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+Mesa Release Notes
+Mesa 8.0.1 Release Notes / February 16, 2012
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+Mesa 8.0.1 is a bug fix release which fixes bugs found since the 8.0 release.
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+Mesa 8.0 implements the OpenGL 3.0 API, but the version reported by
+glGetString(GL_VERSION) depends on the particular driver being used.
+Some drivers don't support all the features required in OpenGL 3.0.
+
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+See the Compiling/Installing page for prerequisites
+for DRI hardware acceleration.
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+MD5 checksums
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+tdb
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+New features
+None.
+
+Bug fixes
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+This list is likely incomplete.
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+Bug 28924 - [ILK] piglit tex-border-1 failBug 40864 - [bisected pineview] oglc pxconv-gettex(basic.allCases) fails on pineviewBug 43327 - [bisected SNB] HiZ make many oglc cases regressedBug 44333 - [bisected] Color distortion with xbmc mediaplayerBug 44927 - [SNB IVB regression] gl-117 abort when clickBug 45221 - [bisected IVB] glean/fbo regression in stencil-only caseBug 45877 - main/image.c:1597: _mesa_convert_colors: Assertion `dstType == 0x1406' failed.Bug 45578 - main/image.c:1659: _mesa_convert_colors: Assertion `dstType == 0x1403' failed.Bug 45872 - [bisected PNV] oglc mustpass(basic.stipple) regressed on pineviewBug 45876 - [PNV]oglc texenv(basic.allCases) regressed on pineviewBug 45917 - [PNV] Regression in Piglit test general/two-sided-lighting-separate-specularBug 45943 - [r300g] r300_emit.c:365:r300_emit_aa_state: Assertion `(aa-d>dest)->cs_buf' failed.
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+Changes
+The full set of changes can be viewed by using the following GIT command:
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+ git log mesa-8.0..mesa-8.0.1
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+
+Alex Deucher (2):
+
+ r600g: fix tex tile_type offset for cayman
+ r600g: 128 bit formats require tile_type = 1 on cayman
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+Anuj Phogat (2):
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+ meta: Add pixel store/pack operations in decompress_texture_image
+ meta: Avoid FBO resizing/reallocating in decompress_texture_image
+
+
+Brian Paul (6):
+
+ docs: add news item for 8.0 release
+ docs: update info about supported systems, GPUs, APIs
+ docs: add VMware link
+ docs: remove link to the GLSL compiler page
+ mesa: fix proxy texture target initialization
+ swrast: fix span color type selection
+
+
+Chad Versace (2):
+
+ i965: Rewrite the HiZ op
+ i965: Remove file i965/junk, accidentally added in 7b36c68
+
+
+Dave Airlie (1):
+
+ st/mesa: only resolve if number of samples is > 1
+
+
+Eric Anholt (3):
+
+ i965: Fix HiZ change compiler warning.
+ i965: Report the failure message when failing to compile the fragment shader.
+ i965/fs: Enable register spilling on gen7 too.
+
+
+Ian Romanick (4):
+
+ docs: Add 8.0 MD5 checksums
+ glapi: Include GLES2 headers for ES2 extension functions
+ swrast: Only avoid empty _TexEnvPrograms
+ mesa: Bump version number to 8.0.1
+
+
+Kenneth Graunke (4):
+
+ i965: Fix border color on Ironlake.
+ i965/fs: Add a new fs_inst::regs_written function.
+ i965/fs: Take # of components into account in try_rewrite_rhs_to_dst.
+ i965: Emit Ivybridge VS workaround flushes.
+
+
+Mathias Fröhlich (1):
+
+ state_stracker: Fix access to uninitialized memory.
+
+
+Paul Berry (1):
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+ i915: Fix type of "specoffset" variable.
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+
+Simon Farnsworth (1):
+
+ r600g: Use a fake reloc to sleep for fences
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