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11<H1>Mesa 6.5.1 Release Notes</H1>
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15<H2>Introduction</H2>
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18Mesa uses an even/odd version number scheme like the Linux kernel.
19Odd numbered versions (such as 6.5) designate new developmental releases.
20Even numbered versions (such as 6.4) designate stable releases.
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24Mesa 6.5.1 is a 6.5 follow-on development release mostly consisting of
25<a href="versions.html#6.5.1">bug fixes</a>.
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29<h2>New Features</h2>
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32<li>Intel i965 "broadwater" DRI driver
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34<li>GL_APPLE_vertex_array_object - allows encapsulation of a set of vertex
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37<li>GL_EXT_texture_sRGB - non-linearly mapped texture formats
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39<li>GL_EXT_gpu_program_parameters - addes a few new functions for setting
40	multiple vertex/fragment program parameters with one call.
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44<h2>Internal code changes</h2>
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47A number of Mesa program-related structs were renamed.
48For example <i>struct vertex_program</i> is now <i>struct gl_vertex_program</i>.
49All the effected drivers have been updated.
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52<p>Ian Romanick updated the GL API dispatch code in a number of ways.
53First, many old/unused extensions were removed.
54Second, the static entrypoints for some extensions were removed.
55This means GL function pointers will have to be used more often
56(e.g. use glXGetProcAddressARB()).
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60<h2>To Do (someday) items</h2>
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62<li>Switch to freeglut
63<li>Increase MAX_DRAWBUFFERS
64<li>Fix linux-glide target/driver.
65<li>Fix lambda calculation for frag progs.
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72Driver			Status
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74DRI drivers		varies with the driver
75XMesa/GLX (on Xlib)	implements OpenGL 1.5
76OSMesa (off-screen)	implements OpenGL 1.5
77Glide (3dfx Voodoo1/2)	implements OpenGL 1.3
78SVGA			implements OpenGL 1.3
79Wind River UGL		implements OpenGL 1.3
80Windows/Win32		implements OpenGL 1.5
81DJGPP			implements OpenGL 1.5
82GGI			implements OpenGL 1.3
83BeOS			implements OpenGL 1.5
84Allegro			needs updating
85D3D			needs updating
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