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  <!ENTITY mesa-download-http "https://mesa.freedesktop.org/archive/mesa-&mesa-version;.tar.xz">
  <!ENTITY mesa-download-ftp  "ftp://ftp.freedesktop.org/pub/mesa/mesa-&mesa-version;.tar.xz">
  <!ENTITY mesa-md5sum        "056f644959320ac552522973f10e9dcf">
  <!ENTITY mesa-size          "12 MB">
  <!ENTITY mesa-buildsize     "541 MB (with demos and docs), add 261 MB for tests">
  <!ENTITY mesa-time          "2.5 SBU (with parallelism=4, demos, and docs), add 0.5 SBU for tests">
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<sect1 id="mesa" xreflabel="Mesa-&mesa-version;">
  <?dbhtml filename="mesa.html"?>

  <sect1info>
    <othername>$LastChangedBy$</othername>
    <date>$Date$</date>
  </sect1info>

  <title>Mesa-&mesa-version;</title>

  <indexterm zone="mesa">
    <primary sortas="a-Mesa">Mesa</primary>
  </indexterm>

  <sect2 role="package">
    <title>Introduction to Mesa</title>

    <para>
      <application>Mesa</application> is an OpenGL compatible 3D graphics
      library.
    </para>

    <note>
      <para>
        <application>Mesa</application> is updated relatively often. You may
        want to use the latest available &mesa-major-minor;.x mesa version.
      </para>
    </note>

    &lfs91_checked;

    <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Package Information</bridgehead>
    <itemizedlist spacing="compact">
      <listitem>
        <para>
          Download (HTTP): <ulink url="&mesa-download-http;"/>
        </para>
      </listitem>
      <listitem>
        <para>
          Download (FTP): <ulink url="&mesa-download-ftp;"/>
        </para>
      </listitem>
      <listitem>
        <para>
          Download MD5 sum: &mesa-md5sum;
        </para>
      </listitem>
      <listitem>
        <para>
          Download size: &mesa-size;
        </para>
      </listitem>
      <listitem>
        <para>
          Estimated disk space required: &mesa-buildsize;
        </para>
      </listitem>
      <listitem>
        <para>
          Estimated build time: &mesa-time;
        </para>
      </listitem>
    </itemizedlist>

    <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Additional Downloads</bridgehead>
    <itemizedlist spacing="compact">
      <listitem>
        <para>
          Recommended patch:
          <ulink
            url="&patch-root;/mesa-&mesa-version;-add_xdemos-1.patch"/>
          (installs 2 demo programs for testing Mesa - not needed if you
          install the <ulink url="ftp://ftp.freedesktop.org/pub/mesa/demos/">
          mesa-demos</ulink> package)
        </para>
      </listitem>
    </itemizedlist>

    <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Mesa Dependencies</bridgehead>

    <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Required</bridgehead>
    <para role="required">
      <xref linkend="xorg7-lib"/>,
      <xref linkend="libdrm"/>, and
      <xref linkend="Mako"/>
    </para>

    <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Recommended</bridgehead>
    <para role="recommended">

      <xref role="first" linkend="libva"/> (to provide VA-API support for some
      gallium drivers, note that there is a circular dependency. You must
      build <application>libva</application> first without EGL and GLX support,
      install this package, and rebuild <application>libva</application>),
      <xref linkend="libvdpau"/> (to build VDPAU drivers),
      <xref linkend="llvm"/> (required for Gallium3D, nouveau, r300, and radeonsi
      drivers and for swrast, the software rasterizer which is sometimes referred
      to as llvmpipe. See <ulink role="nodep"
      url="http://www.mesa3d.org/systems.html"/> for more information), and
      <xref linkend="wayland-protocols"/> (required for 
        <xref role="nodep" linkend='plasma5-build'/>,
        <!-- <xref role="nodep" linkend='lxqt'/>, -->
        GNOME, and recommended for  <xref role="nodep" linkend='gtk3'/>)
    </para>

    <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Optional</bridgehead>
    <para role="optional">
      <xref linkend="libgcrypt"/>,
      <xref linkend="lm_sensors"/> <!-- for libsensors according to Meson -->,
      <xref linkend="nettle"/>,
      <xref linkend="valgrind"/>,
      <ulink url="ftp://ftp.freedesktop.org/pub/mesa/demos/">mesa-demos</ulink>
      (provides more than 300 extra demos to test
      <application>Mesa</application>; this includes the same programs added by
      the patch above),
      <ulink url="http://omxil.sourceforge.net/">Bellagio OpenMAX Integration
      Layer</ulink> (for mobile platforms), 
      <ulink url="http://www.nongnu.org/libunwind/">libunwind</ulink>, and
      <ulink url="https://github.com/tizonia/tizonia-openmax-il/wiki/Tizonia-OpenMAX-IL/">
      libtizonia</ulink>
    </para>

    <note>
      <para>
        The instructions below assume that
        <application>LLVM</application> with the r600/amdgpu and host backends
        and run-time type information (RTTI - needed for nouveau) are installed.
        You will need to modify the instructions if you
        choose not to install all of these. For an explanation of Gallium3D see
        <ulink url="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gallium3D"/>.
      </para>
    </note>

    <para condition="html" role="usernotes">User Notes:
      <ulink url="&blfs-wiki;/mesa"/>
    </para>
  </sect2>

  <sect2 role="installation">
    <title>Installation of Mesa</title>

    <para>
      If you have downloaded the xdemos patch (needed if testing the Xorg
      installation per BLFS instructions), apply it by running the following
      command:
    </para>

<screen><userinput>patch -Np1 -i ../mesa-&mesa-version;-add_xdemos-1.patch</userinput></screen>

   <!-- Note that freedreno, vc4, and virgl all need special support from
        libdrm - renodr
        For me, libdrm does not mention virgl, but mesa accepts it. AFAICS
        freedreno is for qualcom hardware, libdrm will build for it on suitable
        systems. VC4 is for the Broadcom VC4 used in the raspberry pi - ken -->

    <para>
      If <xref linkend="python2"/> is not installed, adjust a script file
      in test suite to use Python 3:
    </para>

<screen><userinput>sed '1s/python/&amp;3/' -i bin/symbols-check.py</userinput></screen>

    <note>
      <para>
        The measurements above, and the Contents below, are for a full build.
        Many people will not wish to install drivers they cannot use, so the
        following paragraphs explain how to limit the drivers, and give an
        example which can be be reduced or amended as necessary.
      </para>
    </note>

    <para>
      Now, select the drivers you wish to install. For the X86 architecture, the
      available gallium drivers are auto, <emphasis>or alternatively a choice
      from</emphasis> i915, nouveau, r300, r600, radeonsi, svga, swrast, and
      virgl. The latter is recommended if you intend to run the system under
      <xref linkend="qemu"/>. If you wish to build all available gallium drivers,
      use 'auto'.
    </para>

    <para>
      The (non-gallium) DRI drivers available in X86 are auto, <emphasis>or
      alternatively a choice from</emphasis> i915, i965, nouveau, r100, r200,
      and swrast. Use 'auto' to build all available DRI drivers, or use an
      empty string (DRI_DRIVERS="") if you wish to only build gallium drivers.
    </para>

    <para>
      The platforms ("window systems") available for X86 linux are x11, wayland,
      drm, and surfaceless. By not specifying anything, the meson build-system
      will build for all these platforms if you have the dependencies, identical
      to if you had specified '-Dplatforms=auto'.
    </para>

    <para>
      Modify the commands below for your desired drivers.  The drivers listed
      below will cover most modern video cards and virtual machines.  For help in
      selecting drivers see <ulink url='http://www.mesa3d.org/systems.html'/>.
    </para>

    <note>
      <para>
        Although the nouveau drivers can be built for both gallium and dri, the
        i915 driver can only be built for one or the other.
      </para>
    </note>

    <!-- The iris driver has been temporarily removed from the below line.
         With mesa-20.0.5, it caused crashes and occasional system lockups.
         Exporting MESA_LOADER_DRIVER_OVERRIDE=i965 was able to fix it on
         my Skylake (i5-6600k) system, but that overrides the iris driver.
         Let's revisit this at a later time, maybe in a few releases or when
         the hardware is more accessible. See 
         http://lists.linuxfromscratch.org/pipermail/blfs-dev/2020-April/037385.html
         For more information/context.-->

<screen><userinput>GALLIUM_DRV="i915,nouveau,r600,radeonsi,svga,swrast,virgl"
DRI_DRIVERS="i965,nouveau"</userinput></screen>

    <para>
      Install <application>Mesa</application> by running the following
      commands:
    </para>

<screen><userinput>mkdir build &amp;&amp;
cd    build &amp;&amp;

meson --prefix=$XORG_PREFIX          \
      -Dbuildtype=release            \
      -Ddri-drivers=$DRI_DRIVERS     \
      -Dgallium-drivers=$GALLIUM_DRV \
      -Dgallium-nine=false           \
      -Dglx=dri                      \
      -Dosmesa=gallium               \
      -Dvalgrind=false               \
      -Dlibunwind=false              \
      ..                             &amp;&amp;

unset GALLIUM_DRV DRI_DRIVERS &amp;&amp;

ninja</userinput></screen>

    <para>
      If you built the tests (see 'Command Explanations'), to run them issue:
      <command>ninja test</command>.
    </para>

    <para>
      Now, as the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:
    </para>

<screen role="root"><userinput>ninja install</userinput></screen>

    <para>
      If desired, install the optional documentation by running
      the following commands as the
      <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:
    </para>

<screen role="root"><userinput>install -v -dm755 /usr/share/doc/mesa-&mesa-version; &amp;&amp;
cp -rfv ../docs/* /usr/share/doc/mesa-&mesa-version;</userinput></screen>

  </sect2>

  <sect2 role="commands">
    <title>Command Explanations</title>

    <para>
      <parameter>-Dbuildtype=release</parameter>: This switch ensures a
      fully-optimized build, and disables debug assertions which will
      severely slow down the libraries in certain use-cases. Without this
      switch, build sizes can span into the 2GB range.
    </para>

    <para>
      <parameter>-Ddri-drivers="..."</parameter>: This parameter
      controls which (non-gallium) dri drivers should be built.
    </para>

    <para>
      <parameter>-Dgallium-drivers="..."</parameter>: This parameter
      controls which Gallium3D drivers should be built.
    </para>

    <para>
      <option>-Dgallium-nine=true</option>: Setting this option to true will
      provide support for (MS Windows) games designed for DX9.
    </para>

    <para>
      <parameter>-Dosmesa=gallium</parameter>: This switch enables building
      the <filename class="libraryfile">libOSMesa</filename> library and
      provides Gallium3D support in it. It requires the swrast gallium driver.
    </para>
<!--
    <para>
      <parameter>-Dplatforms="..."</parameter>: This parameter
      controls which platforms EGL will be built for. Available
      linux X86 platforms are drm, x11, wayland, and surfaceless.
    </para>
-->
    <para>
      <parameter>-Dvalgrind=false</parameter>: This parameter disables
      the usage of Valgrind during the build process. Remove this parameter
      if you have Valgrind installed, and wish to check for memory leaks.
    </para>

<!--
    <para>
      <parameter>- -enable-xa</parameter>: This switch enables building the
      XA X Acceleration API (Required for VMware 3D Driver).
    </para>

    <para>
      <parameter>- -enable-gbm</parameter>: This switch enables building the
      <application>Mesa</application> Graphics Buffer Manager library.
    </para>
    These two seem to be automatic in 19.0 - ken

    <para>
      <parameter>- -enable-glx-tls</parameter>: This switch enables TLS (Thread Local
      Storage) support in GLX.
    </para>
-->
    <para>
      <option>-Dbuild-tests=true</option>: This option will cause the test code
      to be enabled.
    </para>

  </sect2>

  <sect2 role="content">
    <title>Contents</title>

    <segmentedlist>
      <segtitle>Installed Programs</segtitle>
      <segtitle>Installed Libraries</segtitle>
      <segtitle>Installed Directories</segtitle>

      <seglistitem>
        <seg>
          glxgears and glxinfo
        </seg>
        <seg>
          <!-- Begin DRI drivers : this is the full set from auto -->
          d3dadapter9.so, <!-- For Windows games. This is DirectX's Direct3D -->
          i915_dri.so,
          i965_dri.so,
          kms_swrast_dri.so,
          nouveau_dri.so,
          nouveau_drv_video.so,
          nouveau_vieux_dri.so,
          r200_dri.so,
          r300_dri.so,
          r600_dri.so,
          r600_drv_video.so,
          radeon_dri.so,
          radeonsi_dri.so,
          radeonsi_drv_video.so,
          swrast_dri.so,
          virtio_gpu_dri.so,
          vmwgfx_dri.so,
          <!-- End DRI Drivers -->
          libEGL.so,
          libGL.so,
          libGLESv1_CM.so,
          libGLESv2.so,
          libOSMesa.so,
          libXvMCnouveau.so,
          libXvMCr600.so,
          libgbm.so,
          libglapi.so,
          <!-- Begin Vulkan drivers -->
          libvulkan_intel.so,
          libvulkan_radeon.so,
          <!-- End Vulkan drivers -->
          libxatracker.so,
          <!-- Begin VDPAU drivers -->
          libvdpau_nouveau.so,
          libvdpau_r300.so,
          libvdpau_r600.so, and
          libvdpau_radeonsi.so
          <!-- End VDPAU drivers -->
        </seg>
        <seg>
          $XORG_PREFIX/{include/{d3dapater,EGL,GL,GLES,GLES2,GLES3,KHR,vulkan},lib/{d3d,dri,vdpau}}
          $XORG_PREFIX/share/drirc.d (contains workarounds for various applications,
          particularly browsers and games)
          $XORG_PREFIX/share/vulkan/icd.d,
          and
          /usr/share/doc/mesa-&mesa-version; (optional)
        </seg>
      </seglistitem>
    </segmentedlist>

    <variablelist>
      <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
      <?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
      <?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?>

      <varlistentry id="glxgears">
        <term><command>glxgears</command></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>
            is a GL demo useful for troubleshooting graphics
            problems.
          </para>
          <indexterm zone="mesa glxgears">
            <primary sortas="b-glxgears">glxgears</primary>
          </indexterm>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry id="glxinfo">
        <term><command>glxinfo</command></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>
            is a diagnostic program that displays information about the
            graphics hardware and installed GL libraries.
          </para>
          <indexterm zone="mesa glxinfo">
            <primary sortas="b-glxinfo">glxinfo</primary>
          </indexterm>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry id="libEGL">
        <term><filename class="libraryfile">libEGL.so</filename></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>
            provides a native platform graphics interface as
            defined by the EGL-1.4 specification.
          </para>
          <indexterm zone="mesa libEGL">
            <primary sortas="c-libGL">libEGL.so</primary>
          </indexterm>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry id="libgbm">
        <term><filename class="libraryfile">libgbm.so</filename></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>
            is the <application>Mesa</application> Graphics Buffer
            Manager library.
          </para>
          <indexterm zone="mesa libgbm">
            <primary sortas="c-libgbm">libgbm.so</primary>
          </indexterm>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry id="libGLESv1_CM">
        <term><filename class="libraryfile">libGLESv1_CM.so</filename></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>
            is the <application>Mesa</application> OpenGL ES 1.1 library.
          </para>
          <indexterm zone="mesa libGLESv1_CM">
            <primary sortas="c-libGLESv1_CM">libGLESv1_CM.so</primary>
          </indexterm>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry id="libGLES2">
        <term><filename class="libraryfile">libGLES2.so</filename></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>
            is the <application>Mesa</application> OpenGL ES 2.0 library.
          </para>
          <indexterm zone="mesa libGLES2">
            <primary sortas="c-libGLES2">libGLES2.so</primary>
          </indexterm>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry id="libGL">
        <term><filename class="libraryfile">libGL.so</filename></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>
            is the main <application>Mesa</application> OpenGL library.
          </para>
          <indexterm zone="mesa libGL">
            <primary sortas="c-libGL">libGL.so</primary>
          </indexterm>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry id="libOSMesa">
        <term><filename class="libraryfile">libOSMesa.so</filename></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>
            is the <application>Mesa</application> Off-screen Rendering library.
          </para>
          <indexterm zone="mesa libOSMesa">
            <primary sortas="c-libOSMesa">libOSMesa.so</primary>
          </indexterm>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

    </variablelist>

  </sect2>

</sect1>