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Fix LLVM and mesa instructions for LLVM-3.9

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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 " ">
8 <!ENTITY mesa-download-ftp "ftp://ftp.freedesktop.org/pub/mesa/&mesa-version;/mesa-&mesa-version;.tar.xz">
9 <!ENTITY mesa-md5sum "f19032b5cb5e362745f0c2accc28a641">
10 <!ENTITY mesa-size "8.2 MB">
11 <!ENTITY mesa-buildsize "344 MB (with tests and docs)">
12 <!ENTITY mesa-time "4.1 SBU (with tests and docs - all with parallelism = 4),">
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 &lfs7a_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 Gallium3D radeonsi driver),
99 <phrase revision="systemd"><xref linkend="libva"/> (to build drivers for
100 supported hardware, note that there is a circular dependency. You must
101 build <application>libva</application> first without EGL and GLX support,
102 install this package, and rebuild <application>libva</application>.),</phrase>
103 <xref linkend="libvdpau"/> (to build VDPAU drivers),
104 <xref linkend="llvm"/> (required for Gallium3D r300, r600 and radeonsi
105 drivers and also for llvmpipe which is intended to be the fastest of the
106 three sw rasterizers, see
107 <ulink url="http://www.mesa3d.org/systems.html"/>)
108 </para>
109
110 <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Optional</bridgehead>
111 <para role="optional">
112 <xref linkend="libgcrypt"/>,
113 <xref linkend="nettle"/>,
114 (<xref linkend="wayland"/> required for
115 <xref linkend='plasma5-build'/><phrase revision="systemd">,</phrase>
116 <phrase revision="sysv">and</phrase>
117 <xref linkend='lxqt'/><phrase revision="systemd">, and GNOME</phrase>),
118 <ulink url="ftp://ftp.freedesktop.org/pub/mesa/demos/">mesa-demos</ulink>
119 (provides more than 300 extra demos to test
120 <application>Mesa</application>; this includes the same programs
121 added by the patch above), and
122 <ulink url="http://omxil.sourceforge.net/">Bellagio OpenMAX Integration
123 Layer</ulink> (for mobile platforms)
124 </para>
125
126 <note>
127 <para>
128 The instructions below assume that <application>elfutils</application>
129 and <application>LLVM</application> with the r600/amdgpu and host
130 backends are installed. You will need to modify the instructions if you
131 choose not to install them. Please note that
132 <application>elfutils</application> and <application>LLVM</application>
133 are <emphasis>required</emphasis> for the Gallium3D r300, r600,
134 radeonsi, and SWR drivers. For an explanation of Gallium3D please see
135 <ulink url="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gallium3D"/>.
136 </para>
137 </note>
138
139 <para condition="html" role="usernotes">User Notes:
140 <ulink url="&blfs-wiki;/mesa"/>
141 </para>
142 </sect2>
143
144 <sect2 role="installation">
145 <title>Installation of Mesa</title>
146
147 <para>
148 If you have downloaded the xdemos patch (needed if testing the Xorg
149 installation per BLFS instructions), apply it by running the following
150 command:
151 </para>
152
153<screen><userinput>patch -Np1 -i ../mesa-&mesa-version;-add_xdemos-1.patch</userinput></screen>
154
155 <para>
156 Install <application>Mesa</application> by running the following
157 commands:
158 </para>
159
160 <note>
161 <para>
162 Add wayland to the <parameter>--with-egl-platforms</parameter> switch
163 below if you plan on building
164 <xref linkend='plasma5-build'/><phrase revision="systemd">,</phrase>
165 <phrase revision="sysv">or</phrase>
166 <xref linkend='lxqt'/><phrase revision="systemd">, or GNOME</phrase>.
167 </para>
168 </note>
169
170<screen><userinput>GLL_DRV="nouveau,r300,r600,radeonsi,svga,swrast" &amp;&amp;
171
172sed -i "/pthread-stubs/d" configure.ac &amp;&amp;
173sed -i "/seems to be moved/s/^/: #/" bin/ltmain.sh &amp;&amp;
174./autogen.sh CFLAGS='-O2' CXXFLAGS='-O2' \
175 --prefix=$XORG_PREFIX \
176 --sysconfdir=/etc \
177 --enable-texture-float \
178 --enable-gles1 \
179 --enable-gles2 \
180 --enable-osmesa \
181 --enable-xa \
182 --enable-gbm \
183 --enable-glx-tls \
184 --with-egl-platforms="drm,x11" \
185 --with-gallium-drivers=$GLL_DRV &amp;&amp;
186
187unset GLL_DRV &amp;&amp;
188
189make</userinput></screen>
190
191 <para>
192 If you have applied the xdemos patch, build the demo programs by
193 running the following command:
194 </para>
195
196<screen><userinput>make -C xdemos DEMOS_PREFIX=$XORG_PREFIX</userinput></screen>
197
198 <para>
199 To test the results, issue: <command>make check</command>.
200 </para>
201
202 <para>
203 Now, as the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:
204 </para>
205
206<screen role="root"><userinput>make install</userinput></screen>
207
208 <para>
209 If you have built the demo programs, install them by running the
210 following command as the
211 <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:
212 </para>
213
214<screen role="root"><userinput>make -C xdemos DEMOS_PREFIX=$XORG_PREFIX install</userinput></screen>
215
216 <para>
217 If desired, install the optional documentation by running
218 the following commands as the
219 <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:
220 </para>
221
222<screen role="root"><userinput>install -v -dm755 /usr/share/doc/mesa-&mesa-version; &amp;&amp;
223cp -rfv docs/* /usr/share/doc/mesa-&mesa-version;</userinput></screen>
224
225 </sect2>
226
227 <sect2 role="commands">
228 <title>Command Explanations</title>
229
230 <para>
231 <command>sed -i ... configure.ac</command>: This sed removes a dependency
232 on the <application>libpthread-stubs</application> package which is
233 useless on Linux.
234 </para>
235
236 <para>
237 <command>sed -i ... bin/ltmain.sh</command>: This sed silences several
238 useless and annoying warnings from libtool.
239 </para>
240
241 <para>
242 <parameter>CFLAGS="-O2" CXXFLAGS="-O2"</parameter>: By default,
243 <application>Autoconf</application> sets CFLAGS and CXXFLAGS to
244 "-g -O2". That results in binaries and libraries being built with
245 debugging symbols which make them bigger. Override the default
246 flags to omit -g compiler flag so the final libraries are smaller.
247 </para>
248
249 <para>
250 <parameter>--enable-texture-float</parameter>: This switch enables
251 floating-point textures and render buffers. Please consult
252 <filename>docs/patents.txt</filename> to see if there are
253 any legal issues if you use this feature.
254 </para>
255
256 <para>
257 <parameter>--enable-gles1</parameter>: This switch enables support for
258 the OpenGL ES 1.x API.
259 </para>
260
261 <para>
262 <parameter>--enable-gles2</parameter>: This switch enables support for
263 the OpenGL ES 2.x API.
264 </para>
265
266 <para>
267 <parameter>--enable-osmesa</parameter>: This switch enables building
268 the <filename class="libraryfile">libOSMesa</filename> library.
269 </para>
270
271 <para>
272 <parameter>--enable-xa</parameter>: This switch enables building of the
273 XA X Acceleration API (Required for VMware 3D Driver).
274 </para>
275
276 <para>
277 <parameter>--enable-gbm</parameter>: This switch enables building of the
278 <application>Mesa</application> Graphics Buffer Manager library.
279 </para>
280
281 <para>
282 <parameter>--enable-glx-tls</parameter>: This switch enables TLS (Thread Local
283 Storage) support in GLX.
284 </para>
285
286 <para>
287 <parameter>--with-egl-platforms="..."</parameter>: This parameter
288 controls which platforms EGL will be built for. Available
289 platforms are drm, x11 and wayland.
290 </para>
291
292 <para>
293 <parameter>--with-gallium-drivers="..."</parameter>: This parameter
294 controls which Gallium3D drivers should be built. Available drivers
295 are: i915, ilo, nouveau, r300, r600, radeonsi, svga, swrast, and swr. You
296 will need to remove r300, r600, radeonsi, and swr from the list if you did
297 not install <application>elfutils</application> and
298 <application>LLVM</application> with the r600/amdgpu and host backends.
299 Note that swr is in an early development stage, and the BLFS team does
300 not recommend building it.
301 </para>
302
303 <para>
304 <option>--enable-r600-llvm-compiler</option>: Use this switch to
305 enable an experimental R600 <application>LLVM</application> backend
306 for graphics shaders which claims to speed up the driver.
307 </para>
308
309 <para revision="sysv">
310 <option>--enable-sysfs</option>: Use this switch to enable simple PCI
311 identification method, required for building DRI on systems without udev.
312 </para>
313
314 </sect2>
315
316 <sect2 role="content">
317 <title>Contents</title>
318
319 <segmentedlist>
320 <segtitle>Installed Programs</segtitle>
321 <segtitle>Installed Libraries</segtitle>
322 <segtitle>Installed Directories</segtitle>
323
324 <seglistitem>
325 <seg>
326 glxgears and glxinfo
327 </seg>
328 <seg>
329 libEGL.so,
330 libgbm.so,
331 libglapi.so,
332 libGLESv1_CM.so,
333 libGLESv2.so,
334 libGL.so,
335 libOSMesa.so,
336 libswrAVX.so,
337 libswrAVX2.so,
338 libxatracker.so,
339 libXvMCnouveau.so,
340 and libXvMCr600.so
341 </seg>
342 <seg>
343 $XORG_PREFIX/{include/{EGL,GL,GLES,GLES2,GLES3,KHR},lib/{dri,vdpau}}
344 and
345 /usr/share/doc/mesa-&mesa-version; (optional)
346 </seg>
347 </seglistitem>
348 </segmentedlist>
349
350 <variablelist>
351 <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
352 <?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
353 <?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?>
354
355 <varlistentry id="glxgears">
356 <term><command>glxgears</command></term>
357 <listitem>
358 <para>
359 is a GL demo useful for troubleshooting graphics
360 problems.
361 </para>
362 <indexterm zone="mesa glxgears">
363 <primary sortas="b-glxgears">glxgears</primary>
364 </indexterm>
365 </listitem>
366 </varlistentry>
367
368 <varlistentry id="glxinfo">
369 <term><command>glxinfo</command></term>
370 <listitem>
371 <para>
372 is a diagnostic program that displays information about the
373 graphics hardware and installed GL libraries.
374 </para>
375 <indexterm zone="mesa glxinfo">
376 <primary sortas="b-glxinfo">glxinfo</primary>
377 </indexterm>
378 </listitem>
379 </varlistentry>
380
381 <varlistentry id="libEGL">
382 <term><filename class="libraryfile">libEGL.so</filename></term>
383 <listitem>
384 <para>
385 provides a native platform graphics interface as
386 defined by the EGL-1.4 specification.
387 </para>
388 <indexterm zone="mesa libEGL">
389 <primary sortas="c-libGL">libEGL.so</primary>
390 </indexterm>
391 </listitem>
392 </varlistentry>
393
394 <varlistentry id="libgbm">
395 <term><filename class="libraryfile">libgbm.so</filename></term>
396 <listitem>
397 <para>
398 is the <application>Mesa</application> Graphics Buffer
399 Manager library.
400 </para>
401 <indexterm zone="mesa libgbm">
402 <primary sortas="c-libgbm">libgbm.so</primary>
403 </indexterm>
404 </listitem>
405 </varlistentry>
406
407 <varlistentry id="libGLESv1_CM">
408 <term><filename class="libraryfile">libGLESv1_CM.so</filename></term>
409 <listitem>
410 <para>
411 is the <application>Mesa</application> OpenGL ES 1.1 library.
412 </para>
413 <indexterm zone="mesa libGLESv1_CM">
414 <primary sortas="c-libGLESv1_CM">libGLESv1_CM.so</primary>
415 </indexterm>
416 </listitem>
417 </varlistentry>
418
419 <varlistentry id="libGLES2">
420 <term><filename class="libraryfile">libGLES2.so</filename></term>
421 <listitem>
422 <para>
423 is the <application>Mesa</application> OpenGL ES 2.0 library.
424 </para>
425 <indexterm zone="mesa libGLES2">
426 <primary sortas="c-libGLES2">libGLES2.so</primary>
427 </indexterm>
428 </listitem>
429 </varlistentry>
430
431 <varlistentry id="libGL">
432 <term><filename class="libraryfile">libGL.so</filename></term>
433 <listitem>
434 <para>
435 is the main <application>Mesa</application> OpenGL library.
436 </para>
437 <indexterm zone="mesa libGL">
438 <primary sortas="c-libGL">libGL.so</primary>
439 </indexterm>
440 </listitem>
441 </varlistentry>
442
443 <varlistentry id="libOSMesa">
444 <term><filename class="libraryfile">libOSMesa.so</filename></term>
445 <listitem>
446 <para>
447 is the <application>Mesa</application> Off-screen Rendering library.
448 </para>
449 <indexterm zone="mesa libOSMesa">
450 <primary sortas="c-libOSMesa">libOSMesa.so</primary>
451 </indexterm>
452 </listitem>
453 </varlistentry>
454
455 <varlistentry id="libxatracker">
456 <term><filename class="libraryfile">libxatracker.so</filename></term>
457 <listitem>
458 <para>
459 is the Xorg Gallium3D acceleration library.
460 </para>
461 <indexterm zone="mesa libxatracker">
462 <primary sortas="c-libxatracker">libxatracker.so</primary>
463 </indexterm>
464 </listitem>
465 </varlistentry>
466 </variablelist>
467
468 </sect2>
469
470</sect1>
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