Mali GPU Shader Development Studio User Guide - ARM ...

Shader ServerA.1 About the Shader ServerShader Server is a remote renderer for the Shader Development Studio. It accepts Mali RemoteInterface and OpenGL ES 2.0 calls over the network, executes those calls on Mali-200 orMali-400 hardware, and returns the results to the client.It consists of two parts:• A library implementing the communication protocol and function dispatch,called libmri.• A remote implementation of the function calls, that interfaces withOpenGL ES 2.0 andthe operating system.The source code provided is designed to be built for an ARM based Linux operating system,with Mali-200 or Mali-400 OpenGL ES 2.0 drivers.This section describes:• Requirements• Contents• Building on page A-3• Usage on page A-4• Security on page A-4• Porting on page A-5.A.1.1RequirementsThe Shader Server source code is provided as part of the Shader Development Studio.NoteIf you require the source code for the Shader Server, unzip the downloaded file.To build the Shader Server you require:• a recent GNU compiler toolchain targeting the ARM architecture, including:— C++ compiler,— linker— archiver— Make.• an OpenGL ES 2.0 driver to link against.The Shader Server has been successfully built and tested on a computer with:• Fedora 8 (32-bit) with Linux kernel 2.6.25.11-60.fc8• ARM GCC cross compilation toolchain 4.2.0 20070413• Make 3.81.A.1.2ContentsThe source code consists of:• readme.txt• Makefile• libmri/— glesfunctiontable.h— gleslocalfunctions.cDUI0504C Copyright © 2009-2011 ARM. All rights reserved. A-2ID011412Non-Confidential - Beta