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Release 2.8.0 (2009-08-25)
============================
We are pleased to announce this 2.8.1 maintenance release of the
xf86-video-intel driver. This snapshot contains a few, hand-picked
fixes since the 2.8.0 release. Several of the bugs fixed can manifest
themselves as "random" crashing or hanging of the GPU, (so effectively
the interactive session). We recommend that all users/distributors of
2.8.0 upgrade to 2.8.1.
New fixes in 2.8.1 compared to 2.8.0
------------------------------------
Bug numbers are relative to bugs.freedesktop.org unless otherwise
mentioned.
* Allow DRM mode setting to include transformations (also requires a
fix in the X server---available in xserver 1.6.3)
* Align tiled pixmap height so we don't address beyond the end of our
buffers.
* Align the height of untiled pixmaps to 2 lines as well.
* Replace existing EDID property blob with new one
* Only align DRI2 tiled pixmaps to the DRI2 tiled pixmap alignment
requirement (fixes bug #21387).
* Calculate the DVO relative offset in LVDS data entry to get the DVO
timing (fixes bug #22787 and Debian bug #538148).
* Fix sampler indexes on i965 planar video, (fixes bugs #22895 and
#19856).
Release 2.8.0 (2009-07-20)
==========================
We are pleased to present this major release of the xf86-video-intel
driver. This release is very similar to the 2.7.99.902 release
candidate but includes a couple of additional bug fixes, (for bugs
#22760 and @22483).
Compared to the 2.7 releases this driver contains several new features
and many bug fixes. The driver now depends on X server 1.6 or later,
and eliminates several obsolete code paths, (XAA and EXA removed in
favor of UXA, DRI1 support eliminated). The driver certainly will work
best with an i915 module from a recent kernel (2.6.31) and with
kernel-modesetting (KMS, specified by loading i915 with the option
"modeset=1").
New features in 2.8.0 compared to 2.7
-------------------------------------
* Remove XAA/EXA/DRI1 and NoAccel, and only support UXA/DRI2 now
(requiring xserver 1.6).
* VLD support added into XvMC for Mpeg2, which decreases CPU usage
when playing video.
Major fixes in 2.8.0 compared to 2.7
------------------------------------
* Fix broken front-buffer rendering
https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=19174
* Fix disabling of XvMC disabled
https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=20790
* Fix broken VT switch on some machines
https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=19578
* Improve performance of trapezoid rendering for UXA
https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=21376
* Vblank sync'd GL buffer swap (fixing video tearing under composite)
https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=20664
* Fix G41 DRM support
https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=21095
* Fix crash on some 8xx
https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=18974
Various fixes for GPU hangs, and more...
Snapshot 2.7.99.902 (2009-07-13)
--------------------------------
This is the first release candidate in preparation for the upcoming
2.8.0 release. Most major and critical bugs should be fixed, but some
minor bugs may still be present. We will appreciate any feedback we
can get from testing of this snapshot to improve the 2.8.0 release.
Snapshot 2.7.99.901 (2009-06-10)
--------------------------------
This is the first release candidate in preparation for the upcoming
2.8.0 release. Most critical bugs should be fixed, but some major
bugs may still be present. We will appreciate any feedback we can
get from testing of this snapshot to improve the 2.8.0 release.
Some of the major fixes in this snapshot include:
* Several fixes for intermittent GPU hangs/crashes, (some of
which already appeared in the 2.7.1 release)
* Fix to avoid X crash when viewing large images in browser
* Fix X server failure when running old (non-GEM) kernel
* Fixes for SDVO LVDS mode detection
* Fix major performance regression of trapezoid rendering
compared to XAA/EXA
* New support for tear-free video when using KMS
* New support for tear-free DRI2 CopyRegion
Snapshot 2.7.99.1 (2009-04-28)
------------------------------
This is a development snapshot very early in the process toward
developing 2.8. There have been some big changes to the code, and
we're anxious to get feedback on these changes as early as possible.
Here is a summary of the biggest changes:
* Driver now depends on X server 1.6 or later
* Eliminate XAA and EXA support (in favor of UXA)
* Eliminate DRI1 support
* Fixes for running without DRI at all
These code removals represent a deletion of a substantial amount of
code, (and hopefully piles of bugs), as well as reduce the maintenance
effort going forward as the number of combinatorial configurations for
the driver are greatly reduced. This means that users are much more
likely to be running code that has actually been tested, and it will
be much easy for developers to replicate bugs that users experience.
One of the things that would be most useful in testing this release is
to revisit any outstanding bugs that you have previously reported. If
the buggy behavior is gone, (or the bug is no longer relevant---such
as a bug that's specific to XAA only), please feel free to indicate so
in bugzilla or even just close the bug.
If you confirm that the bug is still present, please indicate so in
the bug report. (I was going to ask that you select a 1.7.99 version,
but it looks like bugzilla only has versions for products not
compoenents, while we use a "xorg" product and a "driver/intel"
component.) We definitely want to make any such confirmed bugs a
priority, so it would be nice to have a consistent mechanism to search
for these bugs. Suggestions are welcome on the best approach.
Thanks in advance for any testing or feedback on this snapshot.
Release 2.7.0 (2009-04-15)
--------------------------
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...
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