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diff --git a/docs/autoconf.html b/docs/autoconf.html index d0f91558b7d..837c92f4e29 100644 --- a/docs/autoconf.html +++ b/docs/autoconf.html @@ -178,8 +178,7 @@ drivers. <ul> <li><code>--with-dri-driverdir=DIR</code> - This option specifies the location the DRI drivers will be installed to and the location libGL -will search for DRI drivers. The default is -<code>/usr/X11R6/lib/modules/dri</code>. +will search for DRI drivers. The default is <code>${libdir}/dri</code>. </li> <li><code>--with-dri-drivers=DRIVER,DRIVER,...</code> - This option allows a specific set of DRI drivers to be built. For example, diff --git a/docs/devinfo.html b/docs/devinfo.html index 1f54a92d0f5..3cebf5f36db 100644 --- a/docs/devinfo.html +++ b/docs/devinfo.html @@ -136,11 +136,11 @@ Update the docs/VERSIONS file too. <p> Edit the MESA_MAJOR, MESA_MINOR and MESA_TINY version numbers in -configs/default and configure.ac. +configs/default. </p> <p> -Make sure the values in src/mesa/main/version.h is correct. +Make sure the values in src/mesa/main/version.h are correct. </p> <p> diff --git a/docs/install.html b/docs/install.html index 10688d8ca8a..30565a1dc4f 100644 --- a/docs/install.html +++ b/docs/install.html @@ -21,16 +21,53 @@ <a name="unix-x11"> <H2>1. Unix/X11 Compilation and Installation</H1> -<h3>1.1 Compilation</h3> + +<h3>1.1 Prerequisites for DRI and Hardware Acceleration</h3> + +<p> +To build Mesa with DRI-based hardware acceleration you must first have +the right version of DRM. +</p> + +<p> +For Mesa 7.1 a particular snapshot of +<a href="http://dri.freedesktop.org/libdrm/">DRM</a> from git is required: +</p> + +<pre> +git-clone git://anongit.freedesktop.org/git/mesa/drm +git-checkout (XXXX HASH ID TBD) +</pre> +</li> + +<p> +You should also be using Xorg server version 1.4 +</p> + + + +<h3>1.2 Autoconf Compilation</h3> + +<p> +Mesa may be <a href="autoconf.html">built using autoconf</a>. +This should work well on most GNU-based systems. +When that fails, the traditional Mesa build system is available. + + + +<h3>1.3 Traditional Compilation</h3> + +<p> +The traditional Mesa build system is based on a collection of pre-defined +system configurations. +</p> +<p> +To see the list of configurations, type <b>make</b> alone. +Then choose a configuration from the list and type <b>make configname</b>. +</p> <p> -Mesa is built by reading Makefile stubs from the configs directory. -There are configurations for many Unix variants and different Mesa -options. Type <b>make</b> from the top-level directory to see a list of -supported system configurations. Alternatively, an autoconf system can -be used to create a Makefile stub for your system. See the <a -href="autoconf.html">autoconf instructions</a> for more details. Mesa -may be compiled in several ways using the predefined configurations: +Mesa may be built in several different ways using the predefined configurations: </p> <ul> <li><b><em>Stand-alone/Xlib mode</em></b> - Mesa will be compiled as @@ -55,43 +92,6 @@ accelerated OpenGL rendering (for ATI, Intel, Matrox, etc) will be built. The libGL.so library will support the GLX extension and will load/use the DRI hardware drivers. -<p> -<b>Prerequisites:</b> -</p> - -<ol> - -<li> -<p> -For Mesa 7.0.2 <a href="http://dri.freedesktop.org/libdrm/"> -DRM version 2.3</a> is required. -</p> -<p> -To check if you already have it, run: -<br> -<code>pkg-config --modversion libdrm</code> -</p> -<p> -You can download and install a <a href="http://dri.freedesktop.org/libdrm/"> -tarball release</a> or get the code from git with: -<br> -<code>git clone git://anongit.freedesktop.org/git/mesa/drm</code> -<br> -Then revert to the drm-2.3.0 tag with: -<br> -<code>git-reset --hard drm-2.3.0</code> -</p> -</li> - -<li> -Relatively recent -<a href="http://freedesktop.org/wiki/Software_2fXserver" target="_parent"> -X.org</a> release. -Mesa depends on a number of X header and library files. -</li> - -</ol> - <p> Build Mesa and the DRI hardware drivers by running @@ -104,8 +104,13 @@ There are also <code>linux-dri-x86</code>, <code>linux-dri-x86-64</code>, and <code>linux-ppc</code> configurations which are optimized for those architectures. </p> +<p> +Make sure you have the prerequisite versions of DRM and Xserver mentioned +above. +</p> </li> + </ul> @@ -115,7 +120,7 @@ Later, if you want to rebuild for a different configuration run </p> -<h3>1.2 The libraries</h3> +<h3>1.4 The libraries</h3> <p> When compilation has finished, look in the top-level <code>lib/</code> @@ -156,15 +161,15 @@ lrwxrwxrwx 1 brian users 23 Mar 26 07:53 libOSMesa.so.6 -> libOSM If you built the DRI hardware drivers, you'll also see the DRI drivers: </p> <pre> --rwxr-xr-x 1 brian users 15607851 Jul 21 12:11 ffb_dri.so* --rwxr-xr-x 1 brian users 15148747 Jul 21 12:11 i810_dri.so* --rwxr-xr-x 1 brian users 14497814 Jul 21 12:11 i830_dri.so* --rwxr-xr-x 1 brian users 16895413 Jul 21 12:11 i915_dri.so* +-rwxr-xr-x 1 brian users 15607851 Jul 21 12:11 ffb_dri.so +-rwxr-xr-x 1 brian users 15148747 Jul 21 12:11 i810_dri.so +-rwxr-xr-x 1 brian users 14497814 Jul 21 12:11 i830_dri.so +-rwxr-xr-x 1 brian users 16895413 Jul 21 12:11 i915_dri.so -rwxr-xr-x 1 brian users 11320803 Jul 21 12:11 mach64_dri.so -rwxr-xr-x 1 brian users 11418014 Jul 21 12:12 mga_dri.so -rwxr-xr-x 1 brian users 11064426 Jul 21 12:12 r128_dri.so -rwxr-xr-x 1 brian users 11849858 Jul 21 12:12 r200_dri.so --rwxr-xr-x 1 brian users 16050488 Jul 21 12:11 r300_dri.so* +-rwxr-xr-x 1 brian users 16050488 Jul 21 12:11 r300_dri.so -rwxr-xr-x 1 brian users 11757388 Jul 21 12:12 radeon_dri.so -rwxr-xr-x 1 brian users 11232304 Jul 21 12:13 s3v_dri.so -rwxr-xr-x 1 brian users 11062970 Jul 21 12:13 savage_dri.so @@ -175,7 +180,7 @@ If you built the DRI hardware drivers, you'll also see the DRI drivers: </pre> -<h3>1.3 Running the demos</h3> +<h3>1.5 Running the demos</h3> <p> If you downloaded/unpacked the MesaDemos-x.y.z.tar.gz archive or @@ -184,18 +189,15 @@ bunch of demonstration programs. </p> <p> -Before running a demo, you may have to set an environment variable -(such as <b>LD_LIBRARY_PATH</b> on Linux) to indicate where the -libraries are located. For example: +Before running a demo, you'll probably have to set two environment variables +to indicate where the libraries are located. For example: <p> <blockquote> -<b>cd</b> into the Mesa <b>lib/</b> directory. -<br> -<b>setenv LD_LIBRARY_PATH ${cwd}</b> (if using csh or tcsh shell) +<b>cd lib/</b> <br> -or, +<b>export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=${PWD}</b> <br> -<b>export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=${PWD}</b> (if using bash or sh shell) +<b>export LIBGL_DRIVERS_PATH=${PWD}</b> (if using DRI drivers) </blockquote> <p> @@ -253,7 +255,7 @@ Retrace your steps if this doesn't look right. </p> -<H3>1.4 Installing the header and library files</H3> +<H3>1.6 Installing the header and library files</H3> <p> The standard location for the OpenGL header files on Unix-type systems is @@ -293,7 +295,7 @@ This is a handy way to compare multiple OpenGL implementations. </p> -<H3>1.5 pkg-config support</H3> +<H3>1.7 Building OpenGL Programs With pkg-config</H3> <p> Running <code>make install</code> will install package configuration files diff --git a/docs/relnotes-7.1.html b/docs/relnotes-7.1.html index 39745937482..5a9a044ce2b 100644 --- a/docs/relnotes-7.1.html +++ b/docs/relnotes-7.1.html @@ -8,10 +8,13 @@ <body bgcolor="#eeeeee"> -<H1>Mesa 7.1 Release Notes / (<em>in progress</em>)</H1> +<H1>Mesa 7.1 Release Notes / May XX, 2008</H1> <p> Mesa 7.1 is a new development release. +There have been many internal code changes since Mesa 7.0.x. +It should be relatively stable, but those who are especially concerned about +stability should wait for Mesa 7.2. </p> @@ -23,21 +26,13 @@ TBD <h2>New features</h2> <ul> +<li>autoconf-based configuration +<li>Reduced dependencies between X server and Mesa <li>GL_EXT_texture_from_pixmap extension for Xlib driver <li>Support for the GL shading language with i965 driver (implemented by Intel) </ul> -<h2>Bug fixes</h2> -<ul> -</ul> - - -<h2>Internal code changes</h2> -<ul> -</ul> - - <h2>To Do (someday) items</h2> <ul> <li>Remove the MEMCPY() and _mesa_memcpy() wrappers and just use memcpy(). |