[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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