Mesa 8.1 Release Notes / date TBD

Mesa 8.1 is a new development release.

Mesa 8.1 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.

MD5 checksums

tbd

New features

Note: some of the new features are only available with certain drivers.

• GL_ARB_base_instance
• GL_ARB_blend_func_extended
• GL_ARB_debug_output
• GL_ARB_shader_bit_encoding
• GL_ARB_timer_query
• GL_ARB_transform_feedback3
• GL_ARB_transform_feedback_instanced
• GL_EXT_unpack_subimage for ES 2.0
• GL_EXT_read_format_bgra for ES 1.1 and 2.0
• GL_EXT_texture_rg for ES 2.x
• GL_NV_read_buffer for ES 2.0

Bug fixes

TBD -- This list is likely incomplete.

Changes

The legacy/static Makefile system (ex: 'make linux-dri') has been removed. The two supported build methods are now autoconf/automake and SCons.