Here is the changelog and release notes:
Release 2.9.0 (2009-09-28)
==
We are pleased to announce the 2.9.0 release of the xf86-video-intel
driver. (If you have been following along at home, this release is
identical to the 2.8.99.902 release candidate other than the version
number).
-Carl
Where to obtain the release
===
git tag: 2.9.0
http://xorg.freedesktop.org/archive/individual/driver/xf86-video-intel-2.9.0.tar.bz2
MD5: 34ff2582993d6462d0cb7b30d759 xf86-video-intel-2.9.0.tar.bz2
SHA1: 62e29344824a5de421178fec568d7ff0688309f8 xf86-video-intel-2.9.0.tar.bz2
http://xorg.freedesktop.org/archive/individual/driver/xf86-video-intel-2.9.0.tar.gz
MD5: a3b2f3f9abcbf2d6add4d0c3a6e06279 xf86-video-intel-2.9.0.tar.gz
SHA1: 25bb6948223db5e8f140f42aa6de2dfb7f7d9a50 xf86-video-intel-2.9.0.tar.gz
New features in 2.9 compared to 2.8
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* Support for the B43 chipset.
Major fixes in 2.9.0 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).
All changes from 2.8.0 to 2.9.0
===
Adam Jackson (1):
Fix the chip names printed in the log to be less obnoxious.
Carl Worth (8):
debug: i830_valid_command: Return invalid for subopcodes with no name
NEWS: Add notes for the 2.8.99.901 snapshot
Update version to 2.8.99.901 for snapshot.
8xx: Fallback for any non-affine transformation.
NEWS: Add notes for 2.8.99.902
Increment version to 2.8.99.902
NEWS: Add notes for the 2.9.0 release.
Increment version to 2.9.0
Chris Wilson (10):
i830: do not use stale mask transform
i830: remove padding NOOPs from composite
i830: Trim composite setup
i830: Update comments
i830/i915: Set the sample position to the pixel center.
i915: Restore nearest sampling
Avoid fallbacks for compositing gradient patterns
Avoid fallbacks for a1 src/mask
Check the correct Picture for error during creation.
Revert 8xx: Fallback for any non-affine transformation.
Dave Airlie (5):
intel: remove unneeded includes
intel: update for resources/RAC API removal
intel: since driver depends on newer server don't need to wrap this
xserver: fix up for stable build
intel: drop RES_SHARED_VGA not needed anymore
Eric Anholt (8):
uxa: Skip fill of temporary alpha picture that just gets copied over.
uxa: Tell the driver when we're just going to immediately map the pixmap.
Only align DRI2 tiled pixmaps to the DRI2 tiled pixmap alignment
requirement.
8xx render: Add limited support for a8 dests.
Fix sampler indexes on i965 planar video.
Align tiled pixmap height so we don't address beyond the end of our
buffers.
Fix math in the tiling alignment fix.
Align the height of untiled pixmaps to 2 lines as well.
Jesse Barnes (4):
Dump LVDS backlight info from bios_reader
Print block length of backlight table
Add KMS only build flag
Eliminate cursor flicker
Keith Packard (12):
drmmode_output_get_modes: Replace existing EDID property blob with new one
Allow DRM mode setting to include transformations
Reload cursors as needed when setting new modes.
Add cursor registers to debug dump output.
KMS: allocate one bo per crtc for cursor
Fix SHM functions to work with server after 1.6.0
Make sure DRM output properties are freed after we're done with them.
Don't destroy bufmgr at CloseScreen time
Remove vestigial internal rotation which broke KMS DGA/VidMode
modesetting.
Remove DGA support from the driver.
Split i915/i830 composite_emit_primitive into two functions.
i8xx: Format projective texture coordinates correctly.
Kristian Høgsberg (1):
kms: Don't use fb offset when using shadow buffer
Krzysztof Halasa (1):
h/v bias in 3DSTATE_DEST_BUFFER_VARIABLES is 4-bits wide
Matthias Hopf (7):
Add HP Mini 5101 to quirks list.
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