Requests for current-next (15.0-->15.1)

LuckyCyborg · 06-05-2022, 10:27 AM

Dear BDFL,

you are kind to explain in detail what we wait for Mesa-22.1.x ?

IF there's an issue, please be kind to say it publicly - there may be people able to eventually help.

I for one, I've built and used with great success and since long time the Mesa-22.x.y which ships the Gallium only drivers.

This is my mesa.SlackBuild for version mesa-22.x.y :

Code:

#!/bin/bash

# Copyright 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021  Patrick J. Volkerding, Sebeka, MN, USA
# All rights reserved.
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#  EVENT SHALL THE AUTHOR BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL,
#  SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO,
#  PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS;
#  OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY,
#  WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR
#  OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF
#  ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.

cd $(dirname $0) ; CWD=$(pwd)

PKGNAM=mesa
VERSION=${VERSION:-$(echo $PKGNAM-[0-9]*.tar.?z | rev | cut -f 3- -d . | cut -f 1 -d - | rev)}
DEMOVERS=${DEMOVERS:-8.4.0}
BUILD=${BUILD:-1}
BUILD_DEMOS=${BUILD_DEMOS:-YES}

NUMJOBS=${NUMJOBS:-" -j$(expr $(nproc) + 1) "}

# Be sure this list is up-to-date:
GALLIUM_DRIVERS="nouveau,r300,r600,svga,radeonsi,swrast,virgl,iris,crocus,zink"

if [ -z "$ARCH" ]; then
  case "$( uname -m )" in
    i?86) export ARCH=i586 ;;
    arm*) export ARCH=arm ;;
       *) export ARCH=$( uname -m ) ;;
  esac
fi

# If the variable PRINT_PACKAGE_NAME is set, then this script will report what
# the name of the created package would be, and then exit. This information
# could be useful to other scripts.
if [ ! -z "${PRINT_PACKAGE_NAME}" ]; then
  echo "$PKGNAM-$VERSION-$ARCH-$BUILD.txz"
  exit 0
fi

## COMMENTED OUT as swr seems to be broken with llvm13:
## Build swr for the following architectures (not for i?x6, as this will cause
## an Illegal Instruction startup failure on many otherwise supported CPUs):
#for swr_arch in x86_64 ; do
#  if [ "$ARCH" = "x86_64" ]; then
#    GALLIUM_DRIVERS="$GALLIUM_DRIVERS,swr"
#  fi
#done

TMP=${TMP:-/tmp}
PKG=$TMP/package-mesa

if [ "$ARCH" = "i586" ]; then
  SLKCFLAGS="-O2 -march=i586 -mtune=i686"
  LIBDIRSUFFIX=""
elif [ "$ARCH" = "x86_64" ]; then
  SLKCFLAGS="-O2 -fPIC"
  LIBDIRSUFFIX="64"
else
  SLKCFLAGS="-O2"
  LIBDIRSUFFIX=""
fi

rm -rf $PKG
mkdir -p $TMP $PKG
cd $TMP
rm -rf ${PKGNAM}-${VERSION}

tar xvf $CWD/${PKGNAM}-${VERSION}.tar.?z || exit 1
cd ${PKGNAM}-$VERSION || exit 1

# Let's kill the warning about operating on a dangling symlink:
rm -f src/gallium/state_trackers/d3d1x/w32api

# Make sure ownerships and permissions are sane:
chown -R root:root .
find . \
  \( -perm 777 -o -perm 775 -o -perm 711 -o -perm 555 -o -perm 511 \) \
  -exec chmod 755 {} \+ -o \
  \( -perm 666 -o -perm 664 -o -perm 600 -o -perm 444 -o -perm 440 -o -perm 400 \) \
  -exec chmod 644 {} \+

# Apply patches from git (and maybe elsewhere):
# Patches obtained by:
#   git checkout origin/17.2
#   git format-patch 93c2beafc0a7fa2f210b006d22aba61caa71f773 # 17.2.6 release
if /bin/ls $CWD/patches/*.patch 1> /dev/null 2> /dev/null ; then
  for patch in $CWD/patches/*.patch ; do
    patch -p1 --verbose < $patch || exit 1 ;
  done
fi

# Revert these patches from git (and maybe elsewhere):
if /bin/ls $CWD/patches-revert/*.patch 1> /dev/null 2> /dev/null ; then
  for patch in $CWD/patches-revert/*.patch ; do
    patch -p1 -R --verbose < $patch || exit 1 ;
  done
fi

# Configure, build, and install:
export CFLAGS="$SLKCFLAGS"
export CXXFLAGS="$SLKCFLAGS"
mkdir meson-build
cd meson-build
meson setup \
  --prefix=/usr \
  --libdir=lib${LIBDIRSUFFIX} \
  --libexecdir=/usr/libexec \
  --bindir=/usr/bin \
  --sbindir=/usr/sbin \
  --includedir=/usr/include \
  --datadir=/usr/share \
  --mandir=/usr/man \
  --sysconfdir=/etc \
  --localstatedir=/var \
  --buildtype=release \
  -Dplatforms=x11,wayland \
  -Dgallium-opencl=icd \
  -Dgallium-nine=true \
  -Dosmesa=true \
  -Dgallium-drivers=$GALLIUM_DRIVERS \
  -Dvulkan-drivers=amd,intel,swrast \
  -Dvulkan-layers=device-select,intel-nullhw,overlay \
  -Dglvnd=true \
  -Dllvm=enabled \
  -Dshared-llvm=enabled \
  -Dshared-glapi=enabled \
  -Degl=enabled \
  -Dgles1=enabled \
  -Dgles2=enabled \
  -Dopengl=true \
  -Dglx=dri \
  .. || exit 1
  "${NINJA:=ninja}" $NUMJOBS || exit 1
  DESTDIR=$PKG $NINJA install || exit 1
cd ..

# Install /etc/drirc as a .new file:
if [ -r $PKG/etc/drirc ]; then
  mv $PKG/etc/drirc $PKG/etc/drirc.new
fi

# Add a default provider for glvnd when the vendor cannot be determined:
( cd $PKG/usr/lib${LIBDIRSUFFIX}
  if [ ! -r libGLX_system.so.0 ]; then
    ln -sf libGLX_mesa.so.0 libGLX_system.so.0
  fi
)

if [ "$BUILD_DEMOS" = "YES" ]; then
  # Now build/install a small subset of the demos:
  export CWD SLKCFLAGS NUMJOBS PKG
  ( cd $TMP
    rm -rf mesa-demos-$DEMOVERS
    tar xvf $CWD/mesa-demos-$DEMOVERS.tar.?z* || exit 1
    cd mesa-demos-$DEMOVERS
    chown -R root:root .
    find . \
      \( -perm 777 -o -perm 775 -o -perm 711 -o -perm 555 -o -perm 511 \) \
      -exec chmod 755 {} \+ -o \
    \( -perm 666 -o -perm 664 -o -perm 600 -o -perm 444 -o -perm 440 -o -perm 400 \) \
      -exec chmod 644 {} \+
    CFLAGS="$SLKCFLAGS" \
    ./configure \
      --prefix=/usr \
      --build=$ARCH-slackware-linux || exit 1
    make $NUMJOBS || exit 1
    # Install all the demos (including the pointless ones) at first, in a
    # temporary location:
    make install DESTDIR=$PKG/cruft || exit 1
    # Install gears and glinfo, as well as a few other demos:
    mkdir -p $PKG/usr/bin
    for demo in eglinfo gears glinfo glthreads glxcontexts glxdemo glxgears \
      glxgears_fbconfig glxheads glxinfo glxpbdemo glxpixmap ; do
      mv --verbose $PKG/cruft/usr/bin/$demo $PKG/usr/bin
  done
    # Remove cruft:
    rm -rf $PKG/cruft
  ) || exit 1
fi

# Strip binaries:
find $PKG | xargs file | grep -e "executable" -e "shared object" | grep ELF \
  | cut -f 1 -d : | xargs strip --strip-unneeded 2> /dev/null

find $PKG/usr/man -type f -exec gzip -9 {} \+
for i in $( find $PKG/usr/man -type l ) ; do ln -s $( readlink $i ).gz $i.gz ; rm $i ; done

# Compress info files, if any:
if [ -d $PKG/usr/info ]; then
  rm -f $PKG/usr/info/dir
  gzip -9 $PKG/usr/info/*
fi

mkdir -p $PKG/usr/doc/$PKGNAM-$VERSION/html
cp -a \
  docs/COPYING* docs/relnotes/${VERSION}.html docs/README* docs/GL* \
  $PKG/usr/doc/$PKGNAM-$VERSION
cp -a docs/*.html $PKG/usr/doc/$PKGNAM-$VERSION/html
rm -f $PKG/usr/doc/$PKGNAM-$VERSION/html/relnotes*.html

mkdir -p $PKG/install
cat $CWD/slack-desc > $PKG/install/slack-desc
zcat $CWD/doinst.sh.gz > $PKG/install/doinst.sh

cd $PKG
/sbin/makepkg -l y -c n $TMP/${PKGNAM}-$VERSION-$ARCH-$BUILD.txz

I've even built Mesa 22.1.1 on Slackware 15.0 as seen in the attached screenshot - and it works fine.

From my experience, the Intel Crocus taken over to Intel i965 and do a fine job for everything starting with Intel GM45 and yet not supported by Iris.

I've even built an Mesa Amber package, testing it with great attention, having the advantage of having hardware which uses Intel i965 alternatively - like is Intel GM45, Sandy Bridge and Ivy Bridge graphics.

And there is my mesa-amber.Slackbuild using mesa-21.3.8 :

Code:

#!/bin/bash

# Copyright 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021  Patrick J. Volkerding, Sebeka, MN, USA
# All rights reserved.
#
# Redistribution and use of this script, with or without modification, is
# permitted provided that the following conditions are met:
#
# 1. Redistributions of this script must retain the above copyright
#    notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.
#
#  THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE AUTHOR ``AS IS'' AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED
#  WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF
#  MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED.  IN NO
#  EVENT SHALL THE AUTHOR BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL,
#  SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO,
#  PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS;
#  OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY,
#  WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR
#  OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF
#  ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.

cd $(dirname $0) ; CWD=$(pwd)

PKGNAM=mesa
VERSION=${VERSION:-$(echo $PKGNAM-[0-9]*.tar.?z | rev | cut -f 3- -d . | cut -f 1 -d - | rev)}
DEMOVERS=${DEMOVERS:-8.4.0}
BUILD=${BUILD:-1}
BUILD_DEMOS=${BUILD_DEMOS:-YES}

NUMJOBS=${NUMJOBS:-" -j$(expr $(nproc) + 1) "}

# Be sure this list is up-to-date:
DRI_DRIVERS="i915,i965,r100,r200,nouveau"

if [ -z "$ARCH" ]; then
  case "$( uname -m )" in
    i?86) export ARCH=i586 ;;
    arm*) export ARCH=arm ;;
       *) export ARCH=$( uname -m ) ;;
  esac
fi

# If the variable PRINT_PACKAGE_NAME is set, then this script will report what
# the name of the created package would be, and then exit. This information
# could be useful to other scripts.
if [ ! -z "${PRINT_PACKAGE_NAME}" ]; then
  echo "$PKGNAM-$VERSION-$ARCH-$BUILD.txz"
  exit 0
fi

## COMMENTED OUT as swr seems to be broken with llvm13:
## Build swr for the following architectures (not for i?x6, as this will cause
## an Illegal Instruction startup failure on many otherwise supported CPUs):
#for swr_arch in x86_64 ; do
#  if [ "$ARCH" = "x86_64" ]; then
#    GALLIUM_DRIVERS="$GALLIUM_DRIVERS,swr"
#  fi
#done

TMP=${TMP:-/tmp}
PKG=$TMP/package-mesa-amber

if [ "$ARCH" = "i586" ]; then
  SLKCFLAGS="-O2 -march=i586 -mtune=i686"
  LIBDIRSUFFIX=""
elif [ "$ARCH" = "x86_64" ]; then
  SLKCFLAGS="-O2 -fPIC"
  LIBDIRSUFFIX="64"
else
  SLKCFLAGS="-O2"
  LIBDIRSUFFIX=""
fi

rm -rf $PKG
mkdir -p $TMP $PKG
cd $TMP
rm -rf ${PKGNAM}-${VERSION}

tar xvf $CWD/${PKGNAM}-${VERSION}.tar.?z || exit 1
cd ${PKGNAM}-$VERSION || exit 1

# Let's kill the warning about operating on a dangling symlink:
rm -f src/gallium/state_trackers/d3d1x/w32api

# Make sure ownerships and permissions are sane:
chown -R root:root .
find . \
  \( -perm 777 -o -perm 775 -o -perm 711 -o -perm 555 -o -perm 511 \) \
  -exec chmod 755 {} \+ -o \
  \( -perm 666 -o -perm 664 -o -perm 600 -o -perm 444 -o -perm 440 -o -perm 400 \) \
  -exec chmod 644 {} \+

# Apply patches from git (and maybe elsewhere):
# Patches obtained by:
#   git checkout origin/17.2
#   git format-patch 93c2beafc0a7fa2f210b006d22aba61caa71f773 # 17.2.6 release
if /bin/ls $CWD/patches/*.patch 1> /dev/null 2> /dev/null ; then
  for patch in $CWD/patches/*.patch ; do
    patch -p1 --verbose < $patch || exit 1 ;
  done
fi

# Revert these patches from git (and maybe elsewhere):
if /bin/ls $CWD/patches-revert/*.patch 1> /dev/null 2> /dev/null ; then
  for patch in $CWD/patches-revert/*.patch ; do
    patch -p1 -R --verbose < $patch || exit 1 ;
  done
fi

# Configure, build, and install:
export CFLAGS="$SLKCFLAGS"
export CXXFLAGS="$SLKCFLAGS"
mkdir meson-build
cd meson-build
meson setup \
  --prefix=/usr \
  --libdir=lib${LIBDIRSUFFIX} \
  --libexecdir=/usr/libexec \
  --bindir=/usr/bin \
  --sbindir=/usr/sbin \
  --includedir=/usr/include \
  --datadir=/usr/share \
  --mandir=/usr/man \
  --sysconfdir=/etc \
  --localstatedir=/var \
  --buildtype=release \
  -Dplatforms=x11,wayland \
  -Damber=true \
  -Ddri-drivers=$DRI_DRIVERS \
  -Dgallium-drivers=swrast \
  -Dosmesa=true \
  -Dglvnd=true \
  -Dllvm=enabled \
  -Dshared-llvm=enabled \
  -Dshared-glapi=enabled \
  -Degl=enabled \
  -Dgles1=enabled \
  -Dgles2=enabled \
  -Dopengl=true \
  -Dglx=dri \
  .. || exit 1
  "${NINJA:=ninja}" $NUMJOBS || exit 1
  DESTDIR=$PKG $NINJA install || exit 1
cd ..

# Install /etc/drirc as a .new file:
if [ -r $PKG/etc/drirc ]; then
  mv $PKG/etc/drirc $PKG/etc/drirc.new
fi

# Add a default provider for glvnd when the vendor cannot be determined:
( cd $PKG/usr/lib${LIBDIRSUFFIX}
  if [ ! -r libGLX_system.so.0 ]; then
    ln -sf libGLX_amber.so.0 libGLX_system.so.0
  fi
)

if [ "$BUILD_DEMOS" = "YES" ]; then
  # Now build/install a small subset of the demos:
  export CWD SLKCFLAGS NUMJOBS PKG
  ( cd $TMP
    rm -rf mesa-demos-$DEMOVERS
    tar xvf $CWD/mesa-demos-$DEMOVERS.tar.?z* || exit 1
    cd mesa-demos-$DEMOVERS
    chown -R root:root .
    find . \
      \( -perm 777 -o -perm 775 -o -perm 711 -o -perm 555 -o -perm 511 \) \
      -exec chmod 755 {} \+ -o \
    \( -perm 666 -o -perm 664 -o -perm 600 -o -perm 444 -o -perm 440 -o -perm 400 \) \
      -exec chmod 644 {} \+
    CFLAGS="$SLKCFLAGS" \
    ./configure \
      --prefix=/usr \
      --build=$ARCH-slackware-linux || exit 1
    make $NUMJOBS || exit 1
    # Install all the demos (including the pointless ones) at first, in a
    # temporary location:
    make install DESTDIR=$PKG/cruft || exit 1
    # Install gears and glinfo, as well as a few other demos:
    mkdir -p $PKG/usr/bin
    for demo in eglinfo gears glinfo glthreads glxcontexts glxdemo glxgears \
      glxgears_fbconfig glxheads glxinfo glxpbdemo glxpixmap ; do
      mv --verbose $PKG/cruft/usr/bin/$demo $PKG/usr/bin
  done
    # Remove cruft:
    rm -rf $PKG/cruft
  ) || exit 1
fi

# Strip binaries:
find $PKG | xargs file | grep -e "executable" -e "shared object" | grep ELF \
  | cut -f 1 -d : | xargs strip --strip-unneeded 2> /dev/null

find $PKG/usr/man -type f -exec gzip -9 {} \+
for i in $( find $PKG/usr/man -type l ) ; do ln -s $( readlink $i ).gz $i.gz ; rm $i ; done

# Compress info files, if any:
if [ -d $PKG/usr/info ]; then
  rm -f $PKG/usr/info/dir
  gzip -9 $PKG/usr/info/*
fi

mkdir -p $PKG/usr/doc/$PKGNAM-$VERSION/html
cp -a \
  docs/COPYING* docs/relnotes/${VERSION}.html docs/README* docs/GL* \
  $PKG/usr/doc/$PKGNAM-$VERSION
cp -a docs/*.html $PKG/usr/doc/$PKGNAM-$VERSION/html
rm -f $PKG/usr/doc/$PKGNAM-$VERSION/html/relnotes*.html

mkdir -p $PKG/install
cat $CWD/slack-desc > $PKG/install/slack-desc
zcat $CWD/doinst.sh.gz > $PKG/install/doinst.sh

cd $PKG
/sbin/makepkg -l y -c n $TMP/${PKGNAM}-amber-$VERSION-$ARCH-$BUILD.txz

Honestly, we will need this alternate Mesa Amber package containing only the legacy non-Gallium drivers, ONLY IF we still want to support the really old graphics, like ATI R100 and R200 or Intel GMA 3150 - which at best are rocking an OpenGL 1.4.

IF we ship also the alternate Mesa Amber package, then I seen that it conflicts with the main Mesa package. So it's quite clear that eventually it should be shipped as an alternate package on /extra .

I for one, I talk with both Mesa packages in the hand - I've seen how behaves the Mesa 22.x.y and I've seen how behaves the Mesa Amber.

With all respect due, what the heck we wait when the solution is obvious?

PS. Those who uses the Ivy Bridge graphics under i965 knows that Mesa 21.x.y advertise only OpenGL 3.0, while Crocus from Mesa 22.x.y goes up to OpenGL 4.2, as shown in the screenshot.

nobodino · 06-06-2022, 12:42 AM

@LuckyCyborg: to build on -current, a small modification is necessary:

Code:

# Revert these patches from git (and maybe elsewhere):
#if /bin/ls $CWD/patches-revert/*.patch 1> /dev/null 2> /dev/null ; then
#  for patch in $CWD/patches-revert/*.patch ; do
#    patch -p1 -R --verbose < $patch || exit 1 ;
#  done
#fi

And good news it builds fine on a pure gcc-12.1.0 system (SFS).

ZhaoLin1457 · 06-06-2022, 12:56 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by nobodino

@LuckyCyborg: to build on -current, a small modification is necessary:

Code:

# Revert these patches from git (and maybe elsewhere):
#if /bin/ls $CWD/patches-revert/*.patch 1> /dev/null 2> /dev/null ; then
#  for patch in $CWD/patches-revert/*.patch ; do
#    patch -p1 -R --verbose < $patch || exit 1 ;
#  done
#fi

And good news it builds fine on a pure gcc-12.1.0 system (SFS).

Probably he removed or adjusted the reverting patches. Likely is their removal, otherwise probably he had been presented the modified patches.

But I think that the place of an eventual legacy Mesa package is within /pasture not /extra .

LuckyCyborg · 06-06-2022, 04:18 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ZhaoLin1457

Probably he removed or adjusted the reverting patches. Likely is their removal, otherwise probably he had been presented the modified patches.

But I think that the place of an eventual legacy Mesa package is within /pasture not /extra .

Yes, I have been removed those patches.

However, I believe that the place of an eventual Mesa Amber package is /extra because it's still maintained in LTS mode (for the legacy non-Gallium drivers only!!! ) and it's an alternative for the legacy hardware.

As creepy as it looks, seems like we need 2 different Mesa package to cover the entire graphics stack.

Still, the Mesa 22.x.y covers anything at least barely modern and capable at least of OpenGL 2.0 .

So, the "affected" users are those who still rocking Pentium III and similar hardware. Yet, they will get a software OpenGL driver like llvmpipe, until they replace their Mesa with the correct Mesa Amber variant.

Windu · 06-06-2022, 04:56 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by LuckyCyborg

I believe that the place of an eventual Mesa Amber package is /extra because it's still maintained in LTS mode (for the legacy non-Gallium drivers only!!! ) and it's an alternative for the legacy hardware.

IMO, this has no place in Slackware then, not even in pasture. There's also SlackBuilds.org which would be a good place for legacy stuff.
I mean, who still runs a computer with a Pentium III and wants to run the latest Slackware on it? Don't torture that geriatric hardware!

pghvlaans · 06-06-2022, 05:26 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Windu

IMO, this has no place in Slackware then, not even in pasture. There's also SlackBuilds.org which would be a good place for legacy stuff.
I mean, who still runs a computer with a Pentium III and wants to run the latest Slackware on it? Don't torture that geriatric hardware!

It will run (at least on a VM), but not very happily. A few packages don't work; pretty much anything Rust-based is out (most notably Firefox), along with a few other odds and ends.

ZhaoLin1457 · 06-06-2022, 06:11 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Windu

IMO, this has no place in Slackware then, not even in pasture. There's also SlackBuilds.org which would be a good place for legacy stuff.
I mean, who still runs a computer with a Pentium III and wants to run the latest Slackware on it? Don't torture that geriatric hardware!

Well, in fact this Mesa Amber will be needed for computers with up to Intel Core 2 Duo and Core 2 Quad on socket 775, because some Intel chipsets for socket 775 still shipped openGL 1.4 embedded graphics like GMA 3150.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_o...ore_2_chipsets

And some Ultra Small Form Factor computers may have no option to add a discrete graphics card, like is the HP Elite dc7800p USDT.

https://support.hp.com/lt-en/document/c01163881

That's why I think that Mesa Amber will be still needed in Slackware.

USUARIONUEVO · 06-06-2022, 08:49 AM

and ..when no more mesa 21 updates ?

Ho wait ...year 2525 slackware stucks on mesa 21.3000.3000

??

We need go to front.

LuckyCyborg · 06-06-2022, 09:28 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by USUARIONUEVO

and ..when no more mesa 21 updates ?

Ho wait ...year 2525 slackware stucks on mesa 21.3000.3000

??

We need go to front.

Good question!

Well, from what I known, the Mesa Amber (then the legacy drivers from 21.3.x, BUT not the Gallium ones too) will be supported in LTS mode until 2026.

Not a really impressive EOL date, considering over 5 years of today development cycles of Slackware...

I for one, I believe that IF we are lucky, we will get Slackware 15.1 around AD 2027, when the Mesa Amber will be already dead and buried. Since long time - and with it, will end the support for legacy hardware over non-Gallium drivers.

Like our friend @Windu said, maybe makes no sense to mess with Mesa Amber...

LuckyCyborg · 06-06-2022, 10:04 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ZhaoLin1457

Well, in fact this Mesa Amber will be needed for computers with up to Intel Core 2 Duo and Core 2 Quad on socket 775, because some Intel chipsets for socket 775 still shipped openGL 1.4 embedded graphics like GMA 3150.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_o...ore_2_chipsets

And some Ultra Small Form Factor computers may have no option to add a discrete graphics card, like is the HP Elite dc7800p USDT.

https://support.hp.com/lt-en/document/c01163881

That's why I think that Mesa Amber will be still needed in Slackware.

Those computers with relative powerful CPUs and forced to use the OpenGL 1.4 graphics included in motherboard, are probably better deserved by LLVMpipe - anyway today even the GMA 3150 is a crap.

Happened to have an HP dc7800p USDT, and from what I seen, the Plasma5 fallback to software rendering when the openGL support is lower than 2.0 , so it uses the soft or LLVM pipe anyway.

However, the computers forced to use discrete graphics supporting only OpenGL 1.4 are much older.

chrisretusn · 06-07-2022, 11:11 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by marav

Cython 0.29.30

Changes:
https://github.com/cython/cython/blo...930-2022-05-16

Needed by numpy3 1.22.4

I'd like to second this one.

Didier Spaier · 06-07-2022, 12:23 PM

As Daniel Kiper just posted on the grub-devel mailing list: https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/g.../msg00035.html

So I suggest to upgrade GRUB from git master as Daniel wrote "Now all the GRUB2 upstream patches are in the GRUB2 git repository too".

You can git checkout 2f4430cc0a44fd8c8aa7aee5c51887667ad3d6c3 I think this is the last commit of this patch set

I suggest to apply this as well to 14.2.

teoberi · 06-08-2022, 05:34 AM

Cool!

The GRUB guys are the best!

gmgf · 06-09-2022, 06:27 AM

alsa-lib-1.2.7 package, not work here, (1.2.6.1, work), with (Juniper HDMI Audio Radeon HD5700 Serie)

alsa-lib package need this pach:

fix issues with older hardware: https://github.com/alsa-project/alsa-lib/issues/233

https://github.com/alsa-project/alsa...4b0a012f.patch
and (autoreconf -fiv)

thanks

tested here, work fine.

Didier Spaier · 06-09-2022, 07:27 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by gmgf

alsa-lib-1.2.7 package, not work here, (1.2.6.1, work), with (Juniper HDMI Audio Radeon HD5700 Serie)
tested here, work fine.

Testing the new Slint installer it took me several hours to understand that using alsa-lib-1.2.7 is what prevented it to speak in a Qemu VM, although I have no issue using it on bare metal. Downgrading it to 1.2.6.1 solved this issue (not sure it be the same, though).