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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
9 "ftp://ftp.freedesktop.org/pub/mesa/&mesalib-version;/MesaLib-&mesalib-version;.tar.bz2">
10 <!ENTITY mesalib-md5sum "62faf98ac79c5587f8e917e187419e6c">
11 <!ENTITY mesalib-size "7.2 MB">
12 <!ENTITY mesalib-buildsize "245 MB (additional 2 MB for the docs)">
13 <!ENTITY mesalib-time "4.9 SBU">
14
15]>
16
17<sect1 id="mesalib" xreflabel="MesaLib-&mesalib-version;">
18 <?dbhtml filename="mesalib.html"?>
19
20 <sect1info>
21 <othername>$LastChangedBy$</othername>
22 <date>$Date$</date>
23 </sect1info>
24
25 <title>MesaLib-&mesalib-version;</title>
26
27 <indexterm zone="mesalib">
28 <primary sortas="a-MesaLib">MesaLib</primary>
29 </indexterm>
30
31 <sect2 role="package">
32 <title>Introduction to MesaLib</title>
33
34 <para>
35 <application>Mesa</application> is an OpenGL compatible 3D graphics
36 library.
37 </para>
38
39 &lfs76_checked;
40
41 <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Package Information</bridgehead>
42 <itemizedlist spacing="compact">
43 <listitem>
44 <para>
45 Download (HTTP): <ulink url="&mesalib-download-http;"/>
46 </para>
47 </listitem>
48 <listitem>
49 <para>
50 Download (FTP): <ulink url="&mesalib-download-ftp;"/>
51 </para>
52 </listitem>
53 <listitem>
54 <para>
55 Download MD5 sum: &mesalib-md5sum;
56 </para>
57 </listitem>
58 <listitem>
59 <para>
60 Download size: &mesalib-size;
61 </para>
62 </listitem>
63 <listitem>
64 <para>
65 Estimated disk space required: &mesalib-buildsize;
66 </para>
67 </listitem>
68 <listitem>
69 <para>
70 Estimated build time: &mesalib-time;
71 </para>
72 </listitem>
73 </itemizedlist>
74
75 <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Additional Downloads</bridgehead>
76 <itemizedlist spacing="compact">
77 <listitem>
78 <para>
79 Recommended patch:
80 <ulink url="&patch-root;/MesaLib-&mesalib-version;-add_xdemos-1.patch"/>
81 (installs 2 demo programs for testing MesaLib - not needed if you
82 install the
83 <ulink url="ftp://ftp.freedesktop.org/pub/mesa/demos/">mesa-demos</ulink>
84 package)
85 </para>
86 </listitem>
87 </itemizedlist>
88
89 <bridgehead renderas="sect3">MesaLib Dependencies</bridgehead>
90
91 <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Required</bridgehead>
92 <para role="required">
93 <xref linkend="xorg7-lib"/>,
94 <xref linkend="libdrm"/>, and
95 <xref linkend="python2"/>
96 </para>
97
98 <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Recommended</bridgehead>
99 <para role="recommended">
100 <xref linkend="elfutils"/> (required for Gallium3D radeonsi driver),
101 <xref linkend="libvdpau"/> (to build VDPAU drivers),
102 <xref linkend="llvm"/> (required for Gallium3D r300 and radeonsi drivers and also for
103 llvmpipe which is intended to be the fastest of the three sw rasterizers,
104 see <ulink url="http://www.mesa3d.org/faq.html#part3"></ulink> )
105 </para>
106
107 <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Optional</bridgehead>
108 <para role="optional">
109 <ulink url="ftp://ftp.freedesktop.org/pub/mesa/demos/">mesa-demos</ulink>
110 (provides more than 300 extra demos to test
111 <application>MesaLib</application>; this includes the same programs
112 added by the patch above), and
113 <ulink url="http://wayland.freedesktop.org/">Wayland</ulink>
114 </para>
115
116 <note>
117 <para>
118 The instructions below assume that <application>elfutils</application>
119 and <application>LLVM</application> are installed. You will
120 need to modify the instructions if you choose not to install them.
121 Please note that <application>elfutils</application> and
122 <application>LLVM</application> are <emphasis>required</emphasis>
123 for Gallium3D r300 and radeonsi drivers. For an explanation of
124 Gallium3D please see
125 <ulink url="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gallium3D"></ulink>.
126 </para>
127 </note>
128
129 <para condition="html" role="usernotes">User Notes:
130 <ulink url="&blfs-wiki;/mesalib"/>
131 </para>
132 </sect2>
133
134 <sect2 role="installation">
135 <title>Installation of MesaLib</title>
136
137 <note>
138 <para>
139 Unlike other packages, the
140 <filename>MesaLib-&mesalib-version;.tar.bz2</filename>
141 archive will extract to the
142 <filename class="directory">Mesa-&mesalib-version;</filename>
143 directory.
144 </para>
145 </note>
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 ../MesaLib-&mesalib-version;-add_xdemos-1.patch</userinput></screen>
154
155 <para>
156 Install <application>MesaLib</application> by running the following
157 commands:
158 </para>
159
160<screen><userinput>autoreconf -f -i &amp;&amp;
161./configure CFLAGS='-O2' CXXFLAGS='-O2' \
162 --prefix=$XORG_PREFIX \
163 --sysconfdir=/etc \
164 --enable-texture-float \
165 --enable-gles1 \
166 --enable-gles2 \
167 --enable-osmesa \
168 --enable-xa \
169 --enable-gbm \
170 --enable-glx-tls \
171 --with-egl-platforms="drm,x11" \
172 --with-gallium-drivers="nouveau,r300,r600,radeonsi,svga,swrast" &amp;&amp;
173make</userinput></screen>
174
175 <para>
176 If you have applied the xdemos patch, build the demo programs by
177 running the following command:
178 </para>
179
180<screen><userinput>make -C xdemos DEMOS_PREFIX=$XORG_PREFIX</userinput></screen>
181
182 <para>
183 This package does not come with a test suite.
184 </para>
185
186 <para>
187 Now, as the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:
188 </para>
189
190<screen role="root"><userinput>make install</userinput></screen>
191
192 <para>
193 If you have built the demo programs, install them by running the
194 following command as the
195 <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:
196 </para>
197
198<screen role="root"><userinput>make -C xdemos DEMOS_PREFIX=$XORG_PREFIX install</userinput></screen>
199
200 <para>
201 If desired, install the optional documentation by running
202 the following commands as the
203 <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:
204 </para>
205
206<screen role="root"><userinput>install -v -dm755 /usr/share/doc/MesaLib-&mesalib-version; &amp;&amp;
207cp -rfv docs/* /usr/share/doc/MesaLib-&mesalib-version;</userinput></screen>
208
209 </sect2>
210
211 <sect2 role="commands">
212 <title>Command Explanations</title>
213
214 <para>
215 <parameter>CFLAGS="-O2" CXXFLAGS="-O2"</parameter>: By default,
216 <application>Autoconf</application> sets CFLAGS and CXXFLAGS to
217 "-g -O2". That results in binaries and libraries being built with
218 debugging symbols which make them bigger. Override the default
219 flags to omit -g compiler flag so the final libraries are smaller.
220 </para>
221
222 <para>
223 <parameter>--enable-texture-float</parameter>: This switch enables
224 floating-point textures and render buffers. Please consult
225 <filename>docs/patents.txt</filename> to see if there are
226 any legal issues if you use this feature.
227 </para>
228
229 <para>
230 <parameter>--enable-gles1</parameter>: This switch enables support for
231 OpenGL ES 1.x API.
232 </para>
233
234 <para>
235 <parameter>--enable-gles2</parameter>: This switch enables support for
236 OpenGL ES 2.x API.
237 </para>
238
239 <para>
240 <parameter>--enable-osmesa</parameter>: This switch enables building of
241 the <filename class="libraryfile">libOSMesa</filename> library.
242 </para>
243
244 <para>
245 <parameter>--enable-xa</parameter>: This switch enables building of the
246 XA X Acceleration API (Required for VMware 3D Driver).
247 </para>
248
249 <para>
250 <parameter>--enable-gbm</parameter>: This switch enables building of the
251 <application>Mesa</application> Graphics Buffer Manager library.
252 </para>
253
254 <para>
255 <parameter>--enable-glx-tls</parameter>: This switch enables TLS (Thread Local
256 Storage) support in GLX.
257 </para>
258
259 <para>
260 <parameter>--with-egl-platforms="..."</parameter>: This parameter
261 controls for which platforms EGL should be built. Available
262 platforms are drm, x11 and wayland.
263 </para>
264
265 <para>
266 <parameter>--with-gallium-drivers="..."</parameter>: This parameter
267 controls which Gallium3D drivers should be built. Available drivers
268 are: i915, ilo, nouveau, r300, r600, radeonsi, svga and swrast. You
269 will need to remove r300 and radeonsi from the list if you did
270 not install <application>elfutils</application> and
271 <application>LLVM</application>.
272 </para>
273
274 <para>
275 <option>--enable-r600-llvm-compiler</option>: Use this switch to
276 enable experimental R600 <application>LLVM</application> backend
277 for graphics shaders which claims to speed up the driver.
278 </para>
279
280 <para>
281 <option>--enable-sysfs</option>: Use this switch to enable simple PCI
282 identification method, required for building DRI on systems without udev.
283 </para>
284
285 </sect2>
286
287 <sect2 role="content">
288 <title>Contents</title>
289
290 <segmentedlist>
291 <segtitle>Installed Programs</segtitle>
292 <segtitle>Installed Libraries</segtitle>
293 <segtitle>Installed Directories</segtitle>
294
295 <seglistitem>
296 <seg>
297 glxgears and glxinfo
298 </seg>
299 <seg>
300 libEGL.so,
301 libgbm.so,
302 libglapi.so,
303 libGLESv1_CM.so,
304 libGLESv2.so,
305 libGL.so,
306 libOSMesa.so,
307 libxatracker.so,
308 libXvMCnouveau.so,
309 and libXvMCr600.so
310 </seg>
311 <seg>
312 $XORG_PREFIX/include/EGL,
313 $XORG_PREFIX/include/GL,
314 $XORG_PREFIX/include/GLES,
315 $XORG_PREFIX/include/GLES2,
316 $XORG_PREFIX/include/GLES3,
317 $XORG_PREFIX/include/KHR,
318 $XORG_PREFIX/lib/dri,
319 $XORG_PREFIX/lib/vdpau, and
320 /usr/share/doc/MesaLib-&mesalib-version; (optional)
321 </seg>
322 </seglistitem>
323 </segmentedlist>
324
325 <variablelist>
326 <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
327 <?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
328 <?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?>
329
330 <varlistentry id="glxgears">
331 <term><command>glxgears</command></term>
332 <listitem>
333 <para>
334 is a GL demo useful for troubleshooting graphics
335 problems.
336 </para>
337 <indexterm zone="mesalib glxgears">
338 <primary sortas="b-glxgears">glxgears</primary>
339 </indexterm>
340 </listitem>
341 </varlistentry>
342
343 <varlistentry id="glxinfo">
344 <term><command>glxinfo</command></term>
345 <listitem>
346 <para>
347 is a diagnostic program that displays information about the
348 graphics hardware and installed GL libraries.
349 </para>
350 <indexterm zone="mesalib glxinfo">
351 <primary sortas="b-glxinfo">glxinfo</primary>
352 </indexterm>
353 </listitem>
354 </varlistentry>
355
356 <varlistentry id="libEGL">
357 <term><filename class="libraryfile">libEGL.so</filename></term>
358 <listitem>
359 <para>
360 provides a native platform graphics interface as
361 defined by the EGL-1.4 specification.
362 </para>
363 <indexterm zone="mesalib libEGL">
364 <primary sortas="c-libGL">libEGL.so</primary>
365 </indexterm>
366 </listitem>
367 </varlistentry>
368
369 <varlistentry id="libgbm">
370 <term><filename class="libraryfile">libgbm.so</filename></term>
371 <listitem>
372 <para>
373 is the <application>Mesa</application> Graphics Buffer
374 Manager library.
375 </para>
376 <indexterm zone="mesalib libgbm">
377 <primary sortas="c-libgbm">libgbm.so</primary>
378 </indexterm>
379 </listitem>
380 </varlistentry>
381
382 <varlistentry id="libGLESv1_CM">
383 <term><filename class="libraryfile">libGLESv1_CM.so</filename></term>
384 <listitem>
385 <para>
386 is the <application>Mesa</application> OpenGL ES 1.1 library.
387 </para>
388 <indexterm zone="mesalib libGLESv1_CM">
389 <primary sortas="c-libGLESv1_CM">libGLESv1_CM.so</primary>
390 </indexterm>
391 </listitem>
392 </varlistentry>
393
394 <varlistentry id="libGLES2">
395 <term><filename class="libraryfile">libGLES2.so</filename></term>
396 <listitem>
397 <para>
398 is the <application>Mesa</application> OpenGL ES 2.0 library.
399 </para>
400 <indexterm zone="mesalib libGLES2">
401 <primary sortas="c-libGLES2">libGLES2.so</primary>
402 </indexterm>
403 </listitem>
404 </varlistentry>
405
406 <varlistentry id="libGL">
407 <term><filename class="libraryfile">libGL.so</filename></term>
408 <listitem>
409 <para>
410 is the main <application>Mesa</application> OpenGL library.
411 </para>
412 <indexterm zone="mesalib libGL">
413 <primary sortas="c-libGL">libGL.so</primary>
414 </indexterm>
415 </listitem>
416 </varlistentry>
417
418 <varlistentry id="libOSMesa">
419 <term><filename class="libraryfile">libOSMesa.so</filename></term>
420 <listitem>
421 <para>
422 is the <application>Mesa</application> Off-screen Rendering library.
423 </para>
424 <indexterm zone="mesalib libOSMesa">
425 <primary sortas="c-libOSMesa">libOSMesa.so</primary>
426 </indexterm>
427 </listitem>
428 </varlistentry>
429
430 <varlistentry id="libxatracker">
431 <term><filename class="libraryfile">libxatracker.so</filename></term>
432 <listitem>
433 <para>
434 is the Xorg Gallium3D acceleration library.
435 </para>
436 <indexterm zone="mesalib libxatracker">
437 <primary sortas="c-libxatracker">libxatracker.so</primary>
438 </indexterm>
439 </listitem>
440 </varlistentry>
441 </variablelist>
442
443 </sect2>
444
445</sect1>
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