RFR: 8329820: [Linux] Prefer EGL over GLX [v12]

Thiago Milczarek Sayao tsayao at openjdk.org
Sun May 26 11:28:10 UTC 2024


On Wed, 22 May 2024 22:02:33 GMT, Thiago Milczarek Sayao <tsayao at openjdk.org> wrote:

>> Wayland implementation will require EGL. 
>> 
>> EGL works with Xorg as well. The idea is to be EGL first and if it fails, fallback to GLX. A force flag `prism.es2.forceGLX=true` is available.
>> 
>> 
>> See:
>> [Switching the Linux graphics stack from GLX to EGL](https://mozillagfx.wordpress.com/2021/10/30/switching-the-linux-graphics-stack-from-glx-to-egl/)
>> [Prefer EGL to GLX for the GL support on X11](https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gtk/-/merge_requests/3540)
>
> Thiago Milczarek Sayao has updated the pull request with a new target base due to a merge or a rebase. The pull request now contains seven commits:
> 
>  - Merge branch 'refs/heads/master' into egl
>  - Use prismES2EGLX11 as build name
>  - Merge branch 'master' into egl
>  - Prefer EGL over GLX
>  - Merge branch 'master' into egl
>  - Merge branch 'master' into egl
>    
>    # Conflicts:
>    #	modules/javafx.graphics/src/main/native-prism-es2/x11/X11GLContext.c
>  - Use EGL instead of GLX

It seems to make a difference when display refresh rate is lower (60Hz). With higher refresh (160hz), no difference.

**EGL:**
![Screenshot from 2024-05-26 08-22-04](https://github.com/openjdk/jfx/assets/30704286/325c4e49-6d45-4bd4-8ff8-2aa220d226b4)


**GLX:**
![Screenshot from 2024-05-26 08-22-24](https://github.com/openjdk/jfx/assets/30704286/e5a8167a-cca9-48bc-acaa-231e07363b06)

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PR Comment: https://git.openjdk.org/jfx/pull/1381#issuecomment-2132184361


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