docs/relnotes/7.8.rst

   1 Mesa 7.8 Release Notes / March 28, 2010
   2 =======================================
   3
   4 Mesa 7.8 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 7.8.1.
   7
   8 Mesa 7.8 implements the OpenGL 2.1 API, but the version reported by
   9 glGetString(GL_VERSION) depends on the particular driver being used.
  10 Some drivers don't support all the features required in OpenGL 2.1.
  11
  12 See the :doc:`Compiling/Installing page <../install>` for
  13 prerequisites for DRI hardware acceleration.
  14
  15 MD5 checksums
  16 -------------
  17
  18 ::
  19
  20    5fcfde5383eccb3e9fd665f08a0ea59b  MesaLib-7.8.tar.gz
  21    85cb891eecb89aae4fdd3499cccd934b  MesaLib-7.8.tar.bz2
  22    754f39593006effc1c8ec3c27c2f1296  MesaLib-7.8.zip
  23    c3869c29fa6c3dbdd763f7428d271e12  MesaDemos-7.8.tar.gz
  24    9fe8ec184c7f78691e43c4c0a7f97d56  MesaDemos-7.8.tar.bz2
  25    063a96947f7b83d4ad789c6cf291b184  MesaDemos-7.8.zip
  26    5f4246756b7daaddb4fb3f970cad1e28  MesaGLUT-7.8.tar.gz
  27    ca7048a4aa7a437dcc84cc2c7d731336  MesaGLUT-7.8.tar.bz2
  28    b54581aeb79b585b158d6a32f94feff2  MesaGLUT-7.8.zip
  29
  30 New features
  31 ------------
  32
  33 -  GL_NV_conditional_render extension (swrast driver only)
  34 -  GL_EXT_draw_buffers2 extension (swrast and i965 driver only)
  35 -  GL_ARB_fragment_coord_conventions extension (for swrast, i965, and
  36    Gallium drivers)
  37 -  GL_EXT_texture_array extension (swrast driver only)
  38 -  GL_APPLE_object_purgeable extension (swrast and i945/i965 DRI
  39    drivers)
  40 -  Much improved support for :doc:`EGL in Mesa <../egl>`
  41 -  New state trackers for :doc:`OpenGL ES 1.1 and 2.0 <../opengles>`
  42 -  Dedicated documentation for Gallium
  43
  44 Bug fixes
  45 ---------
  46
  47 -  Massive improvements to the Gallium driver for R300-R500 Radeons;
  48    this driver is now moderately stable but not terribly performant.
  49
  50 Changes
  51 -------
  52
  53 -  Removed support for color-index rendering
  54 -  Removed support for GCC versions earlier than 3.3.0.