Changeset 9f777e1 for x/installing/mesa.xml

Timestamp:

09/26/2021 12:28:18 PM (3 years ago)

Author:

Ken Moffat <ken@…>

Branches:

11.1, 11.2, 11.3, 12.0, 12.1, kea, ken/TL2024, ken/inkscape-core-mods, ken/tuningfonts, lazarus, lxqt, plabs/newcss, plabs/python-mods, python3.11, qt5new, rahul/power-profiles-daemon, renodr/vulkan-addition, trunk, upgradedb, xry111/intltool, xry111/llvm18, xry111/soup3, xry111/test-20220226, xry111/xf86-video-removal

Children:

6413d00e

Parents:

fe323d3

git-author:

Ken Moffat <ken@…> (09/26/2021 12:10:09 PM)

git-committer:

Ken Moffat <ken@…> (09/26/2021 12:28:18 PM)

Message:

mesa - do not recommend virgl for qemu -

It needs virgl-renderer, and although qemu linked to that works
fine in certain places, such as reducing the cpu overhead from
large-window glxgears when running in a BLFS-style qemu build,
offloading the guest's rendering to the host GPU appears to
need libvirt and a much fuller qemu build. It seems to be mainly
for gamers.

For information, link to virglrenderer - I was not logged in to
freedesktop when I tried that today, so note the need for an
account there but also link to the current rlease for those who
do not have an account.

In passing, note that both Fedora and AUR appear to be using later
git commits than the 0.9.1 release.

File:

• x/installing/mesa.xml (modified) (1 diff)

x/installing/mesa.xml

@@ -188 +188 @@
       available gallium drivers are auto (<emphasis>in 21.2.1 this does not select
       crocus </emphasis>), <emphasis>or alternatively a choice from</emphasis>
-      crocus, i915, iris, nouveau, r300, r600, radeonsi, svga, swrast, and virgl. The
-      latter is recommended if you intend to run the system under
-      <xref linkend="qemu"/>.<!-- If you wish to build all available gallium drivers,
+      crocus, i915, iris, nouveau, r300, r600, radeonsi, svga, swrast, and virgl.
+      The latter can provide acceleration in <xref linkend="qemu"/> if that has
+      been linked against
+      <ulink url="https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/virgl/virglrenderer/~/releases/">virglrenderer</ulink>
+      (you will need a freedesktop.org account to get to that page, you can
+      download the 0.9.1 release without an account from
+     <ulink url="https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/virgl/virglrenderer/-/archive/0.9.1/virglrenderer-0.9.1.tar.bz2">virglrenderer-0.9.1</ulink>).
+<!-- If you wish to build all available gallium drivers,
       use 'auto'. FIXME : does not build crocus in 21.2.1 -->