[OE-core] [PATCH 17/17] directfb: Explictly disable mesa

[Ian Geiser]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Burton, Ross [mailto:ross.burton at intel.com]
> Sent: Wednesday, January 30, 2013 9:53 AM
> To: Ian Geiser
> Cc: openembedded-core at lists.openembedded.org
> Subject: Re: [OE-core] [PATCH 17/17] directfb: Explictly disable mesa
> 
> On 30 January 2013 14:43, Ian Geiser <igeiser at devonit.com> wrote:
> >> Without this, directfb might build with mesa enabled if present.
> >>
> > Is it possible to make this tunable?  We use directfb with the mesa
> dri drivers for opengl.  Maybe enable it only if the distro features
> contains opengl?
> 
> I was just saying to Richard that if someone wants it, we can enable
> it.
> 
> Basing on the "opengl" distro feature makes some sense, as long as
> people are aware of the interaction between directfb and opengl,
> especially on platforms where Mesa may not be the GL implementation.
> 
> An alternative would be to make it a non-default PACKAGECONFIG option,
> so you can enable it because you know that you have Mesa as your GL
> provider.

Now that you suggest it I like the PACKAGECONFIG option because its trivial to work with from the distro without impacting other things.  It also streamlines the dependencies and configure options.  Thanks!