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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 "9442c2dee914cde3d1f090371ab04113">
10 <!ENTITY mesa-size "8.7 MB">
11 <!ENTITY mesa-buildsize "313 MB (with demos and docs, add 46 MB for tests)">
12 <!ENTITY mesa-time "8.4 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 &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 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./autogen.sh CFLAGS='-O2' CXXFLAGS='-O2' \
187 --prefix=$XORG_PREFIX \
188 --sysconfdir=/etc \
189 --enable-texture-float \
190 --enable-osmesa \
191 --enable-xa \
192 --enable-glx-tls \
193 --with-egl-platforms="drm,x11" \
194 --with-gallium-drivers=$GLL_DRV &amp;&amp;
195
196unset GLL_DRV &amp;&amp;
197
198make</userinput></screen>
199
200 <para>
201 If you have applied the xdemos patch, build the demo programs by
202 running the following command:
203 </para>
204
205<screen><userinput>make -C xdemos DEMOS_PREFIX=$XORG_PREFIX</userinput></screen>
206
207 <para>
208 To test the results, issue: <command>make check</command>.
209 </para>
210
211 <para>
212 Now, as the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:
213 </para>
214
215<screen role="root"><userinput>make install</userinput></screen>
216
217 <para>
218 If you have built the demo programs, install them by running the
219 following command as the
220 <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:
221 </para>
222
223<screen role="root"><userinput>make -C xdemos DEMOS_PREFIX=$XORG_PREFIX install</userinput></screen>
224
225 <para>
226 If desired, install the optional documentation by running
227 the following commands as the
228 <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:
229 </para>
230
231<screen role="root"><userinput>install -v -dm755 /usr/share/doc/mesa-&mesa-version; &amp;&amp;
232cp -rfv docs/* /usr/share/doc/mesa-&mesa-version;</userinput></screen>
233
234 </sect2>
235
236 <sect2 role="commands">
237 <title>Command Explanations</title>
238
239 <para>
240 <command>sed -i ... configure.ac</command>: This sed removes a dependency
241 on the <application>libpthread-stubs</application> package which is
242 useless on Linux.
243 </para>
244
245 <para>
246 <parameter>CFLAGS="-O2" CXXFLAGS="-O2"</parameter>: By default,
247 <application>Autoconf</application> sets CFLAGS and CXXFLAGS to
248 "-g -O2". That results in binaries and libraries being built with
249 debugging symbols which make them bigger. Override the default
250 flags to omit the -g compiler flag so the final libraries are smaller.
251 </para>
252
253 <para>
254 <parameter>--enable-texture-float</parameter>: This switch enables
255 floating-point textures and render buffers. Please consult
256 <filename>docs/patents.txt</filename> to see if there are
257 any legal issues if you use this feature.
258 </para>
259
260 <para>
261 <parameter>--enable-osmesa</parameter>: This switch enables building
262 the <filename class="libraryfile">libOSMesa</filename> library.
263 </para>
264
265 <para>
266 <parameter>--enable-xa</parameter>: This switch enables building the
267 XA X Acceleration API (Required for VMware 3D Driver).
268 </para>
269
270 <para>
271 <parameter>--enable-gbm</parameter>: This switch enables building the
272 <application>Mesa</application> Graphics Buffer Manager library.
273 </para>
274
275 <para>
276 <parameter>--enable-glx-tls</parameter>: This switch enables TLS (Thread Local
277 Storage) support in GLX.
278 </para>
279
280 <para>
281 <parameter>--with-egl-platforms="..."</parameter>: This parameter
282 controls which platforms EGL will be built for. Available
283 platforms are drm, x11 and wayland.
284 </para>
285
286 <para>
287 <parameter>--with-gallium-drivers="..."</parameter>: This parameter
288 controls which Gallium3D drivers should be built.
289 </para>
290
291 <para revision="sysv">
292 <option>--enable-sysfs</option>: Use this switch to enable simple PCI
293 identification method, required for building DRI on systems without udev.
294 </para>
295
296 </sect2>
297
298 <sect2 role="content">
299 <title>Contents</title>
300
301 <segmentedlist>
302 <segtitle>Installed Programs</segtitle>
303 <segtitle>Installed Libraries</segtitle>
304 <segtitle>Installed Directories</segtitle>
305
306 <seglistitem>
307 <seg>
308 glxgears and glxinfo
309 </seg>
310 <seg>
311 libEGL.so,
312 libgbm.so,
313 libglapi.so,
314 libGLESv1_CM.so,
315 libGLESv2.so,
316 libGL.so,
317 libOSMesa.so,
318<!-- Those libraries are associated with the "swr" gallium driver,
319 which has been removed at r17757. Keeping as a comment in case we
320 reintroduce that driver.
321 libswrAVX.so,
322 libswrAVX2.so,-->
323 libwayland-egl.so (if built with <application>Wayland</application>)
324 libxatracker.so,
325 libXvMCnouveau.so,
326 and libXvMCr600.so
327 </seg>
328 <seg>
329 $XORG_PREFIX/{include/{EGL,GL,GLES,GLES2,GLES3,KHR},lib/{dri,vdpau}}
330 and
331 /usr/share/doc/mesa-&mesa-version; (optional)
332 </seg>
333 </seglistitem>
334 </segmentedlist>
335
336 <variablelist>
337 <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
338 <?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
339 <?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?>
340
341 <varlistentry id="glxgears">
342 <term><command>glxgears</command></term>
343 <listitem>
344 <para>
345 is a GL demo useful for troubleshooting graphics
346 problems.
347 </para>
348 <indexterm zone="mesa glxgears">
349 <primary sortas="b-glxgears">glxgears</primary>
350 </indexterm>
351 </listitem>
352 </varlistentry>
353
354 <varlistentry id="glxinfo">
355 <term><command>glxinfo</command></term>
356 <listitem>
357 <para>
358 is a diagnostic program that displays information about the
359 graphics hardware and installed GL libraries.
360 </para>
361 <indexterm zone="mesa glxinfo">
362 <primary sortas="b-glxinfo">glxinfo</primary>
363 </indexterm>
364 </listitem>
365 </varlistentry>
366
367 <varlistentry id="libEGL">
368 <term><filename class="libraryfile">libEGL.so</filename></term>
369 <listitem>
370 <para>
371 provides a native platform graphics interface as
372 defined by the EGL-1.4 specification.
373 </para>
374 <indexterm zone="mesa libEGL">
375 <primary sortas="c-libGL">libEGL.so</primary>
376 </indexterm>
377 </listitem>
378 </varlistentry>
379
380 <varlistentry id="libgbm">
381 <term><filename class="libraryfile">libgbm.so</filename></term>
382 <listitem>
383 <para>
384 is the <application>Mesa</application> Graphics Buffer
385 Manager library.
386 </para>
387 <indexterm zone="mesa libgbm">
388 <primary sortas="c-libgbm">libgbm.so</primary>
389 </indexterm>
390 </listitem>
391 </varlistentry>
392
393 <varlistentry id="libGLESv1_CM">
394 <term><filename class="libraryfile">libGLESv1_CM.so</filename></term>
395 <listitem>
396 <para>
397 is the <application>Mesa</application> OpenGL ES 1.1 library.
398 </para>
399 <indexterm zone="mesa libGLESv1_CM">
400 <primary sortas="c-libGLESv1_CM">libGLESv1_CM.so</primary>
401 </indexterm>
402 </listitem>
403 </varlistentry>
404
405 <varlistentry id="libGLES2">
406 <term><filename class="libraryfile">libGLES2.so</filename></term>
407 <listitem>
408 <para>
409 is the <application>Mesa</application> OpenGL ES 2.0 library.
410 </para>
411 <indexterm zone="mesa libGLES2">
412 <primary sortas="c-libGLES2">libGLES2.so</primary>
413 </indexterm>
414 </listitem>
415 </varlistentry>
416
417 <varlistentry id="libGL">
418 <term><filename class="libraryfile">libGL.so</filename></term>
419 <listitem>
420 <para>
421 is the main <application>Mesa</application> OpenGL library.
422 </para>
423 <indexterm zone="mesa libGL">
424 <primary sortas="c-libGL">libGL.so</primary>
425 </indexterm>
426 </listitem>
427 </varlistentry>
428
429 <varlistentry id="libOSMesa">
430 <term><filename class="libraryfile">libOSMesa.so</filename></term>
431 <listitem>
432 <para>
433 is the <application>Mesa</application> Off-screen Rendering library.
434 </para>
435 <indexterm zone="mesa libOSMesa">
436 <primary sortas="c-libOSMesa">libOSMesa.so</primary>
437 </indexterm>
438 </listitem>
439 </varlistentry>
440
441 <varlistentry id="libxatracker">
442 <term><filename class="libraryfile">libxatracker.so</filename></term>
443 <listitem>
444 <para>
445 is the Xorg Gallium3D acceleration library.
446 </para>
447 <indexterm zone="mesa libxatracker">
448 <primary sortas="c-libxatracker">libxatracker.so</primary>
449 </indexterm>
450 </listitem>
451 </varlistentry>
452 </variablelist>
453
454 </sect2>
455
456</sect1>
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