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1*61046927SAndroid Build Coastguard WorkerMesa 7.8 Release Notes / March 28, 2010
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4*61046927SAndroid Build Coastguard WorkerMesa 7.8 is a new development release. People who are concerned with
5*61046927SAndroid Build Coastguard Workerstability and reliability should stick with a previous release or wait
6*61046927SAndroid Build Coastguard Workerfor Mesa 7.8.1.
7*61046927SAndroid Build Coastguard Worker
8*61046927SAndroid Build Coastguard WorkerMesa 7.8 implements the OpenGL 2.1 API, but the version reported by
9*61046927SAndroid Build Coastguard WorkerglGetString(GL_VERSION) depends on the particular driver being used.
10*61046927SAndroid Build Coastguard WorkerSome drivers don't support all the features required in OpenGL 2.1.
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12*61046927SAndroid Build Coastguard WorkerSee the :doc:`Compiling/Installing page <../install>` for
13*61046927SAndroid Build Coastguard Workerprerequisites for DRI hardware acceleration.
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15*61046927SAndroid Build Coastguard WorkerMD5 checksums
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18*61046927SAndroid Build Coastguard Worker::
19*61046927SAndroid Build Coastguard Worker
20*61046927SAndroid Build Coastguard Worker   5fcfde5383eccb3e9fd665f08a0ea59b  MesaLib-7.8.tar.gz
21*61046927SAndroid Build Coastguard Worker   85cb891eecb89aae4fdd3499cccd934b  MesaLib-7.8.tar.bz2
22*61046927SAndroid Build Coastguard Worker   754f39593006effc1c8ec3c27c2f1296  MesaLib-7.8.zip
23*61046927SAndroid Build Coastguard Worker   c3869c29fa6c3dbdd763f7428d271e12  MesaDemos-7.8.tar.gz
24*61046927SAndroid Build Coastguard Worker   9fe8ec184c7f78691e43c4c0a7f97d56  MesaDemos-7.8.tar.bz2
25*61046927SAndroid Build Coastguard Worker   063a96947f7b83d4ad789c6cf291b184  MesaDemos-7.8.zip
26*61046927SAndroid Build Coastguard Worker   5f4246756b7daaddb4fb3f970cad1e28  MesaGLUT-7.8.tar.gz
27*61046927SAndroid Build Coastguard Worker   ca7048a4aa7a437dcc84cc2c7d731336  MesaGLUT-7.8.tar.bz2
28*61046927SAndroid Build Coastguard Worker   b54581aeb79b585b158d6a32f94feff2  MesaGLUT-7.8.zip
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30*61046927SAndroid Build Coastguard WorkerNew features
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32*61046927SAndroid Build Coastguard Worker
33*61046927SAndroid Build Coastguard Worker-  GL_NV_conditional_render extension (swrast driver only)
34*61046927SAndroid Build Coastguard Worker-  GL_EXT_draw_buffers2 extension (swrast and i965 driver only)
35*61046927SAndroid Build Coastguard Worker-  GL_ARB_fragment_coord_conventions extension (for swrast, i965, and
36*61046927SAndroid Build Coastguard Worker   Gallium drivers)
37*61046927SAndroid Build Coastguard Worker-  GL_EXT_texture_array extension (swrast driver only)
38*61046927SAndroid Build Coastguard Worker-  GL_APPLE_object_purgeable extension (swrast and i945/i965 DRI
39*61046927SAndroid Build Coastguard Worker   drivers)
40*61046927SAndroid Build Coastguard Worker-  Much improved support for :doc:`EGL in Mesa <../egl>`
41*61046927SAndroid Build Coastguard Worker-  New state trackers for :doc:`OpenGL ES 1.1 and 2.0 <../opengles>`
42*61046927SAndroid Build Coastguard Worker-  Dedicated documentation for Gallium
43*61046927SAndroid Build Coastguard Worker
44*61046927SAndroid Build Coastguard WorkerBug fixes
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46*61046927SAndroid Build Coastguard Worker
47*61046927SAndroid Build Coastguard Worker-  Massive improvements to the Gallium driver for R300-R500 Radeons;
48*61046927SAndroid Build Coastguard Worker   this driver is now moderately stable but not terribly performant.
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50*61046927SAndroid Build Coastguard WorkerChanges
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52*61046927SAndroid Build Coastguard Worker
53*61046927SAndroid Build Coastguard Worker-  Removed support for color-index rendering
54*61046927SAndroid Build Coastguard Worker-  Removed support for GCC versions earlier than 3.3.0.
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