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2009-03-31 DirectFB 1.2.8, linux Fusion 8.1.1 - unified Fusion

Good news if you use the DirectFB multi-app feature: The Fusion Kernel module is from now on API aware, and supports Fusion APIs 3.x, 4.x and 8.x. This means you can use fusion 8.1.1 together with DirectFB versions 1.0.x, 1.1.x or 1.2.8 onwards.

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Fusion changes

hybrid fusion: support for API 3.x, 4.x and 8.x simultaneously.
/proc filesystem: improve safety by using seq_file instead of sprintf.
formatting: now uses Linux kernel formatting rules.
documentation: add API/ioctl interface docs.

DirectFB 1.0.x, 1.2.8 and 1.3.x work out-of-the-box with Fusion 8.1.1.
DirectFB 1.1.x up till DirectFB 1.2.7 require an additional patch.
The fusionees in a world must maintain the same major API version, but different Fusion worlds are allowed to use different API versions.

DirectFB changes

Added IDirectFBSurface::Write and ::Read.
small fix to local "System Memory" pool cleanup.
Must be used with Fusion 8.1.1.

niels