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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-&mesa-version;.tar.xz">
8 <!ENTITY mesa-download-ftp "ftp://ftp.freedesktop.org/pub/mesa/mesa-&mesa-version;.tar.xz">
9 <!ENTITY mesa-md5sum "5dd176e3f283143cc193b5a8264a206e">
10 <!ENTITY mesa-size "18 MB">
11 <!ENTITY mesa-buildsize "462 MB (with docs, add 221 MB for tests)">
12 <!ENTITY mesa-time "2.6 SBU (with docs; add 0.6 SBU for tests; both with parallelism=4)">
13]>
14
15<sect1 id="mesa" xreflabel="Mesa-&mesa-version;">
16 <?dbhtml filename="mesa.html"?>
17
18
19 <title>Mesa-&mesa-version;</title>
20
21 <indexterm zone="mesa">
22 <primary sortas="a-Mesa">Mesa</primary>
23 </indexterm>
24
25 <sect2 role="package">
26 <title>Introduction to Mesa</title>
27
28 <para>
29 <application>Mesa</application> is an OpenGL compatible 3D graphics
30 library.
31 </para>
32
33 <note>
34 <para>
35 <application>Mesa</application> is updated relatively often. You may
36 want to use the latest available &mesa-major-minor;.x mesa version.
37 </para>
38 </note>
39
40 &lfs120_checked;
41
42 <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Package Information</bridgehead>
43 <itemizedlist spacing="compact">
44 <listitem>
45 <para>
46 Download (HTTP): <ulink url="&mesa-download-http;"/>
47 </para>
48 </listitem>
49 <listitem>
50 <para>
51 Download (FTP): <ulink url="&mesa-download-ftp;"/>
52 </para>
53 </listitem>
54 <listitem>
55 <para>
56 Download MD5 sum: &mesa-md5sum;
57 </para>
58 </listitem>
59 <listitem>
60 <para>
61 Download size: &mesa-size;
62 </para>
63 </listitem>
64 <listitem>
65 <para>
66 Estimated disk space required: &mesa-buildsize;
67 </para>
68 </listitem>
69 <listitem>
70 <para>
71 Estimated build time: &mesa-time;
72 </para>
73 </listitem>
74 </itemizedlist>
75
76 <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Additional Downloads</bridgehead>
77 <itemizedlist spacing="compact">
78 <!-- 9 Apr 23. Change to unversioned patch since it never changes. -->
79 <listitem>
80 <para>
81 Recommended patch:
82 <ulink url="&patch-root;/mesa-add_xdemos-2.patch"/>
83 (installs 2 demo programs for testing Mesa - not needed if you
84 install the <ulink url="https://archive.mesa3d.org/demos/">
85 mesa-demos</ulink> package)
86 </para>
87 </listitem>
88 </itemizedlist>
89
90 <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Mesa Dependencies</bridgehead>
91
92 <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Required</bridgehead>
93 <para role="required">
94 <xref linkend="xorg7-lib"/>,
95 <xref linkend="libdrm"/>, and
96 <xref linkend="Mako"/>
97 </para>
98
99 <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Recommended</bridgehead>
100 <para role="recommended">
101
102 <xref role="first" linkend="libva"/> (to provide VA-API support for some
103 gallium drivers, note that there is a circular dependency. You must
104 build <application>libva</application> first without EGL and GLX support,
105 install this package, and rebuild <application>libva</application>),
106
107 <xref linkend="libvdpau"/> (to build VDPAU drivers),
108
109 <xref linkend="llvm"/> (required for Gallium3D, nouveau, and radeonsi
110 drivers and for swrast, the software rasterizer which is sometimes referred
111 to as llvmpipe. See <ulink role="nodep"
112 url="https://docs.mesa3d.org/systems.html"/> for more information), and
113
114 <xref linkend="wayland-protocols"/> (required for
115 <xref role="nodep" linkend='plasma5-build'/>,
116 GNOME, and recommended for <xref role="nodep" linkend='gtk3'/>)
117 </para>
118
119 <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Optional</bridgehead>
120 <para role="optional">
121 <xref linkend="libgcrypt"/>,
122 <xref linkend="libunwind"/>,
123 <xref linkend="lm_sensors"/> <!-- for libsensors according to Meson -->,
124 <xref linkend="nettle"/>,
125 <xref linkend="valgrind"/>,
126 <ulink url="https://archive.mesa3d.org/demos/">mesa-demos</ulink>
127 (provides more than 300 extra demos to test
128 <application>Mesa</application>; this includes the same programs added by
129 the patch above),
130 <ulink url="https://omxil.sourceforge.net/">Bellagio OpenMAX Integration
131 Layer</ulink> (for mobile platforms),
132 <ulink url="https://github.com/KhronosGroup/glslang">glslang</ulink>
133 (for vulkan drivers),
134 <ulink url="https://github.com/tizonia/tizonia-openmax-il/wiki/Tizonia-OpenMAX-IL/">
135 libtizonia</ulink>, and
136 <ulink url="https://github.com/KhronosGroup/Vulkan-Loader">Vulkan-Loader</ulink>
137 </para>
138<!--
139 <note>
140 <para>
141 The instructions below assume that
142 <application>LLVM</application> with the r600/amdgpu and host backends
143 and run-time type information (RTTI - needed for nouveau) are installed.
144 You will need to modify the instructions if you
145 choose not to install all of these. For an explanation of Gallium3D see
146 <ulink url="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gallium3D"/>.
147 </para>
148 </note>
149-->
150 </sect2>
151
152 <sect2 role="kernel" id="mesa-kernel"
153 xreflabel='Mesa Kernel Configuration'>
154 <title>Kernel Configuration</title>
155
156 <para>
157 Enable the following options in the kernel configuration and
158 recompile the kernel if necessary:
159 </para>
160
161 <xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"
162 href="mesa-kernel.xml"/>
163
164 <note>
165 <para>
166 The corresponding Mesa Gallium3D driver name is provided as the
167 comment for the configuration entries. If you don't know the name
168 of the Mesa Gallium3D driver for your GPU, see <xref
169 linkend="mesa-gallium-drivers"/> below.
170 </para>
171
172 <para>
173 <option>CONFIG_DRM_RADEON</option>,
174 <option>CONFIG_DRM_AMDGPU</option>,
175 <option>CONFIG_DRM_NOUVEAU</option>, and
176 <option>CONFIG_DRM_I915</option> may require firmware.
177 See <xref linkend='postlfs-firmware'/> for details.
178 </para>
179
180 <para>
181 Selecting <option>CONFIG_DRM_RADEON</option> or
182 <option>CONFIG_DRM_AMDGPU</option> as
183 <quote><literal>y</literal></quote> is not recommended. If it is, any
184 required firmware must be built as a part of the kernel image or the
185 initramfs for the driver to function correctly.
186 </para>
187
188 <para>
189 The sub-entries under <option>CONFIG_DRM_AMDGPU</option> are used
190 to ensure the AMDGPU kernel driver supports all GPUs using the
191 <literal>radeonsi</literal> driver. They are not needed if you
192 won't need <option>CONFIG_DRM_AMDGPU</option> itself. They
193 may be unneeded for some GPU models.
194 </para>
195
196 <para>
197 For <literal>swrast</literal>, <option>CONFIG_DRM_VGEM</option>
198 is not strictly needed but recommended as an optimization.
199 </para>
200 </note>
201 <indexterm zone="mesa mesa-kernel">
202 <primary sortas="d-mesa">mesa</primary>
203 </indexterm>
204 </sect2>
205
206 <sect2 role="installation">
207 <title>Installation of Mesa</title>
208
209 <para>
210 If you have downloaded the xdemos patch (needed if testing the Xorg
211 installation per BLFS instructions), apply it by running the following
212 command:
213 </para>
214
215<!--<screen><userinput>patch -Np1 -i ../mesa-&mesa-version;-add_xdemos-1.patch</userinput></screen>-->
216<screen><userinput>patch -Np1 -i ../mesa-add_xdemos-2.patch</userinput></screen>
217
218 <!-- Note that freedreno, vc4, and virgl all need special support from
219 libdrm - renodr
220 For me, libdrm does not mention virgl, but mesa accepts it. AFAICS
221 freedreno is for qualcom hardware, libdrm will build for it on suitable
222 systems. VC4 is for the Broadcom VC4 used in the raspberry pi - ken -->
223<!--
224 <note>
225 <para>
226 The measurements above, and the Contents below, are for a full build.
227 Many people will not wish to install drivers they cannot use, so the
228 following paragraphs explain how to limit the drivers, and give an
229 example which can be be reduced or amended as necessary.
230 </para>
231 </note>
232
233-->
234<!--
235 <para>
236 The (non-gallium) DRI drivers available in X86 are auto, <emphasis>or
237 alternatively a choice from</emphasis> i915, i965, nouveau, r100, r200,
238 and swrast. Use 'auto' to build all available DRI drivers, or use an
239 empty string (DRI_DRIVERS="") if you wish to only build gallium drivers.
240 </para>
241
242 <para>
243 The platforms ("window systems") available for X86 linux are x11, wayland,
244 drm, and surfaceless. By not specifying anything, the meson
245 build-system will build for all these platforms if you have the
246 dependencies, identical to if you had specified '-Dplatforms=auto'.
247 </para>
248
249 <para>
250 Modify the commands below for your desired drivers. The drivers listed
251 below will cover most modern video cards and virtual machines. For help in
252 selecting drivers see <ulink url="https://docs.mesa3d.org/systems.html"/>.
253-->
254 <!-- these two don't seem to be mentioned in that mesa link -->
255<!--
256 For intel drivers, specify crocus for i965 gen 4 through to haswell, iris
257 for broadwell and later.
258 </para>
259
260 <note>
261 <para>
262 Although the nouveau drivers can be built for both gallium and dri, the
263 i915 driver can only be built for one or the other.
264 </para>
265 </note>
266
267<screen><userinput>GALLIUM_DRV="crocus,i915,iris,nouveau,r600,radeonsi,svga,swrast,virgl"
268DRI_DRIVERS="i965,nouveau"</userinput></screen>
269-->
270
271 <para>
272 Install <application>Mesa</application> by running the following
273 commands:
274 </para>
275
276<screen><userinput>mkdir build &amp;&amp;
277cd build &amp;&amp;
278
279meson setup \
280 --prefix=$XORG_PREFIX \
281 --buildtype=release \
282 -Dplatforms=x11,wayland \
283 -Dgallium-drivers=auto \
284 -Dvulkan-drivers="" \
285 -Dvalgrind=disabled \
286 -Dlibunwind=disabled \
287 .. &amp;&amp;
288
289ninja</userinput></screen>
290
291 <para>
292 To test the results, issue:
293 <command>meson configure -Dbuild-tests=true &amp;&amp; ninja test</command>.
294 Three tests related to mesa:intel are known to fail.
295 </para>
296<!-- All 88 tests passed for me for 22.3.3 [pierre]
297 All 90 tests passed for me for 23.1.0 [bdubbs]
298-->
299
300 <para>
301 Now, as the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:
302 </para>
303
304<screen role="root"><userinput>ninja install</userinput></screen>
305
306 <para>
307 If desired, install the optional documentation by running
308 the following commands as the
309 <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:
310 </para>
311
312<screen role="root"
313 remap="doc"><userinput>install -v -dm755 /usr/share/doc/mesa-&mesa-version; &amp;&amp;
314cp -rfv ../docs/* /usr/share/doc/mesa-&mesa-version;</userinput></screen>
315
316 </sect2>
317
318 <sect2 role="commands">
319 <title>Command Explanations</title>
320
321 <para>
322 <parameter>--buildtype=release</parameter>: This switch ensures a
323 fully-optimized build, and disables debug assertions which will
324 severely slow down the libraries in certain use-cases. Without this
325 switch, build sizes can span into the 2GB range.
326 </para>
327
328 <para>
329 <anchor id='mesa-gallium-drivers' xreflabel='Mesa Gallium3D Drivers'/>
330 <parameter>-Dgallium-drivers=auto</parameter>: This parameter
331 controls which Gallium3D drivers should be built.
332 <literal>auto</literal> selects all Gallium3D drivers available
333 for x86: <literal>r300</literal> (for ATI Radeon 9000 or Radeon X
334 series), <literal>r600</literal> (for AMD/ATI Radeon HD 2000-6000
335 series), <literal>radeonsi</literal> (for AMD Radeon HD 7000 or newer
336 AMD GPU models), <literal>nouveau</literal>
337 (for Supported NVIDIA GPUs, they are listed as all
338 <quote>3D features</quote> either <quote>DONE</quote> or
339 <quote>N/A</quote> in <ulink
340 url='https://nouveau.freedesktop.org/FeatureMatrix.html'>the Nouveau
341 status page</ulink>), <literal>virgl</literal> (for QEMU virtual GPU
342 with <application>virglrender</application> support; note that BLFS
343 <xref linkend='qemu'/> is not built with
344 <application>virglrender</application>), <literal>svga</literal>
345 (for VMWare virtual GPU), <literal>swrast</literal> (using CPU for 3D
346 rasterisation; note that it's much slower than using a modern
347 3D-capable GPU, so it should be only used if the GPU is not supported
348 by other drivers), <literal>iris</literal> (for Intel GPUs shipped
349 with Broadwell or newer CPUs), <literal>crocus</literal> (for Intel
350 GMA 3000, X3000 series, 4000 series, or X4000 series GPUs shipped with
351 chipsets, or Intel HD GPUs shipped with pre-Broadwell CPUs),
352 <literal>i915</literal> (for Intel GMA 900, 950, 3100, or 3150 GPUs
353 shipped with chipsets or Atom D/N 4xx/5xx CPUs). You may replace
354 <literal>auto</literal> with a comma-separated list to build only
355 a subset of these drivers if you precisely know which drivers you
356 need, for example
357 <option>-Dgallium-drivers=radeonsi,iris,swrast</option>.
358 </para>
359<!--
360 <para>
361 <parameter>-Dosmesa=true</parameter>: This switch enables building
362 the <filename class="libraryfile">libOSMesa</filename> library and
363 provides Gallium3D support in it. It requires the swrast gallium driver.
364 </para>
365-->
366
367 <para>
368 <parameter>-Dplatforms="..."</parameter>: This parameter
369 controls which windowing systems will be supported. Available
370 linux platforms are x11 and wayland.
371 </para>
372
373 <para>
374 <parameter>-Dvulkan-drivers=""</parameter>: This switch allows choosing
375 which Vulkan drivers are built. The default is auto, but this requires
376 the optional dependencies <application>glslang</application> and
377 <application>Vulkan-Loader</application>. Vulkan is a newer API
378 designed for utilizing the GPUs with a performance better than OpenGL,
379 but nothing in BLFS benefits from it for now. So we pass an empty
380 list in order to remove the need for these dependencies.
381 </para>
382
383 <para>
384 <parameter>-Dvalgrind=disabled</parameter>: This parameter disables
385 the usage of Valgrind during the build process. Remove this parameter
386 if you have Valgrind installed, and wish to check for memory leaks.
387 </para>
388
389 <para>
390 <parameter>-Dlibunwind=disabled</parameter>: This parameter disables
391 the usage of libunwind.
392 </para>
393
394 <para>
395 <command>meson configure -Dbuild-tests=true</command>: This command will
396 reconfigure the build to set <option>-Dbuild-tests=true</option>, but
397 keep the other options specified in the <command>meson setup</command>
398 command unchanged. It allows <command>ninja test</command> to build and
399 run unit tests.
400 </para>
401
402 <para>
403 <option>-Degl-native-platform="..."</option>: This parameter
404 controls which Embedded Graphics Library support will be built. Available
405 linux options are auto (default), x11, wayland, surfaceless, and drm.
406 </para>
407
408 </sect2>
409
410 <sect2 role="content">
411 <title>Contents</title>
412
413 <segmentedlist>
414 <segtitle>Installed Programs</segtitle>
415 <segtitle>Installed Libraries</segtitle><!-- in /usr/lib -->
416 <segtitle>Installed Drivers</segtitle><!-- in /usr/lib/<subdir> -->
417 <segtitle>Installed Directories</segtitle>
418
419 <seglistitem>
420 <seg>
421 glxgears and glxinfo
422 </seg>
423 <seg>
424 libEGL.so,
425 libGL.so,
426 libGLESv1_CM.so,
427 libGLESv2.so,
428 libgbm.so,
429 libglapi.so, and
430 libxatracker.so
431 </seg>
432 <seg>
433 <!-- d3dadapter9.so (optional)
434 I guess this is useless today, Wine applications use Vulkan
435 through libvkd3d, and new games with native Linux support
436 likely uses Vulkan directly. -->
437 <!-- Begin gallium DRI drivers (*_dri.so) and VA-API drivers
438 (*_drv_video.so): this is the full set -->
439 crocus_dri.so,
440 i915_dri.so,
441 iris_dri.so,
442 kms_swrast_dri.so,
443 nouveau_dri.so,
444 nouveau_drv_video.so,
445 r300_dri.so,
446 r600_dri.so,
447 r600_drv_video.so,
448 radeonsi_dri.so,
449 radeonsi_drv_video.so,
450 swrast_dri.so,
451 virtio_gpu_dri.so,
452 virtio_gpu_drv_video.so,
453 vmwgfx_dri.so,
454 <!-- End DRI Drivers -->
455 <!-- Begin VDPAU drivers -->
456 libvdpau_nouveau.so,
457 libvdpau_r300.so
458 libvdpau_r600.so, and
459 libvdpau_radeonsi.so
460 libvdpau_virtio_gpu.so
461 <!-- End VDPAU drivers -->
462 (Many of these drivers are hard-linked).
463 </seg>
464 <seg>
465 <!-- $XORG_PREFIX/include/GL is installed by xorg-protos -->
466 $XORG_PREFIX/{include/{EGL,GLES,GLES2,GLES3,KHR},
467 $XORG_PREFIX/lib/{dri,vdpau}},
468 $XORG_PREFIX/share/drirc.d (contains workarounds for various applications,
469 particularly browsers and games),
470 and /usr/share/doc/mesa-&mesa-version;
471 </seg>
472 </seglistitem>
473 </segmentedlist>
474
475 <variablelist>
476 <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
477 <?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
478 <?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?>
479
480 <varlistentry id="glxgears">
481 <term><command>glxgears</command></term>
482 <listitem>
483 <para>
484 is a GL demo useful for troubleshooting graphics
485 problems
486 </para>
487 <indexterm zone="mesa glxgears">
488 <primary sortas="b-glxgears">glxgears</primary>
489 </indexterm>
490 </listitem>
491 </varlistentry>
492
493 <varlistentry id="glxinfo">
494 <term><command>glxinfo</command></term>
495 <listitem>
496 <para>
497 is a diagnostic program that displays information about the
498 graphics hardware and installed GL libraries
499 </para>
500 <indexterm zone="mesa glxinfo">
501 <primary sortas="b-glxinfo">glxinfo</primary>
502 </indexterm>
503 </listitem>
504 </varlistentry>
505
506 <varlistentry id="libEGL">
507 <term><filename class="libraryfile">libEGL.so</filename></term>
508 <listitem>
509 <para>
510 provides a native platform graphics interface as
511 defined by the EGL-1.4 specification
512 </para>
513 <indexterm zone="mesa libEGL">
514 <primary sortas="c-libGL">libEGL.so</primary>
515 </indexterm>
516 </listitem>
517 </varlistentry>
518
519 <varlistentry id="libgbm">
520 <term><filename class="libraryfile">libgbm.so</filename></term>
521 <listitem>
522 <para>
523 is the <application>Mesa</application> Graphics Buffer
524 Manager library
525 </para>
526 <indexterm zone="mesa libgbm">
527 <primary sortas="c-libgbm">libgbm.so</primary>
528 </indexterm>
529 </listitem>
530 </varlistentry>
531
532 <varlistentry id="libGLESv1_CM">
533 <term><filename class="libraryfile">libGLESv1_CM.so</filename></term>
534 <listitem>
535 <para>
536 is the <application>Mesa</application> OpenGL ES 1.1 library
537 </para>
538 <indexterm zone="mesa libGLESv1_CM">
539 <primary sortas="c-libGLESv1_CM">libGLESv1_CM.so</primary>
540 </indexterm>
541 </listitem>
542 </varlistentry>
543
544 <varlistentry id="libGLES2">
545 <term><filename class="libraryfile">libGLES2.so</filename></term>
546 <listitem>
547 <para>
548 is the <application>Mesa</application> OpenGL ES 2.0 library
549 </para>
550 <indexterm zone="mesa libGLES2">
551 <primary sortas="c-libGLES2">libGLES2.so</primary>
552 </indexterm>
553 </listitem>
554 </varlistentry>
555
556 <varlistentry id="libGL">
557 <term><filename class="libraryfile">libGL.so</filename></term>
558 <listitem>
559 <para>
560 is the main <application>Mesa</application> OpenGL library
561 </para>
562 <indexterm zone="mesa libGL">
563 <primary sortas="c-libGL">libGL.so</primary>
564 </indexterm>
565 </listitem>
566 </varlistentry>
567
568 </variablelist>
569
570 </sect2>
571
572</sect1>
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