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authorDan Nicholson <dbn.lists@gmail.com>2008-06-30 10:28:02 -0700
committerDan Nicholson <dbn.lists@gmail.com>2008-06-30 11:16:09 -0700
commit5cae1b747bf7013124c21f15c410635c16593656 (patch)
treeeec40767e72005f487244bc90a0c2cb55e3aea1a
parentbb1744970d74432692f2e109fca1dc31593605af (diff)
autoconf: Improve the visibility of the swrast DRI driver
Improve the --with-dri-drivers help text so that users are aware that they should install the swrast DRI driver.
-rw-r--r--configure.ac3
-rw-r--r--docs/autoconf.html11
2 files changed, 8 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index e44f619a75..f15d9ff94a 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -604,7 +604,8 @@ fi
dnl Which drivers to build - default is chosen by platform
AC_ARG_WITH([dri-drivers],
[AS_HELP_STRING([--with-dri-drivers@<:@=DIRS...@:>@],
- [comma delimited DRI drivers, e.g. "i965,radeon,nouveau" @<:@default=auto@:>@])],
+ [comma delimited DRI drivers list, e.g.
+ "swrast,i965,radeon,nouveau" @<:@default=auto@:>@])],
[with_dri_drivers="$withval"],
[with_dri_drivers=yes])
if test "x$with_dri_drivers" = x; then
diff --git a/docs/autoconf.html b/docs/autoconf.html
index 837c92f4e2..936ddcffeb 100644
--- a/docs/autoconf.html
+++ b/docs/autoconf.html
@@ -182,11 +182,12 @@ 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,
-<code>--with-dri-drivers="i965,radeon,nouveau"</code>. By default,
-the drivers will be chosen depending on the target platform. See the
-directory <code>src/mesa/drivers/dri</code> in the source tree for
-available drivers.
-</li>
+<code>--with-dri-drivers="swrast,i965,radeon,nouveau"</code>. By
+default, the drivers will be chosen depending on the target platform.
+See the directory <code>src/mesa/drivers/dri</code> in the source tree
+for available drivers. Beware that the swrast DRI driver is used by both
+libGL and the X.Org xserver GLX module to do software rendering, so you
+may run into problems if it is not available.</li>
<!-- This explanation might be totally bogus. Kristian? -->
<li><code>--disable-driglx-direct</code> - Disable direct rendering in
GLX. Normally, direct hardware rendering through the DRI drivers and