From 3d42cb0693d89dc74623bd6f4db7eeea94cf155a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Norman Feske Date: Thu, 15 Aug 2013 11:05:59 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] doc/getting_started.txt: Mention VESA driver --- doc/getting_started.txt | 10 ++++++++++ 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+) diff --git a/doc/getting_started.txt b/doc/getting_started.txt index ff367df7b..f377a5472 100644 --- a/doc/getting_started.txt +++ b/doc/getting_started.txt @@ -72,6 +72,16 @@ you should revisit first when exploring the base platform. Additionally, most 'base-' directories provide more in-depth information within their respective 'doc/' subdirectories. +For the VESA driver on x86, the x86emu library is required and can be +downloaded and prepared by invoking the following command from within the +'libports' directory: + +! make prepare PKG=x86emu + +Also uncomment the following line in 'etc/build.conf' + +! REPOSITORIES += $(GENODE_DIR)/libports + Now that the base platform is prepared, the 'create_builddir' tool can be used to create a build directory for your platform of choice by giving the platform as argument. To see the list of available platforms, execute 'create_builddir'