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authorCarl Worth <cworth@cworth.org>2009-12-10 15:17:57 -0800
committerCarl Worth <cworth@cworth.org>2009-12-10 15:17:57 -0800
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parent88b2209a7526a7c7f3b3a2d491d48bd0d5d56e04 (diff)
NEWS: Add notes for 2.9.99.902 (and preliminary notes for 2.10)
This comes from my cursory glance over the commit log from 2.9.1 to master.
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+Work-in-progress release notes for the next release (which will be 2.10.0)
+==========================================================================
+New requirements of 2.10 compared to 2.9
+----------------------------------------
+ * Linux kernel with kernel-modesetting (KMS)
+
+ All user-modesetting code has now been removed from the driver.
+ We highly recommend kernel version 2.6.32 or later.
+
+ * Libdrm >= 2.4.16
+
+New features in 2.10 compared to 2.9
+------------------------------------
+ * New driver debugging options available in xorg.conf
+ (DebugFlushBatches, DebugFlushCaches, DebugWait). See "man intel"
+ for more details.
+
+ * Video overlay support with KMS. This currently requires Linux
+ 2.6.33, but a backport to 2.6.32 is available here:
+
+ http://gitorious.org/daniel-s-linux-stuff/linux-kernel/commits/intel-kms-overlay-for-2.6.32
+
+Notable fixes in 2.10 compared to 2.9
+-----------------------------------
+ * Fix crash when XRenderComposite is called with a -1 value for
+ width/height, (crash at login when using compiz).
+
+ http://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=24724
+
+ * Fix to support larger extended desktops, (such as a 2560x1600 plus a
+ 1920x1200 monitor).
+
+ * i915: Fix texture sample coordinates, (was causing gray border around
+ images).
+
+ https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=21523
+
+ * Fix glyph corruption due to insufficient cache flushing:
+
+ https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=24315
+
+Several other correctness and performance fixes are also included.
+
+[Developers, please provide me summaries for any additional features
+of this release that you think should appear in NEWS and in the 2.10.0
+release notes.
+
+Snapshot 2.9.99.902 (2009-12-10)
+================================
+This is the second release candidate in preparation for the upcoming
+2.10.0 release. We will appreciate any feedback we can get from
+testing of this snapshot to improve the 2.10.0 release.
+
+Compared to the previous snapshot, this snapshot now correctly
+verifies that libdrm 2.4.16 (or newer) is available. The previous
+snapshot also required libdrm 2.4.16 for correct functionality, but
+neglected to notify the user of this at configure, compile, or install
+time and would instead simply fail to run.
+
Snapshot 2.9.99.901 (2009-11-30)
================================
This is the first release candidate in preparation for the upcoming
@@ -8,11 +67,6 @@ With this snapshot, the xf86-video-intel driver requires kernel
modesetting (KMS) as all of the user modesetting (UMS) support has
been removed from the driver.
-See the commit log for further changes in this release, and
-developers, please provide me summaries for any major features in this
-release that you think should appear in NEWS and in the 2.10.0 release
-notes.
-
Release 2.9.0 (2009-09-28)
==========================
We are pleased to announce the 2.9.0 release of the xf86-video-intel