1*61046927SAndroid Build Coastguard WorkerMesa 8.0 Release Notes / February 9, 2012 2*61046927SAndroid Build Coastguard Worker========================================= 3*61046927SAndroid Build Coastguard Worker 4*61046927SAndroid Build Coastguard WorkerMesa 8.0 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 8.0.1. 7*61046927SAndroid Build Coastguard Worker 8*61046927SAndroid Build Coastguard WorkerMesa 8.0 implements the OpenGL 3.0 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 3.0. 11*61046927SAndroid Build Coastguard Worker 12*61046927SAndroid Build Coastguard WorkerSee the :doc:`Compiling/Installing page <../install>` for 13*61046927SAndroid Build Coastguard Workerprerequisites for DRI hardware acceleration. 14*61046927SAndroid Build Coastguard Worker 15*61046927SAndroid Build Coastguard WorkerMD5 checksums 16*61046927SAndroid Build Coastguard Worker------------- 17*61046927SAndroid Build Coastguard Worker 18*61046927SAndroid Build Coastguard Worker:: 19*61046927SAndroid Build Coastguard Worker 20*61046927SAndroid Build Coastguard Worker 3516fea6c28ce4a0fa9759e4894729a1 MesaLib-8.0.tar.gz 21*61046927SAndroid Build Coastguard Worker 1a5668fe72651a670611164cefc703b2 MesaLib-8.0.tar.bz2 22*61046927SAndroid Build Coastguard Worker 66f5a01a85530a91472a3acceb556db8 MesaLib-8.0.zip 23*61046927SAndroid Build Coastguard Worker 24*61046927SAndroid Build Coastguard WorkerNew features 25*61046927SAndroid Build Coastguard Worker------------ 26*61046927SAndroid Build Coastguard Worker 27*61046927SAndroid Build Coastguard Worker- GL_ARB_ES2_compatibility (r300g, r600g) 28*61046927SAndroid Build Coastguard Worker- GL_ARB_depth_buffer_float (r600g) 29*61046927SAndroid Build Coastguard Worker- GL_ARB_vertex_type_2_10_10_10_rev (r600g) 30*61046927SAndroid Build Coastguard Worker- GL_ARB_texture_storage (gallium drivers and swrast) 31*61046927SAndroid Build Coastguard Worker- GL_EXT_packed_float (i965) 32*61046927SAndroid Build Coastguard Worker- GL_EXT_texture_array (r600g, i965) 33*61046927SAndroid Build Coastguard Worker- GL_EXT_texture_shared_exponent (i965) 34*61046927SAndroid Build Coastguard Worker- GL_NV_fog_distance (all gallium drivers, nouveau classic) 35*61046927SAndroid Build Coastguard Worker- GL_NV_primitive_restart (r600g) 36*61046927SAndroid Build Coastguard Worker- GL_OES_EGL_image_external (gallium drivers) 37*61046927SAndroid Build Coastguard Worker- GL_OES_compressed_ETC1_RGB8_texture (softpipe, llvmpipe) 38*61046927SAndroid Build Coastguard Worker- ARB_texture_rgb10_a2ui (softpipe, r600g) 39*61046927SAndroid Build Coastguard Worker- Many updates to the VMware svga Gallium driver 40*61046927SAndroid Build Coastguard Worker 41*61046927SAndroid Build Coastguard WorkerBug fixes 42*61046927SAndroid Build Coastguard Worker--------- 43*61046927SAndroid Build Coastguard Worker 44*61046927SAndroid Build Coastguard WorkerChanges 45*61046927SAndroid Build Coastguard Worker------- 46*61046927SAndroid Build Coastguard Worker 47*61046927SAndroid Build Coastguard Worker- Removed all DRI drivers that did not support DRI2. Specifically, 48*61046927SAndroid Build Coastguard Worker i810, mach64, mga, r128, savage, sis, tdfx, and unichrome were 49*61046927SAndroid Build Coastguard Worker removed. 50*61046927SAndroid Build Coastguard Worker- Removed support for BeOS. 51*61046927SAndroid Build Coastguard Worker- Removed the obsolete (and unmaintained) Windows "gldirect" and "ICD" 52*61046927SAndroid Build Coastguard Worker drivers. 53*61046927SAndroid Build Coastguard Worker- Removed the linux-fbdev software driver. 54*61046927SAndroid Build Coastguard Worker- Removed all remnants of paletted texture support. As required by 55*61046927SAndroid Build Coastguard Worker desktop OpenGL, ``GL_COLOR_INDEX`` data can still be uploaded to a 56*61046927SAndroid Build Coastguard Worker color (e.g., RGBA) texture. However, the data cannot be stored 57*61046927SAndroid Build Coastguard Worker internally as color-index. 58*61046927SAndroid Build Coastguard Worker- Removed support for GL_APPLE_client_storage extension. 59*61046927SAndroid Build Coastguard Worker- Removed the classic Mesa r300 and r600 drivers, which are superseded 60*61046927SAndroid Build Coastguard Worker by the gallium drivers for this hardware. 61*61046927SAndroid Build Coastguard Worker- Removed the dead Gallium i965, cell and failover drivers, which were 62*61046927SAndroid Build Coastguard Worker either broken and with nobody in sight to fix the situation or 63*61046927SAndroid Build Coastguard Worker deprecated. 64