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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 mesalib-download-http " ">
8 <!ENTITY mesalib-download-ftp "ftp://ftp.freedesktop.org/pub/mesa/&mesalib-version;/mesa-&mesalib-version;.tar.xz">
9 <!ENTITY mesalib-md5sum "ce091e6e969392f7c63ca8c0275bbc0f">
10 <!ENTITY mesalib-size "6.8 MB">
11 <!ENTITY mesalib-buildsize "234 MB (without tests)">
12 <!ENTITY mesalib-time "8.0 SBU (without tests)">
13]>
14
15<sect1 id="mesalib" xreflabel="MesaLib-&mesalib-version;">
16 <?dbhtml filename="mesalib.html"?>
17
18 <sect1info>
19 <othername>$LastChangedBy$</othername>
20 <date>$Date$</date>
21 </sect1info>
22
23 <title>MesaLib-&mesalib-version;</title>
24
25 <indexterm zone="mesalib">
26 <primary sortas="a-MesaLib">MesaLib</primary>
27 </indexterm>
28
29 <sect2 role="package">
30 <title>Introduction to MesaLib</title>
31
32 <para>
33 <application>Mesa</application> is an OpenGL compatible 3D graphics
34 library.
35 </para>
36
37 &lfs78_checked;
38
39 <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Package Information</bridgehead>
40 <itemizedlist spacing="compact">
41 <listitem>
42 <para>
43 Download (HTTP): <ulink url="&mesalib-download-http;"/>
44 </para>
45 </listitem>
46 <listitem>
47 <para>
48 Download (FTP): <ulink url="&mesalib-download-ftp;"/>
49 </para>
50 </listitem>
51 <listitem>
52 <para>
53 Download MD5 sum: &mesalib-md5sum;
54 </para>
55 </listitem>
56 <listitem>
57 <para>
58 Download size: &mesalib-size;
59 </para>
60 </listitem>
61 <listitem>
62 <para>
63 Estimated disk space required: &mesalib-buildsize;
64 </para>
65 </listitem>
66 <listitem>
67 <para>
68 Estimated build time: &mesalib-time;
69 </para>
70 </listitem>
71 </itemizedlist>
72
73 <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Additional Downloads</bridgehead>
74 <itemizedlist spacing="compact">
75 <listitem>
76 <para>
77 Required patch:
78 <ulink
79 url="&patch-root;/mesa-&mesalib-version;-llvm_3_7-1.patch"/>
80 </para>
81 </listitem>
82 <listitem>
83 <para>
84 Recommended patch:
85 <ulink
86 url="&patch-root;/mesa-&mesalib-version;-add_xdemos-1.patch"/>
87 (installs 2 demo programs for testing MesaLib - not needed if you
88 install the <ulink url="ftp://ftp.freedesktop.org/pub/mesa/demos/">
89 mesa-demos</ulink> package)
90 </para>
91 </listitem>
92 </itemizedlist>
93
94 <bridgehead renderas="sect3">MesaLib Dependencies</bridgehead>
95
96 <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Required</bridgehead>
97 <para role="required">
98 <xref linkend="xorg7-lib"/> and
99 <xref linkend="libdrm"/>
100 </para>
101
102 <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Recommended</bridgehead>
103 <para role="recommended">
104 <xref linkend="elfutils"/> (required for Gallium3D radeonsi driver),
105 <xref linkend="libvdpau"/> (to build VDPAU drivers),
106 <xref linkend="llvm"/> (required for Gallium3D r300 and radeonsi drivers and also for
107 llvmpipe which is intended to be the fastest of the three sw rasterizers,
108 see <ulink url="http://www.mesa3d.org/faq.html#part3"></ulink> )
109 </para>
110
111 <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Optional</bridgehead>
112 <para role="optional">
113 <ulink url="ftp://ftp.freedesktop.org/pub/mesa/demos/">mesa-demos</ulink>
114 (provides more than 300 extra demos to test
115 <application>MesaLib</application>; this includes the same programs
116 added by the patch above),
117 <ulink url="http://omxil.sourceforge.net/">Bellagio OpenMAX Integration
118 Layer</ulink> (for mobile platforms) and
119 <ulink url="http://wayland.freedesktop.org/">Wayland</ulink>
120 </para>
121
122 <note>
123 <para>
124 The instructions below assume that <application>elfutils</application>
125 and <application>LLVM</application> are installed. You will
126 need to modify the instructions if you choose not to install them.
127 Please note that <application>elfutils</application> and
128 <application>LLVM</application> are <emphasis>required</emphasis>
129 for Gallium3D r300 and radeonsi drivers. For an explanation of
130 Gallium3D please see
131 <ulink url="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gallium3D"></ulink>.
132 </para>
133 </note>
134
135 <para condition="html" role="usernotes">User Notes:
136 <ulink url="&blfs-wiki;/mesalib"/>
137 </para>
138 </sect2>
139
140 <sect2 role="installation">
141 <title>Installation of MesaLib</title>
142
143 <para>
144 If you have downloaded the xdemos patch (needed if testing the Xorg
145 installation per BLFS instructions), apply it by running the following
146 command:
147 </para>
148
149<screen><userinput>patch -Np1 -i ../mesa-&mesalib-version;-add_xdemos-1.patch</userinput></screen>
150
151 <para>
152 Install <application>MesaLib</application> by running the following
153 commands:
154 </para>
155
156<screen><userinput>patch -Np1 -i ../mesa-&mesalib-version;-llvm_3_7-1.patch &amp;&amp;
157
158GLL_DRV="nouveau,r300,r600,radeonsi,svga,swrast" &amp;&amp;
159
160./autogen.sh CFLAGS='-O2' CXXFLAGS='-O2' \
161 --prefix=$XORG_PREFIX \
162 --sysconfdir=/etc \
163 --enable-texture-float \
164 --enable-gles1 \
165 --enable-gles2 \
166 --enable-osmesa \
167 --enable-xa \
168 --enable-gbm \
169 --enable-glx-tls \
170 --with-egl-platforms="drm,x11" \
171 --with-gallium-drivers=$GLL_DRV &amp;&amp;
172
173unset GLL_DRV &amp;&amp;
174
175make</userinput></screen>
176
177 <para>
178 If you have applied the xdemos patch, build the demo programs by
179 running the following command:
180 </para>
181
182<screen><userinput>make -C xdemos DEMOS_PREFIX=$XORG_PREFIX</userinput></screen>
183
184 <para>
185 To test the results, issue: <command>make check</command>.
186 </para>
187
188 <para>
189 Now, as the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:
190 </para>
191
192<screen role="root"><userinput>make install</userinput></screen>
193
194 <para>
195 If you have built the demo programs, install them by running the
196 following command as the
197 <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:
198 </para>
199
200<screen role="root"><userinput>make -C xdemos DEMOS_PREFIX=$XORG_PREFIX install</userinput></screen>
201
202 <para>
203 If desired, install the optional documentation by running
204 the following commands as the
205 <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:
206 </para>
207
208<screen role="root"><userinput>install -v -dm755 /usr/share/doc/mesa-&mesalib-version; &amp;&amp;
209cp -rfv docs/* /usr/share/doc/mesa-&mesalib-version;</userinput></screen>
210
211 </sect2>
212
213 <sect2 role="commands">
214 <title>Command Explanations</title>
215
216 <para>
217 <parameter>CFLAGS="-O2" CXXFLAGS="-O2"</parameter>: By default,
218 <application>Autoconf</application> sets CFLAGS and CXXFLAGS to
219 "-g -O2". That results in binaries and libraries being built with
220 debugging symbols which make them bigger. Override the default
221 flags to omit -g compiler flag so the final libraries are smaller.
222 </para>
223
224 <para>
225 <parameter>--enable-texture-float</parameter>: This switch enables
226 floating-point textures and render buffers. Please consult
227 <filename>docs/patents.txt</filename> to see if there are
228 any legal issues if you use this feature.
229 </para>
230
231 <para>
232 <parameter>--enable-gles1</parameter>: This switch enables support for
233 OpenGL ES 1.x API.
234 </para>
235
236 <para>
237 <parameter>--enable-gles2</parameter>: This switch enables support for
238 OpenGL ES 2.x API.
239 </para>
240
241 <para>
242 <parameter>--enable-osmesa</parameter>: This switch enables building of
243 the <filename class="libraryfile">libOSMesa</filename> library.
244 </para>
245
246 <para>
247 <parameter>--enable-xa</parameter>: This switch enables building of the
248 XA X Acceleration API (Required for VMware 3D Driver).
249 </para>
250
251 <para>
252 <parameter>--enable-gbm</parameter>: This switch enables building of the
253 <application>Mesa</application> Graphics Buffer Manager library.
254 </para>
255
256 <para>
257 <parameter>--enable-glx-tls</parameter>: This switch enables TLS (Thread Local
258 Storage) support in GLX.
259 </para>
260
261 <para>
262 <parameter>--with-egl-platforms="..."</parameter>: This parameter
263 controls which platforms EGL will be built for. Available
264 platforms are drm, x11 and wayland.
265 </para>
266
267 <para>
268 <parameter>--with-gallium-drivers="..."</parameter>: This parameter
269 controls which Gallium3D drivers should be built. Available drivers
270 are: i915, ilo, nouveau, r300, r600, radeonsi, svga and swrast. You
271 will need to remove r300 and radeonsi from the list if you did
272 not install <application>elfutils</application> and
273 <application>LLVM</application>.
274 </para>
275
276 <para>
277 <option>--enable-r600-llvm-compiler</option>: Use this switch to
278 enable an experimental R600 <application>LLVM</application> backend
279 for graphics shaders which claims to speed up the driver.
280 </para>
281
282 <para>
283 <option>--enable-sysfs</option>: Use this switch to enable simple PCI
284 identification method, required for building DRI on systems without udev.
285 </para>
286
287 </sect2>
288
289 <sect2 role="content">
290 <title>Contents</title>
291
292 <segmentedlist>
293 <segtitle>Installed Programs</segtitle>
294 <segtitle>Installed Libraries</segtitle>
295 <segtitle>Installed Directories</segtitle>
296
297 <seglistitem>
298 <seg>
299 glxgears and glxinfo
300 </seg>
301 <seg>
302 libEGL.so,
303 libgbm.so,
304 libglapi.so,
305 libGLESv1_CM.so,
306 libGLESv2.so,
307 libGL.so,
308 libOSMesa.so,
309 libxatracker.so,
310 libXvMCnouveau.so,
311 and libXvMCr600.so
312 </seg>
313 <seg>
314 $XORG_PREFIX/{include/{EGL,GL,GLES,GLES2,GLES3,KHR},lib/{dri,vdpau}}
315 and
316 /usr/share/doc/mesa-&mesalib-version; (optional)
317 </seg>
318 </seglistitem>
319 </segmentedlist>
320
321 <variablelist>
322 <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
323 <?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
324 <?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?>
325
326 <varlistentry id="glxgears">
327 <term><command>glxgears</command></term>
328 <listitem>
329 <para>
330 is a GL demo useful for troubleshooting graphics
331 problems.
332 </para>
333 <indexterm zone="mesalib glxgears">
334 <primary sortas="b-glxgears">glxgears</primary>
335 </indexterm>
336 </listitem>
337 </varlistentry>
338
339 <varlistentry id="glxinfo">
340 <term><command>glxinfo</command></term>
341 <listitem>
342 <para>
343 is a diagnostic program that displays information about the
344 graphics hardware and installed GL libraries.
345 </para>
346 <indexterm zone="mesalib glxinfo">
347 <primary sortas="b-glxinfo">glxinfo</primary>
348 </indexterm>
349 </listitem>
350 </varlistentry>
351
352 <varlistentry id="libEGL">
353 <term><filename class="libraryfile">libEGL.so</filename></term>
354 <listitem>
355 <para>
356 provides a native platform graphics interface as
357 defined by the EGL-1.4 specification.
358 </para>
359 <indexterm zone="mesalib libEGL">
360 <primary sortas="c-libGL">libEGL.so</primary>
361 </indexterm>
362 </listitem>
363 </varlistentry>
364
365 <varlistentry id="libgbm">
366 <term><filename class="libraryfile">libgbm.so</filename></term>
367 <listitem>
368 <para>
369 is the <application>Mesa</application> Graphics Buffer
370 Manager library.
371 </para>
372 <indexterm zone="mesalib libgbm">
373 <primary sortas="c-libgbm">libgbm.so</primary>
374 </indexterm>
375 </listitem>
376 </varlistentry>
377
378 <varlistentry id="libGLESv1_CM">
379 <term><filename class="libraryfile">libGLESv1_CM.so</filename></term>
380 <listitem>
381 <para>
382 is the <application>Mesa</application> OpenGL ES 1.1 library.
383 </para>
384 <indexterm zone="mesalib libGLESv1_CM">
385 <primary sortas="c-libGLESv1_CM">libGLESv1_CM.so</primary>
386 </indexterm>
387 </listitem>
388 </varlistentry>
389
390 <varlistentry id="libGLES2">
391 <term><filename class="libraryfile">libGLES2.so</filename></term>
392 <listitem>
393 <para>
394 is the <application>Mesa</application> OpenGL ES 2.0 library.
395 </para>
396 <indexterm zone="mesalib libGLES2">
397 <primary sortas="c-libGLES2">libGLES2.so</primary>
398 </indexterm>
399 </listitem>
400 </varlistentry>
401
402 <varlistentry id="libGL">
403 <term><filename class="libraryfile">libGL.so</filename></term>
404 <listitem>
405 <para>
406 is the main <application>Mesa</application> OpenGL library.
407 </para>
408 <indexterm zone="mesalib libGL">
409 <primary sortas="c-libGL">libGL.so</primary>
410 </indexterm>
411 </listitem>
412 </varlistentry>
413
414 <varlistentry id="libOSMesa">
415 <term><filename class="libraryfile">libOSMesa.so</filename></term>
416 <listitem>
417 <para>
418 is the <application>Mesa</application> Off-screen Rendering library.
419 </para>
420 <indexterm zone="mesalib libOSMesa">
421 <primary sortas="c-libOSMesa">libOSMesa.so</primary>
422 </indexterm>
423 </listitem>
424 </varlistentry>
425
426 <varlistentry id="libxatracker">
427 <term><filename class="libraryfile">libxatracker.so</filename></term>
428 <listitem>
429 <para>
430 is the Xorg Gallium3D acceleration library.
431 </para>
432 <indexterm zone="mesalib libxatracker">
433 <primary sortas="c-libxatracker">libxatracker.so</primary>
434 </indexterm>
435 </listitem>
436 </varlistentry>
437 </variablelist>
438
439 </sect2>
440
441</sect1>
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