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      1 File: docs/README.WIN32
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      3 Last updated: 23 April 2011
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      6 Quick Start
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      9 Windows drivers are build with SCons.  Makefiles or Visual Studio projects are
     10 no longer shipped or supported.
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     12 Run
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     14   scons osmesa mesagdi
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     16 to build classic mesa Windows GDI drivers; or
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     18   scons libgl-gdi
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     20 to build gallium based GDI driver.
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     22 This will work both with MSVS or Mingw.
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     25 Windows Drivers
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     28 At this time, only the gallium GDI driver is known to work.
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     30 Source code also exists in the tree for other drivers in
     31 src/mesa/drivers/windows, but the status of this code is unknown.
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     34 General
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     37 After building, you can copy the above DLL files to a place in your
     38 PATH such as $SystemRoot/SYSTEM32.  If you don't like putting things
     39 in a system directory, place them in the same directory as the
     40 executable(s).  Be careful about accidentially overwriting files of
     41 the same name in the SYSTEM32 directory.
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     43 The DLL files are built so that the external entry points use the
     44 stdcall calling convention.
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     46 Static LIB files are not built.  The LIB files that are built with are
     47 the linker import files associated with the DLL files.
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     49 The si-glu sources are used to build the GLU libs.  This was done
     50 mainly to get the better tessellator code.
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     52 If you have a Windows-related build problem or question, please post
     53 to the mesa-dev or mesa-users list.
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