swung0x48 0f3b82725d [MG_IntegrationTest, docs] (P7): the upload-shape gate was measuring its own bounding box; inset the scatter so the box/rect decision is reachable
Rework round 2 of 4 after the D2 review (fable, ID-P7-8), which found that this gate's
numbers were right and its SUBJECT was wrong.

The scatter wrote 40 2x2 rects at x=((i*7)%32)*2, y=((i*5)%32)*2 into a 64-px atlas.
Both strides are surjective onto 0..31 over 40 iterations - rect 9 lands at x=62, rect 19
at y=62 - so the rects' union box covered the WHOLE LEVEL, and the server's subRectEligible
(Managers.cpp:8486-8491) requires !dirtyRegion.CoversWholeLevel, a BOUNDING-BOX test
(MipmapStorage.h:30-33). Both scatter textures were rect-INELIGIBLE on every arm before
:8649's unpack-ring policy was ever consulted. The box-versus-rect decision the scenario
exists to pin was never reached for the two textures it scatters into, and the only
texture that could move under any red-once was the contiguous control band - which is
exactly what the old substitute red-once's box=6 rect=3 jobs=12 was.

kScatterMargin insets the scatter by one rect: same 40 writes, same coarse stride, union
box bounded at (2,2)..(62,54). The gold row is UNCHANGED at emit=9 box=9 rect=0 jobs=9 on
all four arms - but it now means what it says.

THE RED-ONCE IS NOW ZERO-PATCH, which is stronger than the throwaway source edit it
replaces: MOBILEGL_ESPRYT_DISABLE_UNPACK_RING=1 alone gives box=3 rect=6 jobs=183 with
bytes/f[tex] falling from 104448 to 9024, while all 26 pixel cases stay green. BOTH
SCATTER TEXTURES moved - box=3 is the contiguous band alone, rect=6 is the plain atlas
AND the atlas written through the glTextureView, and jobs=183 = 3 + 6x30 confirms thirty
rects per scatter emission. The same knob was green before the inset, which is the
evidence that CoversWholeLevel was short-circuiting the decision.

The three prose sites are rewritten accordingly: the scenario's gold-table rationale, the
MEASUREMENTS.md 13.1 reading and the package note's red-once section now explain
attempts 1-3 as mutations of a decision the client already makes correctly, and attempt 4
by CoversWholeLevel rather than by the ring.

Also PipeStatsWindow gains LastFrom{Client,Server}LogSince, and the gate reads its two
role windows since a mark taken before the counted workload. The server writes an EMPTY
teardown window after the counted one, so "the last line in the file" is one shutdown
away from reporting four zeroes as the workload's shape. Moving to a marked read exposed
a second latent defect in the same assertion: ASSERT_TRUE(clientWindow.found) over the
whole file was satisfied by the "counters ON" BANNER in all three split arms, claiming a
window had been read when none had. The assertion is now on the window that actually
carries the tex[] bracket.
2026-09-22 18:17:25 -04:00

MobileGL

C++ GNU LGPL 3.0 Development

A desktop OpenGL implementation

MobileGL is a free and open-source project that implements a desktop OpenGL API. The goal is to provide a complete desktop OpenGL implementation with a state management layer and multi-backend support.

Note

Status: In development. Parts of the codebase are incomplete. Current short-term target: OpenGL 4.2 (Core Profile).

Project positioning

MobileGL is an implementation of a desktop OpenGL library. It aims to provide:

  • Full OpenGL state management.
  • A front-end that exposes OpenGL functions.
  • Multiple independent backend implementations, where each backend targets a specific graphics API and remains fully isolated from others.

This project is intended as an implementation/translation layer.

Key components

The repository is organized into following top-level modules:

  1. MG_State — state tracking and management logic for Graphics APIs.
  2. MG_Impl — front-end implementations of Graphics APIs that interact with MG_State and MG_Backend.
  3. MG_Backend — per-backend translation layer that maps front-end Graphics APIs' semantics and state into concrete backend API calls (e.g. OpenGL ES, Vulkan).
  4. MG_Util and other utility modules.

Third-party components

MobileGL reuses several open-source projects:

Refer to each component's repository for exact license texts. Any bundled third-party code in this repository is included under the upstream project's license.

Compatibility & target

  • Short-term target: OpenGL 4.2 (Core Profile).
  • Current development focus:
    • Performance improvement
    • MG_State and MG_Impl for OpenGL 4.2 (Core Profile)
    • Direct (Vulkan) backend
    • Direct (OpenGL ES) backend

Build Instructions

We currently provide no releases and no precompiled binaries.
If you want to try the project right now, you’ll need to build it yourself:

  1. Clone the repository:

    git clone https://github.com/MobileGL-Dev/MobileGL.git
    
  2. Initialize and update all submodules recursively:

    git submodule update --init --recursive
    
  3. Follow glslang’s own documentation for its required initiation.

  4. Configure and build the project with CMake:

    cmake -B build
    cmake --build build
    

    or do it in a modern way:

    cmake -S . -B build -G Ninja -DCMAKE_C_COMPILER=clang -DCMAKE_CXX_COMPILER=clang++
    cmake --build build
    

    Alternatively, you can use platform-specific build commands as needed.

Build For macOS

On macOS, MobileGL can be built as a dylib that exposes the normal OpenGL/CGL/NSOpenGL entry points and routes them to the DirectVulkan backend. This is useful for running applications such as Minecraft through their stock GLFW/LWJGL OpenGL path while MobileGL is injected before context creation.

Prerequisites:

  • macOS with Clang and Ninja.
  • Vulkan loader and MoltenVK installed. With Homebrew, the MoltenVK ICD is commonly located at /opt/homebrew/etc/vulkan/icd.d/MoltenVK_icd.json.

Configure and build:

cmake -S . -B build-macos-magma \
  -G Ninja \
  -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release \
  -DMOBILEGL_BACKEND_TYPE=DirectVulkan \
  -DMOBILEGL_BUILD_TEST=OFF \
  -DMOBILEGL_BUILD_BENCHMARK=OFF

cmake --build build-macos-magma --target MobileGL -j8

The dylib will be generated at:

build-macos-magma/libMobileGL.dylib

To run Minecraft by MobileGL from a launcher like PrismLauncher, keep the stock LWJGL/GLFW natives and add a wrapper command to the instance settings:

env DYLD_INSERT_LIBRARIES=/absolute/path/to/MobileGL/build-macos-magma/libMobileGL.dylib MOBILEGL_BACKEND_TYPE=DirectVulkan VK_ICD_FILENAMES=/opt/homebrew/etc/vulkan/icd.d/MoltenVK_icd.json

Also make sure the JVM arguments include:

-XstartOnFirstThread

DYLD_INSERT_LIBRARIES must be active before GLFW creates its OpenGL context. After startup, the Minecraft F3 screen should report MobileGL and the Direct (Vulkan) backend if the injection worked.

Build Options

Option Description Default
MOBILEGL_BUILD_TEST Build MobileGL tests (requires Clang) ON
MOBILEGL_BUILD_BENCHMARK Build MobileGL benchmarks (requires Clang) ON
MOBILEGL_FORCE_RELEASE_OPT Enable O3 and LTO in Debug build ON
MOBILEGL_ENABLE_TRACY Enable Tracy profiler for performance analysis OFF

Notes:

  • The project requires C++23.
  • MG_Test and MG_Benchmark can only be built with Clang, not GCC. To enforce Clang, add -DCMAKE_C_COMPILER=clang -DCMAKE_CXX_COMPILER=clang++ to your command.
  • On Android, tests and benchmarks are always disabled.

Environment Variables

MobileGL supports runtime configuration via environment variables.

Supported Keys

Variable Description Allowed Values Default
MOBILEGL_BACKEND_TYPE Select active backend implementation at startup. DirectGLES, DirectVulkan DirectGLES
MOBILEGL_DISABLE_TIMERQUERY Disable GPU timer-query exposure and use. 0, 1 0
MOBILEGL_ESPRYT_USE_ANGLE Load ANGLE EGL/GLES libraries. 0, 1 0
MOBILEGL_MAGMA_DISABLE_SUBGROUP Disable Vulkan shader subgroup support. 0, 1 0
MOBILEGL_ADVERTISE_FP64 Advertise GL_ARB_gpu_shader_fp64. GLSL double/dvec/dmat compile and run either way - they are narrowed to 32 bits - so this only changes whether an application is told it has 64-bit precision, which it does not. 0, 1 0
MOBILEGL_MAGMA_R11G11B10F_FALLBACK Use Magma's R11G11B10F format fallback. 0, 1 0
MOBILEGL_MAGMA_FRAMESINFLIGHT Set Magma frames in flight. Integer 1–64 3
MOBILEGL_ESPRYT_AVOID_SAMPLER_MIPMAP_MIN_FILTER Avoid sampler mipmap minification filters. 0, 1 0
MOBILEGL_COHERENT_AS_FLUSH Treat persistent GL_MAP_FLUSH_EXPLICIT_BIT maps as coherent (app-compat for engines like Flywheel that never flush them). 0, 1 0
MOBILEGL_ESPRYT_FORCE_DS_READBACK_EMULATION Always emulate depth/stencil glReadPixels/glGetTexImage by shader sampling on Espryt, instead of using the driver's own depth/stencil readback where it has one. 0, 1 0
VK_ICD_FILENAMES Select the Vulkan ICD used by the Vulkan loader. Path to an ICD JSON file Loader default

License

This project is distributed under GNU LGPL v3.0. See the LICENSE file in the repository for detailed information.

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