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diff --git a/mesalib/docs/RELNOTES-4.1 b/mesalib/docs/RELNOTES-4.1 new file mode 100644 index 000000000..24e9299eb --- /dev/null +++ b/mesalib/docs/RELNOTES-4.1 @@ -0,0 +1,307 @@ + + Mesa 4.1 release notes + + October 29, 2002 + + PLEASE READ!!!! + + + +Introduction +------------ + +Mesa uses an even/odd version number scheme like the Linux kernel. +Even numbered versions (such as 4.0) designate stable releases. +Odd numbered versions (such as 4.1) designate new developmental releases. + + +New Features in Mesa 4.1 +------------------------ + +New extensions. Docs at http://oss.sgi.com/projects/ogl-sample/registry/ + +GL_NV_vertex_program + + NVIDIA's vertex programming extension + +GL_NV_vertex_program1_1 + + A few features built on top of GL_NV_vertex_program + +GL_ARB_window_pos + + This is the ARB-approved version of GL_MESA_window_pos + +GL_ARB_depth_texture + + This is the ARB-approved version of GL_SGIX_depth_texture. + It allows depth (Z buffer) data to be stored in textures. + This is used by GL_ARB_shadow + +GL_ARB_shadow + + Shadow mapping with depth textures. + This is the ARB-approved version of GL_SGIX_shadow. + +GL_ARB_shadow_ambient + + Allows one to specify the luminance of shadowed pixels. + This is the ARB-approved version of GL_SGIX_shadow_ambient. + +GL_EXT_shadow_funcs + + Extends the set of GL_ARB_shadow texture comparision functions to + include all eight of standard OpenGL dept-test functions. + +GL_ARB_point_parameters + + This is basically the same as GL_EXT_point_parameters. + +GL_ARB_texture_env_crossbar + + Allows any texture combine stage to reference any texture source unit. + +GL_NV_point_sprite + + For rendering points as textured quads. Useful for particle effects. + +GL_NV_texture_rectangle (new in 4.0.4 actually) + + Allows one to use textures with sizes that are not powers of two. + Note that mipmapping and several texture wrap modes are not allowed. + +GL_EXT_multi_draw_arrays + + Allows arrays of vertex arrays to be rendered with one call. + +GL_EXT_stencil_two_side + + Separate stencil modes for front and back-facing polygons. + +GLX_SGIX_fbconfig & GLX_SGIX_pbuffer + + Off-screen rendering support. + +GL_ATI_texture_mirror_once + + Adds two new texture wrap modes: GL_MIRROR_CLAMP_ATI and + GL_MIRROR_CLAMP_TO_EDGE_ATI. + + + +Device Driver Status +-------------------- + +A number of Mesa's software drivers haven't been actively maintained for +some time. We rely on volunteers to maintain many of these drivers. +Here's the current status of all included drivers: + + +Driver Status +---------------------- --------------------- +XMesa (Xlib) implements OpenGL 1.3 +OSMesa (off-screen) implements OpenGL 1.3 +FX (3dfx Voodoo1/2) implements OpenGL 1.3 +SVGA implements OpenGL 1.3 +Wind River UGL implements OpenGL 1.3 +Windows/Win32 implements OpenGL 1.3 +DOS/DJGPP implements OpenGL 1.3 +GGI implements OpenGL 1.3 +BeOS needs updating (underway) +Allegro needs updating +D3D needs updating +DOS needs updating + + + +New features in GLUT +-------------------- + +1. Frames per second printing + + GLUT now looks for an environment variable called "GLUT_FPS". If it's + set, GLUT will print out a frames/second statistic to stderr when + glutSwapBuffers() is called. By default, frames/second is computed + and displayed once every 5 seconds. You can specify a different + interval (in milliseconds) when you set the env var. For example + 'export GLUT_FPS=1000' or 'setenv GLUT_FPS 1000' will set the interval + to one second. + + NOTE: the demo or application must call the glutInit() function for + this to work. Otherwise, the env var will be ignored. + + Finally, this feature may not be reliable in multi-window programs. + + +2. glutGetProcAddress() function + + The new function: + + void *glutGetProcAddress(const char *procName) + + is a wrapper for glXGetProcAddressARB() and wglGetProcAddress(). It + lets you dynamically get the address of an OpenGL function at runtime. + The GLUT_API_VERSION has been bumped to 5, but I haven't bumped the + GLUT version number from 3.7 since that's probably Mark Kilgard's role. + + This function should probably also be able to return the address of + GLUT functions themselves, but it doesn't do that yet. + + + +XXX Things To Do Yet XXXX +------------------------- + +isosurf with vertex program exhibits some missing triangles (probably +when recycling the vertex buffer for long prims). + + + +Porting Info +------------ + +If you're porting a DRI or other driver from Mesa 4.0.x to Mesa 4.1 here +are some things to change: + +1. ctx->Texture._ReallyEnabled is obsolete. + + Since there are now 5 texture targets (1D, 2D, 3D, cube and rect) that + left room for only 6 units (6*5 < 32) in this field. + This field is being replaced by ctx->Texture._EnabledUnits which has one + bit per texture unit. If the bit k of _EnabledUnits is set, that means + ctx->Texture.Unit[k]._ReallyEnabled is non-zero. You'll have to look at + ctx->Texture.Unit[k]._ReallyEnabled to learn if the 1D, 2D, 3D, cube or + rect texture is enabled for unit k. + + This also means that the constants TEXTURE1_*, TEXTURE2_*, etc are + obsolete. + + The tokens TEXTURE0_* have been replaced as well (since there's no + significance to the "0" part: + + old token new token + TEXTURE0_1D TEXTURE_1D_BIT + TEXTURE0_2D TEXTURE_2D_BIT + TEXTURE0_3D TEXTURE_3D_BIT + TEXTURE0_CUBE TEXTURE_CUBE_BIT + <none> TEXTURE_RECT_BIT + + These tokens are only used for the ctx->Texture.Unit[i].Enabled and + ctx->Texture.Unit[i]._ReallyEnabled fields. Exactly 0 or 1 bits will + be set in _ReallyEnabled at any time! + + Q: "What's the purpose of Unit[i].Enabled vs Unit[i]._ReallyEnabled?" + A: The user can enable GL_TEXTURE_1D, GL_TEXTURE_2D, etc for any + texure unit all at once (an unusual thing to do). + OpenGL defines priorities that basically say GL_TEXTURE_2D has + higher priority than GL_TEXTURE_1D, etc. Also, just because a + texture target is enabled by the user doesn't mean we'll actually + use that texture! If a texture object is incomplete (missing mip- + map levels, etc) it's as if texturing is disabled for that target. + The _ReallyEnabled field will have a bit set ONLY if the texture + target is enabled and complete. This spares the driver writer from + examining a _lot_ of GL state to determine which texture target is + to be used. + + +2. Tnl tokens changes + + During the implementation of GL_NV_vertex_program some of the vertex + buffer code was changed. Specifically, the VERT_* bits defined in + tnl/t_context.h have been renamed to better match the conventions of + GL_NV_vertex_program. The old names are still present but obsolete. + Drivers should use the newer names. + + For example: VERT_RGBA is now VERT_BIT_COLOR0 and + VERT_SPEC_RGB is now VERT_BIT_COLOR1. + + + +3. Read/Draw Buffer changes + + The business of setting the current read/draw buffers in Mesa 4.0.x + was complicated. It's much simpler now in Mesa 4.1. + + Here are the changes: + + - Renamed ctx->Color.DrawDestMask to ctx->Color._DrawDestMask + - Removed ctx->Color.DriverDrawBuffer + - Removed ctx->Pixel.DriverReadBuffer + - Removed ctx->Color.MultiDrawBuffer + - Removed ctx->Driver.SetDrawBuffer() + - Removed swrast->Driver.SetReadBuffer(). + - Added ctx->Color._DrawDestMask - a bitmask of FRONT/BACK_LEFT/RIGHT_BIT + values to indicate the current draw buffers. + - Added ctx->Pixel._ReadSrcMask to indicate the source for pixel reading. + The value is _one_ of the FRONT/BACK_LEFT/RIGHT_BIT values. + - Added ctx->Driver.DrawBuffer() and ctx->Driver.ReadBuffer(). + These functions exactly correspond to glDrawBuffer and glReadBuffer calls. + Many drivers will set ctx->Driver.DrawBuffer = _swrast_DrawBuffer and + leave ctx->Draw.ReadBuffer NULL. + DRI drivers should implement their own function for ctx->Driver.DrawBuffer + and use it to set the current hardware drawing buffer. You'll probably + also want to check for GL_FRONT_AND_BACK mode and fall back to software. + Call _swrast_DrawBuffer() too, to update the swrast state. + - Added swrast->Driver.SetBuffer(). + This function should be implemented by all device drivers that use swrast. + Mesa will call it to specify the buffer to use for span reading AND + writing and point/line/triangle rendering. + There should be no confusion between current read or draw buffer anymore. + - Added swrast->CurrentBuffer to indicate which color buffer to read/draw. + Will be FRONT_LEFT_BIT, BACK_LEFT_BIT, FRONT_RIGHT_BIT or BACK_RIGHT_BIT. + This value is usually passed to swrast->Driver.SetBuffer(). + + +4. _mesa_create_context() changes. This function now takes a pointer to + a __GLimports object. The __GLimports structure contains function + pointers to system functions like fprintf(), malloc(), etc. + The _mesa_init_default_imports() function can be used to initialize + a __GLimports object. Most device drivers (like the DRI drivers) + should use this. + + +5. In tnl's struct vertex_buffer, the field "ProjectedClipCoords" + has been replaced by "NdcPtr" to better match the OpenGL spec's + terminology. + + +6. Since GL_EXT_stencil_two_side has been implemented, many of the + ctx->Stencil fields are now 2-element arrays. For example, + "GLenum Ref" is now "GLenum Ref[2]" The [0] elements are the front-face + values and the [1] elements are the back-face values. + ctx->Stencil.ActiveFace is 0 or 1 to indicate the current face for + the glStencilOp/Func/Mask() functions. + ctx->Stencil.TestTwoSide controls whether or not 1 or 2-sided stenciling + is enabled. + + +7. Removed ctx->Polygon._OffsetAny. Removed ctx->Polygon.OffsetMRD. + + +8. GLfloat / GLchan changes: + + - Changed ctx->Driver.ClearColor() to take GLfloat[4] instead of GLchan[4]. + ctx->Color.ClearColor is now GLfloat[4] too. + - Changed ctx->Driver.AlphaRef() to take GLfloat instead of GLchan. + - ctx->Color.AlphaRef is now GLfloat. + - texObj->BorderColor is now GLfloat[4]. texObj->_BorderChan is GLchan[4]. + + This is part of an effort to remove all GLchan types from core Mesa so + that someday we can support 8, 16 and 32-bit color channels dynamically + at runtime, instead of at compile-time. + + +9. GLboolean ctx->Tranform.ClipEnabled[MAX_CLIP_PLANES] has been replaced + by GLuint ctx->Transform.ClipPlanesEnabled. The later is a bitfield. + + +10. There's a new matrix_stack type in mtypes.h used for the Modelview, + Projection, Color and Texcoord matrix stacks. + + +11. The ctx->Current.* fields have changed a lot. Now, there's a + ctx->Current.Attrib[] array for all vertex attributes which matches + the NV vertex program conventions. + + +---------------------------------------------------------------------- |