pcsx2 on openbsd would be pretty dope. w^x though?

Am 19.07.26 um 08:36 schrieb yaydn@protonmail.com:
> På onsdag 8. juli 2026 kl. 02:19, skrev Matthew
> <fiddle@disroot.org>:
>
>> On 06/22/26 01:26PM, Anthony J. Bentley wrote:
>>> Thanks for submitting this, and sorry it took so long for a response.
>>> Some comments:
>>>
>>> - Missing dep on graphics/shaderc.
>>> - USE_WXNEEDED and USE_NOBTCFI need a comment explaining what the
>>>    problem is. And bug reports should be filed upstream so they know
>>>    that there's interest in JITs that use branch target instructions
>>>    and W^X memory.
>>> - This port would definitely benefit from enabling debug packages.
>>> - License marker should say "GPLv3 only" or "GPLv3+" rather than "GPLv3".
>>>    Ditto for LGPLv3.
>>> - stdlib.h is the only header for malloc() and alloca() on Unix systems.
>>>    The #ifdef blocks in pcsx2/GS/Renderers/HW/GSTextureCache.cpp and
>>>    common/VectorIntrin.h should be replaced entirely upstream with just
>>>    #include <stdlib.h>.
>>> - 3rdparty/rapidyaml/include/c4/yml/common.hpp should be upstreamed as:
>>>   #if defined(C4_MSVC) || defined(C4_MINGW) || defined(_WIN32) || defined(C4_WIN)
>>>   #include <malloc.h>
>>>   #else
>>>   #include <stdlib.h>
>>>   #endif
>>> - pcsx2/Host/AudioStream.cpp seems wrong, /usr/local/include/soundtouch
>>>    should be added to the include path with pkg-config.
>>> - Not really important, but please sort BUILD_DEPENDS and LIB_DEPENDS.
>>>
>>> I've built and started the program, but haven't tried any emulation.
>>> But overall the port looks good to me.
>> Thank you for your help.  I have attached the port with changes to
>> address your comments.
>>
>> A couple notes on the changes:
>> - I think I mistakenly put in USE_NOBTCFI, so that is gone.
>> - For the license marker, it now has GPLv3+, which is the license for
>>    PCSX2 itself, and a list of licenses from vendored code.
>>
>> I get crashes occasionally when resizing the window while emulating,
>> but otherwise it seems to run well.
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Matthew
>>
> I thought I had responded to this, sorry for the wait.
>
> Built/tested on current/amd64 with privsep.
>
> I built this before the 80-beta snapshots, so I rebuilt it for
> reassurance.
>
> // Built again
> $ cd /usr/ports/emulators/pcsx2/ && make clean=all clean && make build package test ; make port-lib-depends-check check-shlib-syms && make clean && make distclean
>
> ===>  Regression tests for pcsx2-2.6.3
> UpdateCTestConfiguration  from :/usr/ports/pobj/pcsx2-2.6.3/build-amd64/DartConfiguration.tcl
> Test project /usr/ports/pobj/pcsx2-2.6.3/build-amd64
> Constructing a list of tests
> Updating test list for fixtures
> Added 0 tests to meet fixture requirements
> Checking test dependency graph...
> Checking test dependency graph end
> No tests were found!!!
> LIB_DEPENDS wayland/libinput-openbsd not needed for devel/sdl3 ?
> --
>
> // Reinstalled
> # TRUSTED_PKG_PATH=/usr/ports/packages/amd64/all/ pkg_add -Dsnap -Dinstalled -r pcsx2
> pcsx2-2.6.3->2.6.3: ok
> --
>
> Maybe do '-DWAYLAND_API=ON' instead?
>
> Since qt6 enables/needs wayland out of the box and the application will
> default to --platform wayland whether disabled at the program build time
> or not, I think keeping wayland on in config flags is better for
> continued testing. Upstream sdl3, qt6, and others are wayland/X11 by
> default.
>
> Your and the ports devs decision regardless.
>
> Used it on sway, but like citra, dolphin-emu, obs-studio and other qt6
> ports that need gl acceleration, it will need a '--platform xcb' to run on
> wayland with xwayland and therefore gl acceleration. Some
> applications can do slow software acceleration like dolphin-emu in wayland
> native.
>
> I should ask @landry if their patch to stop explicitly disabling wayland
> in base sets is the same and/or if that gets gl acceleration working.
> https://marc.info/?l=openbsd-tech&m=176304756414309&w=2
>
> Good to have this as building citra broke in current after llvm19 was
> retired, but can still use old binary for now.
>
> Played a bit a few weeks ago and did another light gander of
> Cowboy
> Bebop with this last rebuild. Bit slow on my laptop, but playable-ish.
>
> No spelling/grammer issues. Maybe spacing nits in the WANTLIB area.
>
> Looks fine here on intel Sandybridge on sway, but using xwayland with
> '--platform xcb' as the graphics stack is missing gl acceleration on
> OpenBSD's wayland graphic stack the moment.
>
> Hope this helps. Thanks for the port again. May you have success and a cool one.
> --
> yaydn

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