| Notes for macOS |
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| Mesa builds on macOS without modifications. However, there are some details to |
| be aware of. |
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| - Mesa has a number of build-time dependencies. Most dependencies, including |
| Meson itself, are available in `homebrew <https://brew.sh>`__, which has a |
| Mesa package for reference. The exception seems to be Mako, a Python module |
| used for templating, which you can install as ``pip3 install mako``. |
| - macOS is picky about its build-time environment. Type ``brew sh`` before |
| building to get the Homebrew dependencies in your path. |
| |
| Mesa's default builds with the Apple GLX uses Mesa as a front for the |
| hardware-accelerated system OpenGL framework, to provide hardware acceleration |
| to X11 applications on macOS running via XQuartz. |
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| Mesa's Gallium drivers can be used on macOS by using the ``-Dgallium-drivers=<drivers>`` build option. Do not use with the previous software rasterizers options, instead add ``llvmpipe`` to the ``<drivers>`` list. Only software renderers and drivers that forward to other APIs can work, any linux hardware drivers will not work. For details on each driver's macOS support see their specific documentation. |
