Beyond Linux® From Scratch - Version 7.4

Chapter 9. General Libraries

libdrm-2.4.46

Introduction to libdrm

libdrm provides core library routines for the X Window System to directly interface with video hardware using the Linux kernel's Direct Rendering Manager (DRM).

This package is known to build and work properly using an LFS-7.4 platform.

Package Information

libdrm Dependencies

Required

Xorg Libraries

Optional

docbook-xml-4.5, docbook-xsl-1.78.1 and libxslt-1.1.28 (to build manual pages) and Valgrind

User Notes: http://wiki.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/wiki/libdrm

Installation of libdrm

Install libdrm by running the following commands: 

sed -e "/pthread-stubs/d" -i configure.ac &&
autoreconf -fi &&
./configure --prefix=/usr --enable-udev &&
make

To check the results, issue make check.

Now, as the root user: 

make install

Command Explanations

sed -e "/pthread-stubs/d" -i configure.ac: This sed removes dependency on libpthread-stubs package which is useless on Linux.

--enable-udev: This option enables support for using Udev instead of mknod.

Contents

Installed Programs: None
Installed Libraries: libdrm.so, libdrm_intel.so, libdrm_nouveau.so, libdrm_radeon.so and libkms.so
Installed Directories: /usr/include/libdrm and /usr/include/libkms

Short Descriptions

libdrm.so

contains the Direct Rendering Manager API functions.

libdrm_intel.so

contains the Intel specific Direct Rendering Manager functions.

libdrm_nouveau.so

contains the open source nVidia (Nouveau) specific Direct Rendering Manager functions.

libdrm_radeon.so

contains the AMD Radeon specific Direct Rendering Manager functions.

libkms.so

contains API functions for kernel mode setting abstraction.

Last updated on 2013-08-18 14:52:29 -0700