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NEWS: Add notes for 2.8.99.902

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Snapshot 2.8.99.902 (2009-09-22)
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This is expected to be the final release candidate for the upcoming
2.9.0 release. If there are no serious problems discovered in this
release candidate then the same code will become 2.9.0 soon. So please
let us know if you test this release candidate and find any problems.
New features in 2.8.99.902 compared to 2.8
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* Support for the B43 chipset.
Major fixes in 2.8.99.902 compared to 2.8.0
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* Multiple fixes to make the driver stable for 8xx chipsets, (855GM,
865G, etc.). The 2.8 driver series was extremely unstable with many
of these chipsets.
https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=22904 (and many duplicates)
https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=22947
* Add support for BACKLIGHT property when using kernel modesetting
(KMS). This allows backlight adjustment with programs such as
"xbacklight -set <percentage>" or "xrandr --set BACKLIGHT <value>".
https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=20963
* Fix so that "xrandr --scale" works when using KMS.
https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=22893
* Fix segfaults of X server when logging out.
https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=20516
* Avoid falling back to software for 1-bit alpha-only masks.
https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=23184
* Fix pixel sampling position for 8xx chipsets, (fixes some cairo-test
suite failures).
Snapshot 2.8.99.901 (2009-09-09)
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This is the first release candidate in preparation for the upcoming