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author | Brian Paul <[email protected]> | 2005-10-24 23:33:27 +0000 |
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committer | Brian Paul <[email protected]> | 2005-10-24 23:33:27 +0000 |
commit | 7e4cc1c29fc1fa32ba6bad4f827e357b9aa79f3a (patch) | |
tree | c60ae336ba557b2222b6fa79324e9e804565c8de | |
parent | 005070a62a679dfb7a5676f5645458a3183ca434 (diff) |
updates from 6.4 branch
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diff --git a/docs/RELNOTES-6.4 b/docs/RELNOTES-6.4 new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..a12600c3c83 --- /dev/null +++ b/docs/RELNOTES-6.4 @@ -0,0 +1,50 @@ + + Mesa 6.4 Release Notes + + October 24, 2005 + + + +Introduction +------------ + +Mesa uses an even/odd version number scheme like the Linux kernel. +Odd numbered versions (such as 6.3) designate new developmental releases. +Even numbered versions (such as 6.4) designate stable releases. + + +6.4 is a bug-fix release. See the VERSIONS file for details. + + + +GLUT tarball +------------ + +Starting with 6.4, the GLUT library sources are distributed in a separate +tarball. This was done at the request of Linux distro vendors who prefer +to use freeglut. + + + + +Driver Status +---------------------- ---------------------- +DRI drivers varies with the driver +XMesa (Xlib) implements OpenGL 1.5 +OSMesa (off-screen) implements OpenGL 1.5 +Windows/Win32 implements OpenGL 1.5 +Glide (3dfx Voodoo1/2) requires updates +SVGA requires updates +DJGPP requires updates +GGI requires updates +BeOS requires updates +Allegro requires updates +D3D requires updates + +The drivers which require updates mostly need to be updated to work +with the new gl_renderbuffer / gl_framebuffer infrastructure introduced +in Mesa 6.3. + + +---------------------------------------------------------------------- +$Id: RELNOTES-6.4,v 3.1 2005/10/24 23:33:27 brianp Exp $ diff --git a/docs/VERSIONS b/docs/VERSIONS index 7d14e022edf..7da97c5e190 100644 --- a/docs/VERSIONS +++ b/docs/VERSIONS @@ -1374,13 +1374,47 @@ Mesa Version History - assorted DRI driver fixes +6.4 October 24, 2005 + New: + - Added a fast XOR line drawing function in Xlib driver + - Added support for GL_ARB_texture_mirrored_repeat to savage + driver (supported only on Savage4 hardware). + Changes: + - Mesa now packaged in three parts: Library, Demos and GLUT + Bug fixes: + - GLX_X_RENDERABLE token wasn't accepted by glXChooseFBConfig + - Some files were present multiple times in the 6.3.2 tarballs + - r200_vtxtmp_x86.S file was missing from 6.3.2 tarball (bug 4207) + - glxgears_fbconfig demo didn't work (bug 4237) + - fixed bug when bilinear sampling 2d textures with borders + - glXCreatePbuffer() could segfault instead of returning 0 (bug 4235) + - fixed undefined frexp and rand in X.org libGLcore.a (bug 4242) + - fixed a few problems with proxy color tables (bug 4270) + - fixed precision problem in Z clearing (bug 4395) + - glBitmap, glDraw/CopyPixels mistakenly generated selection hits + - fixed potential segfault caused by reading pixels outside + of renderbuffer bounds + - glGetTexLevelParameter didn't accept GL_TEXTURE_DEPTH_SIZE_ARB + - fixed memory corruption bug involving software alpha buffers + - glReadPixels clipped by window bounds was sometimes broken + - glDraw/CopyPixels of stencil data ignored the stencil write mask + - glReadPixels from a texture bound to a framebuffer object didn't work + - glIsRender/FramebufferEXT weren't totally correct + - fixed a number of point size attenuation/fade bugs + - fixed glFogCoord bug 4729 + - GLX encoding for transpose matrix functions was broken + - fixed broken fragment program KIL and SWZ instructions + - fragment programs that wrote result.depth.z didn't work + + 6.5 month, day, 2005 New: + - GL_EXT_packed_depth_stencil extension + - GL_EXT_timer_query extension - reflect demo improved to support multiple windows - singlebuffer demo (shows no/little-flicker single-buffered rendering) - r200: enable GL_ARB_texture_env_crossbar, separate the texture sampling unit bits from the texture env combine enable bits - - GL_EXT_timer_query extension - r200: add support for GL_ATI_fragment_shader - added fast XOR-mode line drawing optimization - radeon: add support for all 3 tmus, GL_ARB_texture_cube_map diff --git a/docs/faq.html b/docs/faq.html index 7ae65e63c2f..b93d5007dc0 100644 --- a/docs/faq.html +++ b/docs/faq.html @@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ <center> <h1>Mesa Frequently Asked Questions</h1> -Last updated: 17 November 2004 +Last updated: 21 October 2004 </center> <br> @@ -39,14 +39,14 @@ See the </a><a href="http://www.opengl.org/">OpenGL website</a> for more information. </p> <p> -Mesa 5.x supports the OpenGL 1.4 specification. +Mesa 6.x supports the OpenGL 1.5 specification. </p> <h2>1.2 Does Mesa support/use graphics hardware?</h2> <p> -Yes. Specifically, Mesa serves as the OpenGL core for the open-source -XFree86/DRI OpenGL drivers. See the <a href="http://dri.sf.net/">DRI +Yes. Specifically, Mesa serves as the OpenGL core for the open-source DRI +drivers for XFree86/X.org. See the <a href="http://dri.sf.net/">DRI website</a> for more information. </p> <p> @@ -62,7 +62,8 @@ operating systems today. Still, Mesa serves at least these purposes: </p> <ul> -<li>Mesa is used as the core of the open-source XFree86/DRI hardware drivers. +<li>Mesa is used as the core of the open-source XFree86/X.org DRI + hardware drivers. </li> <li>Mesa is quite portable and allows OpenGL to be used on systems that have no other OpenGL solution. @@ -86,8 +87,8 @@ Still, Mesa serves at least these purposes: <h2>1.4 What's the difference between"Stand-Alone" Mesa and the DRI drivers?</h2> <p> <em>Stand-alone Mesa</em> is the original incarnation of Mesa. -On systems running the X Window System, it does all its rendering through -the Xlib API. +On systems running the X Window System it does all its rendering through +the Xlib API: <ul> <li>The GLX API is supported, but it's really just an emulation of the real thing. @@ -116,21 +117,10 @@ within the DRI (Direct Rendering Infrastructure): <h2>1.5 How do I upgrade my DRI installation to use a new Mesa release?</h2> <p> -You don't! A copy of the Mesa source code lives inside the XFree86/DRI source -tree and gets compiled into the individual DRI driver modules. -If you try to install Mesa over an XFree86/DRI installation, you'll lose -hardware rendering (because stand-alone Mesa's libGL.so is different than -the XFree86 libGL.so). -</p> -<p> -The DRI developers will incorporate the latest release of Mesa into the -DRI drivers when the time is right. -</p> -<p> -To upgrade, either look for a new release of <a href="http://www.xfree86.org" -target="_parent">XFree86</a> or visit the -<a href="http://dri.sf.net" target="_parent">DRI website</a> to see -if there's newer drivers. +This wasn't easy in the past. +Now, the DRI drivers are included in the Mesa tree and can be compiled +separately from the X server. +Just follow the Mesa <a href="install.html">compilation instructions</a>. </p> @@ -201,7 +191,7 @@ Mesa no longer supports GNU autoconf/automake. Why? </ul> <p> -Now, Mesa again uses a conventional Makefile system (as it did originally). +Now Mesa again uses a conventional Makefile system (as it did originally). Basically, each Makefile in the tree includes one of the configuration files from the config/ directory. The config files specify all the variables for a variety of popular systems. @@ -219,9 +209,9 @@ Mesa's not the solution. <h2><a name="part2">2.4 Where is the GLUT library?</a></h2> <p> -<a name="part2">GLUT (OpenGL Utility Toolkit) is in the separate MesaDemos-x.y.z.tar.gz file. -If you don't already have GLUT installed, you should grab the MesaDemos -package and unpack it before compiling Mesa. +<a name="part2">GLUT (OpenGL Utility Toolkit) is in the separate MesaGLUT-x.y.z.tar.gz file. +If you don't already have GLUT installed, you should grab the MesaGLUT +package and compile it with the rest of Mesa. </a></p> @@ -250,7 +240,7 @@ Mesa version number. version number. </li></ul> <p> -After installing XFree86 and the DRI drivers, some of these files +After installing XFree86/X.org and the DRI drivers, some of these files may be symlinks into the /usr/X11R6/ tree. </p> <p> diff --git a/docs/news.html b/docs/news.html index 80d69ad7606..b756d26578f 100644 --- a/docs/news.html +++ b/docs/news.html @@ -11,6 +11,57 @@ <H1>News</H1> +<h2>October 24, 2005</h2> +<p> +Mesa 6.4 has been released. This is a stable, bug-fix release. +</p> +<pre> + New: + - Added a fast XOR line drawing function in Xlib driver + - Added support for GL_ARB_texture_mirrored_repeat to savage + driver (supported only on Savage4 hardware). + Changes: + - Mesa now packaged in three parts: Library, Demos and GLUT + Bug fixes: + - GLX_X_RENDERABLE token wasn't accepted by glXChooseFBConfig + - Some files were present multiple times in the 6.3.2 tarballs + - r200_vtxtmp_x86.S file was missing from 6.3.2 tarball (bug 4207) + - glxgears_fbconfig demo didn't work (bug 4237) + - fixed bug when bilinear sampling 2d textures with borders + - glXCreatePbuffer() could segfault instead of returning 0 (bug 4235) + - fixed undefined frexp and rand in X.org libGLcore.a (bug 4242) + - fixed a few problems with proxy color tables (bug 4270) + - fixed precision problem in Z clearing (bug 4395) + - glBitmap, glDraw/CopyPixels mistakenly generated selection hits + - fixed potential segfault caused by reading pixels outside + of renderbuffer bounds + - glGetTexLevelParameter didn't accept GL_TEXTURE_DEPTH_SIZE_ARB + - fixed memory corruption bug involving software alpha buffers + - glReadPixels clipped by window bounds was sometimes broken + - glDraw/CopyPixels of stencil data ignored the stencil write mask + - glReadPixels from a texture bound to a framebuffer object didn't work + - glIsRender/FramebufferEXT weren't totally correct + - fixed a number of point size attenuation/fade bugs + - fixed glFogCoord bug 4729 + - GLX encoding for transpose matrix functions was broken + - fixed broken fragment program KIL and SWZ instructions +</pre> +<p> +The MD5 checksums are: +</p> +<pre> +1cce0c1eb4fd15e9dfe837a1ce0c9812 MesaLib-6.4.tar.gz +85a84e47a3f718f752f306b9e0954ef6 MesaLib-6.4.tar.bz2 +b976fea4f3ee06354c53f91b6e3f2ffc MesaLib-6.4.zip +d8734f2c69bcf7ef9f5ae454a85743ba MesaDemos-6.4.tar.gz +1a8c4d4fc699233f5fdb902b8753099e MesaDemos-6.4.tar.bz2 +607ab7c7a7de0cc5febbdde2bfa03098 MesaDemos-6.4.zip +3260156f66174322a092be0767962d34 MesaGLUT-6.4.tar.gz +0465d053f83775f44a12dec4050dfd78 MesaGLUT-6.4.tar.bz2 +02abfcdcdf72ba938ae00f6e3b70fbe0 MesaGLUT-6.4.zip +</pre> + + <h2>August 19, 2005</h2> <p> Mesa 6.3.2 has been released. @@ -1051,6 +1102,6 @@ source code</a>.</p> <hr> -$Id: news.html,v 3.24 2005/08/19 23:42:29 brianp Exp $ +$Id: news.html,v 3.25 2005/10/24 23:33:27 brianp Exp $ </body> </html> diff --git a/docs/relnotes.html b/docs/relnotes.html index 221efc76f78..36083a1fbce 100644 --- a/docs/relnotes.html +++ b/docs/relnotes.html @@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ The release notes summarize what's new or changed in each Mesa release. </p> <UL> -<LI><A HREF="RELNOTES-6.5">RELNOTES-6.5</A> +<LI><A HREF="RELNOTES-6.4">RELNOTES-6.4</A> <LI><A HREF="RELNOTES-6.3.2">RELNOTES-6.3.2</A> <LI><A HREF="RELNOTES-6.3">RELNOTES-6.3</A> <LI><A HREF="RELNOTES-6.2.1">RELNOTES-6.2.1</A> |