1File: docs/README.WIN32
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3Last updated: 21 June 2013
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6Quick Start
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9Windows drivers are build with SCons.  Makefiles or Visual Studio projects are
10no longer shipped or supported.
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12Run
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14  scons libgl-gdi
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16to build gallium based GDI driver.
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18This will work both with MSVS or Mingw.
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21Windows Drivers
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24At this time, only the gallium GDI driver is known to work.
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26Source code also exists in the tree for other drivers in
27src/mesa/drivers/windows, but the status of this code is unknown.
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29Recipe
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32Building on windows requires several open-source packages. These are
33steps that work as of this writing.
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35- install python 2.7
36- install scons (latest)
37- install mingw, flex, and bison
38- install pywin32 from here: http://www.lfd.uci.edu/~gohlke/pythonlibs
39  get pywin32-218.4.win-amd64-py2.7.exe
40- install git
41- download mesa from git
42  see https://www.mesa3d.org/repository.html
43- run scons
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45General
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48After building, you can copy the above DLL files to a place in your
49PATH such as $SystemRoot/SYSTEM32.  If you don't like putting things
50in a system directory, place them in the same directory as the
51executable(s).  Be careful about accidentially overwriting files of
52the same name in the SYSTEM32 directory.
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54The DLL files are built so that the external entry points use the
55stdcall calling convention.
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57Static LIB files are not built.  The LIB files that are built with are
58the linker import files associated with the DLL files.
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60The si-glu sources are used to build the GLU libs.  This was done
61mainly to get the better tessellator code.
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63If you have a Windows-related build problem or question, please post
64to the mesa-dev or mesa-users list.
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