Add --backend CLI option
#1321
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Add --backend CLI option
#1321
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…to` is used. This works around ValveSoftware#1218 by making use of the new backend option added in ValveSoftware#1321, but adds a check to automatically fall back to the SDL backend if the current GPU does not support Vulkan DRM modifiers.
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…to` is used. This works around ValveSoftware#1218 by making use of the new backend option added in ValveSoftware#1321, but adds a check to automatically fall back to the SDL backend if the current GPU does not support Vulkan DRM modifiers.
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This PR introduces a new
--backendCLI option which allows user to explicitly select the rendering backend.Also drops
--headlessand--openvroptions as redundant.The option is useful e.g. when autodetected backend doesn't work. See #1218 as an example where Wayland backend crashes on Polaris GPUs. With this PR user can set
--backend=sdlto workaround the issue.