Author: bdubbs
Date: Mon Sep 26 14:03:33 2016
New Revision: 17816
Log:
Update mesa dependencies and instructions
Modified:
trunk/BOOK/introduction/welcome/changelog.xml
trunk/BOOK/x/installing/mesa.xml
Modified: trunk/BOOK/introduction/welcome/changelog.xml
==============================================================================
--- trunk/BOOK/introduction/welcome/changelog.xml Mon Sep 26 03:46:30
2016 (r17815)
+++ trunk/BOOK/introduction/welcome/changelog.xml Mon Sep 26 14:03:33
2016 (r17816)
@@ -47,6 +47,10 @@
<para>September 26th, 2016</para>
<itemizedlist>
<listitem>
+ <para>[bdubbs] - Updated mesa dependencies. Fixes
+ <ulink url="&blfs-ticket-root;8341">#8341</ulink>.</para>
+ </listitem>
+ <listitem>
<para>[renodr] - Update to yelp-3.22.0. Fixes
<ulink url="&blfs-ticket-root;8316">#8316</ulink>.</para>
</listitem>
Modified: trunk/BOOK/x/installing/mesa.xml
==============================================================================
--- trunk/BOOK/x/installing/mesa.xml Mon Sep 26 03:46:30 2016 (r17815)
+++ trunk/BOOK/x/installing/mesa.xml Mon Sep 26 14:03:33 2016 (r17816)
@@ -95,16 +95,18 @@
<bridgehead renderas="sect4">Recommended</bridgehead>
<para role="recommended">
- <xref linkend="elfutils"/> (required for Gallium3D radeonsi driver),
+ <xref linkend="elfutils"/> (required for the radeonsi driver),
+
<phrase revision="systemd"><xref linkend="libva"/> (to build drivers for
supported hardware, note that there is a circular dependency. You must
build <application>libva</application> first without EGL and GLX support,
install this package, and rebuild
<application>libva</application>.),</phrase>
+
<xref linkend="libvdpau"/> (to build VDPAU drivers),
+
<xref linkend="llvm"/> (required for Gallium3D r300, r600 and radeonsi
- drivers and also for llvmpipe which is intended to be the fastest of the
- three sw rasterizers, see
- <ulink url="http://www.mesa3d.org/systems.html"/>)
+ drivers and for the llvmpipe software rasterizer. See
+ <ulink url="http://www.mesa3d.org/systems.html"/> for more information.)
</para>
<bridgehead renderas="sect4">Optional</bridgehead>
@@ -112,13 +114,17 @@
<xref linkend="libgcrypt"/>,
<xref linkend="nettle"/>,
<xref linkend="wayland"/> (required for
- <xref linkend='plasma5-build'/><phrase revision="systemd">,</phrase>
- <phrase revision="sysv">and</phrase>
- <xref linkend='lxqt'/><phrase revision="systemd">, and GNOME</phrase>),
+ <xref linkend='plasma5-build'/>
+ <phrase revision="systemd">,</phrase>
+ <phrase revision="sysv">and</phrase>
+ <xref linkend='lxqt'/>
+ <phrase revision="systemd">, and GNOME</phrase>),
+
<ulink url="ftp://ftp.freedesktop.org/pub/mesa/demos/";>mesa-demos</ulink>
(provides more than 300 extra demos to test
- <application>Mesa</application>; this includes the same programs
- added by the patch above), and
+ <application>Mesa</application>; this includes the same programs added by
+ the patch above), and
+
<ulink url="http://omxil.sourceforge.net/";>Bellagio OpenMAX Integration
Layer</ulink> (for mobile platforms)
</para>
@@ -128,10 +134,7 @@
The instructions below assume that <application>elfutils</application>
and <application>LLVM</application> with the r600/amdgpu and host
backends 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 the Gallium3D r300, r600,
- radeonsi, and SWR drivers. For an explanation of Gallium3D please see
+ choose not to install them. For an explanation of Gallium3D see
<ulink url="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gallium3D"/>.
</para>
</note>
@@ -152,6 +155,15 @@
<screen><userinput>patch -Np1 -i
../mesa-&mesa-version;-add_xdemos-1.patch</userinput></screen>
+ <para>Now, select the drivers you wish to install. The available
+ drivers are i915, ilo, nouveau, r300, r600, radeonsi, freedreno, svga,
+ swrast, vc4, and virgl. The default is 'r300,r600,svga,swrast'. Modify
+ the command below for any desired drivers. The listed drivers will cover
+ most modern video cards. For help in selecting
+ drivers see <ulink url='http://www.mesa3d.org/systems.html'/>.</para>
+
+<screen><userinput>GLL_DRV="i915,nouveau,radeonsi,svga,swrast"</userinput></screen>
+
<para>
Install <application>Mesa</application> by running the following
commands:
@@ -167,19 +179,15 @@
</para>
</note>
-<screen><userinput>GLL_DRV="nouveau,r300,r600,radeonsi,svga,swrast" &&
-
-sed -i "/pthread-stubs/d" configure.ac &&
+<screen><userinput>sed -i "/pthread-stubs/d" configure.ac &&
sed -i "/seems to be moved/s/^/: #/" bin/ltmain.sh &&
+
./autogen.sh CFLAGS='-O2' CXXFLAGS='-O2' \
--prefix=$XORG_PREFIX \
--sysconfdir=/etc \
--enable-texture-float \
- --enable-gles1 \
- --enable-gles2 \
--enable-osmesa \
--enable-xa \
- --enable-gbm \
--enable-glx-tls \
--with-egl-platforms="drm,x11" \
--with-gallium-drivers=$GLL_DRV &&
@@ -254,16 +262,6 @@
</para>
<para>
- <parameter>--enable-gles1</parameter>: This switch enables support for
- the OpenGL ES 1.x API.
- </para>
-
- <para>
- <parameter>--enable-gles2</parameter>: This switch enables support for
- the OpenGL ES 2.x API.
- </para>
-
- <para>
<parameter>--enable-osmesa</parameter>: This switch enables building
the <filename class="libraryfile">libOSMesa</filename> library.
</para>
@@ -291,19 +289,7 @@
<para>
<parameter>--with-gallium-drivers="..."</parameter>: This parameter
- controls which Gallium3D drivers should be built. Available drivers
- are: i915, ilo, nouveau, r300, r600, radeonsi, svga, swrast, and swr. You
- will need to remove r300, r600, radeonsi, and swr from the list if you
did
- not install <application>elfutils</application> and
- <application>LLVM</application> with the r600/amdgpu and host backends.
- Note that swr is in an early development stage, and the BLFS team does
- not recommend building it.
- </para>
-
- <para>
- <option>--enable-r600-llvm-compiler</option>: Use this switch to
- enable an experimental R600 <application>LLVM</application> backend
- for graphics shaders which claims to speed up the driver.
+ controls which Gallium3D drivers should be built.
</para>
<para revision="sysv">
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