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docs: update VMware driver instructions 

Use a LIBDIR variable, set per-platform.
Update the Mesa configuration flags.
Run update-initramfs or dracut, update /etc/modules

Signed-off-by: Brian Paul <brianp@vmware.com>
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@ -148,10 +148,33 @@ To get the latest code from git:
<h2>Building the Code</h2>
<ul>
<li>Build libdrm: If you're on a 32-bit system, you should skip the --libdir configure option. Note also the comment about toolchain libdrm above.
<li>
Determine where the GL-related libraries reside on your system and set
the LIBDIR environment variable accordingly.
<br><br>
For 32-bit Ubuntu systems:
<pre>
export LIBDIR=/usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu
</pre>
For 64-bit Ubuntu systems:
<pre>
export LIBDIR=/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu
</pre>
For 32-bit Fedora systems:
<pre>
export LIBDIR=/usr/lib
</pre>
For 64-bit Fedora systems:
<pre>
export LIBDIR=/usr/lib64
</pre>
</li>
<li>Build libdrm:
<pre>
cd $TOP/drm
./autogen.sh --prefix=/usr --libdir=/usr/lib64
./autogen.sh --prefix=/usr --libdir=${LIBDIR}
make
sudo make install
</pre>
@ -162,12 +185,9 @@ The libxatracker library is used exclusively by the X server to do render,
copy and video acceleration:
<br>
The following configure options doesn't build the EGL system.
<br>
As before, if you're on a 32-bit system, you should skip the --libdir
configure option.
<pre>
cd $TOP/mesa
./autogen.sh --prefix=/usr --libdir=/usr/lib64 --with-gallium-drivers=svga --with-dri-drivers= --enable-xa --disable-dri3
./autogen.sh --prefix=/usr --libdir=${LIBDIR} --with-gallium-drivers=svga --with-dri-drivers=swrast --enable-xa --disable-dri3 --enable-glx-tls
make
sudo make install
</pre>
@ -177,25 +197,39 @@ if they're not installed in your system. You should be told what's missing.
<br>
<br>
<li>xf86-video-vmware: Now, once libxatracker is installed, we proceed with building and replacing the current Xorg driver. First check if your system is 32- or 64-bit. If you're building for a 32-bit system, you will not be needing the --libdir=/usr/lib64 option to autogen.
<li>xf86-video-vmware: Now, once libxatracker is installed, we proceed with
building and replacing the current Xorg driver.
First check if your system is 32- or 64-bit.
<pre>
cd $TOP/xf86-video-vmware
./autogen.sh --prefix=/usr --libdir=/usr/lib64
./autogen.sh --prefix=/usr --libdir=${LIBDIR}
make
sudo make install
</pre>
<li>vmwgfx kernel module. First make sure that any old version of this kernel module is removed from the system by issuing
<pre>
<pre>
sudo rm /lib/modules/`uname -r`/kernel/drivers/gpu/drm/vmwgfx.ko*
</pre>
Then
<pre>
</pre>
Build and install:
<pre>
cd $TOP/vmwgfx
make
sudo make install
sudo cp 00-vmwgfx.rules /etc/udev/rules.d
sudo depmod -ae
</pre>
sudo depmod -a
</pre>
If you're using a Ubuntu OS:
<pre>
sudo update-initramfs -u
</pre>
If you're using a Fedora OS:
<pre>
sudo dracut --force
</pre>
Add 'vmwgfx' to the /etc/modules file:
<pre>
echo vmwgfx | sudo tee -a /etc/modules
</pre>
Note: some distros put DRM kernel drivers in different directories.
For example, sometimes vmwgfx.ko might be found in