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authorSimon Ser <contact@emersion.fr>2021-03-15 10:29:02 +0100
committerSimon Ser <contact@emersion.fr>2021-03-15 15:14:33 +0100
commit2382684e942c7361197306862984de5598f7fc30 (patch)
tree939c9000ade289f1e816d793dc17c7c026e052ef
parent44fa2c4b49ced30a69e86a2ed78dd9bf62e0fbb3 (diff)
render/egl: don't fail on EGL_MESA_device_software
Mesa may advertise EGL_MESA_device_software even when hardware drivers are in use [1]. Demote the error to a warning until the Mesa bug is fixed. [1]: https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/mesa/mesa/-/issues/4178 References: https://github.com/swaywm/wlroots/pull/2689
-rw-r--r--render/egl.c13
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/render/egl.c b/render/egl.c
index 55676294..e42529e9 100644
--- a/render/egl.c
+++ b/render/egl.c
@@ -279,10 +279,13 @@ struct wlr_egl *wlr_egl_create(EGLenum platform, void *remote_display) {
if (allow_software != NULL && strcmp(allow_software, "1") == 0) {
wlr_log(WLR_INFO, "Using software rendering");
} else {
- wlr_log(WLR_ERROR, "Software rendering detected, please use "
- "the WLR_RENDERER_ALLOW_SOFTWARE environment variable "
- "to proceed");
- goto error;
+ // Because of a Mesa bug, sometimes EGL_MESA_device_software is
+ // advertised for hardware renderers. See:
+ // https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/mesa/mesa/-/issues/4178
+ // TODO: fail without WLR_RENDERER_ALLOW_SOFTWARE
+ wlr_log(WLR_INFO, "Warning: software rendering may be in use");
+ wlr_log(WLR_INFO, "If you experience slow rendering, "
+ "please check the OpenGL drivers are correctly installed");
}
}
@@ -298,7 +301,7 @@ struct wlr_egl *wlr_egl_create(EGLenum platform, void *remote_display) {
}
if (!check_egl_ext(display_exts_str, "EGL_KHR_surfaceless_context")) {
- wlr_log(WLR_ERROR,
+ wlr_log(WLR_ERROR,
"EGL_KHR_surfaceless_context not supported");
goto error;
}