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@@ -1,3 +1,62 @@ +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 |