| Brian Paul | 2501fa1 | 2004-04-02 23:37:02 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 1 | |
| 2 | Mesa 6.0.1 release notes |
| 3 | |
| 4 | April 2, 2003 |
| 5 | |
| 6 | |
| 7 | |
| 8 | Introduction |
| 9 | ------------ |
| 10 | |
| 11 | Mesa uses an even/odd version number scheme like the Linux kernel. |
| 12 | Even-numbered versions (such as 6.0.x) designate stable releases. |
| 13 | Odd-numbered versions (such as 6.1.x) designate new developmental releases. |
| 14 | |
| 15 | Mesa 6.0.1 just fixes bugs found since the 6.0 release. See the VERSIONS |
| 16 | file for details. |
| 17 | |
| 18 | |
| 19 | |
| 20 | Device Drivers |
| 21 | -------------- |
| 22 | |
| 23 | Mesa advertises itself as supporting OpenGL 1.2, 1.3, 1.4 or 1.5 |
| 24 | depending on the device driver's capabilities. For example, if the |
| 25 | driver enables all the ARB extensions which are part of OpenGL 1.5 |
| 26 | then glGetString(GL_VERSION) will return "1.5". Otherwise, it'll |
| 27 | return "1.4" or the next lower version that implements all required |
| 28 | functionality. |
| 29 | |
| 30 | A number of Mesa's software drivers haven't been actively maintained for |
| 31 | some time. We rely on volunteers to maintain many of the drivers. |
| 32 | Here's the current status of all included drivers: |
| 33 | |
| 34 | Driver Status |
| 35 | ---------------------- --------------------- |
| 36 | XMesa (Xlib) implements OpenGL 1.5 |
| 37 | OSMesa (off-screen) implements OpenGL 1.5 |
| 38 | FX (3dfx Voodoo1/2) implements OpenGL 1.3 |
| 39 | SVGA implements OpenGL 1.3 |
| 40 | Wind River UGL implements OpenGL 1.3 |
| 41 | Windows/Win32 implements OpenGL 1.5 |
| 42 | DJGPP implements OpenGL 1.5 |
| 43 | GGI implements OpenGL 1.3 |
| 44 | BeOS implements OpenGL 1.5 |
| 45 | Allegro needs updating |
| 46 | D3D needs updating |
| 47 | |
| 48 | |
| 49 | ---------------------------------------------------------------------- |