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# Phase 8 — GLX Texture-from-Pixmap (Zero-Copy Upgrade)
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## Step 8.1 — Replace XGetImage with GLX_EXT_texture_from_pixmap
This is the performance upgrade. Instead of reading pixels through the
CPU, bind the X pixmap directly as an OpenGL texture:
1. Find an FBConfig that supports `GLX_BIND_TO_TEXTURE_RGBA_EXT`.
2. Create a `GLXPixmap` from the X `Pixmap`.
3. Call `glXBindTexImageEXT()` to bind it as a GL texture.
4. Wrap the GL texture ID in a raylib `Texture2D` struct (set `.id`
directly, since raylib textures are just GL texture handles with
width/height/format metadata).
On damage: `glXReleaseTexImageEXT` then `glXBindTexImageEXT` to refresh.
On resize: destroy and recreate the GLX pixmap.
Handle `GLX_Y_INVERTED_EXT` — if the pixmap is Y-inverted, flip the
texture coordinates when drawing (use `DrawTexturePro` with a negative
source height, or flip in a shader).
**Verify:** Same visual result as Step 3.4 but with dramatically less
CPU usage. Confirm with `top` or `perf` that `XGetImage` is no longer
called. `xeyes` still tracks the mouse smoothly. Resizing windows
works without artifacts.
**Note:** This step may not work inside Xephyr (which uses software
rendering). If `GLX_EXT_texture_from_pixmap` is not available in Xephyr,
keep the CPU-copy path as a fallback and test zero-copy on a real X
session or VM with GPU passthrough. Implement runtime detection:
```c
const char *glx_exts = glXQueryExtensionsString(dpy, screen);
bool has_tfp = strstr(glx_exts, "GLX_EXT_texture_from_pixmap") != NULL;
```
Use `has_tfp` to pick the code path.
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