Author: ken
Date: Wed Sep 4 14:25:58 2013
New Revision: 11759
Log:
Mesa : explain some things
Modified:
trunk/BOOK/x/installing/mesalib.xml
Modified: trunk/BOOK/x/installing/mesalib.xml
==============================================================================
--- trunk/BOOK/x/installing/mesalib.xml Wed Sep 4 12:45:25 2013 (r11758)
+++ trunk/BOOK/x/installing/mesalib.xml Wed Sep 4 14:25:58 2013 (r11759)
@@ -134,9 +134,11 @@
<bridgehead renderas="sect4">Recommended</bridgehead>
<para role="recommended">
- <xref linkend="elfutils"/>,
- <xref linkend="libvdpau"/> (to build VDPAU drivers) and
- <xref linkend="llvm"/>
+ <xref linkend="elfutils"/> (required for radeon 3d drivers),
+ <xref linkend="libvdpau"/> (to build VDPAU drivers),
+ <xref linkend="llvm"/> (required for radeon 3d drivers and also for
+ llvmpipe which is intended to be the fastest of the three sw rasterizers,
+ see <ulink url="http://www.mesa3d.org/faq.html#part3";></ulink>
</para>
<bridgehead renderas="sect4">Optional</bridgehead>
@@ -144,16 +146,17 @@
<ulink url="http://wayland.freedesktop.org/";>Wayland</ulink>
</para>
- <warning>
+ <note>
<para>
The instructions below assume that <application>elfutils</application>
and <application>LLVM</application> are installed. You will
need to modify the instructions if you choose not to install them.
Please note that <application>elfutils</application> and
<application>LLVM</application> are <emphasis>required</emphasis>
- for Radeon 3D drivers.
+ for Radeon 3D drivers. For an explanation of gallium please see
+ <ulink url="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gallium3D";></ulink>.
</para>
- </warning>
+ </note>
<note>
<para>
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