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Mesa 3.3 release notes
PLEASE READ!!!!
Header file / GLenum changes
----------------------------
The gl.h and glu.h headers now use #defines to define all GL_* tokens
instead of C-language enums. This change improves Mesa/OpenGL
interoperability.
New API dispatch code
---------------------
The core Mesa gl* functions are now implemented with a new dispatch
(jump table) which will allow simultaneous direct/indirect rendering.
The code is found in the glapi*.[ch] files.
Of interest: the actual "glFooBar" functions are generated with
templatized code defined in glapitemp.h and included by glapi.c
The glapitemp.h template should be reusable for all sorts of OpenGL
projects.
New thread support
------------------
Thread support in Mesa has been rewritten. The glthread.[ch] files
replace mthreads.[ch]. Thread safety is always enabled (on platforms
which support threads, that is). There is virtually no performance
penalty for typical single-thread applications. See the glapi.c
file for details.
Make configuration changes
--------------------------
If you use the old-style (non GNU automake) method to build Mesa note
that several of the configuration names have changed:
Old name New name
------------- ----------------
linux-elf linux
linux linux-static
linux-386-elf linux-386
linux-386 linux-386-static
etc.
New extensions
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GL_EXT_transpose_matrix
Adds glLoadTransposeMatrix() and glMultTransposeMatrix() functions.
See http://reality.sgi.com/opengl/arb/extensions/ext_text/GL_EXT_transpose_matrix.txt
GL_EXT_texture_add_env
Adds GL_ADD texture environment mode.
See http://www.berkelium.com/OpenGL/EXT/texture_env_add.txt
GL_EXT_texture_lod_bias
Allows mipmapped texture blurring and sharpening.
GLX_EXT_visual_rating extension
This extension has no effect in stand-alone Mesa (used for DRI).
GL_HP_occlusion_test
Used for bounding box occlusion testing (see demos/occlude.c).
GL_SGIX_pixel_texture / GL_SGIS_pixel_texture
Lets glDraw/CopyPixels draw a texture coordinate image.
GL_SGI_color_matrix
Adds a color matrix and another set of scale and bias parameters
to the glDraw/CopyPixels paths.
GLX_SGI_make_current_read functionality
---------------------------------------
The functionality of this extension is needed for GLX 1.3 (and required
for the Linux/OpenGL standards base).
Implementing this function required a **DEVICE DRIVER CHANGE**.
The old SetBuffer() function has been replaced by SetReadBuffer() and
SetDrawBuffer(). All device drivers will have to be updated because
of this change.
The new function, glXMakeContextCurrent(), in GLX 1.3 now works in Mesa.
The xdemos/wincopy.c program demonstrates it.
Image-related code changes
--------------------------
The imaging path code used by glDrawPixels, glTexImage[123]D,
glTexSubImage[123], etc has been rewritten. It's now faster,
uses less memory and has several bug fixes. This work was
actually started in Mesa 3.1 with the glTexImage paths but has now
been carried over to glDrawPixels as well.
Device driver interface changes
-------------------------------
Added new functions for hardware stencil buffer support:
WriteStencilSpan
ReadStencilSpan
WriteStencilPixels
ReadStencilPixels
Removed old depth buffer functions:
AllocDepthBuffer
DepthTestSpan
DepthTestPixels
ReadDepthSpanFloat
ReadDepthSpanInt
Added new depth buffer functions:
WriteDepthSpan
ReadDepthSpan
WriteDepthPixels
ReadDepthPixels
These functions always read/write 32-bit GLuints. This will allow
drivers to have anywhere from 0 to 32-bit Z buffers without
recompiling for 16 vs 32 bits as was previously needed.
New texture image functions
The entire interface for texture image specification has been updated.
With the new functions, it's optional for Mesa to keep an internal copy
of all textures. Texture download should be a lot faster when the extra
copy isn't made.
Misc changes
TexEnv now takes a target argument
Removed UseGlobalTexturePalette (use Enable function instead)
Also added
ReadPixels
CopyPixels
The SetBufffer function has been replaced by SetDrawBuffer and
SetReadBuffer functions. This lets core Mesa independently
specify which buffer is to be used for reading and which for
drawing.
The Clear function's mask parameter has changed. Instead of
mask being the flags specified by the user to glClear, the
mask is now a bitmask of the DD_*_BIT flags in dd.h. Now
multiple color buffers can be specified for clearing (ala
glDrawBuffers). The driver's Clear function must also
check the glColorMask glIndexMask, and glStencilMask settings
and do the right thing. See the X/Mesa, OS/Mesa, or FX/Mesa
drivers for examples.
The depth buffer changes shouldn't be hard to make for existing
drivers. In fact, it should simply the code. Be careful with
the depthBits value passed to gl_create_context(). 1 is a bad
value! It should normally be 0, 16, 24, or 32.
gl_create_framebuffer() takes new arguments which explicitly tell
core Mesa which ancillary buffers (depth, stencil, accum, alpha)
should be implemented in software. Mesa hardware drivers should
carefully set these flags depending on which buffers are in the
graphics card.
Internal constants
------------------
Point and line size range and granularity limits are now stored
in the gl_constants struct, which is the Const member of GLcontext.
The limits are initialized from values in config.h but may be
overridden by device drivers to reflect the limits of that driver's
hardware.
Also added constants for NumAuxBuffers and SubPixelBits.
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$Id: RELNOTES-3.3,v 1.2 2000/04/08 18:58:05 brianp Exp $
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