Release 2.7.0 (2009-04-15)
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Compared to the 2.6 series, 2.7.0 has a large number of bug fixes, but
also a few significant features, such as:

        SDVO-TV support, available on ADD2 card (bug#9992) and
        D945GCLF2 board (bug#17776).

        Basic SDVO-LVDS support

        XV video display without tearing
	[Though this isn't working for all users yet, see
	https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=21076 ]

	Various fixes for UXA, DRI2, and Kernel modesetting.

We encourage users to use kernel modesetting and UXA acceleration with
this release, which should give the best performance and
robustness. When KMS is available, UXA is the default acceleration
used by the driver, (EXA is the default otherwise).

Known issue:

	Some Linux kernel versions (such as 2.6.29) are known to have
	broken PAT code that causes recent versions of this driver to
	fail, (which can manifest as the X server simply not
	starting). This can be verified by adding the "nopat" option
	to the kernel command-line and seeing the failure go away. We
	hope that newer kernels in the 2.6.29.x as well as 2.6.30 and
	above will have working PAT code.

Some of the most notable bugs fixed in 2.7.0 include:

	[GM45 965GM] bad htotal causes panel startup failure
	https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=17292

	[xrandr TV] need TV output property control
	https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=12763

	[TV] "xrandr --set TV_FORMAT" gets BadMatch error
	https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=16566

	[945 tiling] Low performance due to no A17 workaround
	https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=16835

	[TV]Flicker when launching applications in the 2.4-branch
	https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=17405

	[945GM FBC] FBC causes underruns & flicker
	https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=18651

	[xv] Textured video suffers from tearing
	https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=19635

	[G45] Random hangs with UXA
	https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=19734

	[945GM] Any 3D app is slow in resolution higher than 800x600
	with UXA+DRI2, due to tiling
	https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=19738

	[i915 UXA,EXA] rotation messes display with tiling on
	https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=20265

	[G45] DRI2/UXA gives solid white instead of transparency
	https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=20321

	LVDS output not detected
	https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=20517

	xf86-video-intel-2.6.3: Xv crashes X server
	https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=20525

	[G965 non-GEM] systray in KDE 4 completely broken
	https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=20527

	[SDVO-TV]the desktop is teared in four sections on the screen
	https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=20550

	Intel video driver 2.6.3 crashes with XVideo
	https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=20563

	[855GM] Xv crash with non-KMS
	https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=20585

	2.6.99.902 breaks native 1680x1050 mode on TMDS -- EDID miss
	https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=20594

	[945GM TV] 2.6.99.902 sets a too high CONTRAST-value
	https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=20670

	[915GM] fail to detect LVDS with new VBT code
	https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=20752

	[regression i965]tiled output when start X
	https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=20803

	2.6.99.902: LVDS wrongly detected as disconnected
	https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=20826

	vt switching fails and crashes X
	https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=20863

	[HDMI] The screen will flicker when some application runs on
	G45-64
	https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=20875

	TexturedVideo is offsetted wrongly on dualhead
	https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=20980

	[EXA] xvideo hang X
	https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=21027

	[EXA] x11perf performance regression
	https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=21029

	And many others...