docs: Add some notes on building for macOS

I intend this page to grow as I explore more about Mesa/Darwin.

Signed-off-by: Alyssa Rosenzweig <alyssa@rosenzweig.io>
Part-of: <https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/mesa/mesa/-/merge_requests/10152>
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Linux Kernel Drivers <https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/gpu/>
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Notes for macOS
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Mesa builds on macOS without modifications. However, there are some details to
be aware of.
- Mesa has a number of build-time dependencies. Most dependencies, including
Meson itself, are available in `homebrew <https://brew.sh>`, which has a
Mesa package for reference. The exception seems to be Mako, a Python module
used for templating, which you can install as `pip3 install mako`.
- macOS's default C compiler doesn't play nice with some C11 idioms used in
Mesa. To workaround, set `-Dc_std=c11`.
- macOS is picky about its build-time environment. Type `brew sh` before
building to get the Homebrew dependencies in your path.
At the moment, only the software rasterizers are supported on macOS. Stay tuned
for updates here!