Add -gpu <mode> option to force GPU emulation
By default, GPU emulation is still disabled. You can
still try to force it with '-gpu on' for experimentation
purpose (alternatively, you can define hw.gpu.enabled to
'true' in your AVD config.ini)
Change-Id: I87efdf45337a80aeadd94b3922312b3f564c1608
diff --git a/android/help.c b/android/help.c
index cd5a3a6..63d7ca2 100644
--- a/android/help.c
+++ b/android/help.c
@@ -1428,6 +1428,33 @@
);
}
+static void
+help_gpu(stralloc_t* out)
+{
+ PRINTF(
+ " Use -gpu <mode> to force the mode of hardware OpenGLES emulation.\n"
+ " Valid values for <mode> are:\n\n"
+
+ " on -> enable GPU emulation\n"
+ " off -> disable GPU emulation\n"
+ " auto -> automatic detection\n"
+ " enabled -> same as 'on'\n"
+ " disabled -> same as 'off'\n\n"
+
+ " Note that enabling GPU emulation if the system image does not support it\n"
+ " will prevent the proper display of the emulated framebuffer.\n\n"
+
+ " You can always disable GPU emulation (i.e. '-gpu off'), and this will\n"
+ " force the virtual device to use the slow software renderer instead.\n"
+ " Note that OpenGLES 2.0 is _not_ supported by it.\n\n"
+
+ " The 'auto' mode is the default. It will only enable GPU emulation if the\n"
+ " virtual device supports it, and the host-side OpenGLES emulation library\n"
+ " could be properly initialized (this can fail when you run the emulator\n"
+ " under certain restricted environments where the program can't access the\n"
+ " graphics sub-system (e.g. head-less servers).\n"
+ );
+}
#define help_no_skin NULL
#define help_netspeed help_shaper