| Brian Paul | 9cef3ef | 2004-10-02 15:43:14 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 1 | |
| 2 | Mesa 6.3 release notes |
| 3 | |
| 4 | month day, 2004 |
| 5 | |
| 6 | PLEASE READ!!!! |
| 7 | |
| 8 | |
| 9 | |
| 10 | Introduction |
| 11 | ------------ |
| 12 | |
| 13 | Mesa uses an even/odd version number scheme like the Linux kernel. |
| 14 | Odd numbered versions (such as 6.3) designate new developmental releases. |
| 15 | Even numbered versions (such as 6.2) designate stable releases. |
| 16 | |
| 17 | |
| 18 | |
| Brian Paul | 612d5f6 | 2004-10-13 15:57:55 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 19 | New Features |
| 20 | ------------ |
| Brian Paul | 9cef3ef | 2004-10-02 15:43:14 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 21 | |
| Brian Paul | 612d5f6 | 2004-10-13 15:57:55 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 22 | GL_ARB_draw_buffers - allows a fragment program to write to a number of |
| 23 | separate color buffers, instead of just one. |
| 24 | |
| Brian Paul | 901d9b9 | 2004-10-16 15:04:43 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 25 | GL_OES_read_format - allows one to query the fastest glReadPixels format |
| 26 | and datatype. |
| Brian Paul | 612d5f6 | 2004-10-13 15:57:55 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 27 | |
| Brian Paul | dd1a817 | 2005-01-03 15:55:51 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 28 | GL_ARB_pixel_buffer_object - buffer objects for pixel read/write functions. |
| 29 | |
| 30 | DirectFB driver, contributed by Claudio Ciccani. See docs/README.directfb |
| 31 | for details. |
| 32 | |
| 33 | |
| 34 | |
| 35 | Vertex/Fragment Program PRINT Instruction |
| 36 | ----------------------------------------- |
| 37 | |
| 38 | The GL_NV_vertex_program and GL_NV_fragment_program languages have been |
| 39 | extended with a PRINT instruction. |
| 40 | |
| Brian Paul | 612d5f6 | 2004-10-13 15:57:55 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 41 | |
| 42 | |
| Brian Paul | cb3bc2c | 2005-01-20 04:03:37 +0000 | [diff] [blame^] | 43 | glDeleteTextures(), glDeletePrograms() and glDeleteBuffers() Changed |
| 44 | -------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| 45 | |
| 46 | To match the behaviour of other OpenGL implementations, glDeleteTextures, |
| 47 | glDeletePrograms and glDeleteBuffers have been modified so that: |
| 48 | |
| 49 | * The named texture/program/buffer ID is immediately freed for re-use. |
| 50 | |
| 51 | * The actual texture object, program or buffers isn't really deleted until |
| 52 | it is no longer bound in any rendering context (the reference count |
| 53 | is zero). |
| 54 | |
| 55 | Previously, the texture/program/buffer ID wasn't freed until the object |
| 56 | was really deleted. |
| 57 | |
| 58 | Note that textures, programs and buffers can be shared by several rendering |
| 59 | contexts so they can't be deleted until they're unbound in _all_ contexts. |
| 60 | |
| 61 | |
| 62 | |
| 63 | |
| 64 | |
| Brian Paul | 612d5f6 | 2004-10-13 15:57:55 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 65 | To Do before release |
| 66 | -------------------- |
| Brian Paul | 612d5f6 | 2004-10-13 15:57:55 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 67 | Fix dinoshade bug |
| Brian Paul | 6bca16b | 2004-11-27 19:42:16 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 68 | Switch to freeglut |
| 69 | Increase MAX_DRAWBUFFERS |
| Brian Paul | a815859 | 2004-12-09 23:21:36 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 70 | driver hooks for BeginQuery/EndQuery |
| Brian Paul | 6bca16b | 2004-11-27 19:42:16 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 71 | |
| Brian Paul | 9cef3ef | 2004-10-02 15:43:14 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 72 | |
| 73 | |
| Brian Paul | cb3bc2c | 2005-01-20 04:03:37 +0000 | [diff] [blame^] | 74 | Miscellaneous |
| 75 | ------------- |
| 76 | |
| 77 | The main/get.c file is now generated with a Python script. |
| 78 | |
| 79 | |
| Brian Paul | 9cef3ef | 2004-10-02 15:43:14 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 80 | |
| 81 | Driver Status |
| 82 | ---------------------- --------------------- |
| 83 | XMesa (Xlib) implements OpenGL 1.5 |
| 84 | OSMesa (off-screen) implements OpenGL 1.5 |
| 85 | Glide (3dfx Voodoo1/2) implements OpenGL 1.3 |
| 86 | SVGA implements OpenGL 1.3 |
| 87 | Wind River UGL implements OpenGL 1.3 |
| 88 | Windows/Win32 implements OpenGL 1.5 |
| 89 | DJGPP implements OpenGL 1.5 |
| 90 | GGI implements OpenGL 1.3 |
| 91 | BeOS implements OpenGL 1.5 |
| 92 | Allegro needs updating |
| 93 | D3D needs updating |
| 94 | |
| 95 | |
| 96 | ---------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| Brian Paul | cb3bc2c | 2005-01-20 04:03:37 +0000 | [diff] [blame^] | 97 | $Id: RELNOTES-6.3,v 3.8 2005/01/20 04:03:37 brianp Exp $ |