On Thursday, July 24, 2014 09:32:38 PM Emil Velikov wrote:
> On 22/07/14 19:43, Dylan Baker wrote:
> > GBM_DRIVERS_PATH is not documented, and only used to set the location of
> > gbm drivers, while LIBGL_DRIVERS_PATH is used for everything else, and
> > is documented.
> >
> > Generally this split leads to confusion as to why gbm doesn't work.
> >
> > This patch makes LIBGL_DRIVERS_PATH the main variable, but uses
> > GBM_DRIVERS_PATH as a fallback if LIBGL_DRIVERS_PATH is NULL.
>
> Dylan if we're going the LIBGL road, can we please use the GBM variable
> first and then fallback to the LIBGL one ? This way things won't break for
> people using the former. Meanwhile I'm writing docs/gbm.html with some
> rough description what gbm is and all the env vars used :-)
>

Is there a usecase for having a seperate GBM_DRIVERS_PATH? I was under the
impression that people had asked to get a v2 that still used GBM_DRIVERS_PATH to
keep people scripts working.

> git grep -i gbm -- docs/
> 0 matches found
>
> Thanks
> Emil
>
> > v2: - Use GBM_DRIVERS_PATH as a fallback
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Dylan Baker <baker.dyla...@gmail.com>
> > ---
> >
> >  src/gbm/backends/dri/gbm_dri.c | 11 +++++++++--
> >  1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> >
> > diff --git a/src/gbm/backends/dri/gbm_dri.c
> > b/src/gbm/backends/dri/gbm_dri.c index 347bc99..3e4851c 100644
> > --- a/src/gbm/backends/dri/gbm_dri.c
> > +++ b/src/gbm/backends/dri/gbm_dri.c
> > @@ -211,9 +211,16 @@ dri_load_driver(struct gbm_dri_device *dri)
> >
> >     char *get_extensions_name;
> >
> >     search_paths = NULL;
> >
> > +   /* don't allow setuid apps to use LIBGL_DRIVERS_PATH */
> >
> >     if (geteuid() == getuid()) {
> >
> > -      /* don't allow setuid apps to use GBM_DRIVERS_PATH */
> > -      search_paths = getenv("GBM_DRIVERS_PATH");
> > +      search_paths = getenv("LIBGL_DRIVERS_PATH");
> > +
> > +      /* fallback path for compatability, GBM_DRIVERS_PATH should be
> > +       * dropped eventually
> > +       */
> > +      if (search_paths == NULL) {
> > +         search_paths = getenv("GBM_DRIVERS_PATH");
> > +      }
> >
> >     }
> >     if (search_paths == NULL)
> >
> >        search_paths = DEFAULT_DRIVER_DIR;

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