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| Mesa 5.1 release notes |
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| Month day, 2003 |
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| PLEASE READ!!!! |
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| Introduction |
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| Mesa uses an even/odd version number scheme like the Linux kernel. |
| Even-numbered versions (such as 5.0) designate stable releases. |
| Odd-numbered versions (such as 5.1) designate new developmental releases. |
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| New Features in Mesa 5.1 |
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| GL_ATI_texture_env_combine3 extension |
| This adds a few new texture combine modes. |
| Contributed by Ian Romanick. |
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| Device Driver Status |
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| A number of Mesa's software drivers haven't been actively maintained for |
| some time. We rely on volunteers to maintain many of these drivers. |
| Here's the current status of all included drivers: |
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| Driver Status |
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| XMesa (Xlib) implements OpenGL 1.4 |
| OSMesa (off-screen) implements OpenGL 1.4 |
| FX (3dfx Voodoo1/2) implements OpenGL 1.3 |
| SVGA implements OpenGL 1.3 |
| Wind River UGL implements OpenGL 1.3 |
| Windows/Win32 implements OpenGL 1.4 |
| DOS/DJGPP implements OpenGL 1.3 |
| GGI implements OpenGL 1.3 |
| DOS implements OpenGL 1.4 |
| BeOS needs updating (underway) |
| Allegro needs updating |
| D3D needs updating |
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| Note: supporting OpenGL 1.4 (vs. 1.3 or 1.2) usually only requires that the |
| driver call the _mesa_enable_1_4_extensions() function. |
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| $Id: RELNOTES-5.1,v 1.2 2003/01/21 15:50:24 brianp Exp $ |