1 2 Mesa 4.0.2 release notes 3 4 March 25, 2002 5 6 PLEASE READ!!!! 7 8 9 10 Introduction 11 ------------ 12 13 Mesa uses an even/odd version number scheme like the Linux kernel. 14 Odd numbered versions (such as 3.3) designate new developmental releases. 15 Even numbered versions (such as 3.4) designate stable releases. 16 17 Mesa 4.0.2 only contains bug fixes and a new DOS driver since version 4.0.1. 18 19 See the docs/VERSIONS file for the list of bug fixes. 20 21 22 Device Drivers 23 -------------- 24 25 Mesa advertises itself as either OpenGL 1.2 or OpenGL 1.3 depending on the 26 device driver. If the driver enables all the ARB extensions which are part 27 of OpenGL 1.3 then glGetString(GL_VERSION) will return "1.3". Otherwise, 28 it'll return "1.2". 29 30 A number of Mesa's software drivers haven't been actively maintained for 31 some time. We rely on volunteers to maintain many of the drivers. 32 Here's the current status of all included drivers: 33 34 Driver Status 35 ---------------------- --------------------- 36 XMesa (Xlib) implements OpenGL 1.3 37 OSMesa (off-screen) implements OpenGL 1.3 38 FX (3dfx Voodoo1/2) implements OpenGL 1.3 39 SVGA implements OpenGL 1.3 40 Wind River UGL implements OpenGL 1.3 41 Windows/Win32 implements OpenGL 1.3 42 DOS/DJGPP implements OpenGL 1.3 (new in Mesa 4.0.2) 43 GGI needs updating 44 BeOS needs updating 45 Allegro needs updating 46 D3D needs updating 47 48 49 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 50
