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authorSimon Zeni <simon@bl4ckb0ne.ca>2021-01-26 21:13:28 -0500
committerSimon Ser <contact@emersion.fr>2021-01-27 15:50:19 +0100
commit6becc69ec90c2300d974e653ca50d2d33cf94c00 (patch)
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parent5a2ef794dcf4fe6099866ff11af44d363e0286a1 (diff)
render/egl: fail to create wlr_egl on software renderer
The creation of `wlr_egl` will fail is the device extension EGL_MESA_device_software is defined. The creation process is allowed to continue only if the environment variable `WLR_RENDERER_ALLOW_SOFTWARE` is defined to the value 1.
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@@ -39,6 +39,11 @@ wlroots reads these environment variables
* *WLR_X11_OUTPUTS*: when using the X11 backend specifies the number of outputs
+## gles2 renderer
+
+* *WLR_RENDERER_ALLOW_SOFTWARE*: allows the gles2 renderer to use software
+ rendering
+
# Generic
* *DISPLAY*: if set probe X11 backend in `wlr_backend_autocreate`