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[ANNOUNCE] xf86-video-radeonhd 1.2.0 'RV620/635 Release'

From:  Matthias Hopf <mhopf-AT-suse.de>
To:  xorg-AT-lists.freedesktop.org, xorg-announce-AT-lists.freedesktop.org
Subject:  [ANNOUNCE] xf86-video-radeonhd 1.2.0 'RV620/635 Release'
Date:  Thu, 10 Apr 2008 22:16:36 +0200
Message-ID:  <20080410201636.GA16398@suse.de>

Announcing the 'RV620/635 Release' of the xf86-video-radeonhd driver.

RadeonHD is the X.org X11 driver for AMD GPG (ATI) r5xx/r6xx chipsets.
The development is driven by Novell at the time of writing, together
with a community of open source developers around this driver.
AMD provides free documentation for the chipsets.

Note the wiki on http://wiki.x.org/wiki/radeonhd


Version 1.2.0 improvements:

  - Added support for RV620, RV635, and R680.
  - Added 2D acceleration for R5xx (including RS6xx), both XAA and EXA.
  - Added support for DDIA block (second digital output) on RS690.
  - Added support for interlaced modes
  - Added additional layers for splitting outputs into encoders and
    transmitters as needed for new hardware.
  - Added support for DragonFly BSD.
  - Improved RandR corner cases.
  - Improved handling of secondary cards.
  - Implemented foundation work for future TV support.
  - Huge number of bugfixes and minor updates.


http://xorg.freedesktop.org/releases/individual/driver/xf...
MD5:  dd846c685f9a41144353c7da864b58b2  xf86-video-radeonhd-1.2.0.tar.gz
SHA1: c557116dbefae984e696dd2986a0205b2905467f  xf86-video-radeonhd-1.2.0.tar.gz

http://xorg.freedesktop.org/releases/individual/driver/xf...
MD5:  6a932ec17da9ce5a6d9000c1649c3a7e  xf86-video-radeonhd-1.2.0.tar.bz2
SHA1: 2c71361d4bf8d102b3ae350f6550cf606c77817e  xf86-video-radeonhd-1.2.0.tar.bz2



Matthias

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