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@@ -1,3 +1,102 @@ +Snapshot 2.99.913 (2014-07-23) +============================== +This should be it... A few fixes from testing the new code, we should be +ready for the final release. However, we do have one standout feature in +this snapshot, we now officially recognise HD Graphics 5300/5500/5600, +Iris Graphics 6100 and Iris Pro Graphics 6200/P6300 (formerly known as +Broadwell). + + * Check the window actually covers the CRTC before doing a single CRTC flip, + and then restore the right framebuffer after completing CRTC flips. + Otherwise we would detect an error and disable an output under TearFree + Regression in 2.99.912 + https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=80191 + + * Fix framebuffer creation on kernels older than 3.11 + Regression in 2.99.912 + + * Check that the damage still exists after implicit reduction + Regression in 2.99.912 + https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=77436 + + * Fix direction flags for fallback composited CopyAreas which + caused scrolling corruption in a few configurations + Regression from 2.20.0 + https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=79843 + + * Do not throw away damage if there is no redundant copy + https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=79992 + + * Check clipping on PolyRect before discarding the clipped damage + Regression from 2.99.903 + https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=79992 + + * Fix hints for GLXPixmapa, as these are never swapped and so + miss invalidating the hints on SwapBuffers with the result + that they are often presumed blank + Regression in 2.99.912 + https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=79999 + + * Fix incoherent choice of source bo when constructing 8x8 tiles, + incorrect pattern origin when extracting, and then fix the + alignment of colour patterns for BLT operations + https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=80033 + + * Disable blending with the render engine on snoopable buffers + https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=80253 + + * Restore throttling to prevent client lag under heavy GPU load + Regression from 2.21.10 + https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=77436 + + * Use ClientGone for notifications on shared DRI2 windows to prevent + rare crashes due to use-after-free of the swap requests + https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=80157 + + * Ensure the mmaped CPU bo is idle before migrating damage + https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=80560 + + * Fix incorrect clipping by the render engine for large DRI2 windows + + * Ensure that the aperture tiling fallbacks are bounded + + * Validate parameter to xf86-video-intel-backlight-helper more carefully + (CVE-2014-4910) + + * Fix slaved scanouts for reverse optimus, though rotated slaves will + require further patches to Xorg. + https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=81383 + + * Fix build without Composite extension. + + * Fix build without gettline(). + + * UXA: Allocate and resize frontbuffer consistently to pass sanity checks + https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=80088 + + * UXA: Report cached backlight value when the output is off (like sna) + https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1032978 + + * UXA: Mark outputs as off before the kernel does (like sna) + This will prevent the internal panel from starting up blank in some + multi-monitor configurations + https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1103806 + +Note that the DRI2 exchange mechanism introduced in 2.99.912 exposes bugs +in some compositors, at least kwin and comptom, which discard DRI2 buffer +invalidates rather than resourcing their texture. For example, +https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=336589 + +Note that the improved triple buffering introduced in DRI2 requires a patch +to Xorg (now released upstream) to prevent crashes with DRI_PRIME. +https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=80001 + +Note that DRI3/Present require tracking the relevant development trees for +mesa and the xserver as they are very much still under early testing. Also +be aware that Mesa provides no support for explicit fencing so Damage +tracking between compositors and clients is unserialised. + + Snapshot 2.99.912 (2014-06-10) ============================== A final round of features. We have everything from support for variable |