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Matthias JanetschekandClaude Opus 5.5 7c5a9a7a1e Handover documentation for continuing on another computer
- docs/steamframe/README.md: entry point with status, branches/remotes, setup,
  commands, Steam Frame facts, open points.
- CLAUDE.md: working rules and code conventions (fork-only).
- docs/steamframe/OVRAS-FEATURES.md: OVRAS's features, how they are
  implemented, issues found while reading.
- PROGRESS.md: status and wrap-up.

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# Steam Frame port: progress
**Status (2026-10-07): iteration 1 implemented. Next: test checklist T1–T11 on the Frame
(at the end of this file), then assessment. Getting started: [README.md](README.md).**
## Iteration 1
### Step 1: build fixes, bytecode-only QML (2026-10-07)
**Changes:**
- **`CMakeLists.txt`:**
- `Core5Compat` removed (unused, not on the Frame).
- `GuiPrivate` requested explicitly. This is temporary, until step 3 replaces QRhi.
- `QT_QMLCACHEGEN_ARGUMENTS --only-bytecode`.
- OpenVR library directory per architecture (`linux64` / `linuxarm64` / `win64`), for
linking and for the copy next to the binary.
- `RPATH $ORIGIN`.
- `libXtst` linked.
- **`overlaycontroller.cpp`:** `d3d11.h` and `case QRhi::D3D11` only under `_WIN32`.
- **Logging:** 8 active easylogging `LOG(INFO)` calls became `qInfo()`
(`overlaycontroller.cpp` 6, `ChaperoneTabController.cpp` 1,
`MoveCenterTabController.cpp` 1). Commented-out `LOG` lines are left unchanged.
- Only changed lines are formatted (`git clang-format`).
**Results (x86_64, Arch, Qt 6.11.1, GCC):**
- The build succeeds, with 1463 compiler warnings, as in `qt6`.
- `objdump -T`: 7 `Qt_6_PRIVATE_API` symbols, all `QRhi…` (step 3). The
`QQmlPrivate::AOTCompiledContext` symbols are gone (bytecode-only QML).
- `libopenvr_api.so` is resolved from the binary's directory (`ldd`).
- Not started: without a running SteamVR the start hangs in OpenVR init (expected; tested
on the Frame in step 5).
### Step 2: platform option, R7, tick (2026-10-07)
**Changes:**
- **Platform option:**
- CMake option `OVRAS_STEAM_FRAME` (default OFF) sets the compile definition
`OVRAS_STEAM_FRAME=1`.
- New `src/utils/platform_capabilities.h` evaluates it as the only place. It holds
`k_chaperoneCommitSupported`, `k_defaultVsyncDisabled` and `k_defaultCustomTickRateMs`.
- **Tick (R6):**
- In "vsync disabled" mode, `m_pumpEventsTimer` runs directly at `customTickRateMs`
(`applyTickInterval()`, `Qt::PreciseTimer`); the 1 ms counting is gone.
- Changing the setting restarts the timer.
- Setting defaults in `settings_controller.h` come from the constants: Frame `true`/11 ms,
otherwise unchanged `false`/20 ms.
- **R7:** with `!k_chaperoneCommitSupported`:
- `updateChaperoneResetData()` and `applyChaperoneResetData()` skip
`CommitWorkingCopy`/`RevertWorkingCopy`. Each logs once per function.
- The init autosave profile is skipped.
**Results:**
- Both variants (default and `-DOVRAS_STEAM_FRAME=ON`) build on x86_64. The definition is
only set in the Frame variant (`compile_commands.json`).
- Not tested at runtime yet (Frame, step 5).
**Notes:**
- Another commit at start-up remains, but only on opt-in. `SetWidget()` applies a chaperone
profile and commits when "auto-apply chaperone" (`autoApplyChaperoneToggle`, default
`false`) is on. That's a chaperone-profile feature, so it belongs to R5 (iteration 2).
- clang-format reflows comment blocks next to new comments. Separate new comments from
existing commented-out code with a blank line, otherwise the diff grows.
### Step 3: rendering through public API, `--graphics-api`, mouse y, shutdown order (2026-10-07)
**Changes:**
- **`src/render/`** (new): `RenderBackend`, `OpenGLRenderBackend`, `VulkanRenderBackend` from
the template (`4a5b090`).
- Changes to the template code: `VRDASH_*` → `OVRAS_*` names, origin note in the file
header, references to `OverlayController`.
- Formatted completely in OVRAS style.
- One comment in `VulkanRenderBackend.h` was wrapped by hand, because the automatic
wrapping had broken its column layout.
- **`OverlayController`:**
- QRhi block replaced by `configureWindow` → `renderControl.initialize` →
`attachWindow` → `createRenderTarget`.
- `renderOverlay()` wraps the frame in `beginFrame`/`finishFrame`. It submits
`vrTextureBounds` + `vrTexture` while the context is current.
- `SetOverlayFromQRhiTexture`, the QRhi members and `QVulkanInstance` are removed.
- Render delay 5 → 16 ms (about 60 fps).
- **Shutdown:** `Shutdown()` runs only once. It calls `VR_Shutdown()`, then frees the
backend's render target (`releaseRenderTarget`, `detachWindow`).
- **Mouse y:** always flipped; the Linux un-flip and its TODO are removed.
- **`openvr_init::renderInterop()`:** Vulkan extensions and HMD GPU from SteamVR.
- **`main.cpp`:** parses `--graphics-api`, then `createRenderBackend` → `initialize` →
`QQuickWindow::setGraphicsApi` → `OverlayController`.
- **`setup.*`:** `--graphics-api opengl|vulkan` (default `opengl`). Unknown or not built in
→ error, exit code `GENERAL_FAILURE`.
- **CMake:**
- `GuiPrivate` is gone.
- The Vulkan backend is built when `QT_FEATURE_vulkan` is set (`OVRAS_HAS_VULKAN`).
**Results (x86_64, Qt 6.11.1):**
- The build succeeds. The Vulkan backend is built in.
- `objdump -T`: only `QVulkanDeviceFunctions::*` / `QVulkanFunctions::*` remain as
`Qt_6_PRIVATE_API`. Acceptance criterion R1 (symbols) is met.
- Warnings 1463 → 1630. The new code itself has none; the additional ones come from
`openvr.h` in the three new translation units.
- **Not tested yet:**
- running both backends, Vulkan validation, the snapshot test (step 5, with the
containers)
- mouse direction (Frame)
**Risk:**
- `MyTextField` opens the SteamVR keyboard on `activeFocus`. The template had to send the
offscreen window an explicit `FocusIn`, otherwise `activeFocusItem` stayed null. The `qt6`
branch doesn't send it. If text fields don't respond on the Frame, that is the cause (R4).
### Step 4: manifest and installation (2026-10-07)
**Changes:**
- **`manifest.vrmanifest`:** `binary_path_linux` and `binary_path_linux_arm` →
`AdvancedSettings_app`.
- **`manifest::handleManifests`:**
- `VR_Init(Utility)`; on `VRInitError_Init_NotAvailableToUtilityApps`,
`VR_Init(Background)`.
- Other errors: message and exit code `OPENVR_INIT_ERROR`, instead of
`initializeOpenVR`'s retry loop.
- **`main.cpp`:** `--graphics-api` is checked before connecting to OpenVR. A wrong value
used to fail only after `initializeOpenVR`'s retry loop.
**Results (x86_64, without SteamVR):**
- `--force-install-manifest` exits right away with `OPENVR_INIT_ERROR` (−2).
- `--graphics-api foo` exits right away with `GENERAL_FAILURE` (−1).
- The build tree contains the binary, `libopenvr_api.so`, both manifests,
`default_action_manifests/` and `res/`.
- Not tested yet: `Background` on the Frame (step 5).
### Step 5: Frame build, package, tests (2026-10-07)
**Changes:**
- **`build_scripts/steamframe/`** (new, see DESIGN.md section 9): containers, toolchain, build,
test, package and deploy scripts.
- **`test/render/`** (new): render test for both backends (`OVRAS_BUILD_TESTS=ON`).
- **`CMakeLists.txt`:**
- option `OVRAS_BUILD_TESTS`
- RPATH only `$ORIGIN` (`BUILD_WITH_INSTALL_RPATH`). Before, the cross binary also had the
host's absolute link directory in its RUNPATH.
- **`.gitignore`:** `dist/`.
**Results:**
- **Render tests:**
- locally (Arch, Qt 6.11, Intel Iris Xe): OpenGL and Vulkan, 4/4 passed each
- in the container (Debian trixie, Qt 6.8, same GPU via `/dev/dri`): 2/2 passed,
**no Vulkan validation messages**
- Proof that the layer was active: `VK_LOADER_DEBUG=layer` shows
"Inserted device layer VK_LAYER_KHRONOS_validation".
- **Cross build (aarch64, Qt 6.8 Debian):** succeeds once the container has `libxt-dev`
(`input_sender_X11.cpp` includes `X11/Intrinsic.h`).
- `Qt_6_PRIVATE_API` without `QVulkan*`: 0 → **R1 symbols met**.
- Qt version tag: `Qt_6.8` (fits the Frame's 6.8.0).
- GLIBC ≤ 2.38 (the Frame has 2.39); GLIBCXX ≤ 3.4.32 (not checked against the Frame).
- NEEDED: Qt6 Core/Gui/Qml/Quick/Widgets/Network/DBus/Multimedia/WebSockets, libX11,
libXtst, libpulse, libopenvr_api, libstdc++/libc.
- **Package** `dist/AdvancedSettings-5.7.4-linux-arm64.tar.gz`: 3.0 MB (9.1 MB unpacked); since the version fix below `…-5.8.17-…`.
The version 5.7.4 comes from `qt6`'s `project()` (master is at 5.8.17).
**Open (needs the Frame):**
- Are the QML modules OVRAS imports present in the Frame's system Qt? QtQuick.Controls
(Material), Layouts, Dialogs, Multimedia.
- Do libXt/libXtst exist on SteamOS? Is libstdc++ new enough?
### Version from `compile_version_string.txt` (2026-10-07)
- **Problem:** `qt6`'s `CMakeLists.txt` had the version hard-coded as 5.7.4. The qmake build
read it from `build_scripts/compile_version_string.txt` (`5.8.17-release`). `master` is
fully merged into `qt6`, so only the number was stale. Consequence: the version check
(comparison with `ver/versioncheck.json`, 5.8.17) would have reported an update.
- **Fix:** CMake reads the file.
- `APPLICATION_VERSION` = full string, as in qmake.
- `project(VERSION)` = numeric part.
- **Result:** `APPLICATION_VERSION="5.8.17-release"`, `CMAKE_PROJECT_VERSION=5.8.17`, package
`dist/AdvancedSettings-5.8.17-linux-arm64.tar.gz` (3.0 MB).
### Test checklist on the Frame (step 5)
Deploy: `build_scripts/steamframe/deploy-to-frame.sh <user>@<frame>` (SteamVR running).
| # | Check | Criterion | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| T1 | `install.sh`: registration works (log: "Manifest reinstalled", via Background) | R2 | open |
| T2 | Tab appears in the dashboard, UI correct (OpenGL) | R2, R3 | open |
| T3 | `./run.sh vulkan`: UI correct | R3 | open |
| T4 | Laser right way up, click, scrolling on several pages (both APIs) | R4 | open |
| T5 | Text field (e.g. new profile name): SteamVR keyboard opens, input arrives | R4 | open |
| T6 | An OVRAS action arrives (e.g. push-to-talk, log/notification) | R4 | open |
| T7 | Play area before/after start unchanged; log: "CommitWorkingCopy skipped" | R7 | open |
| T8 | Quit app (OVRAS "Exit" and Quit in the SteamVR dashboard): no crash (both APIs) | R2 | open |
| T9 | Auto-start after a SteamVR restart / reboot | R2 | open |
| T10 | `pidstat -p $(pgrep -f AdvancedSettings_app) 10 6`: dashboard closed / OVRAS visible / other tab visible | R6 | open |
| T11 | `uninstall.sh` unregisters it | R2 | open |
### Wrap-up (2026-10-07)
- **Remotes:** `origin` = `git@git.matzman.net:SteamFrame/OpenVR-AdvancedSettings-frame.git`
(branches `steamframe`, `qt6`, `master`); `upstream` = GitHub OVRAS.
- **Handover documentation:** `docs/steamframe/README.md` (entry point), `CLAUDE.md`
(working rules, conventions), `docs/steamframe/OVRAS-FEATURES.md` (feature analysis).
- **Still open in iteration 1:** phase 4 (tests on the Frame, T1–T11) and phase 5
(assessment).