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-rw-r--r--backend/backend.c33
-rw-r--r--docs/env_vars.md16
2 files changed, 36 insertions, 13 deletions
diff --git a/backend/backend.c b/backend/backend.c
index 0ea42cf5..a66cb5f3 100644
--- a/backend/backend.c
+++ b/backend/backend.c
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+#define _POSIX_C_SOURCE 200809L
#include <assert.h>
#include <errno.h>
#include <libinput.h>
@@ -138,16 +139,32 @@ struct wlr_backend *wlr_backend_autocreate(struct wl_display *display) {
return NULL;
}
- const char *name = getenv("WLR_BACKEND");
- if (name) {
- struct wlr_backend *subbackend = attempt_backend_by_name(display, name);
- if (subbackend) {
- wlr_multi_backend_add(backend, subbackend);
- return backend;
- } else {
- wlr_log(L_ERROR, "unrecognized backend '%s'", name);
+ char *names = getenv("WLR_BACKENDS");
+ if (names) {
+ names = strdup(names);
+ if (names == NULL) {
+ wlr_log(L_ERROR, "allocation failed");
return NULL;
}
+
+ char *saveptr;
+ char *name = strtok_r(names, ",", &saveptr);
+ while (name != NULL) {
+ struct wlr_backend *subbackend =
+ attempt_backend_by_name(display, name);
+ if (subbackend == NULL) {
+ wlr_log(L_ERROR, "unrecognized backend '%s'", name);
+ return NULL;
+ }
+
+ if (!wlr_multi_backend_add(backend, subbackend)) {
+ return NULL;
+ }
+
+ name = strtok_r(NULL, ",", &saveptr);
+ }
+
+ return backend;
}
if (getenv("WAYLAND_DISPLAY") || getenv("_WAYLAND_DISPLAY") ||
diff --git a/docs/env_vars.md b/docs/env_vars.md
index db85d4c5..3f1926d3 100644
--- a/docs/env_vars.md
+++ b/docs/env_vars.md
@@ -2,20 +2,26 @@ wlroots reads these environment variables
wlroots specific
----------------
-* *WLR_DRM_DEVICES*: specifies the DRM devices (as a colon separated list) instead of auto probing them. The first existing device in this list is considered the primary DRM device.
-* *WLR_DRM_NO_ATOMIC*: set to 1 to use legacy DRM interface instead of atomic mode setting
+* *WLR_DRM_DEVICES*: specifies the DRM devices (as a colon separated list)
+ instead of auto probing them. The first existing device in this list is
+ considered the primary DRM device.
+* *WLR_DRM_NO_ATOMIC*: set to 1 to use legacy DRM interface instead of atomic
+ mode setting
* *WLR_LIBINPUT_NO_DEVICES*: set to 1 to not fail without any input devices
-* *WLR_BACKEND*: force a specific backend to be used (one of: wayland, x11, headless)
+* *WLR_BACKENDS*: comma-separated list of backends to use (available backends:
+ wayland, x11, headless)
* *WLR_WL_OUTPUTS*: when using the wayland backend specifies the number of outputs
* *WLR_X11_OUTPUTS*: when using the X11 backend specifies the number of outputs
rootston specific
------------------
-* *XKB_DEFAULT_RULES*, *XKB_DEFAULT_MODEL*, *XKB_DEFAULT_LAYOUT*, *XKB_DEFAULT_VARIANT*, *XKB_DEFAULT_OPTIONS*: xkb setup
+* *XKB_DEFAULT_RULES*, *XKB_DEFAULT_MODEL*, *XKB_DEFAULT_LAYOUT*,
+ *XKB_DEFAULT_VARIANT*, *XKB_DEFAULT_OPTIONS*: xkb setup
generic
-------
* *DISPLAY*: if set probe X11 backend in *wlr_backend_autocreate*
-* *WAYLAND_DISPLAY*, *_WAYLAND_DISPLAY*, *WAYLAND_SOCKET*: if set probe Wayland backend in *wlr_backend_autocreate*
+* *WAYLAND_DISPLAY*, *_WAYLAND_DISPLAY*, *WAYLAND_SOCKET*: if set probe Wayland
+ backend in *wlr_backend_autocreate*
* *XCURSOR_PATH*: directory where xcursors are located
* *XDG_RUNTIME_DIR*: used to store non persistent temporary files