Changes in x/installing/mesa.xml [e929885:e1e58be]

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• x/installing/mesa.xml (modified) (9 diffs)

x/installing/mesa.xml

@@ -100 +100 @@
     <para role="recommended">
 
-      <xref linkend="glslang"/> (required for Vulkan support),
-
       <xref role="first" linkend="libva"/> (to provide VA-API support for some
       gallium drivers, note that there is a circular dependency. You must
@@ -112 +110 @@
       drivers and for swrast, the software rasterizer which is sometimes referred
       to as llvmpipe. See <ulink role="nodep"
-      url="https://docs.mesa3d.org/systems.html"/> for more information),
+      url="https://docs.mesa3d.org/systems.html"/> for more information), and
 
       <xref linkend="wayland-protocols"/> (required for
         <xref role="nodep" linkend='plasma5-build'/>,
-        GNOME, and recommended for <xref role="nodep" linkend='gtk3'/>), and
-
-      <xref linkend="vulkan-loader"/> (required for Vulkan support)
+        GNOME, and recommended for <xref role="nodep" linkend='gtk3'/>)
     </para>
 
@@ -133 +129 @@
       the patch above),
       <ulink url="https://omxil.sourceforge.net/">Bellagio OpenMAX Integration
-      Layer</ulink> (for mobile platforms), and
-      <!--<ulink url="https://github.com/KhronosGroup/glslang">glslang</ulink>
-      (for vulkan drivers),-->
+      Layer</ulink> (for mobile platforms),
+      <ulink url="https://github.com/KhronosGroup/glslang">glslang</ulink>
+      (for vulkan drivers),
       <ulink url="https://github.com/tizonia/tizonia-openmax-il/wiki/Tizonia-OpenMAX-IL/">
-      libtizonia</ulink>,
-      <!-- <ulink url="https://github.com/KhronosGroup/Vulkan-Loader">Vulkan-Loader</ulink> -->
+      libtizonia</ulink>,  and
+      <ulink url="https://github.com/KhronosGroup/Vulkan-Loader">Vulkan-Loader</ulink>
     </para>
 <!--
@@ -294 +290 @@
       -Dplatforms=x11,wayland \
       -Dgallium-drivers=auto  \
-      -Dvulkan-drivers=auto   \
+      -Dvulkan-drivers=""     \
       -Dvalgrind=disabled     \
       -Dlibunwind=disabled    \
@@ -385 +381 @@
 
     <para>
-      <parameter>-Dvulkan-drivers=auto</parameter>: This switch enables support
-      for the Vulkan graphics API. It automatically builds all graphics drivers
-      that are available for Vulkan. If you wish to build specific drivers,
-      valid options include 'amd', 'intel', 'intel_hasvk', and 'swrast'. If you
-      do not want Vulkan support, change 'auto' to "".
+      <parameter>-Dvulkan-drivers=""</parameter>: This switch allows choosing
+      which Vulkan drivers are built. The default is auto, but this requires
+      the optional dependencies <application>glslang</application> and
+      <application>Vulkan-Loader</application>.  Vulkan is a newer API
+      designed for utilizing the GPUs with a performance better than OpenGL,
+      but nothing in BLFS benefits from it for now.  So we pass an empty
+      list in order to remove the need for these dependencies.
     </para>
 
@@ -425 +423 @@
       <segtitle>Installed Programs</segtitle>
       <segtitle>Installed Libraries</segtitle><!-- in /usr/lib -->
-      <segtitle>Installed DRI Drivers</segtitle><!-- in /usr/lib/dri -->
-      <segtitle>Installed VDPAU Drivers</segtitle><!-- in /usr/lib/vdpau -->
-      <segtitle>Installed Vulkan Drivers</segtitle><!-- in /usr/lib -->
+      <segtitle>Installed Drivers</segtitle><!-- in /usr/lib/<subdir> -->
       <segtitle>Installed Directories</segtitle>
 
@@ -463 +459 @@
           swrast_dri.so,
           virtio_gpu_dri.so,
-          virtio_gpu_drv_video.so, and
-          vmwgfx_dri.so
+          virtio_gpu_drv_video.so,
+          vmwgfx_dri.so,
           <!-- End DRI Drivers -->
-        </seg>
-        <seg>
           <!-- Begin VDPAU drivers -->
           libvdpau_nouveau.so,
@@ -478 +472 @@
         </seg>
         <seg>
-          libvulkan_intel_hasvk.so,
-          libvulkan_intel.so,
-          libvulkan_lvp.so, and
-          libvulkan_radeon.so
-        </seg>
-        <seg>
           <!-- $XORG_PREFIX/include/GL is installed by xorg-protos -->
           $XORG_PREFIX/{include/{EGL,GLES,GLES2,GLES3,KHR},
@@ -489 +477 @@
           $XORG_PREFIX/share/drirc.d (contains workarounds for various applications,
           particularly browsers and games),
-          $XORG_PREFIX/share/vulkan,
           and /usr/share/doc/mesa-&mesa-version;
         </seg>