| Mesa 7.8 Release Notes / March 28, 2010 |
| ======================================= |
| |
| Mesa 7.8 is a new development release. People who are concerned with |
| stability and reliability should stick with a previous release or wait |
| for Mesa 7.8.1. |
| |
| Mesa 7.8 implements the OpenGL 2.1 API, but the version reported by |
| glGetString(GL_VERSION) depends on the particular driver being used. |
| Some drivers don't support all the features required in OpenGL 2.1. |
| |
| See the :doc:`Compiling/Installing page <../install>` for |
| prerequisites for DRI hardware acceleration. |
| |
| MD5 checksums |
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| :: |
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| 754f39593006effc1c8ec3c27c2f1296 MesaLib-7.8.zip |
| c3869c29fa6c3dbdd763f7428d271e12 MesaDemos-7.8.tar.gz |
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| 063a96947f7b83d4ad789c6cf291b184 MesaDemos-7.8.zip |
| 5f4246756b7daaddb4fb3f970cad1e28 MesaGLUT-7.8.tar.gz |
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| New features |
| ------------ |
| |
| - GL_NV_conditional_render extension (swrast driver only) |
| - GL_EXT_draw_buffers2 extension (swrast and i965 driver only) |
| - GL_ARB_fragment_coord_conventions extension (for swrast, i965, and |
| Gallium drivers) |
| - GL_EXT_texture_array extension (swrast driver only) |
| - GL_APPLE_object_purgeable extension (swrast and i945/i965 DRI |
| drivers) |
| - Much improved support for :doc:`EGL in Mesa <../egl>` |
| - New state trackers for :doc:`OpenGL ES 1.1 and 2.0 <../opengles>` |
| - Dedicated documentation for Gallium |
| |
| Bug fixes |
| --------- |
| |
| - Massive improvements to the Gallium driver for R300-R500 Radeons; |
| this driver is now moderately stable but not terribly performant. |
| |
| Changes |
| ------- |
| |
| - Removed support for color-index rendering |
| - Removed support for GCC versions earlier than 3.3.0. |