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1<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?>
2<!DOCTYPE sect1 PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.5//EN"
3 "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.5/docbookx.dtd" [
4 <!ENTITY % general-entities SYSTEM "../../general.ent">
5 %general-entities;
6
7 <!ENTITY mesa-download-http "https://mesa.freedesktop.org/archive/&mesa-version;/mesa-&mesa-version;.tar.xz">
8 <!ENTITY mesa-download-ftp "ftp://ftp.freedesktop.org/pub/mesa/&mesa-version;/mesa-&mesa-version;.tar.xz">
9 <!ENTITY mesa-md5sum "932e4171a86b14940c06812356486155">
10 <!ENTITY mesa-size "9.0 MB">
11 <!ENTITY mesa-buildsize "304 MB (with demos and docs, add 50 MB for tests)">
12 <!ENTITY mesa-time "2.6 SBU (with demos and docs, add 0.6 SBU for tests)">
13]>
14
15<sect1 id="mesa" xreflabel="Mesa-&mesa-version;">
16 <?dbhtml filename="mesa.html"?>
17
18 <sect1info>
19 <othername>$LastChangedBy$</othername>
20 <date>$Date$</date>
21 </sect1info>
22
23 <title>Mesa-&mesa-version;</title>
24
25 <indexterm zone="mesa">
26 <primary sortas="a-Mesa">Mesa</primary>
27 </indexterm>
28
29 <sect2 role="package">
30 <title>Introduction to Mesa</title>
31
32 <para>
33 <application>Mesa</application> is an OpenGL compatible 3D graphics
34 library.
35 </para>
36
37 &lfs80_checked;
38
39 <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Package Information</bridgehead>
40 <itemizedlist spacing="compact">
41 <listitem>
42 <para>
43 Download (HTTP): <ulink url="&mesa-download-http;"/>
44 </para>
45 </listitem>
46 <listitem>
47 <para>
48 Download (FTP): <ulink url="&mesa-download-ftp;"/>
49 </para>
50 </listitem>
51 <listitem>
52 <para>
53 Download MD5 sum: &mesa-md5sum;
54 </para>
55 </listitem>
56 <listitem>
57 <para>
58 Download size: &mesa-size;
59 </para>
60 </listitem>
61 <listitem>
62 <para>
63 Estimated disk space required: &mesa-buildsize;
64 </para>
65 </listitem>
66 <listitem>
67 <para>
68 Estimated build time: &mesa-time;
69 </para>
70 </listitem>
71 </itemizedlist>
72
73 <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Additional Downloads</bridgehead>
74 <itemizedlist spacing="compact">
75 <listitem>
76 <para>
77 Recommended patch:
78 <ulink
79 url="&patch-root;/mesa-&mesa-version;-add_xdemos-1.patch"/>
80 (installs 2 demo programs for testing Mesa - not needed if you
81 install the <ulink url="ftp://ftp.freedesktop.org/pub/mesa/demos/">
82 mesa-demos</ulink> package)
83 </para>
84 </listitem>
85 </itemizedlist>
86
87 <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Mesa Dependencies</bridgehead>
88
89 <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Required</bridgehead>
90 <para role="required">
91 <xref linkend="xorg7-lib"/>,
92 <xref linkend="libdrm"/>, and
93 <xref linkend="python2"/>
94 </para>
95
96 <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Recommended</bridgehead>
97 <para role="recommended">
98 <xref linkend="elfutils"/> (required for the radeonsi driver),
99
100 <phrase revision="systemd"><xref linkend="libva"/> (to build drivers for
101 supported hardware, note that there is a circular dependency. You must
102 build <application>libva</application> first without EGL and GLX support,
103 install this package, and rebuild <application>libva</application>.),</phrase>
104
105 <xref linkend="libvdpau"/> (to build VDPAU drivers),
106
107 <xref linkend="llvm"/> (required for Gallium3D, r300, and radeonsi
108 drivers and for the llvmpipe software rasterizer. See
109 <ulink url="http://www.mesa3d.org/systems.html"/> for more information.)
110 </para>
111
112 <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Optional</bridgehead>
113 <para role="optional">
114 <xref linkend="libgcrypt"/>,
115 <xref linkend="nettle"/>,
116 <xref linkend="wayland"/> (required for
117 <xref linkend='plasma5-build'/>
118 <phrase revision="systemd">,</phrase>
119 <phrase revision="sysv">and</phrase>
120 <xref linkend='lxqt'/>
121 <phrase revision="systemd">, and GNOME</phrase>),
122
123 <ulink url="ftp://ftp.freedesktop.org/pub/mesa/demos/">mesa-demos</ulink>
124 (provides more than 300 extra demos to test
125 <application>Mesa</application>; this includes the same programs added by
126 the patch above), and
127
128 <ulink url="http://omxil.sourceforge.net/">Bellagio OpenMAX Integration
129 Layer</ulink> (for mobile platforms)
130 </para>
131
132 <note>
133 <para>
134 The instructions below assume that <application>elfutils</application>
135 and <application>LLVM</application> with the r600/amdgpu and host
136 backends are installed. You will need to modify the instructions if you
137 choose not to install them. For an explanation of Gallium3D see
138 <ulink url="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gallium3D"/>.
139 </para>
140 </note>
141
142 <para condition="html" role="usernotes">User Notes:
143 <ulink url="&blfs-wiki;/mesa"/>
144 </para>
145 </sect2>
146
147 <sect2 role="installation">
148 <title>Installation of Mesa</title>
149
150 <para>
151 If you have downloaded the xdemos patch (needed if testing the Xorg
152 installation per BLFS instructions), apply it by running the following
153 command:
154 </para>
155
156<screen><userinput>patch -Np1 -i ../mesa-&mesa-version;-add_xdemos-1.patch</userinput></screen>
157
158 <!-- Note that freedreno, vc4, and virgl all need special support from
159 libdrm - renodr -->
160 <para>Now, select the drivers you wish to install. The available drivers
161 are i915, ilo, nouveau, r300, r600, radeonsi, freedreno, svga, swrast, vc4,
162 and virgl. If the Gallium drivers are not specified, the default is
163 'r300,r600,svga,swrast'. Modify the command below for any desired drivers.
164 The listed drivers below will cover most modern video cards. For help in
165 selecting drivers see
166 <ulink url='http://www.mesa3d.org/systems.html'/>.</para>
167
168<screen><userinput>GLL_DRV="i915,r600,nouveau,radeonsi,svga,swrast"</userinput></screen>
169
170 <para>
171 Install <application>Mesa</application> by running the following
172 commands:
173 </para>
174
175 <note>
176 <para>
177 Add wayland to the <parameter>--with-egl-platforms</parameter> switch
178 below if you plan on building
179 <xref linkend='plasma5-build'/><phrase revision="systemd">,</phrase>
180 <phrase revision="sysv">or</phrase>
181 <xref linkend='lxqt'/><phrase revision="systemd">, or GNOME</phrase>.
182 </para>
183 </note>
184
185<screen><userinput>sed -i "/pthread_stubs_possible=/s/yes/no/" configure.ac &amp;&amp;
186
187./autogen.sh CFLAGS='-O2' CXXFLAGS='-O2' \
188 --prefix=$XORG_PREFIX \
189 --sysconfdir=/etc \
190 --enable-texture-float \
191 --enable-osmesa \
192 --enable-xa \
193 --enable-glx-tls \
194 --with-egl-platforms="drm,x11" \
195 --with-gallium-drivers=$GLL_DRV &amp;&amp;
196
197unset GLL_DRV &amp;&amp;
198
199make</userinput></screen>
200
201 <para>
202 If you have applied the xdemos patch, build the demo programs by
203 running the following command:
204 </para>
205
206<screen><userinput>make -C xdemos DEMOS_PREFIX=$XORG_PREFIX</userinput></screen>
207
208 <para>
209 To test the results, issue: <command>make check</command>.
210 </para>
211
212 <para>
213 Now, as the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:
214 </para>
215
216<screen role="root"><userinput>make install</userinput></screen>
217
218 <para>
219 If you have built the demo programs, install them by running the
220 following command as the
221 <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:
222 </para>
223
224<screen role="root"><userinput>make -C xdemos DEMOS_PREFIX=$XORG_PREFIX install</userinput></screen>
225
226 <para>
227 If desired, install the optional documentation by running
228 the following commands as the
229 <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:
230 </para>
231
232<screen role="root"><userinput>install -v -dm755 /usr/share/doc/mesa-&mesa-version; &amp;&amp;
233cp -rfv docs/* /usr/share/doc/mesa-&mesa-version;</userinput></screen>
234
235 </sect2>
236
237 <sect2 role="commands">
238 <title>Command Explanations</title>
239
240 <para>
241 <command>sed -i ... configure.ac</command>: This sed removes a dependency
242 on the <application>libpthread-stubs</application> package which is
243 useless on Linux.
244 </para>
245
246 <para>
247 <parameter>CFLAGS="-O2" CXXFLAGS="-O2"</parameter>: By default,
248 <application>Autoconf</application> sets CFLAGS and CXXFLAGS to
249 "-g -O2". That results in binaries and libraries being built with
250 debugging symbols which make them bigger. Override the default
251 flags to omit the -g compiler flag so the final libraries are smaller.
252 </para>
253
254 <para>
255 <parameter>--enable-texture-float</parameter>: This switch enables
256 floating-point textures and render buffers. Please consult
257 <filename>docs/patents.txt</filename> to see if there are
258 any legal issues if you use this feature.
259 </para>
260
261 <para>
262 <parameter>--enable-osmesa</parameter>: This switch enables building
263 the <filename class="libraryfile">libOSMesa</filename> library.
264 </para>
265
266 <para>
267 <parameter>--enable-xa</parameter>: This switch enables building the
268 XA X Acceleration API (Required for VMware 3D Driver).
269 </para>
270
271 <para>
272 <parameter>--enable-gbm</parameter>: This switch enables building the
273 <application>Mesa</application> Graphics Buffer Manager library.
274 </para>
275
276 <para>
277 <parameter>--enable-glx-tls</parameter>: This switch enables TLS (Thread Local
278 Storage) support in GLX.
279 </para>
280
281 <para>
282 <parameter>--with-egl-platforms="..."</parameter>: This parameter
283 controls which platforms EGL will be built for. Available
284 platforms are drm, x11 and wayland.
285 </para>
286
287 <para>
288 <parameter>--with-gallium-drivers="..."</parameter>: This parameter
289 controls which Gallium3D drivers should be built.
290 </para>
291
292 <para revision="sysv">
293 <option>--enable-sysfs</option>: Use this switch to enable simple PCI
294 identification method, required for building DRI on systems without udev.
295 </para>
296
297 </sect2>
298
299 <sect2 role="content">
300 <title>Contents</title>
301
302 <segmentedlist>
303 <segtitle>Installed Programs</segtitle>
304 <segtitle>Installed Libraries</segtitle>
305 <segtitle>Installed Directories</segtitle>
306
307 <seglistitem>
308 <seg>
309 glxgears and glxinfo
310 </seg>
311 <seg>
312 libEGL.so,
313 libgbm.so,
314 libglapi.so,
315 libGLESv1_CM.so,
316 libGLESv2.so,
317 libGL.so,
318 libOSMesa.so,
319<!-- Those libraries are associated with the "swr" gallium driver,
320 which has been removed at r17757. Keeping as a comment in case we
321 reintroduce that driver.
322 libswrAVX.so,
323 libswrAVX2.so,-->
324 libwayland-egl.so (if built with <application>Wayland</application>)
325 libxatracker.so,
326 libXvMCnouveau.so,
327 and libXvMCr600.so
328 </seg>
329 <seg>
330 $XORG_PREFIX/{include/{EGL,GL,GLES,GLES2,GLES3,KHR},lib/{dri,vdpau}}
331 and
332 /usr/share/doc/mesa-&mesa-version; (optional)
333 </seg>
334 </seglistitem>
335 </segmentedlist>
336
337 <variablelist>
338 <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
339 <?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
340 <?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?>
341
342 <varlistentry id="glxgears">
343 <term><command>glxgears</command></term>
344 <listitem>
345 <para>
346 is a GL demo useful for troubleshooting graphics
347 problems.
348 </para>
349 <indexterm zone="mesa glxgears">
350 <primary sortas="b-glxgears">glxgears</primary>
351 </indexterm>
352 </listitem>
353 </varlistentry>
354
355 <varlistentry id="glxinfo">
356 <term><command>glxinfo</command></term>
357 <listitem>
358 <para>
359 is a diagnostic program that displays information about the
360 graphics hardware and installed GL libraries.
361 </para>
362 <indexterm zone="mesa glxinfo">
363 <primary sortas="b-glxinfo">glxinfo</primary>
364 </indexterm>
365 </listitem>
366 </varlistentry>
367
368 <varlistentry id="libEGL">
369 <term><filename class="libraryfile">libEGL.so</filename></term>
370 <listitem>
371 <para>
372 provides a native platform graphics interface as
373 defined by the EGL-1.4 specification.
374 </para>
375 <indexterm zone="mesa libEGL">
376 <primary sortas="c-libGL">libEGL.so</primary>
377 </indexterm>
378 </listitem>
379 </varlistentry>
380
381 <varlistentry id="libgbm">
382 <term><filename class="libraryfile">libgbm.so</filename></term>
383 <listitem>
384 <para>
385 is the <application>Mesa</application> Graphics Buffer
386 Manager library.
387 </para>
388 <indexterm zone="mesa libgbm">
389 <primary sortas="c-libgbm">libgbm.so</primary>
390 </indexterm>
391 </listitem>
392 </varlistentry>
393
394 <varlistentry id="libGLESv1_CM">
395 <term><filename class="libraryfile">libGLESv1_CM.so</filename></term>
396 <listitem>
397 <para>
398 is the <application>Mesa</application> OpenGL ES 1.1 library.
399 </para>
400 <indexterm zone="mesa libGLESv1_CM">
401 <primary sortas="c-libGLESv1_CM">libGLESv1_CM.so</primary>
402 </indexterm>
403 </listitem>
404 </varlistentry>
405
406 <varlistentry id="libGLES2">
407 <term><filename class="libraryfile">libGLES2.so</filename></term>
408 <listitem>
409 <para>
410 is the <application>Mesa</application> OpenGL ES 2.0 library.
411 </para>
412 <indexterm zone="mesa libGLES2">
413 <primary sortas="c-libGLES2">libGLES2.so</primary>
414 </indexterm>
415 </listitem>
416 </varlistentry>
417
418 <varlistentry id="libGL">
419 <term><filename class="libraryfile">libGL.so</filename></term>
420 <listitem>
421 <para>
422 is the main <application>Mesa</application> OpenGL library.
423 </para>
424 <indexterm zone="mesa libGL">
425 <primary sortas="c-libGL">libGL.so</primary>
426 </indexterm>
427 </listitem>
428 </varlistentry>
429
430 <varlistentry id="libOSMesa">
431 <term><filename class="libraryfile">libOSMesa.so</filename></term>
432 <listitem>
433 <para>
434 is the <application>Mesa</application> Off-screen Rendering library.
435 </para>
436 <indexterm zone="mesa libOSMesa">
437 <primary sortas="c-libOSMesa">libOSMesa.so</primary>
438 </indexterm>
439 </listitem>
440 </varlistentry>
441
442 <varlistentry id="libxatracker">
443 <term><filename class="libraryfile">libxatracker.so</filename></term>
444 <listitem>
445 <para>
446 is the Xorg Gallium3D acceleration library.
447 </para>
448 <indexterm zone="mesa libxatracker">
449 <primary sortas="c-libxatracker">libxatracker.so</primary>
450 </indexterm>
451 </listitem>
452 </varlistentry>
453 </variablelist>
454
455 </sect2>
456
457</sect1>
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