Maintenance release with bug fixes, added configuration options (module search dir, screen size override) and more code guideline conformance.
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Config
- added config option to override module search dir.
- read /proc/self/cmdline if DirectFBInit() does not receive argv/argc.
- added option to override initial screen size.
- Fix build when srcdir != builddir.
Core
- added documentation for blend functions and some desktop-buffer-mode options
- better out-of-memory error handling
- fixed alpha handling for palette SetEntriesYUV
- rectified changes to surface policy in case a surface is allocated again, or reallocated
- fixed memory leak in local "System Memory" pool when deallocating due to IDirectFB::Release
Systems
- fbdev: Fixes for pan & zoom functionality
Gfxsystems
- matrox: Wrong chroma plane offset was being used with deinterlace blits.
- omap: Added omapfb.h to release zipfile.
- SH772x: LCD parameters not obtained via fbdev ioctl
- SH772x: improved JPEG Encode/decode performance, JPEG fixes, JPU by default disabled due to conflicts
- SH772x: detection broadened to SH772x revisions
Input
- Fix possible array overruns
- added direct_modules_unregister() when unloading the module
- linuxinput: Fix LED handling, Count KEY_M
- font loading: Support premultiplied font formats.
- Video4Linux: add sources to release zipfile. Conform v4l and v4l2 to new core architecture.
libfusion
- fixed skirmish wait argument not taken as msec but usec
Tools
- dfbdump: fixed to show correct buffer allocation sizes for certain formats.
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