GLContext: Runtime selection of EGL/GLX on Linux

CMakeLists.txt

@@ -16,8 +16,13 @@ project(dolphin-emu)
 # unique name here.
 set(DISTRIBUTOR "None" CACHE STRING "Name of the distributor.")
 
-option(USE_EGL "Enables EGL OpenGL Interface" OFF)
+if(UNIX AND NOT APPLE AND NOT ANDROID)
-option(TRY_X11 "Enables X11 Support" ON)
+  option(ENABLE_X11 "Enables X11 Support" ON)
+endif()
+if(NOT WIN32 AND NOT APPLE)
+  option(ENABLE_EGL "Enables EGL OpenGL Interface" ON)
+endif()
+
 option(USE_SHARED_ENET "Use shared libenet if found rather than Dolphin's soon-to-compatibly-diverge version" OFF)
 option(USE_UPNP "Enables UPnP port mapping support" ON)
 option(ENABLE_QT "Enable Qt (Default)" ON)
@@ -365,9 +370,7 @@ if(ANDROID)
     # but not as a shared library. We want an executable.
     set(ANDROID 0)
   endif()
-  set(USE_X11 0)
   set(USE_UPNP 0)
-  set(USE_EGL 1)
   set(ENABLE_QT 0)
   set(USE_DISCORD_PRESENCE 0)
 
@@ -379,13 +382,7 @@ if(ANDROID)
 endif()
 
 if(ENABLE_HEADLESS)
-  if(APPLE)
   message(STATUS "Enabling Headless! Disabling GUI.")
-  else()
-    message(STATUS "Enabling Headless! Disabling GUI, force enabling EGL!")
-    set(USE_EGL 1)
-  endif()
-  set(USE_X11 0)
   set(ENABLE_QT 0)
   set(USE_DISCORD_PRESENCE 0)
   add_definitions(-DUSE_HEADLESS)
@@ -416,30 +413,11 @@ if (OPENGL_GL)
   include_directories(${OPENGL_INCLUDE_DIR})
 endif()
 
-set(USE_X11 0)
+if(ENABLE_X11)
-
+  find_package(X11 REQUIRED)
-if(UNIX AND NOT APPLE AND NOT ANDROID AND NOT ENABLE_HEADLESS)
-  find_package(X11)
-  if(TRY_X11 AND X11_FOUND)
-    set(USE_X11 1)
   add_definitions(-DHAVE_X11=1)
-    include_directories(${X11_INCLUDE_DIR})
   message(STATUS "X11 support enabled")
-  else()
-    set(USE_X11 0)
-    SET(X11_FOUND "")
-    message(STATUS "X11 support disabled")
-    add_definitions(-DHAVE_X11=0)
-  endif()
 
-  if (NOT USE_X11)
-    message(FATAL_ERROR "\n"
-            "No suitable display platform found\n"
-            "Requires x11 to run")
-  endif()
-endif()
-
-if(USE_X11)
   check_lib(XRANDR xrandr Xrandr)
   if(XRANDR_FOUND)
     add_definitions(-DHAVE_XRANDR=1)
@@ -473,7 +451,7 @@ if(OPROFILING)
   endif()
 endif()
 
-if(USE_EGL)
+if(ENABLE_EGL)
   message(STATUS "EGL OpenGL interface enabled")
   add_definitions(-DUSE_EGL=1)
 endif()

Source/Core/Common/CMakeLists.txt

@@ -113,12 +113,10 @@ target_sources(common PRIVATE
   GL/GLContext.cpp
 )
 
-if(USE_EGL)
+if(ENABLE_EGL)
   target_sources(common PRIVATE GL/GLInterface/EGL.cpp)
   if(ANDROID)
     target_sources(common PRIVATE GL/GLInterface/EGLAndroid.cpp)
-  elseif(USE_X11)
-    target_sources(common PRIVATE GL/GLInterface/EGLX11.cpp)
   endif()
   target_link_libraries(common PUBLIC EGL)
 endif()
@@ -130,15 +128,18 @@ if(WIN32)
   )
 elseif(APPLE)
   target_sources(common PRIVATE GL/GLInterface/AGL.mm)
-elseif(USE_X11)
+elseif(ENABLE_X11)
-  if (NOT USE_EGL)
+  target_sources(common PRIVATE
-    target_sources(common PRIVATE GL/GLInterface/GLX.cpp)
+    GL/GLX11Window.cpp
+    GL/GLInterface/GLX.cpp)
+
   # GLX has a hard dependency on libGL.
   # Make sure to link to it if using GLX.
   target_link_libraries(common PUBLIC ${OPENGL_LIBRARIES})
+
+  if (ENABLE_EGL)
+    target_sources(common PRIVATE GL/GLInterface/EGLX11.cpp)
   endif()
-  target_sources(common PRIVATE GL/GLX11Window.cpp)
-  target_link_libraries(common PUBLIC ${XRANDR_LIBRARIES})
 endif()
 
 if(CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME STREQUAL "Linux")

Source/Core/Common/GL/GLContext.cpp

@@ -10,17 +10,13 @@
 #include "Common/GL/GLInterface/AGL.h"
 #elif defined(_WIN32)
 #include "Common/GL/GLInterface/WGL.h"
-#elif HAVE_X11
+#elif defined(ANDROID)
-#if defined(USE_EGL) && USE_EGL
-#include "Common/GL/GLInterface/EGLX11.h"
-#else
-#include "Common/GL/GLInterface/GLX.h"
-#endif
-#elif defined(USE_EGL) && USE_EGL && defined(USE_HEADLESS)
-#include "Common/GL/GLInterface/EGL.h"
-#elif ANDROID
 #include "Common/GL/GLInterface/EGLAndroid.h"
-#error Platform doesnt have a GLInterface
+#elif HAVE_X11
+#include "Common/GL/GLInterface/EGLX11.h"
+#include "Common/GL/GLInterface/GLX.h"
+#elif HAVE_EGL
+#include "Common/GL/GLInterface/EGL.h"
 #endif
 
 GLContext::~GLContext() = default;
@@ -71,26 +67,32 @@ void* GLContext::GetFuncAddress(const std::string& name)
   return nullptr;
 }
 
-std::unique_ptr<GLContext> GLContext::Create(const WindowSystemInfo& wsi, bool stereo, bool core)
+std::unique_ptr<GLContext> GLContext::Create(const WindowSystemInfo& wsi, bool stereo, bool core,
+                                             bool prefer_egl, bool prefer_gles)
 {
   std::unique_ptr<GLContext> context;
 #if defined(__APPLE__)
   context = std::make_unique<GLContextAGL>();
 #elif defined(_WIN32)
   context = std::make_unique<GLContextWGL>();
-#elif defined(USE_EGL) && defined(USE_HEADLESS)
+#elif defined(ANDROID)
-  context = std::make_unique<GLContextEGL>();
-#elif defined(HAVE_X11) && HAVE_X11
-#if defined(USE_EGL) && USE_EGL
-  context = std::make_unique<GLContextEGLX11>();
-#else
-  context = std::make_unique<GLContextGLX>();
-#endif
-#elif ANDROID
   context = std::make_unique<GLContextEGLAndroid>();
+#elif HAVE_X11
+  // GLES is not supported via GLX?
+  if (prefer_egl || prefer_gles)
+    context = std::make_unique<GLContextEGLX11>();
+  else
+    context = std::make_unique<GLContextGLX>();
+#elif HAVE_EGL
+  context = std::make_unique<GLContextEGL>();
 #else
   return nullptr;
 #endif
+
+  // Option to prefer GLES on desktop platforms, useful for testing.
+  if (prefer_gles)
+    context->m_opengl_mode = Mode::OpenGLES;
+
   if (!context->Initialize(wsi.display_connection, wsi.render_surface, stereo, core))
     return nullptr;
 

Source/Core/Common/GL/GLContext.h

@@ -46,7 +46,8 @@ public:
   // Creates an instance of GLContext specific to the platform we are running on.
   // If successful, the context is made current on the calling thread.
   static std::unique_ptr<GLContext> Create(const WindowSystemInfo& wsi, bool stereo = false,
-                                           bool core = true);
+                                           bool core = true, bool prefer_egl = false,
+                                           bool prefer_gles = false);
 
 protected:
   virtual bool Initialize(void* display_handle, void* window_handle, bool stereo, bool core);

Source/Core/Common/GL/GLInterface/EGL.cpp

@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@
 
 #include "Common/GL/GLInterface/EGL.h"
 #include "Common/Logging/Log.h"
-#include "Core/Config/GraphicsSettings.h"
 
 #ifndef EGL_KHR_create_context
 #define EGL_KHR_create_context 1
@@ -56,8 +55,6 @@ void* GLContextEGL::GetFuncAddress(const std::string& name)
 
 void GLContextEGL::DetectMode(bool has_handle)
 {
-  bool preferGLES = Config::Get(Config::GFX_PREFER_GLES);
-
   EGLint num_configs;
   bool supportsGL = false, supportsGLES3 = false;
   std::array<int, 3> renderable_types{{EGL_OPENGL_BIT, EGL_OPENGL_ES3_BIT_KHR}};
@@ -111,30 +108,17 @@ void GLContextEGL::DetectMode(bool has_handle)
     delete[] config;
   }
 
-  if (preferGLES)
-  {
-    if (supportsGLES3)
-      m_opengl_mode = Mode::OpenGLES;
-    else if (supportsGL)
-      m_opengl_mode = Mode::OpenGL;
-  }
-  else
-  {
   if (supportsGL)
-      m_opengl_mode = Mode::OpenGL;
-    else if (supportsGLES3)
-      m_opengl_mode = Mode::OpenGLES;
-  }
-
-  if (m_opengl_mode == Mode::OpenGL)
   {
     INFO_LOG(VIDEO, "Using OpenGL");
+    m_opengl_mode = Mode::OpenGL;
   }
-  else if (m_opengl_mode == Mode::OpenGLES)
+  else if (supportsGLES3)
   {
     INFO_LOG(VIDEO, "Using OpenGL|ES");
+    m_opengl_mode = Mode::OpenGLES;
   }
-  else if (m_opengl_mode == Mode::Detect)
+  else
   {
     // Errored before we found a mode
     ERROR_LOG(VIDEO, "Error: Failed to detect OpenGL flavour, falling back to OpenGL");

Source/Core/UICommon/CMakeLists.txt

@@ -24,8 +24,10 @@ if ((DEFINED CMAKE_ANDROID_ARCH_ABI AND CMAKE_ANDROID_ARCH_ABI MATCHES "x86|x86_
   target_link_libraries(uicommon PRIVATE bdisasm)
 endif()
 
-if(USE_X11)
+if(ENABLE_X11)
+  target_include_directories(uicommon PRIVATE ${X11_INCLUDE_DIR})
   target_sources(uicommon PRIVATE X11Utils.cpp)
+  target_link_libraries(uicommon PUBLIC ${XRANDR_LIBRARIES})
 endif()
 
 if(LIBUSB_FOUND)

Source/Core/VideoBackends/OGL/main.cpp

@@ -43,6 +43,8 @@ Make AA apply instantly during gameplay if possible
 #include "Common/GL/GLUtil.h"
 #include "Common/MsgHandler.h"
 
+#include "Core/Config/GraphicsSettings.h"
+
 #include "VideoBackends/OGL/BoundingBox.h"
 #include "VideoBackends/OGL/PerfQuery.h"
 #include "VideoBackends/OGL/ProgramShaderCache.h"
@@ -162,7 +164,8 @@ bool VideoBackend::Initialize(const WindowSystemInfo& wsi)
   InitializeShared();
 
   std::unique_ptr<GLContext> main_gl_context =
-      GLContext::Create(wsi, g_ActiveConfig.stereo_mode == StereoMode::QuadBuffer);
+      GLContext::Create(wsi, g_ActiveConfig.stereo_mode == StereoMode::QuadBuffer, true, false,
+                        Config::Get(Config::GFX_PREFER_GLES));
   if (!main_gl_context)
     return false;