Support recording applications that use GPU via GL
Open
Nobody has claimed this yet.
- Dominant language
- C++
- Stars
- 10.7k
- Forks
- 662
- Avg merge
- 2d 3h
- Merged PRs (30d)
- 2
Description
One way to do this would be to pick one or more open-source GPU drivers, study their kernel/user interface, and support that directly in rr. VMWare's SVGA3D or QEMU's Virgil might be a good choice.
Another way, maybe better, would be to adapt https://virtualgl.org/ route GL calls through a pipe and record that.
Contributor guide
First steps
- Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
- Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
No files, tests, or entry points are identified. Start by comparing the two proposed approaches: direct support for an open-source GPU driver such as VMware SVGA3D or QEMU Virgil, and routing GL calls through a pipe using VirtualGL. Done would mean rr can record applications that use GPU-accelerated GL.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- cpp, linux
- Domain
- computer-graphics, operating-systems
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 5/5
- Estimated time
- Over a week
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 20/100