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@nullmoth nullmoth released this 18 Oct 06:01
v2.3.6
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Desktop and windows

  • Dragging and scrolling windows: a surface whose video memory had been set aside is put back before its update is
    recorded, so the driver no longer copies the whole window back to system memory on every frame (PR #245, thanks
    HighDelay; #253 measured the same readback on an RTX 5070 Ti at 4K)
  • Moving the mouse no longer stalls the compositor: the cursor position is applied on its own thread instead of under
    the system's cursor lock, and OpenGL apps wait for the display's real refresh rate instead of 60 Hz on faster
    panels (thanks pengubow)
  • Core Animation passes that read the colour attachment with framebuffer fetch off now read a defined image instead of an
    unbound descriptor, which could put garbage on screen inside WindowServer (PR #270, thanks watchthelight)
  • Text and badge masks drawn into A8 targets land in the right lane, and Dock badges show their numbers again (PRs #271
    and #274, thanks watchthelight)

Apps and games

  • OpenGL: Minecraft's vertex shaders translate, the draw path no longer allocates per draw, texel-buffer descriptors and
    unchanged bindings are reused, depth bias and per-instance step rates take effect, samplers work inside argument buffers
    (thanks HighDelay)
  • Chrome and Chromium use Metal through ANGLE by default, so their GPU process starts; Electron apps stay opt-in with
    NVMTL_ANGLE_METAL=1, and NVMTL_ANGLE_METAL=0 turns it off everywhere (PR #263, thanks Hi-Jiajun)
  • Shaders with [[visible]] function references that function constants turn off are no longer refused, which lost
    pipelines in the login window, Spotlight, icon services and the Dock
  • Metal reports the card's whole video memory as its working set, as a Mac does (8 GB cards said 5.9 GB, 12 GB cards 8.9 GB)
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