[ANNOUNCE] xf86-video-intel 2.7.0

Carl Worth cworth at cworth.org
Wed Apr 15 18:29:33 PDT 2009


We are pleased to announce a major 2.7.0 release of xf86-video-intel
(after three previous 2.6.99.90x release candidates).

Compared to the 2.6 series, 2.7.0 has a large number of bug fixes, (see
the list below), 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).

-Carl

Where to get the release
------------------------
git tag: 2.7.0

http://xorg.freedesktop.org/archive/individual/driver/xf86-video-intel-2.7.0.tar.bz2
MD5: 5832172ac69b9a066a202e1578a5d3c8  xf86-video-intel-2.7.0.tar.bz2
SHA1: 6d55b11ccf92ddc0763329f6e503e1a55b9beacc
xf86-video-intel-2.7.0.tar.bz2

http://xorg.freedesktop.org/archive/individual/driver/xf86-video-intel-2.7.0.tar.gz
MD5: 5f1336fa79ecf93989d45f0fc2ebbe59  xf86-video-intel-2.7.0.tar.gz
SHA1: 754c3684a635b5178fe642075aff4ab2c903cee8
xf86-video-intel-2.7.0.tar.gz

A significant 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.

Summary of changes since the last release candidate (2.6.99.903)
----------------------------------------------------------------
Carl Worth (10):
      Add a RELEASING file documenting the release process
      README: Remove almost all time-sensitive information
      Add a new AUTHORS file
      Clarify that the default acceleration is UXA if KMS is available.
      Add a NEWS files with release-notes for 2.7.0
      Add AUTHORS and NEWS to EXTRA_DIST
      Update version to 2.7.0
      NEWS: Add note about broken PAT code in some kernels
      RELEASING: Update instructions to reflect some minor process improvements
      README: Fix typos in chipset list, and point to how_to_report_bug web page

Li Peng (1):
      Turn on front buffer tiling in KMS.

Ma Ling (3):
      set broadcast RGB mode for HDMI and TMDS from SDVOX output
      set broadcast RGB mode for integrated HDMI output.
      update manpage for BROADCAST_RGB property

Some of the most notable bugs fixed in 2.7.0
--------------------------------------------
        [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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