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Debugging
=========
Debugging utilities in gallium.
Debug Variables
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
All drivers respond to a set of common debug environment variables, as well as
some driver-specific variables. Set them as normal environment variables for
the platform or operating system you are running. For example, for Linux this
can be done by typing "export var=value" into a console and then running the
program from that console.
Common
""""""
.. envvar:: GALLIUM_PRINT_OPTIONS <bool> (false)
This option controls if the debug variables should be printed to stderr. This
is probably the most useful variable, since it allows you to find which
variables a driver uses.
.. envvar:: GALLIUM_RBUG <bool> (false)
Controls if the :ref:`rbug` should be used.
.. envvar:: GALLIUM_TRACE <string> ("")
If set, this variable will cause the :ref:`trace` output to be written to the
specified file. Paths may be relative or absolute; relative paths are relative
to the working directory. For example, setting it to "trace.xml" will cause
the trace to be written to a file of the same name in the working directory.
.. envvar:: GALLIUM_DUMP_CPU <bool> (false)
Dump information about the current CPU that the driver is running on.
.. envvar:: TGSI_PRINT_SANITY <bool> (false)
Gallium has a built-in shader sanity checker. This option controls whether
the shader sanity checker prints its warnings and errors to stderr.
.. envvar:: DRAW_USE_LLVM <bool> (false)
Whether the :ref:`Draw` module will attempt to use LLVM for vertex and geometry shaders.
GL State tracker-specific
"""""""""""""""""""""""""
.. envvar:: ST_DEBUG <flags> (0x0)
Debug :ref:`flags` for the GL state tracker.
Driver-specific
"""""""""""""""
.. envvar:: I915_DEBUG <flags> (0x0)
Debug :ref:`flags` for the i915 driver.
.. envvar:: I915_NO_HW <bool> (false)
Stop the i915 driver from submitting commands to the hardware.
.. envvar:: I915_DUMP_CMD <bool> (false)
Dump all commands going to the hardware.
.. envvar:: LP_DEBUG <flags> (0x0)
Debug :ref:`flags` for the llvmpipe driver.
.. envvar:: LP_NUM_THREADS <int> (number of CPUs)
Number of threads that the llvmpipe driver should use.
.. envvar:: FD_MESA_DEBUG <flags> (0x0)
Debug :ref:`flags` for the freedreno driver.
.. _flags:
Flags
"""""
The variables of type "flags" all take a string with comma-separated flags to
enable different debugging for different parts of the drivers or state
tracker. If set to "help", the driver will print a list of flags which the
variable accepts. Order does not matter.
.. _rbug:
Remote Debugger
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
The remote debugger, commonly known as rbug, allows for runtime inspections of
:ref:`Context`, :ref:`Screen`, :ref:`Resource` and :ref:`Shader` objects; and
pausing and stepping of :ref:`Draw` calls. Is used with rbug-gui which is
hosted outside of the main mesa repository. rbug is can be used over a network
connection, so the debugger does not need to be on the same machine.