On Friday, 2018-01-05 12:01:00 -0800, Dylan Baker wrote: > Signed-off-by: Dylan Baker <dylan.c.baker@xxxxxxxxx> Reviewed-by: Eric Engestrom <eric.engestrom@xxxxxxxxxx> > --- > 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@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > https://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/dri-devel _______________________________________________ dri-devel mailing list dri-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/dri-devel
