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11<H1>Mesa 7.6 Release Notes / date TBD</H1>
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14Mesa 7.6 is a new development release.
15People who are concerned with stability and reliability should stick
16with a previous release or wait for Mesa 7.6.1.
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19Mesa 7.6 implements the OpenGL 2.1 API, but the version reported by
20glGetString(GL_VERSION) depends on the particular driver being used.
21Some drivers don't support all the features required in OpenGL 2.1.
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24See the <a href="install.html">Compiling/Installing page</a> for prerequisites
25for DRI hardware acceleration.
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35<h2>New features</h2>
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37<li><a href="openvg.html">OpenVG</a> front-end (state tracker for Gallium).
38This was written by Zack Rusin at Tungsten Graphics.
39<li>GL_ARB_vertex_array_object and GL_APPLE_vertex_array_object extensions
40    (supported in Gallium drivers, Intel DRI drivers, and software drivers)</li>
41<li>GL_ARB_copy_buffer extension
42    (supported in Gallium drivers, Intel DRI drivers, and software drivers)</li>
43<li>GL_ARB_map_buffer_range extension
44    (supported in Gallium drivers, Intel DRI drivers, and software drivers)</li>
45<li>GL_ARB_seamless_cube_map extension
46    (supported in software drivers and i965 drivers)</li>
47<li>GL_ARB_vertex_array_bgra (ARB synonym for GL_EXT_vertex_array_bgra)</li>
48<li>GL_ARB_sync (supported in software drivers and Intel DRI drivers)</li>
49<li>GL_EXT_provoking_vertex extension (supported in Gallium, i915, i965, and software drivers)
50<li>Rewritten radeon/r200/r300 driver using a buffer manager
51<li>radeon/r200/r300 GL_EXT_framebuffer_object support when used with
52    kernel memory manager
53<li>r300 driver support for GL_EXT_vertex_array_bgra, GL_EXT_texture_sRGB
54<li>i915/945 driver support for GL_ARB_point_sprite, GL_EXT_stencil_two_side
55    and GL_ATI_separate_stencil extensions
56<li>Rewritten assembler for GL_ARB_vertex_program /
57    GL_ARB_fragment_program.</li>
58<li>Added configure --with-max-width=W, --with-max-height=H options to specify
59    max framebuffer, viewport size.
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65<li>i965 DRI driver fixes, including support for "unlimited" size constant
66    buffers (GLSL uniforms)
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