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| author | Emil Velikov <emil.velikov@collabora.com> | 2016-06-29 14:26:36 +0100 |
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| committer | Emil Velikov <emil.l.velikov@gmail.com> | 2016-11-21 15:08:09 +0000 |
| commit | 019f055f32a0c201c769daf9ebbdd76d609866f8 (patch) | |
| tree | 1952e83b09d29b2742d522a4347e1a2fa633fb1b /docs/autoconf.html | |
| parent | 49ac732651db92911924dd46e3b985eb32ebadab (diff) | |
docs/autoconf: update glx driver / enable-debug text
With earlier commit we folded all the xlib handling in --enable-glx, but
we forgot to update the documentation.
Elaborate on --enable-debug and drop mentions about depenencies.
v2: Grammar - s|haven't|hasn't| (Eric)
Signed-off-by: Emil Velikov <emil.velikov@collabora.com>
Reviewed-by: Brian Paul <brianp@vmware.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'docs/autoconf.html')
| -rw-r--r-- | docs/autoconf.html | 31 |
1 files changed, 13 insertions, 18 deletions
diff --git a/docs/autoconf.html b/docs/autoconf.html index 5c29e5ee2c6..21ff8c11e48 100644 --- a/docs/autoconf.html +++ b/docs/autoconf.html @@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ to your preference, type: </pre> <p> -This will produce libGL.so and several other libraries depending on the +This will produce libGL.so and/or several other libraries depending on the options you have chosen. Later, if you want to rebuild for a different configuration run <code>make realclean</code> before rebuilding. </p> @@ -133,9 +133,11 @@ There are also a few general options for altering the Mesa build: </p> <dl> <dt><code>--enable-debug</code></dt> -<dd><p>This option will enable compiler -options and macros to aid in debugging the Mesa libraries.</p> -</dd> +<dd><p>This option will set the compiler debug/optimisation levels (if the user +hasn't already set them via the CFLAGS/CXXFLAGS) and macros to aid in +debugging the Mesa libraries.</p> + +<p>Note that enabling this option can lead to noticable loss of performance.</p> <dt><code>--disable-asm</code></dt> <dd><p>There are assembly routines @@ -174,27 +176,22 @@ architecture, the following should be sufficient to configure multilib Mesa</p> </dl> -<h2 id="driver">2. Driver Options</h2> +<h2 id="driver">2. GL Driver Options</h2> <p> There are several different driver modes that Mesa can use. These are described in more detail in the <a href="install.html">basic installation instructions</a>. The Mesa driver is controlled through the -configure options <code>--enable-xlib-glx</code>, <code>--enable-osmesa</code>, -and <code>--enable-dri</code>. +configure options <code>--enable-glx</code> and <code>--enable-osmesa</code> </p> <h3 id="xlib">Xlib</h3><p> It uses Xlib as a software renderer to do all rendering. It corresponds -to the option <code>--enable-xlib-glx</code>. The libX11 and libXext -libraries, as well as the X11 development headers, will be need to -support the Xlib driver. +to the option <code>--enable-glx=xlib</code> or <code>--enable-glx=gallium-xlib</code>. <h3 id="dri">DRI</h3><p>This mode uses the DRI hardware drivers for -accelerated OpenGL rendering. Enable the DRI drivers with the option -<code>--enable-dri</code>. See the <a href="install.html">basic -installation instructions</a> for details on prerequisites for the DRI -drivers. +accelerated OpenGL rendering. To enable use <code>--enable-glx=dri +--enable-dri</code>. <!-- DRI specific options --> <dl> @@ -252,10 +249,8 @@ will create the libOSMesa16 library with a 16-bit color channel. <h2 id="library">3. Library Options</h2> <p> -The configure script provides more fine grained control over the GL -libraries that will be built. More details on the specific GL libraries -can be found in the <a href="install.html">basic installation -instructions</a>. +The configure script provides more fine grained control over the libraries +that will be built. </div> </body> |