From ae00a0923717caec6d0dad94527da26397bd12ce Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Carl Worth Date: Tue, 22 Sep 2009 15:14:38 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] NEWS: Add notes for 2.8.99.902 --- NEWS | 41 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 41 insertions(+) diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS index 9bd553a6..6b1f3b2b 100644 --- a/NEWS +++ b/NEWS @@ -1,3 +1,44 @@ +Snapshot 2.8.99.902 (2009-09-22) +================================ +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 +------------------------------------------ +* Support for the B43 chipset. + +Major fixes in 2.8.99.902 compared to 2.8.0 +------------------------------------------- +* 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 " or "xrandr --set BACKLIGHT ". + + 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) ================================ This is the first release candidate in preparation for the upcoming