[Libva] [ANNOUNCE] libva-intel-driver-1.6.0

[Xiang, Haihao]

Hi all,

libva-intel-driver-1.6.0 is now available at 
http://www.freedesktop.org/software/vaapi/releases/libva-intel-driver

libva 1.6.0 is required to build the new driver release.

This release brings the following new features and fix critical issues.

* Add support for VP8 encode (CQP, CBR) on BSW/SKL
* Add support for HEVC decode on BSW
* Add support for HEVC encode (CQP) on SKL
* Add support for low-power mode (VA_PROC_PIPELINE_FAST) in VPP
* Improve the JPEG encode quality on BSW/SKL
* Optimize MPEG-2 start code search on IVB
* Fix memory leak issue with JPEG decode on IVB/HSW
* Fix HEVC decode issue on SKL
* Fix GPU hang issue caused by VP8 decode on BDW/BSW
* Fix MADI/MCDI issues on SNB/IVB

git tag: 1.6.0
http://www.freedesktop.org/software/vaapi/releases/libva-intel-driver/libva-intel-driver-1.6.0.tar.bz2
md5sum 8d9da76883429a155511ee0e71a737aea07ad217  libva-intel-driver-1.6.0.tar.bz2

Thanks
Haihao