 -  Completed VDPAU state tracker (video decoding support is currently
  33    limited to MPEG1 and MPEG2)
  34 -  GL_ARB_base_instance
  35 -  GL_ARB_blend_func_extended
  36 -  GL_ARB_debug_output
  37 -  GL_ARB_invalidate_subdata - Currently a "no-op" implementation. This
  38    extension is always enabled in all drivers.
  39 -  GL_ARB_shader_bit_encoding
  40 -  GL_ARB_texture_buffer_object
  41 -  GL_ARB_timer_query
  42 -  GL_ARB_transform_feedback3
  43 -  GL_ARB_transform_feedback_instanced
  44 -  GL_ARB_uniform_buffer_object
  45 -  GL_EXT_unpack_subimage for ES 2.0
  46 -  GL_EXT_read_format_bgra for ES 1.1 and 2.0
  47 -  GL_EXT_texture_rg for ES 2.x
  48 -  GL_NV_read_buffer for ES 2.0
  49 -  GLX_ARB_create_context_robustness
  50 -  EGL_KHR_create_context
  51 -  EGL_KHR_surfaceless_context - This replaces the
  52    EGL_KHR_surfaceless_{gles1,gles2,opengl} extensions that were never
  53    approved by Khronos.
  54 -  EGL_EXT_create_context_robustness
  55
  56 Bug fixes
  57 ---------
  58
  59 TBD -- This list is likely incomplete.
  60
  61 Changes
  62 -------
  63
  64 -  The legacy/static Makefile system (ex: 'make linux-dri') has been
  65    removed. The two supported build methods are now autoconf/automake
  66    and SCons.
  67 -  Removed support for GL_ARB_shadow_ambient extension
  68 -  Removed Gallium3D - nvfx driver (use nv30 instead)
  69 -  libGLU has been moved into its own repository, found at
  70    https://cgit.freedesktop.org/mesa/glu/