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diff --git a/graphics/wayland-egl/README b/graphics/wayland-egl/README new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..dbd1aeca18bb --- /dev/null +++ b/graphics/wayland-egl/README @@ -0,0 +1,12 @@ +wayland-egl (mesa EGL component) + +The Wayland display server protocol uses EGL. If you build qt5 with +its optional dependency wayland and then build vlc then vlc will +require wayland-egl. + +EGL is an interface between Khronos rendering APIs (such as OpenGL, +OpenGL ES or OpenVG) and the underlying native platform windowing +system. EGL handles graphics context management, surface/buffer +binding, rendering synchronization, and enables "high-performance, +accelerated, mixed-mode 2D APIs". EGL is managed by the non-profit +technology consortium Khronos Group. |