genode/repos/libports
Josef Söntgen 90e151e2c4 gpu: add 'complete' RPC call
This call allows for checking if the given execution buffer has been
completed and complements the completion signal. Initially the GPU
multiplexer always sent such a signal when the currently scheduled
execution buffer has been completed. During enablement of the 'iris'
driver it became necessary to properly check of sequence number.

In case of the Intel GPU multiplexer the sequence numbers are
continous, which prompted the greater-than-or-equal check in the
DRM back end. By hidding this implementation detail behind the
interface, GPU drivers are free to deal with sequence numbers any
way they like and allows for polling in the client, where the
completion signal is now more of a progress signal.

Issue #4265.
2021-10-13 14:46:52 +02:00
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doc tool: remove deprecated 'make prepare' mechanism 2016-03-17 17:02:04 +01:00
include stdcxx: support /dev/urandom 2021-05-28 14:15:27 +02:00
lib libssh port: immediate mode for ssh poll 2021-10-13 14:01:02 +02:00
ports libssh port: immediate mode for ssh poll 2021-10-13 14:01:02 +02:00
recipes mesa: rename gpu-* pkg to mesa_gpu-* 2021-10-13 14:46:51 +02:00
run qt5_opengl: Disable Vulkan feature 2021-08-30 15:00:38 +02:00
src gpu: add 'complete' RPC call 2021-10-13 14:46:52 +02:00
README README update 2016-08-30 17:24:00 +02:00

This directory contains ports of popular 3rd-party software to Genode.


Usage
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The tool './tool/ports/prepare_port' in the toplevel directory automates the
task of downloading and preparing the library source codes. You can select
individual packages that have to be prepared by specifying their base names
(without the version number) as command-line argument. For example, the
following command prepares both the C library and the Freetype library:
! ./tool/ports/prepare_port libc freetype

To compile and link against 3rd-party libraries of the 'libports' repository,
you have to include the repository into the build process by appending it to the
'REPOSITORIES' declaration of your '<build-dir>/etc/build.conf' file.


Under the hood
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For each library, there is a file contained in the 'libports/ports/'
subdirectory. The file is named after the library and contains the
library-specific rules for downloading the source code and installing header
files.


How does 'libports' relate to the other repositories?
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Most libraries hosted in the 'libports' repository expect a complete C library,
which is provided with the 'libc' package. Please do not forget to prepare the
libc package when using any of the other libports packages. The libc, in turn,
depends on the 'os' repository for its back end. Because the 'os' repository is
the home of the dynamic linker, libraries contained in 'libports' are safe to
assume the presence of the dynamic linker and, thus, should be built as shared
libraries.