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Update to ed-1.13.
Update to sg3_utils-1.42.
Tag Xorg dependencies.
Tag Xorg section but several drivers still neeed to be checked.

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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 "0a1e9b0419b7cda01203eedaedfd37b5">
10 <!ENTITY mesa-size "7.3 MB">
11 <!ENTITY mesa-buildsize "317 MB (with tests and docs)">
12 <!ENTITY mesa-time "2.9 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 &lfs79_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"/> and
92 <xref linkend="libdrm"/>
93 </para>
94
95 <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Recommended</bridgehead>
96 <para role="recommended">
97 <xref linkend="elfutils"/> (required for Gallium3D radeonsi driver),
98 <xref linkend="libvdpau"/> (to build VDPAU drivers),
99 <xref linkend="llvm"/> (required for Gallium3D r300, r600 and radeonsi
100 drivers and also for llvmpipe which is intended to be the fastest of the
101 three sw rasterizers, see
102 <ulink url="http://www.mesa3d.org/faq.html#part3"/>)
103 </para>
104
105 <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Optional</bridgehead>
106 <para role="optional">
107 <xref linkend="libgcrypt"/>,
108 <xref linkend="nettle"/>,
109 (<xref linkend="wayland"/> required for <xref linkend='plasma5-build'/>),
110 <ulink url="ftp://ftp.freedesktop.org/pub/mesa/demos/">mesa-demos</ulink>
111 (provides more than 300 extra demos to test
112 <application>Mesa</application>; this includes the same programs
113 added by the patch above), and
114 <ulink url="http://omxil.sourceforge.net/">Bellagio OpenMAX Integration
115 Layer</ulink> (for mobile platforms)
116 </para>
117
118 <note>
119 <para>
120 The instructions below assume that <application>elfutils</application>
121 and <application>LLVM</application> with the r600/amdgpu backend are
122 installed. You will need to modify the instructions if you choose not
123 to install them. Please note that <application>elfutils</application>
124 and <application>LLVM</application> are <emphasis>required</emphasis>
125 for Gallium3D r300, r600 and radeonsi drivers. For an explanation of
126 Gallium3D please see
127 <ulink url="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gallium3D"/>.
128 </para>
129 </note>
130
131 <para condition="html" role="usernotes">User Notes:
132 <ulink url="&blfs-wiki;/mesa"/>
133 </para>
134 </sect2>
135
136 <sect2 role="installation">
137 <title>Installation of Mesa</title>
138
139 <para>
140 If you have downloaded the xdemos patch (needed if testing the Xorg
141 installation per BLFS instructions), apply it by running the following
142 command:
143 </para>
144
145<screen><userinput>patch -Np1 -i ../mesa-&mesa-version;-add_xdemos-1.patch</userinput></screen>
146
147 <para>
148 Install <application>Mesa</application> by running the following
149 commands:
150 </para>
151
152 <note>
153 <para>Add wayland to the <option>--with-egl-platforms</option> option
154 below if you plan on building <xref linkend='plasma5-build'/>.</para>
155 </note>
156
157<screen><userinput>GLL_DRV="nouveau,r300,r600,radeonsi,svga,swrast" &amp;&amp;
158
159./autogen.sh CFLAGS='-O2' CXXFLAGS='-O2' \
160 --prefix=$XORG_PREFIX \
161 --sysconfdir=/etc \
162 --enable-texture-float \
163 --enable-gles1 \
164 --enable-gles2 \
165 --enable-osmesa \
166 --enable-xa \
167 --enable-gbm \
168 --enable-glx-tls \
169 --with-egl-platforms="drm,x11" \
170 --with-gallium-drivers=$GLL_DRV &amp;&amp;
171
172unset GLL_DRV &amp;&amp;
173
174make</userinput></screen>
175
176 <para>
177 If you have applied the xdemos patch, build the demo programs by
178 running the following command:
179 </para>
180
181<screen><userinput>make -C xdemos DEMOS_PREFIX=$XORG_PREFIX</userinput></screen>
182
183 <para>
184 To test the results, issue: <command>make check</command>.
185 </para>
186
187 <para>
188 Now, as the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:
189 </para>
190
191<screen role="root"><userinput>make install</userinput></screen>
192
193 <para>
194 If you have built the demo programs, install them by running the
195 following command as the
196 <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:
197 </para>
198
199<screen role="root"><userinput>make -C xdemos DEMOS_PREFIX=$XORG_PREFIX install</userinput></screen>
200
201 <para>
202 If desired, install the optional documentation by running
203 the following commands as the
204 <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:
205 </para>
206
207<screen role="root"><userinput>install -v -dm755 /usr/share/doc/mesa-&mesa-version; &amp;&amp;
208cp -rfv docs/* /usr/share/doc/mesa-&mesa-version;</userinput></screen>
209
210 </sect2>
211
212 <sect2 role="commands">
213 <title>Command Explanations</title>
214
215 <para>
216 <parameter>CFLAGS="-O2" CXXFLAGS="-O2"</parameter>: By default,
217 <application>Autoconf</application> sets CFLAGS and CXXFLAGS to
218 "-g -O2". That results in binaries and libraries being built with
219 debugging symbols which make them bigger. Override the default
220 flags to omit -g compiler flag so the final libraries are smaller.
221 </para>
222
223 <para>
224 <parameter>--enable-texture-float</parameter>: This switch enables
225 floating-point textures and render buffers. Please consult
226 <filename>docs/patents.txt</filename> to see if there are
227 any legal issues if you use this feature.
228 </para>
229
230 <para>
231 <parameter>--enable-gles1</parameter>: This switch enables support for
232 OpenGL ES 1.x API.
233 </para>
234
235 <para>
236 <parameter>--enable-gles2</parameter>: This switch enables support for
237 OpenGL ES 2.x API.
238 </para>
239
240 <para>
241 <parameter>--enable-osmesa</parameter>: This switch enables building of
242 the <filename class="libraryfile">libOSMesa</filename> library.
243 </para>
244
245 <para>
246 <parameter>--enable-xa</parameter>: This switch enables building of the
247 XA X Acceleration API (Required for VMware 3D Driver).
248 </para>
249
250 <para>
251 <parameter>--enable-gbm</parameter>: This switch enables building of the
252 <application>Mesa</application> Graphics Buffer Manager library.
253 </para>
254
255 <para>
256 <parameter>--enable-glx-tls</parameter>: This switch enables TLS (Thread Local
257 Storage) support in GLX.
258 </para>
259
260 <para>
261 <parameter>--with-egl-platforms="..."</parameter>: This parameter
262 controls which platforms EGL will be built for. Available
263 platforms are drm, x11 and wayland.
264 </para>
265
266 <para>
267 <parameter>--with-gallium-drivers="..."</parameter>: This parameter
268 controls which Gallium3D drivers should be built. Available drivers
269 are: i915, ilo, nouveau, r300, r600, radeonsi, svga and swrast. You
270 will need to remove r300, r600 and radeonsi from the list if you did
271 not install <application>elfutils</application> and
272 <application>LLVM</application> with the r600/amdgpu backend.
273 </para>
274
275 <para>
276 <option>--enable-r600-llvm-compiler</option>: Use this switch to
277 enable an experimental R600 <application>LLVM</application> backend
278 for graphics shaders which claims to speed up the driver.
279 </para>
280
281 <para>
282 <option>--enable-sysfs</option>: Use this switch to enable simple PCI
283 identification method, required for building DRI on systems without udev.
284 </para>
285
286 </sect2>
287
288 <sect2 role="content">
289 <title>Contents</title>
290
291 <segmentedlist>
292 <segtitle>Installed Programs</segtitle>
293 <segtitle>Installed Libraries</segtitle>
294 <segtitle>Installed Directories</segtitle>
295
296 <seglistitem>
297 <seg>
298 glxgears and glxinfo
299 </seg>
300 <seg>
301 libEGL.so,
302 libgbm.so,
303 libglapi.so,
304 libGLESv1_CM.so,
305 libGLESv2.so,
306 libGL.so,
307 libOSMesa.so,
308 libxatracker.so,
309 libXvMCnouveau.so,
310 and libXvMCr600.so
311 </seg>
312 <seg>
313 $XORG_PREFIX/{include/{EGL,GL,GLES,GLES2,GLES3,KHR},lib/{dri,vdpau}}
314 and
315 /usr/share/doc/mesa-&mesa-version; (optional)
316 </seg>
317 </seglistitem>
318 </segmentedlist>
319
320 <variablelist>
321 <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
322 <?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
323 <?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?>
324
325 <varlistentry id="glxgears">
326 <term><command>glxgears</command></term>
327 <listitem>
328 <para>
329 is a GL demo useful for troubleshooting graphics
330 problems.
331 </para>
332 <indexterm zone="mesa glxgears">
333 <primary sortas="b-glxgears">glxgears</primary>
334 </indexterm>
335 </listitem>
336 </varlistentry>
337
338 <varlistentry id="glxinfo">
339 <term><command>glxinfo</command></term>
340 <listitem>
341 <para>
342 is a diagnostic program that displays information about the
343 graphics hardware and installed GL libraries.
344 </para>
345 <indexterm zone="mesa glxinfo">
346 <primary sortas="b-glxinfo">glxinfo</primary>
347 </indexterm>
348 </listitem>
349 </varlistentry>
350
351 <varlistentry id="libEGL">
352 <term><filename class="libraryfile">libEGL.so</filename></term>
353 <listitem>
354 <para>
355 provides a native platform graphics interface as
356 defined by the EGL-1.4 specification.
357 </para>
358 <indexterm zone="mesa libEGL">
359 <primary sortas="c-libGL">libEGL.so</primary>
360 </indexterm>
361 </listitem>
362 </varlistentry>
363
364 <varlistentry id="libgbm">
365 <term><filename class="libraryfile">libgbm.so</filename></term>
366 <listitem>
367 <para>
368 is the <application>Mesa</application> Graphics Buffer
369 Manager library.
370 </para>
371 <indexterm zone="mesa libgbm">
372 <primary sortas="c-libgbm">libgbm.so</primary>
373 </indexterm>
374 </listitem>
375 </varlistentry>
376
377 <varlistentry id="libGLESv1_CM">
378 <term><filename class="libraryfile">libGLESv1_CM.so</filename></term>
379 <listitem>
380 <para>
381 is the <application>Mesa</application> OpenGL ES 1.1 library.
382 </para>
383 <indexterm zone="mesa libGLESv1_CM">
384 <primary sortas="c-libGLESv1_CM">libGLESv1_CM.so</primary>
385 </indexterm>
386 </listitem>
387 </varlistentry>
388
389 <varlistentry id="libGLES2">
390 <term><filename class="libraryfile">libGLES2.so</filename></term>
391 <listitem>
392 <para>
393 is the <application>Mesa</application> OpenGL ES 2.0 library.
394 </para>
395 <indexterm zone="mesa libGLES2">
396 <primary sortas="c-libGLES2">libGLES2.so</primary>
397 </indexterm>
398 </listitem>
399 </varlistentry>
400
401 <varlistentry id="libGL">
402 <term><filename class="libraryfile">libGL.so</filename></term>
403 <listitem>
404 <para>
405 is the main <application>Mesa</application> OpenGL library.
406 </para>
407 <indexterm zone="mesa libGL">
408 <primary sortas="c-libGL">libGL.so</primary>
409 </indexterm>
410 </listitem>
411 </varlistentry>
412
413 <varlistentry id="libOSMesa">
414 <term><filename class="libraryfile">libOSMesa.so</filename></term>
415 <listitem>
416 <para>
417 is the <application>Mesa</application> Off-screen Rendering library.
418 </para>
419 <indexterm zone="mesa libOSMesa">
420 <primary sortas="c-libOSMesa">libOSMesa.so</primary>
421 </indexterm>
422 </listitem>
423 </varlistentry>
424
425 <varlistentry id="libxatracker">
426 <term><filename class="libraryfile">libxatracker.so</filename></term>
427 <listitem>
428 <para>
429 is the Xorg Gallium3D acceleration library.
430 </para>
431 <indexterm zone="mesa libxatracker">
432 <primary sortas="c-libxatracker">libxatracker.so</primary>
433 </indexterm>
434 </listitem>
435 </varlistentry>
436 </variablelist>
437
438 </sect2>
439
440</sect1>
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