[Buildroot] [PATCH v7 6/8] package/qemu: add OpenGL config

Joseph Kogut joseph.kogut at gmail.com
Sat May 16 02:03:15 UTC 2026


Signed-off-by: Joseph Kogut <joseph.kogut at gmail.com>
---
 package/qemu/Config.in | 14 ++++++++++++++
 package/qemu/qemu.mk   |  8 +++++++-
 2 files changed, 21 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/package/qemu/Config.in b/package/qemu/Config.in
index 2a6aa288d3..d4e4e37a3e 100644
--- a/package/qemu/Config.in
+++ b/package/qemu/Config.in
@@ -112,6 +112,20 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_QEMU_SDL
 	  Say 'y' to enable the SDL frontend, that is, a graphical
 	  window presenting the VM's display.
 
+config BR2_PACKAGE_QEMU_OPENGL
+	bool "Enable OpenGL"
+	depends on BR2_PACKAGE_HAS_LIBEGL || BR2_PACKAGE_HAS_LIBGL # needs libepoxy w/ EGL or GL
+	select BR2_PACKAGE_LIBEPOXY
+	help
+	  Say 'y' to enable OpenGL accelerated display frontend support.
+	  This is necessary to efficiently display frames rendered in a
+	  guest on the host.
+
+	  Run qemu with `-display sdl,gl=on`
+
+comment "OpenGL support needs an OpenGL and/or OpenGL EGL backend"
+	depends on !(BR2_PACKAGE_HAS_LIBEGL || BR2_PACKAGE_HAS_LIBGL)
+
 config BR2_PACKAGE_QEMU_FDT
 	bool "Enable FDT"
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_DTC
diff --git a/package/qemu/qemu.mk b/package/qemu/qemu.mk
index 2199db38cf..aff1762fb9 100644
--- a/package/qemu/qemu.mk
+++ b/package/qemu/qemu.mk
@@ -272,6 +272,13 @@ else
 QEMU_OPTS += --disable-usb-redir
 endif
 
+ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_QEMU_OPENGL),y)
+QEMU_OPTS += --enable-opengl
+QEMU_DEPENDENCIES += libepoxy
+else
+QEMU_OPTS += --disable-opengl
+endif
+
 ifeq ($(BR2_STATIC_LIBS),y)
 QEMU_OPTS += --static
 endif
@@ -329,7 +336,6 @@ define QEMU_CONFIGURE_CMDS
 			--disable-membarrier \
 			--disable-mpath \
 			--disable-netmap \
-			--disable-opengl \
 			--disable-oss \
 			--disable-pa \
 			--disable-plugins \

-- 
2.54.0



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