Appendix: What's New

This appendix describes what's new and changed in the QNX Neutrino Core Graphics documentation for each release.

What's new in QNX Neutrino Core Graphics for 6.5.0

New functions:

• gf_surface_get_dev()
• gf_context_get_surface()

Changes:

gf_dev_register_thread()

We've added the return codes to the entry for this function.

gf_display_snapshot()

The documented return value error code has changed from GF_ERR_IODISPLAY to GF_ERR_NOSUPPORT.

What's new in QNX Neutrino Core Graphics for 6.4.1

New functions:

• gf_context_set_hw_polygon()
• gf_layer_set_edge()
• img_write()
• img_crop()
• img_codec_get_criteria()

Changes:

• The devg-poulsbo.so graphics driver is now supported and documented.

What's new in QNX Neutrino Core Graphics for 6.4.0

Changes:

• Video drivers are no longer shipped as part of Core Graphics.
• Advanced Graphics applications and Photon applications can now share the same environment. The Photon in Embedded Systems appendix describes how to use the io-display utility to embed photon and Advanced Graphics on an embedded device. When you want to run both GF/OpenGL ES and Photon applications, you must start io-display before starting the Photon graphics server, io-graphics.
• Advanced Graphics now supports the Poulsbo chipset. Refer to the devg-poulsbo.so use message for more information.

New video driver support:

• devg-soft3d-fixed.so

What's new in QNX Advanced Graphics 2.1

New functions:

• gf_context_set_capstyle()
• gf_context_set_filter()
• gf_context_set_polyfill()
• gf_context_set_surface_3d()
• gf_context_unset_surface()
• gf_dev_get_error()
• gf_display_set_external_chroma()
• gf_display_wait_vsync()
• gf_draw_image()
• gf_layer_set_filter()
• gf_layer_set_hue()
• img_load_resize_file()

What's new in QNX Advanced Graphics 2.0

New functions:

• gf_display_snapshot() — take a snapshot of a display and save it to a surface.
• gf_display_query() — query the current display mode
• gf_display_query_mode() — query a display for supported modes
• gf_display_set_mode() — set a display's display mode
• gf_context_set_planemask() and gf_context_disable_planemask() — set or disable a plane mask
• gf_dev_get_meminfo() — get memory usage information for a device

Image Library changes:

• img_cfg_read()
• img_encode_begin()
• img_encode_callouts_t
• img_encode_finish()
• img_encode_frame()
• img_resize_fs()
• img_rotate_ortho()
• img_write_file()

New Image Library codecs:

• img_codec_sgi.so — SGI format codec
• img_codec_tga.so — Truevision Graphics Adapter format codec.

New video drivers:

• devg-carmine.so
• devg-vmware.so
• devg-extreme2.so
• devg-soft3d.so
• devg-vesabios.so