| Message ID | 1d6dcb3283ff20982410c5b0953b329fc0485a47.1515182161.git-series.dylan@pnwbakers.com (mailing list archive) |
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On Friday, 2018-01-05 12:01:00 -0800, Dylan Baker wrote: > Signed-off-by: Dylan Baker <dylan.c.baker@intel.com> Reviewed-by: Eric Engestrom <eric.engestrom@imgtec.com> > --- > README | 24 +++++++++++++++++++++--- > 1 file changed, 21 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) > > diff --git a/README b/README > index 26cab9d..f3df9ac 100644 > --- a/README > +++ b/README > @@ -15,9 +15,27 @@ with an older kernel. > Compiling > --------- > > -libdrm is a standard autotools package and follows the normal > -configure, build and install steps. The first step is to configure > -the package, which is done by running the configure shell script: > +libdrm has two build systems, a legacy autotools build system, and a newer > +meson build system. The meson build system is much faster, and offers a > +slightly different interface, but otherwise provides an equivalent feature set. > + > +To use it: > + > + meson builddir/ > + > +By default this will install into /usr/local, you can change your prefix > +with --prefix=/usr (or `meson configure builddir/ -Dprefix=/usr` after > +the initial meson setup). > + > +Then use ninja to build and install: > + > + ninja -C builddir/ install > + > +If you are installing into a system location you will need to run install > +separately, and as root. > + > + > +Alternatively you can invoke autotools configure: > > ./configure > > -- > git-series 0.9.1 > _______________________________________________ > dri-devel mailing list > dri-devel@lists.freedesktop.org > https://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/dri-devel
diff --git a/README b/README index 26cab9d..f3df9ac 100644 --- a/README +++ b/README @@ -15,9 +15,27 @@ with an older kernel. Compiling --------- -libdrm is a standard autotools package and follows the normal -configure, build and install steps. The first step is to configure -the package, which is done by running the configure shell script: +libdrm has two build systems, a legacy autotools build system, and a newer +meson build system. The meson build system is much faster, and offers a +slightly different interface, but otherwise provides an equivalent feature set. + +To use it: + + meson builddir/ + +By default this will install into /usr/local, you can change your prefix +with --prefix=/usr (or `meson configure builddir/ -Dprefix=/usr` after +the initial meson setup). + +Then use ninja to build and install: + + ninja -C builddir/ install + +If you are installing into a system location you will need to run install +separately, and as root. + + +Alternatively you can invoke autotools configure: ./configure
Signed-off-by: Dylan Baker <dylan.c.baker@intel.com> --- README | 24 +++++++++++++++++++++--- 1 file changed, 21 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)