LIMA

LIMA driver

Building

• Install requirements

 # apt-get update
 # apt-get install -y bison g++ gcc gettext flex libdrm-dev libexpat1-dev libx11-dev libx11-xcb-dev libxcb-dri2-0-dev libxcb-dri3-dev libxcb-glx0-dev libxcb-present-dev libxdamage-dev libxrandr-dev libxshmfence-dev libxext-dev libxxf86vm-dev meson pkg-config python3-mako python3-pip python3-setuptools python3-wheel zlib1g-dev

• Clone the sources

 # git clone --depth=1 --branch 19.1 https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/mesa/mesa

• Configure meson

 # cd mesa
 # meson build -Dvulkan-drivers=[] -Dplatforms=drm,x11 -Ddri-drivers=[] -Dgallium-drivers=lima,kmsro

• Build and install the sources

 # ninja -C build
 # ninja -C build install

Usage

Without X

You can test the driver with kmscube

 # apt-get install -y kmscube

Run and test

 # kmscube
 ......

FAQ

Compilation fail with

 # update-alternatives --config gcc