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diff --git a/mesalib/docs/README.WIN32 b/mesalib/docs/README.WIN32 new file mode 100644 index 000000000..97e1ffb7a --- /dev/null +++ b/mesalib/docs/README.WIN32 @@ -0,0 +1,163 @@ +File: docs/README.WIN32 + +Last updated: Apr 25, 2007 - Karl Schultz - kschultz@users.sourceforge.net + +Quick Start +----- ----- + +Unzip the MesaLib, MesaGLUT, and MesaDemos ZIP files into the same +directory. The libs and demos build separately, so if you do not care +about the demos or GLUT, you only need to unzip MesaLib. If you unzip +more than one ZIP file, they all need to be unzipped into the same +directory. Don't worry, you will not overwrite anything. + +The Windows build system uses Microsoft Visual Studio. Project files +for a specific version of Visual Studio are in their own directory in +the top-level "windows" directory. For example, Visual Studio 8 files +are in windows/VC8. + +Support has been dropped for versions of Visual Studio prior to 8. The +main reason is because Microsoft now provides a free compiler and +developer environment. Visual Studio Express can be found at + +http://msdn.microsoft.com/vstudio/express/visualc/default.aspx + +You'll also need the Platform SDK. Instructions for obtaining and +using the SDK with Visual Studio Express can be found at + +http://msdn.microsoft.com/vstudio/express/visualc/usingpsdk/ + +If you are stuck using VC6 or VC7, you may start with these project +files, but you may need to modify them to reflect changes in the +Mesa source code tree. If you sucessfully update the project files, +please submit them to the author of this document so that they may +be included in the next distribution. + +The project files to build the core Mesa library, Windows Mesa +drivers, OSMesa, and GLU are in the mesa directory. The project files +to build GLUT and some demo programs are in the progs directory. + +Makefiles are no longer shipped or supported, but can be generated +from the projects using Visual Studio. + + +Windows Drivers +------- ------- + +At this time, only the GDI driver is known to work. Most of the demos +in progs/demos should work with this driver. + +Source code also exists in the tree for other drivers in +src/mesa/drivers/windows, but the status of this code is unknown. + +The GDI driver operates basically by writing pixel spans into a DIB +section and then blitting the DIB to the window. The driver was +recently cleaned up and rewitten and so may have bugs or may be +missing some functionality. The older versions of the CVS source may +be useful in figuring out any problems, or report them to me. + +To build Mesa with the GDI driver, build the mesa, gdi, and glu +projects in the Visual Studio workspace found at + + windows/VC8/mesa/mesa.sln + +The osmesa DLL can also be built with the osmesa project. + +The build system creates a lib top-level directory and copies +resulting LIB and DLL files to this lib directory. The files are: + + OPENGL32.LIB, GLU32.LIB, OSMESA32.LIB + OPENGL32.DLL, GLU32.DLL, OSMESA32.DLL + +If the MesaDemos ZIP file was extracted, the DLL files are also copied +to the demos directory. This facilitates running the demos as described +below. + + +GLUT and Demos +---- --- ----- + +A Visual Studio workspace can be found at + + windows/VC8/progs/progs.sln + +It can be used to build GLUT and a few demos. The GLUT lib and DLL +are copied to the top-level lib directory, along with the Mesa libs. + +The demo build system expects to find the LIB files in the top level +lib directory, so you must build the Mesa libs first. The demo +executables are placed in the demos directory, because some of them +rely on data files found there. Also, the Mesa lib DLL's were copied +there by the Mesa lib build process. Therefore, you should be able to +simply run the demo executables from the demo directory. + +If you want to run the demos from the Visual Studio, you may have to +change the startup directory and explicitly state where the executables are. + +You may also build all the demo programs by using a makefile. Go to +the progs/demos directory and make sure you have executed VCVARS32.BAT +or whatever setup script is appropriate for your compiler. Then, + + nmake -f Makefile.win + +should build all the demos. + + +Build System Notes +----- ------ ----- + +VC6 (not actively supported) +--- + +Visual Studio 6 does not recognize files with the .cc extension as C++ +language files, without a lot of unnatural tweaking. So, the VC6 +build process uses custom build steps to compile these files in the +GLU library. + +Two additional configurations are provided, Debug x86 and Release x86 +that activate the shader code compilation by defining SLANG_86. It is +unknown if and how this works. + +VC7 (not actively supported) +--- + +The above-mentioned .cc problem does not exist in this version. + +VC8 +--- + +No notes. + + +General +------- + +After building, you can copy the above DLL files to a place in your +PATH such as $SystemRoot/SYSTEM32. If you don't like putting things +in a system directory, place them in the same directory as the +executable(s). Be careful about accidentially overwriting files of +the same name in the SYSTEM32 directory. + +The DLL files are built so that the external entry points use the +stdcall calling convention. + +Static LIB files are not built. The LIB files that are built with are +the linker import files associated with the DLL files. + +The si-glu sources are used to build the GLU libs. This was done +mainly to get the better tessellator code. + +To build "mangled" Mesa, add the preprocessor define USE_MGL_NAMESPACE +to the project settings. You will also need to edit src/mesa.def to +change all the gl* symbols to mgl*. Because this is easy to do with a +global replace operation in a text editor, no additional mangled +version of mesa.def is maintained or shipped. + +If you have a Windows-related build problem or question, it is +probably better to direct it to me (kschultz@users.sourceforge.net), +rather than directly to the other Mesa developers. I will help you as +much as I can. I also monitor the Mesa mailing lists and will answer +questions in this area there as well. + + +Karl Schultz |