[Mesa-dev] [Mesa-stable] [PATCH] docs: Clean up autoconf.html.

Brian Paul brianp at vmware.com
Tue Sep 10 07:47:12 PDT 2013


On 09/09/2013 05:29 PM, Matt Turner wrote:
> Remove long dead options and clarify some things.
>
> Bugzilla: https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=69148
> ---
>   docs/autoconf.html | 37 ++++++++++---------------------------
>   1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 27 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/docs/autoconf.html b/docs/autoconf.html
> index a07a3ee..d4e8a35 100644
> --- a/docs/autoconf.html
> +++ b/docs/autoconf.html
> @@ -123,24 +123,6 @@ directories.</p>
>   There are also a few general options for altering the Mesa build:
>   </p>
>   <dl>
> -<dt><code>--with-x</code></dt>
> -<dd><p>When the X11 development libraries are
> -needed, the <code>pkg-config</code> utility <a href="#pkg-config">will
> -be used</a> for locating them. If they cannot be found through
> -<code>pkg-config</code> a fallback routing using <code>imake</code> will
> -be used. In this case, the <code>--with-x</code>,
> -<code>--x-includes</code> and <code>--x-libraries</code> options can
> -control the use of X for Mesa.</p>
> -</dd>
> -
> -<dt><code>--enable-gl-osmesa</code></dt>
> -<dd><p>The <a href="osmesa.html">OSMesa
> -library</a> can be built on top of libGL for drivers that provide it.
> -This option controls whether to build libOSMesa. By default, this is
> -enabled for the Xlib driver and disabled otherwise. Note that this
> -option is different than using OSMesa as the driver.</p>
> -</dd>
> -
>   <dt><code>--enable-debug</code></dt>
>   <dd><p>This option will enable compiler
>   options and macros to aid in debugging the Mesa libraries.</p>
> @@ -155,12 +137,12 @@ assembly will not be used.</p>
>
>   <dt><code>--enable-32-bit</code></dt>
>   <dt><code>--enable-64-bit</code></dt>
> -<dd><p>By default, the
> -build will compile code as directed by the environment variables
> +<dd><p>By default, the build will compile code as directed by the environment
> +variables
>   <code>CC</code>, <code>CFLAGS</code>, etc. If the compiler is
>   <code>gcc</code>, these options offer a helper to add the compiler flags
>   to force 32- or 64-bit code generation as used on the x86 and x86_64
> -architectures.</p>
> +architectures. Note that these options are mutually exclusive.</p>
>   </dd>
>   </dl>
>
> @@ -171,19 +153,19 @@ architectures.</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 option --with-driver. There are currently three supported
> -options in the configure script.
> +configure options <code>--enable-xlib-glx</code>, <code>--enable-osmesa</code>,
> +and <code>--enable-dri</code>.
>   </p>
>
> -<h3 id="xlib">Xlib</h3><p>This is the default mode for building Mesa.
> +<h3 id="xlib">Xlib</h3><p>
>   It uses Xlib as a software renderer to do all rendering. It corresponds
> -to the option <code>--with-driver=xlib</code>. The libX11 and libXext
> +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.
>
>   <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>--with-driver=dri</code>. See the <a href="install.html">basic
> +<code>--enable-dri</code>. See the <a href="install.html">basic
>   installation instructions</a> for details on prerequisites for the DRI
>   drivers.
>
> @@ -223,7 +205,8 @@ and <code>/usr/local/lib</code>, respectively.
>   <h3 id="osmesa">OSMesa </h3><p> No libGL is built in this
>   mode. Instead, the driver code is built into the Off-Screen Mesa
>   (OSMesa) library. See the <a href="osmesa.html">Off-Screen Rendering</a>
> -page for more details.
> +page for more details.  It corresponds to the option
> +<code>--enable-osmesa</code>.
>
>   <!-- OSMesa specific options -->
>   <dl>
>

Reviewed-by: Brian Paul <brianp at vmware.com>

I'll update the website after you push.  Thanks.

-Brian



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