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Bug 3805 - Why is there no --enable-video-rpi option in configure?
Summary: Why is there no --enable-video-rpi option in configure?
Status: RESOLVED FIXED
Alias: None
Product: SDL
Classification: Unclassified
Component: build (show other bugs)
Version: HG 2.1
Hardware: x86 Windows 7
: P2 normal
Assignee: Sam Lantinga
QA Contact: Sam Lantinga
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Reported: 2017-09-08 20:16 UTC by Andreas Falkenhahn
Modified: 2017-09-09 05:21 UTC (History)
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Description Andreas Falkenhahn 2017-09-08 20:16:17 UTC 
When compiling SDL for the Raspberry Pi, I have to use the --host parameter to enable compilation of the native Raspberry Pi video driver, like so:

    --host=arm-raspberry-linux-gnueabihf

It took me a while to figure out that this was necessary in order to have the native Raspberry Pi video driver compiled in. I think it would be better if there was an option like --enable-video-rpi that could be passed to configure and that would also show up when saying configure --help. Currently, it’s rather difficult to figure out that you have to use the --host parameter with arm-raspberry-linux-gnueabihf in order to get Raspberry Pi video support. It’s also somewhat inconsistent because most other video drivers can in fact be enabled/disabled through specific configure parameters but there is no such parameter for the native Raspberry Pi video driver.
Comment 1 Sam Lantinga 2017-09-09 05:21:30 UTC 
Fixed, thanks!
https://hg.libsdl.org/SDL/rev/f31b73040ea3