[ANNOUNCE] xf86-video-intel 2.9.0

Bryce Harrington bryce at canonical.com
Wed Oct 7 12:27:46 PDT 2009


On Mon, Sep 28, 2009 at 08:10:06PM -0700, Carl Worth wrote:
> Release 2.9.0 (2009-09-28)
> ==========================
> We are pleased to announce the 2.9.0 release of the xf86-video-intel
> driver. (If you have been following along at home, this release is
> identical to the 2.8.99.902 release candidate other than the version
> number).
> 
> -Carl

Btw, it appears the link on this page needs updated for 2.9.0:

http://www.x.org/wiki/IntelGraphicsDriver

> Where to obtain the release
> ===========================
> git tag: 2.9.0
> 
> http://xorg.freedesktop.org/archive/individual/driver/xf86-video-intel-2.9.0.tar.bz2
> MD5: 34ff2582993d64dddd62d0cb7b30d759  xf86-video-intel-2.9.0.tar.bz2
> SHA1: 62e29344824a5de421178fec568d7ff0688309f8  xf86-video-intel-2.9.0.tar.bz2
> 
> http://xorg.freedesktop.org/archive/individual/driver/xf86-video-intel-2.9.0.tar.gz
> MD5: a3b2f3f9abcbf2d6add4d0c3a6e06279  xf86-video-intel-2.9.0.tar.gz
> SHA1: 25bb6948223db5e8f140f42aa6de2dfb7f7d9a50  xf86-video-intel-2.9.0.tar.gz
> 
> New features in 2.9 compared to 2.8
> ===================================
> * Support for the B43 chipset.
> 
> Major fixes in 2.9.0 compared to 2.8.0
> ======================================
> * Multiple fixes to make the driver stable for 8xx chipsets, (855GM,
>   865G, etc.). The 2.8 driver series was extremely unstable with many
>   of these chipsets.
> 
>   https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=22904 (and many duplicates)
>   https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=22947
> 
> * Add support for BACKLIGHT property when using kernel modesetting
>   (KMS). This allows backlight adjustment with programs such as
>   "xbacklight -set <percentage>" or "xrandr --set BACKLIGHT <value>".
> 
>   https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=20963
> 
> * Fix so that "xrandr --scale" works when using KMS.
> 
>   https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=22893
> 
> * Fix segfaults of X server when logging out.
> 
>   https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=20516
> 
> * Avoid falling back to software for 1-bit alpha-only masks.
> 
>   https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=23184
> 
> * Fix pixel sampling position for 8xx chipsets, (fixes some cairo-test
>   suite failures).
> 
> All changes from 2.8.0 to 2.9.0
> ===============================
> Adam Jackson (1):
>       Fix the chip names printed in the log to be less obnoxious.
> 
> Carl Worth (8):
>       debug: i830_valid_command: Return invalid for subopcodes with no name
>       NEWS: Add notes for the 2.8.99.901 snapshot
>       Update version to 2.8.99.901 for snapshot.
>       8xx: Fallback for any non-affine transformation.
>       NEWS: Add notes for 2.8.99.902
>       Increment version to 2.8.99.902
>       NEWS: Add notes for the 2.9.0 release.
>       Increment version to 2.9.0
> 
> Chris Wilson (10):
>       i830: do not use stale mask transform
>       i830: remove padding NOOPs from composite
>       i830: Trim composite setup
>       i830: Update comments
>       i830/i915: Set the sample position to the pixel center.
>       i915: Restore nearest sampling
>       Avoid fallbacks for compositing gradient patterns
>       Avoid fallbacks for a1 src/mask
>       Check the correct Picture for error during creation.
>       Revert "8xx: Fallback for any non-affine transformation."
> 
> Dave Airlie (5):
>       intel: remove unneeded includes
>       intel: update for resources/RAC API removal
>       intel: since driver depends on newer server don't need to wrap this
>       xserver: fix up for stable build
>       intel: drop RES_SHARED_VGA not needed anymore
> 
> Eric Anholt (8):
>       uxa: Skip fill of temporary alpha picture that just gets copied over.
>       uxa: Tell the driver when we're just going to immediately map the pixmap.
>       Only align DRI2 tiled pixmaps to the DRI2 tiled pixmap alignment requirement.
>       8xx render: Add limited support for a8 dests.
>       Fix sampler indexes on i965 planar video.
>       Align tiled pixmap height so we don't address beyond the end of our buffers.
>       Fix math in the tiling alignment fix.
>       Align the height of untiled pixmaps to 2 lines as well.
> 
> Jesse Barnes (4):
>       Dump LVDS backlight info from bios_reader
>       Print block length of backlight table
>       Add KMS only build flag
>       Eliminate cursor flicker
> 
> Keith Packard (12):
>       drmmode_output_get_modes: Replace existing EDID property blob with new one
>       Allow DRM mode setting to include transformations
>       Reload cursors as needed when setting new modes.
>       Add cursor registers to debug dump output.
>       KMS: allocate one bo per crtc for cursor
>       Fix SHM functions to work with server after 1.6.0
>       Make sure DRM output properties are freed after we're done with them.
>       Don't destroy bufmgr at CloseScreen time
>       Remove vestigial internal rotation which broke KMS DGA/VidMode modesetting.
>       Remove DGA support from the driver.
>       Split i915/i830 composite_emit_primitive into two functions.
>       i8xx: Format projective texture coordinates correctly.
> 
> Kristian Høgsberg (1):
>       kms: Don't use fb offset when using shadow buffer
> 
> Krzysztof Halasa (1):
>       h/v bias in 3DSTATE_DEST_BUFFER_VARIABLES is 4-bits wide
> 
> Matthias Hopf (7):
>       Add HP Mini 5101 to quirks list.
>       Add BACKLIGHT property support in KMS case.
>       Don't ignore backlight level change to the same level.
>       Add get_property support.
>       Use "Backlight" as backlight brightness property.
>       Don't set backlight level if going on->on.
>       Add new backlight driver "samsung".
> 
> Owain Ainsworth (1):
>       accessing a pixmap if prepare_access fails is verboten.
> 
> Peter Hutterer (1):
>       Update to xextproto 7.1 support.
> 
> Wu Fengguang (2):
>       Add intel_audio reg dumping program
>       Add HDMI audio registers
> 
> Xiang, Haihao (4):
>       XvMC: pin XvMC buffers under KMS.
>       Check the version of intel-gen4asm tool in configure.ac
>       add compiled shader programs for XvMC/XvMC-VLD on IGDNG
>       XvMC: enable XvMC/XvMC-VLD on IGDNG
> 
> Zhao Yakui (3):
>       Calculate the DVO relative offset in LVDS data entry to get the DVO timing
>       Check whether the DVI-I/D is connected or disconnected based on EDID
>       Skip setting tv format property if output crtc is NULL
> 
> Zhenyu Wang (5):
>       Fix typo in bios_reader for invalid pointer cast
>       Fix VGA plane disabling
>       Make DGA optional
>       Add B43 chipset support
>       More dumps for Arrandale LVDS
> 
> Zou Nan hai (2):
>       It seems that indirect data upper bound check in STATE_BASE_ADDRESS
>       set correct value for indirect access check bound



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