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> [`../docs/09-reference/glossary-and-faq.md`](../docs/09-reference/glossary-and-faq.md);
> the docs tree wins on disagreement.
-Status: 2026-11-09, tree `master @ e342bd0f`.
+Status: 2026-11-09, tree `master @ 21e0d611`.
## Project and positioning
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Partially, and it is an active frontier. The display/KMS stack and the X
server now run on the emulated vGPU with the stock driver: nvidia-modeset/NvKms
registers (`/dev/dri`), `glxinfo` reports OpenGL 4.6.0 with direct rendering,
-the direct GL client's GR and CE channels submit and retire, and GZDoom
-reaches renderer startup and `MAP01` — but currently on Mesa llvmpipe. The
-guest Vulkan pipeline runs end to end (device → command buffer → fence →
-readback, frames black). Rendered (non-black) frames through the NVIDIA path
-are the remaining wall: the NVIDIA Vulkan ICD/forced-GLX renderer path, the X
-DDX get-word/notifier completion, the DDX's 4 GB sysmem allocation (12 GB
-guest workaround) and physical dispatch of the GL draws are the current gates
-— see [`OpenGL.md`](OpenGL.md), [`Vulkan.md`](Vulkan.md) and
+the direct GL client's GR and CE channels submit and retire, and forcing GLX
+(`SDL_VIDEO_X11_FORCE_EGL=0`) selects `libnvidia-glcore`. The minimal
+windowed `glxgears` then hangs in the glcore kick wait: the client polls its
+per-slot `/dev/nvidia-modeset` fd and the guest kernel never signals the
+event, even though the host completes the beef notifier memory. The guest
+Vulkan pipeline runs end to end (device → command buffer → fence → readback,
+frames black). Rendered (non-black) frames through the NVIDIA path are the
+remaining wall: kernel-visible present completion, the X DDX
+get-word/notifier completion, the DDX's 4 GB sysmem allocation (12 GB guest
+workaround) and physical dispatch of the GL draws are the current gates —
+see [`OpenGL.md`](OpenGL.md), [`Vulkan.md`](Vulkan.md) and
[`Graphics-Execution.md`](Graphics-Execution.md).
**How fast is it?**