%general-entities; ]> $LastChangedBy$ $Date$ libdrm-&libdrm-version; libdrm Introduction to libdrm libdrm provides a user space library for accessing the DRM, direct rendering manager, on operating systems that support the ioctl interface. libdrm is a low-level library, typically used by graphics drivers such as the Mesa DRI drivers, the X drivers, libva and similar projects. &lfs101_checked; Package Information Download (HTTP): Download (FTP): Download MD5 sum: &libdrm-md5sum; Download size: &libdrm-size; Estimated disk space required: &libdrm-buildsize; Estimated build time: &libdrm-time; libdrm Dependencies Recommended (for Intel KMS API support required by Mesa) Optional (for tests), (could be used to find dependencies without pkgconfig files), , and (to build manual pages), (required by architectures without native atomic operations), , and CUNIT (for AMDGPU tests) User Notes: Installation of libdrm Install libdrm by running the following commands: mkdir build && cd build && meson --prefix=$XORG_PREFIX -Dudev=true && ninja To check the results, issue ninja test. Now, as the root user: ninja install Command Explanations -Dudev=true: This parameter enables support for using Udev instead of mknod. Contents Installed Programs Installed Libraries Installed Directories None libdrm_amdgpu.so, libdrm_intel.so, libdrm_nouveau.so, libdrm_radeon.so, libdrm.so, and libkms.so /usr/include/libdrm, /usr/include/libkms, and /usr/share/libdrm Short Descriptions libdrm_amdgpu.so contains the AMDGPU specific Direct Rendering Manager functions libdrm_amdgpu.so libdrm_intel.so contains the Intel specific Direct Rendering Manager functions libdrm_intel.so libdrm_nouveau.so contains the open source nVidia (Nouveau) specific Direct Rendering Manager functions libdrm_nouveau.so libdrm_radeon.so contains the AMD Radeon specific Direct Rendering Manager functions libdrm_radeon.so libdrm.so contains the Direct Rendering Manager API functions libdrm.so libkms.so contains API functions for kernel mode setting abstraction libkms.so