| 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 | |
| 43 | To Do before release |
| 44 | -------------------- |
| Brian Paul | 612d5f6 | 2004-10-13 15:57:55 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 45 | Fix dinoshade bug |
| Brian Paul | 6bca16b | 2004-11-27 19:42:16 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 46 | Switch to freeglut |
| 47 | Increase MAX_DRAWBUFFERS |
| Brian Paul | a815859 | 2004-12-09 23:21:36 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 48 | driver hooks for BeginQuery/EndQuery |
| Brian Paul | 6bca16b | 2004-11-27 19:42:16 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 49 | |
| Brian Paul | 9cef3ef | 2004-10-02 15:43:14 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 50 | |
| 51 | |
| 52 | |
| 53 | Driver Status |
| 54 | ---------------------- --------------------- |
| 55 | XMesa (Xlib) implements OpenGL 1.5 |
| 56 | OSMesa (off-screen) implements OpenGL 1.5 |
| 57 | Glide (3dfx Voodoo1/2) implements OpenGL 1.3 |
| 58 | SVGA implements OpenGL 1.3 |
| 59 | Wind River UGL implements OpenGL 1.3 |
| 60 | Windows/Win32 implements OpenGL 1.5 |
| 61 | DJGPP implements OpenGL 1.5 |
| 62 | GGI implements OpenGL 1.3 |
| 63 | BeOS implements OpenGL 1.5 |
| 64 | Allegro needs updating |
| 65 | D3D needs updating |
| 66 | |
| 67 | |
| 68 | ---------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| Brian Paul | dd1a817 | 2005-01-03 15:55:51 +0000 | [diff] [blame^] | 69 | $Id: RELNOTES-6.3,v 3.7 2005/01/03 15:55:51 brianp Exp $ |