drm: Introduce the Drm Backend

- new backend rendering via egl via gbm directly on a drm device - refine EGLContext and EGLSurface dependencies through lifetimes - fixup the old winit backend to work with these changes - add new example using the drm backend instead - change GliumDrawer to be static for the drm example
2017-09-13 22:51:35 +02:00 · 2017-09-13 22:51:35 +02:00 · 0698775153
parent 24ea2a066a
commit 0698775153
13 changed files with 1563 additions and 197 deletions
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@ -13,12 +13,15 @@ slog = { version = "2.0.0" }
 slog-stdlog = "2.0.0-0.2"
 libloading = "0.4.0"
 wayland-client = { version = "0.9.9", optional = true }
-winit = { version = "0.7.0", optional = true }
-glium = { version = "0.16.0", optional = true, default-features = false }
+winit = { version = "0.7.5", optional = true }
+drm = { version = "0.2.1", optional = true }
+gbm = { version = "0.2.1", optional = true }
+glium = { version = "0.17.1", optional = true, default-features = false }
 input = { version = "0.2.0", optional = true }
 clippy = { version = "*", optional = true }
 rental = "0.4.11"
 wayland-protocols = { version = "0.10.1", features = ["unstable_protocols", "server"] }
+image = "0.15.0"

 [build-dependencies]
 gl_generator = "0.5"
@ -29,7 +32,14 @@ slog-async = "2.0"
 rand = "0.3"

 [features]
-default = ["backend_winit", "backend_libinput", "renderer_glium"]
+default = ["backend_winit", "backend_drm", "backend_libinput", "renderer_glium"]
 backend_winit = ["winit", "wayland-server/dlopen", "wayland-client/dlopen"]
-renderer_glium = ["glium"]
+backend_drm = ["drm", "gbm"]
 backend_libinput = ["input"]
+renderer_glium = ["glium"]
+
+[replace]
+"wayland-server:0.9.9" = { git = "https://github.com/Drakulix/wayland-rs", branch = "raw_handler_access"}
+"wayland-protocols:0.9.9" = { git = "https://github.com/Drakulix/wayland-rs", branch = "raw_handler_access"}
+"wayland-client:0.9.9" = { git = "https://github.com/Drakulix/wayland-rs", branch = "raw_handler_access"}
+"drm:0.2.1" = { git = "https://github.com/Drakulix/drm-rs", branch = "fix/userdata" }
--- a/examples/drm.rs
+++ b/examples/drm.rs
@ -0,0 +1,349 @@
+
+extern crate drm;
+#[macro_use]
+extern crate glium;
+extern crate rand;
+#[macro_use(define_roles)]
+extern crate smithay;
+extern crate wayland_protocols;
+extern crate wayland_server;
+
+#[macro_use]
+extern crate slog;
+extern crate slog_async;
+extern crate slog_term;
+
+mod helpers;
+
+use drm::control::{Device as ControlDevice, ResourceInfo};
+use drm::control::connector::{Info as ConnectorInfo, State as ConnectorState};
+
+use glium::Surface;
+
+use helpers::GliumDrawer;
+use slog::*;
+
+use smithay::backend::drm::{DrmBackend, DrmDevice, DrmHandler, Id};
+use smithay::backend::graphics::egl::EGLGraphicsBackend;
+use smithay::backend::graphics::glium::{GliumGraphicsBackend, IntoGlium};
+use smithay::compositor::{self, CompositorHandler, CompositorToken, SubsurfaceRole, TraversalAction};
+use smithay::compositor::roles::Role;
+use smithay::shell::{self, PopupConfigure, PopupSurface, ShellClient, ShellHandler, ShellSurfaceRole,
+                     ToplevelConfigure, ToplevelSurface};
+use smithay::shm::{ShmGlobal, ShmToken};
+
+use std::fs::OpenOptions;
+use std::io::Error as IoError;
+use std::time::Duration;
+use std::os::unix::io::AsRawFd;
+
+use wayland_protocols::unstable::xdg_shell::server::{zxdg_shell_v6, zxdg_toplevel_v6};
+
+use wayland_server::{Client, EventLoopHandle};
+use wayland_server::sources::READ;
+use wayland_server::protocol::{wl_callback, wl_compositor, wl_output, wl_seat, wl_shell, wl_shm,
+                               wl_subcompositor, wl_surface};
+
+define_roles!(Roles => [ ShellSurface, ShellSurfaceRole ] );
+
+struct SurfaceHandler {
+    shm_token: ShmToken,
+}
+
+#[derive(Default)]
+struct SurfaceData {
+    buffer: Option<(Vec<u8>, (u32, u32))>,
+    location: Option<(i32, i32)>,
+}
+
+impl compositor::Handler<SurfaceData, Roles> for SurfaceHandler {
+    fn commit(&mut self, _evlh: &mut EventLoopHandle, _client: &Client, surface: &wl_surface::WlSurface,
+              token: CompositorToken<SurfaceData, Roles, SurfaceHandler>) {
+        // we retrieve the contents of the associated buffer and copy it
+        token.with_surface_data(surface, |attributes| {
+            match attributes.buffer.take() {
+                Some(Some((buffer, (_x, _y)))) => {
+                    // we ignore hotspot coordinates in this simple example
+                    self.shm_token
+                        .with_buffer_contents(&buffer, |slice, data| {
+                            let offset = data.offset as usize;
+                            let stride = data.stride as usize;
+                            let width = data.width as usize;
+                            let height = data.height as usize;
+                            let mut new_vec = Vec::with_capacity(width * height * 4);
+                            for i in 0..height {
+                                new_vec.extend(
+                                    &slice[(offset + i * stride)..(offset + i * stride + width * 4)],
+                                );
+                            }
+                            attributes.user_data.buffer =
+                                Some((new_vec, (data.width as u32, data.height as u32)));
+                        })
+                        .unwrap();
+                    buffer.release();
+                }
+                Some(None) => {
+                    // erase the contents
+                    attributes.user_data.buffer = None;
+                }
+                None => {}
+            }
+        });
+    }
+
+    fn frame(&mut self, _evlh: &mut EventLoopHandle, _client: &Client, _surface: &wl_surface::WlSurface,
+             callback: wl_callback::WlCallback,
+             _token: CompositorToken<SurfaceData, Roles, SurfaceHandler>) {
+        callback.done(0);
+    }
+}
+
+struct ShellSurfaceHandler {
+    token: CompositorToken<SurfaceData, Roles, SurfaceHandler>,
+}
+
+impl ShellSurfaceHandler {
+    fn new(token: CompositorToken<SurfaceData, Roles, SurfaceHandler>) -> ShellSurfaceHandler {
+        ShellSurfaceHandler { token }
+    }
+}
+
+impl shell::Handler<SurfaceData, Roles, SurfaceHandler, ()> for ShellSurfaceHandler {
+    fn new_client(&mut self, _evlh: &mut EventLoopHandle, _client: ShellClient<()>) {}
+    fn client_pong(&mut self, _evlh: &mut EventLoopHandle, _client: ShellClient<()>) {}
+    fn new_toplevel(&mut self, _evlh: &mut EventLoopHandle,
+                    surface: ToplevelSurface<SurfaceData, Roles, SurfaceHandler, ()>)
+                    -> ToplevelConfigure {
+        let wl_surface = surface.get_surface().unwrap();
+        self.token.with_surface_data(wl_surface, |data| {
+            // place the window at a random location in the [0;300]x[0;300] square
+            use rand::distributions::{IndependentSample, Range};
+            let range = Range::new(0, 300);
+            let mut rng = rand::thread_rng();
+            let x = range.ind_sample(&mut rng);
+            let y = range.ind_sample(&mut rng);
+            data.user_data.location = Some((x, y))
+        });
+        ToplevelConfigure {
+            size: None,
+            states: vec![],
+            serial: 42,
+        }
+    }
+    fn new_popup(&mut self, _evlh: &mut EventLoopHandle,
+                 _surface: PopupSurface<SurfaceData, Roles, SurfaceHandler, ()>)
+                 -> PopupConfigure {
+        PopupConfigure {
+            size: (10, 10),
+            position: (10, 10),
+            serial: 42,
+        }
+    }
+    fn move_(&mut self, _evlh: &mut EventLoopHandle,
+             _surface: ToplevelSurface<SurfaceData, Roles, SurfaceHandler, ()>, _seat: &wl_seat::WlSeat,
+             _serial: u32) {
+    }
+    fn resize(&mut self, _evlh: &mut EventLoopHandle,
+              _surface: ToplevelSurface<SurfaceData, Roles, SurfaceHandler, ()>, _seat: &wl_seat::WlSeat,
+              _serial: u32, _edges: zxdg_toplevel_v6::ResizeEdge) {
+    }
+    fn grab(&mut self, _evlh: &mut EventLoopHandle,
+            _surface: PopupSurface<SurfaceData, Roles, SurfaceHandler, ()>, _seat: &wl_seat::WlSeat,
+            _serial: u32) {
+    }
+    fn change_display_state(&mut self, _evlh: &mut EventLoopHandle,
+                            _surface: ToplevelSurface<SurfaceData, Roles, SurfaceHandler, ()>,
+                            _maximized: Option<bool>, _minimized: Option<bool>, _fullscreen: Option<bool>,
+                            _output: Option<&wl_output::WlOutput>)
+                            -> ToplevelConfigure {
+        ToplevelConfigure {
+            size: None,
+            states: vec![],
+            serial: 42,
+        }
+    }
+    fn show_window_menu(&mut self, _evlh: &mut EventLoopHandle,
+                        _surface: ToplevelSurface<SurfaceData, Roles, SurfaceHandler, ()>,
+                        _seat: &wl_seat::WlSeat, _serial: u32, _x: i32, _y: i32) {
+    }
+}
+
+
+type MyCompositorHandler = CompositorHandler<SurfaceData, Roles, SurfaceHandler>;
+type MyShellHandler = ShellHandler<SurfaceData, Roles, SurfaceHandler, ShellSurfaceHandler, ()>;
+
+fn main() {
+    // A logger facility, here we use the terminal for this example
+    let log = Logger::root(
+        slog_async::Async::default(slog_term::term_full().fuse()).fuse(),
+        o!(),
+    );
+
+    // Initialize the wayland server
+    let (mut display, mut event_loop) = wayland_server::create_display();
+
+    // "Find" a suitable drm device
+    let mut options = OpenOptions::new();
+    options.read(true);
+    options.write(true);
+    let mut device =
+        DrmDevice::new_from_file(options.clone().open("/dev/dri/card0").unwrap(), log.clone()).unwrap();
+
+    // Get a set of all modesetting resource handles (excluding planes):
+    let res_handles = device.resource_handles().unwrap();
+
+    // Use first connected connector
+    let connector_info = res_handles
+        .connectors()
+        .iter()
+        .map(|conn| {
+            ConnectorInfo::load_from_device(&device, *conn).unwrap()
+        })
+        .find(|conn| conn.connection_state() == ConnectorState::Connected)
+        .unwrap();
+
+    // Use the first crtc (should be successful in most cases)
+    let crtc = res_handles.crtcs()[0];
+
+    // Assuming we found a good connector and loaded the info into `connector_info`
+    let mode = connector_info.modes()[0]; // Use first mode (usually highest resoltion, but in reality you should filter and sort and check and match with other connectors, if you use more then one.)
+
+    // Initialize the hardware backends
+    let renderer = device
+        .create_backend(crtc, mode, vec![connector_info.handle()])
+        .unwrap();
+
+    /*
+     * Initialize wl_shm global
+     */
+    // Insert the ShmGlobal as a handler to your event loop
+    // Here, we specify tha the standard Argb8888 and Xrgb8888 is the only supported.
+    let shm_handler_id = event_loop.add_handler_with_init(ShmGlobal::new(vec![], log.clone()));
+    // Register this handler to advertise a wl_shm global of version 1
+    event_loop.register_global::<wl_shm::WlShm, ShmGlobal>(shm_handler_id, 1);
+    // retreive the token
+    let shm_token = {
+        let state = event_loop.state();
+        state.get_handler::<ShmGlobal>(shm_handler_id).get_token()
+    };
+
+
+    /*
+     * Initialize the compositor global
+     */
+    let compositor_handler_id = event_loop.add_handler_with_init(MyCompositorHandler::new(
+        SurfaceHandler {
+            shm_token: shm_token.clone(),
+        },
+        log.clone(),
+    ));
+    // register it to handle wl_compositor and wl_subcompositor
+    event_loop.register_global::<wl_compositor::WlCompositor, MyCompositorHandler>(compositor_handler_id, 4);
+    event_loop
+        .register_global::<wl_subcompositor::WlSubcompositor, MyCompositorHandler>(compositor_handler_id, 1);
+    // retrieve the tokens
+    let compositor_token = {
+        let state = event_loop.state();
+        state
+            .get_handler::<MyCompositorHandler>(compositor_handler_id)
+            .get_token()
+    };
+
+    /*
+     * Initialize the shell global
+     */
+    let shell_handler_id = event_loop.add_handler_with_init(MyShellHandler::new(
+        ShellSurfaceHandler::new(compositor_token),
+        compositor_token,
+        log.clone(),
+    ));
+    event_loop.register_global::<wl_shell::WlShell, MyShellHandler>(shell_handler_id, 1);
+    event_loop.register_global::<zxdg_shell_v6::ZxdgShellV6, MyShellHandler>(shell_handler_id, 1);
+
+
+    /*
+     * Initialize glium
+     */
+    let drawer = GliumDrawer::new(renderer.into_glium());
+    let mut frame = drawer.draw();
+    frame.clear_color(0.8, 0.8, 0.9, 1.0);
+    frame.finish().unwrap();
+
+    /*
+     * Add a listening socket:
+     */
+    let name = display.add_socket_auto().unwrap().into_string().unwrap();
+    println!("Listening on socket: {}", name);
+
+    device.set_handler(DrmHandlerImpl {
+        drawer: drawer,
+        shell_handler_id,
+        compositor_token,
+        logger: log,
+    });
+
+    let fd = device.as_raw_fd();
+    let drm_device_id = event_loop.add_handler(device);
+    let _drm_event_source = event_loop.add_fd_event_source::<DrmDevice<DrmHandlerImpl>>(fd, drm_device_id, READ);
+
+    event_loop.run().unwrap();
+}
+
+pub struct DrmHandlerImpl {
+    drawer: GliumDrawer<GliumGraphicsBackend<DrmBackend>>,
+    shell_handler_id: usize,
+    compositor_token: CompositorToken<SurfaceData, Roles, SurfaceHandler>,
+    logger: ::slog::Logger,
+}
+
+impl DrmHandler for DrmHandlerImpl {
+    fn ready(&mut self, evlh: &mut EventLoopHandle, _id: Id, _frame: u32, _duration: Duration) {
+        let mut frame = self.drawer.draw();
+        frame.clear_color(0.8, 0.8, 0.9, 1.0);
+        // redraw the frame, in a simple but inneficient way
+        {
+            let screen_dimensions = self.drawer.get_framebuffer_dimensions();
+            for toplevel_surface in unsafe {
+                evlh.get_handler_unchecked::<MyShellHandler>(self.shell_handler_id)
+                    .toplevel_surfaces()
+            } {
+                if let Some(wl_surface) = toplevel_surface.get_surface() {
+                    // this surface is a root of a subsurface tree that needs to be drawn
+                    let initial_place = self.compositor_token
+                        .with_surface_data(wl_surface, |data| data.user_data.location.unwrap_or((0, 0)));
+                    self.compositor_token
+                        .with_surface_tree(
+                            wl_surface,
+                            initial_place,
+                            |_surface, attributes, role, &(mut x, mut y)| {
+                                if let Some((ref contents, (w, h))) = attributes.user_data.buffer {
+                                    // there is actually something to draw !
+                                    if let Ok(subdata) = Role::<SubsurfaceRole>::data(role) {
+                                        x += subdata.x;
+                                        y += subdata.y;
+                                    }
+                                    self.drawer.render(
+                                        &mut frame,
+                                        contents,
+                                        (w, h),
+                                        (x, y),
+                                        screen_dimensions,
+                                    );
+                                    TraversalAction::DoChildren((x, y))
+                                } else {
+                                    // we are not display, so our children are neither
+                                    TraversalAction::SkipChildren
+                                }
+                            },
+                        )
+                        .unwrap();
+                }
+            }
+        }
+        frame.finish().unwrap();
+    }
+
+    fn error(&mut self, _evlh: &mut EventLoopHandle, error: IoError) {
+        error!(self.logger, "{:?}", error);
+    }
+}
--- a/examples/helpers/glium.rs
+++ b/examples/helpers/glium.rs
@ -2,6 +2,8 @@ use glium;
 use glium::Surface;
 use glium::index::PrimitiveType;

+use std::ops::Deref;
+
 #[derive(Copy, Clone)]
 struct Vertex {
    position: [f32; 2],
@ -10,18 +12,26 @@ struct Vertex {

 implement_vertex!(Vertex, position, tex_coords);

-pub struct GliumDrawer<'a, F: 'a> {
-    display: &'a F,
+pub struct GliumDrawer<F> {
+    display: F,
    vertex_buffer: glium::VertexBuffer<Vertex>,
    index_buffer: glium::IndexBuffer<u16>,
    program: glium::Program,
 }

-impl<'a, F: glium::backend::Facade + 'a> GliumDrawer<'a, F> {
-    pub fn new(display: &'a F) -> GliumDrawer<'a, F> {
+impl<F> Deref for GliumDrawer<F> {
+    type Target = F;
+
+    fn deref(&self) -> &F {
+        &self.display
+    }
+}
+
+impl<F: glium::backend::Facade> GliumDrawer<F> {
+    pub fn new(display: F) -> GliumDrawer<F> {
        // building the vertex buffer, which contains all the vertices that we will draw
        let vertex_buffer = glium::VertexBuffer::new(
-            display,
+            &display,
            &[
                Vertex {
                    position: [0.0, 0.0],
@ -44,10 +54,10 @@ impl<'a, F: glium::backend::Facade + 'a> GliumDrawer<'a, F> {

        // building the index buffer
        let index_buffer =
-            glium::IndexBuffer::new(display, PrimitiveType::TriangleStrip, &[1 as u16, 2, 0, 3]).unwrap();
+            glium::IndexBuffer::new(&display, PrimitiveType::TriangleStrip, &[1 as u16, 2, 0, 3]).unwrap();

        // compiling shaders and linking them together
-        let program = program!(display,
+        let program = program!(&display,
 			100 => {
 				vertex: "
 					#version 100
@ -84,15 +94,15 @@ impl<'a, F: glium::backend::Facade + 'a> GliumDrawer<'a, F> {
        }
    }

-    pub fn draw(&self, target: &mut glium::Frame, contents: &[u8], surface_dimensions: (u32, u32),
-                surface_location: (i32, i32), screen_size: (u32, u32)) {
+    pub fn render(&self, target: &mut glium::Frame, contents: &[u8], surface_dimensions: (u32, u32),
+                  surface_location: (i32, i32), screen_size: (u32, u32)) {
        let image = glium::texture::RawImage2d {
            data: contents.into(),
            width: surface_dimensions.0,
            height: surface_dimensions.1,
            format: glium::texture::ClientFormat::U8U8U8U8,
        };
-        let opengl_texture = glium::texture::Texture2d::new(self.display, image).unwrap();
+        let opengl_texture = glium::texture::Texture2d::new(&self.display, image).unwrap();

        let xscale = 2.0 * (surface_dimensions.0 as f32) / (screen_size.0 as f32);
        let yscale = -2.0 * (surface_dimensions.1 as f32) / (screen_size.1 as f32);
--- a/examples/simple.rs
+++ b/examples/simple.rs
@ -15,6 +15,8 @@ mod helpers;
 use glium::Surface;
 use helpers::{shell_implementation, surface_implementation, GliumDrawer};
 use slog::{Drain, Logger};
+use smithay::backend::graphics::egl::EGLGraphicsBackend;
+
 use smithay::backend::graphics::glium::IntoGlium;
 use smithay::backend::input::InputBackend;
 use smithay::backend::winit;
@ -55,9 +57,7 @@ fn main() {
    /*
     * Initialize glium
     */
-    let context = renderer.into_glium();
-
-    let drawer = GliumDrawer::new(&context);
+    let drawer = GliumDrawer::new(renderer.into_glium());

    /*
     * Add a listening socket:
@ -68,11 +68,11 @@ fn main() {
    loop {
        input.dispatch_new_events().unwrap();

-        let mut frame = context.draw();
+        let mut frame = drawer.draw();
        frame.clear(None, Some((0.8, 0.8, 0.9, 1.0)), false, None, None);
        // redraw the frame, in a simple but inneficient way
        {
-            let screen_dimensions = context.get_framebuffer_dimensions();
+            let screen_dimensions = drawer.get_framebuffer_dimensions();
            let state = event_loop.state();
            for toplevel_surface in state.get(&shell_state_token).toplevel_surfaces() {
                if let Some(wl_surface) = toplevel_surface.get_surface() {
@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ fn main() {
                                        x += subdata.x;
                                        y += subdata.y;
                                    }
-                                    drawer.draw(&mut frame, contents, (w, h), (x, y), screen_dimensions);
+                                    drawer.render(&mut frame, contents, (w, h), (x, y), screen_dimensions);
                                    TraversalAction::DoChildren((x, y))
                                } else {
                                    // we are not display, so our children are neither
--- a/src/backend/drm/backend.rs
+++ b/src/backend/drm/backend.rs
@ -0,0 +1,419 @@
+
+use super::{DrmError, ModeError};
+
+use super::devices;
+
+use backend::graphics::GraphicsBackend;
+use backend::graphics::egl::{EGLGraphicsBackend, EGLSurface, PixelFormat, SwapBuffersError};
+use drm::buffer::Buffer;
+use drm::control::{connector, crtc, framebuffer, Mode};
+use drm::control::ResourceInfo;
+
+use gbm::{BufferObject, BufferObjectFlags, Format as GbmFormat, Surface as GbmSurface, SurfaceBufferHandle};
+
+use image::{ImageBuffer, Rgba};
+
+use nix::c_void;
+
+use std::cell::{Cell, RefCell};
+use std::rc::Rc;
+
+pub struct DrmBackend(Rc<RefCell<DrmBackendInternal>>);
+
+impl DrmBackend {
+    pub(crate) fn new(drm: Rc<RefCell<DrmBackendInternal>>) -> DrmBackend {
+        DrmBackend(drm)
+    }
+}
+
+/*
+    Dependency graph
+    - drm
+        - gbm
+            - context
+            - gbm_surface
+                - egl_surface
+                - gbm_buffers
+            - cursor
+*/
+
+pub(crate) struct GbmTypes<'dev, 'context> {
+    cursor: BufferObject<'dev, ()>,
+    surface: Surface<'context>,
+}
+
+pub(crate) struct EGL<'gbm, 'context> {
+    surface: EGLSurface<'context, 'gbm, GbmSurface<'context, framebuffer::Info>>,
+    buffers: GbmBuffers<'gbm>,
+}
+
+pub(crate) struct GbmBuffers<'gbm> {
+    front_buffer: Cell<SurfaceBufferHandle<'gbm, framebuffer::Info>>,
+    next_buffer: Cell<Option<SurfaceBufferHandle<'gbm, framebuffer::Info>>>,
+}
+
+rental! {
+    mod graphics {
+        use drm::control::framebuffer;
+        use gbm::Surface as GbmSurface;
+        use std::rc::Rc;
+        use super::devices::{Context, Context_Borrow};
+        use super::GbmTypes;
+
+        #[rental]
+        pub(crate) struct Surface<'context> {
+            gbm: Box<GbmSurface<'context, framebuffer::Info>>,
+            egl: super::EGL<'gbm, 'context>,
+        }
+
+        #[rental]
+        pub(crate) struct Graphics {
+            #[subrental(arity = 3)]
+            context: Rc<Context>,
+            gbm: GbmTypes<'context_1, 'context_2>,
+        }
+    }
+}
+use self::graphics::{Graphics, Surface};
+
+#[derive(Debug, Clone, Copy, PartialEq, Eq)]
+pub struct Id(usize);
+
+impl Id {
+    pub(crate) fn raw(&self) -> usize {
+        self.0
+    }
+}
+
+pub(crate) struct DrmBackendInternal {
+    graphics: Graphics,
+    crtc: crtc::Handle,
+    mode: Mode,
+    connectors: Vec<connector::Handle>,
+    own_id: Id,
+    logger: ::slog::Logger,
+}
+
+impl DrmBackendInternal {
+    pub(crate) fn new<I, L>(context: Rc<devices::Context>, crtc: crtc::Handle, mode: Mode, connectors: I,
+                            own_id: usize, logger: L)
+                            -> Result<DrmBackendInternal, DrmError>
+    where
+        I: Into<Vec<connector::Handle>>,
+        L: Into<Option<::slog::Logger>>,
+    {
+        let log = ::slog_or_stdlog(logger).new(o!("smithay_module" => "backend_drm"));
+        info!(log, "Initializing a drm backend");
+
+        let connectors = connectors.into();
+
+        for connector in connectors.iter() {
+            if !connector::Info::load_from_device(context.head().head(), *connector)?
+                .modes()
+                .contains(&mode)
+            {
+                return Err(DrmError::Mode(ModeError::ModeNotSuitable));
+            }
+        }
+
+        let (w, h) = mode.size();
+
+        info!(log, "Drm Backend initialized");
+
+        Ok(DrmBackendInternal {
+            graphics: Graphics::try_new(context, |context| {
+                debug!(log, "GBM EGLContext initialized");
+
+                Ok(GbmTypes {
+                    cursor: {
+                        // Create an unused cursor buffer (we don't want an Option here)
+                        context.devices.gbm.create_buffer_object(
+                            1,
+                            1,
+                            GbmFormat::ARGB8888,
+                            &[BufferObjectFlags::Cursor, BufferObjectFlags::Write],
+                        )?
+                    },
+                    surface: Surface::try_new(
+                        Box::new(context.devices.gbm.create_surface(
+                            w as u32,
+                            h as u32,
+                            GbmFormat::XRGB8888,
+                            &[BufferObjectFlags::Scanout, BufferObjectFlags::Rendering],
+                        )?),
+                        |surface| {
+                            let egl_surface = context.egl.create_surface(&surface)?;
+                            unsafe { egl_surface.make_current()? };
+                            egl_surface.swap_buffers()?;
+
+                            let mut front_bo = surface.lock_front_buffer()?;
+                            debug!(log, "FrontBuffer color format: {:?}", front_bo.format());
+                            let fb = framebuffer::create(context.devices.drm, &*front_bo)?;
+                            crtc::set(
+                                context.devices.drm,
+                                crtc,
+                                fb.handle(),
+                                &connectors,
+                                (0, 0),
+                                Some(mode),
+                            )?;
+                            front_bo.set_userdata(fb);
+
+                            Ok(EGL {
+                                surface: egl_surface,
+                                buffers: GbmBuffers {
+                                    front_buffer: Cell::new(front_bo),
+                                    next_buffer: Cell::new(None),
+                                },
+                            })
+                        },
+                    ).map_err(DrmError::from)?,
+                })
+            })?,
+            crtc,
+            mode,
+            connectors,
+            own_id: Id(own_id),
+            logger: log.clone(),
+        })
+    }
+
+    pub(crate) fn unlock_buffer(&self) {
+        self.graphics.rent(|gbm| {
+            gbm.surface.rent(|egl| {
+                let next_bo = egl.buffers.next_buffer.replace(None);
+
+                if let Some(next_buffer) = next_bo {
+                    egl.buffers.front_buffer.set(next_buffer);
+                // drop and release the old buffer
+                } else {
+                    unreachable!();
+                }
+            })
+        });
+    }
+}
+
+impl DrmBackend {
+    pub fn add_connector(&mut self, connector: connector::Handle) -> Result<(), ModeError> {
+        let info =
+            connector::Info::load_from_device(self.0.borrow().graphics.head().head().head(), connector)
+                .map_err(|err| ModeError::FailedToLoad(err))?;
+        let mut internal = self.0.borrow_mut();
+        if info.modes().contains(&internal.mode) {
+            internal.connectors.push(connector);
+            Ok(())
+        } else {
+            Err(ModeError::ModeNotSuitable)
+        }
+    }
+
+    pub fn used_connectors(&self) -> Vec<connector::Handle> {
+        self.0.borrow().connectors.clone()
+    }
+
+    pub fn remove_connector(&mut self, connector: connector::Handle) {
+        self.0.borrow_mut().connectors.retain(|x| *x != connector);
+    }
+
+    pub fn use_mode(&mut self, mode: Mode) -> Result<(), DrmError> {
+        for connector in self.0.borrow().connectors.iter() {
+            if !connector::Info::load_from_device(self.0.borrow().graphics.head().head().head(), *connector)?
+                .modes()
+                .contains(&mode)
+            {
+                return Err(DrmError::Mode(ModeError::ModeNotSuitable));
+            }
+        }
+
+        let crtc = self.0.borrow().crtc;
+        let mut internal = self.0.borrow_mut();
+        let connectors = internal.connectors.clone();
+        let logger = internal.logger.clone();
+
+        let (w, h) = mode.size();
+
+        internal
+            .graphics
+            .rent_all_mut(|graphics| -> Result<(), DrmError> {
+                graphics.gbm.surface = Surface::try_new(
+                    Box::new(graphics.context.devices.gbm.create_surface(
+                        w as u32,
+                        h as u32,
+                        GbmFormat::XRGB8888,
+                        &[BufferObjectFlags::Scanout, BufferObjectFlags::Rendering],
+                    )?),
+                    |surface| {
+                        let egl_surface = graphics.context.egl.create_surface(&surface)?;
+                        unsafe { egl_surface.make_current()? };
+                        egl_surface.swap_buffers()?;
+
+                        let mut front_bo = surface.lock_front_buffer()?;
+                        debug!(logger, "FrontBuffer color format: {:?}", front_bo.format());
+                        let fb = framebuffer::create(graphics.context.devices.drm, &*front_bo)?;
+                        crtc::set(
+                            graphics.context.devices.drm,
+                            crtc,
+                            fb.handle(),
+                            &connectors,
+                            (0, 0),
+                            Some(mode),
+                        )?;
+                        front_bo.set_userdata(fb);
+
+                        Ok(EGL {
+                            surface: egl_surface,
+                            buffers: GbmBuffers {
+                                front_buffer: Cell::new(front_bo),
+                                next_buffer: Cell::new(None),
+                            },
+                        })
+                    },
+                )?;
+
+                Ok(())
+            })?;
+
+        internal.mode = mode;
+        Ok(())
+    }
+
+    pub fn is(&self, id: Id) -> bool {
+        self.0.borrow().own_id == id
+    }
+}
+
+impl GraphicsBackend for DrmBackend {
+    type CursorFormat = ImageBuffer<Rgba<u8>, Vec<u8>>;
+    type Error = DrmError;
+
+    fn set_cursor_position(&self, x: u32, y: u32) -> Result<(), DrmError> {
+        crtc::move_cursor(
+            self.0.borrow().graphics.head().head().head(),
+            self.0.borrow().crtc,
+            (x as i32, y as i32),
+        ).map_err(DrmError::from)
+    }
+
+    fn set_cursor_representation(&self, buffer: ImageBuffer<Rgba<u8>, Vec<u8>>, hotspot: (u32, u32))
+                                 -> Result<(), DrmError> {
+        let (w, h) = buffer.dimensions();
+        self.0
+            .borrow_mut()
+            .graphics
+            .rent_all_mut(|graphics| -> Result<(), DrmError> {
+                graphics.gbm.cursor = {
+                    let mut cursor = graphics.context.devices.gbm.create_buffer_object(
+                        w,
+                        h,
+                        GbmFormat::ARGB8888,
+                        &[BufferObjectFlags::Cursor, BufferObjectFlags::Write],
+                    )?;
+                    cursor.write(&*buffer.into_raw())?;
+                    cursor
+                };
+                Ok(())
+            })?;
+
+        if crtc::set_cursor2(
+            self.0.borrow().graphics.head().head().head(),
+            self.0.borrow().crtc,
+            self.0
+                .borrow()
+                .graphics
+                .rent(|gbm| Buffer::handle(&gbm.cursor)),
+            (w, h),
+            (hotspot.0 as i32, hotspot.1 as i32),
+        ).is_err()
+        {
+            crtc::set_cursor(
+                self.0.borrow().graphics.head().head().head(),
+                self.0.borrow().crtc,
+                self.0
+                    .borrow()
+                    .graphics
+                    .rent(|gbm| Buffer::handle(&gbm.cursor)),
+                (w, h),
+            ).map_err(DrmError::from)
+        } else {
+            Ok(())
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+impl EGLGraphicsBackend for DrmBackend {
+    fn swap_buffers(&self) -> Result<(), SwapBuffersError> {
+        self.0.borrow().graphics.rent_all(|graphics| {
+            // We cannot call lock_front_buffer anymore without releasing the previous buffer, which will happen when the page flip is done
+            if graphics.gbm.surface.rent(|egl| {
+                let next = egl.buffers.next_buffer.take();
+                let res = next.is_some();
+                egl.buffers.next_buffer.set(next);
+                res
+            }) {
+                return Err(SwapBuffersError::AlreadySwapped);
+            }
+
+            graphics.gbm.surface.rent(|egl| egl.surface.swap_buffers())?;
+
+            graphics.gbm.surface.rent_all(|surface| {
+                // supporting this would cause a lot of inconvinience and
+                // would most likely result in a lot of flickering.
+                // neither weston, wlc or wlroots bother with that as well.
+                let mut next_bo = surface.gbm.lock_front_buffer().expect("Surface only has one front buffer. Not supported by smithay");
+
+                let maybe_fb = next_bo.userdata().cloned();
+                let fb = if let Some(info) = maybe_fb {
+                    info
+                } else {
+                    let fb = framebuffer::create(graphics.context.devices.drm, &*next_bo).map_err(|_| SwapBuffersError::ContextLost)?;
+                    next_bo.set_userdata(fb);
+                    fb
+                };
+                surface.egl.buffers.next_buffer.set(Some(next_bo));
+
+                trace!(self.0.borrow().logger, "Page flip queued");
+
+                let id: Id = self.0.borrow().own_id;
+
+                crtc::page_flip(graphics.context.devices.drm, self.0.borrow().crtc, fb.handle(), &[crtc::PageFlipFlags::PageFlipEvent], id).map_err(|_| SwapBuffersError::ContextLost)
+            })
+        })
+    }
+
+    unsafe fn get_proc_address(&self, symbol: &str) -> *const c_void {
+        self.0
+            .borrow()
+            .graphics
+            .head()
+            .rent(|context| context.get_proc_address(symbol))
+    }
+
+    fn get_framebuffer_dimensions(&self) -> (u32, u32) {
+        let (w, h) = self.0.borrow().mode.size();
+        (w as u32, h as u32)
+    }
+
+    fn is_current(&self) -> bool {
+        self.0
+            .borrow()
+            .graphics
+            .head()
+            .rent(|context| context.is_current())
+    }
+
+    unsafe fn make_current(&self) -> Result<(), SwapBuffersError> {
+        self.0
+            .borrow()
+            .graphics
+            .rent(|gbm| gbm.surface.rent(|egl| egl.surface.make_current()))
+    }
+
+    fn get_pixel_format(&self) -> PixelFormat {
+        self.0
+            .borrow()
+            .graphics
+            .head()
+            .rent(|context| context.get_pixel_format())
+    }
+}
--- a/src/backend/drm/error.rs
+++ b/src/backend/drm/error.rs
@ -0,0 +1,131 @@
+
+
+use backend::graphics::egl::{CreationError, SwapBuffersError};
+use drm::result::Error as DrmError;
+use gbm::FrontBufferError;
+use rental::TryNewError;
+
+use std::error::{self, Error as ErrorTrait};
+use std::fmt;
+use std::io::Error as IoError;
+
+#[derive(Debug)]
+pub enum Error {
+    Drm(DrmError),
+    EGLCreation(CreationError),
+    EGLSwap(SwapBuffersError),
+    Gbm(FrontBufferError),
+    Io(IoError),
+    Mode(ModeError),
+}
+
+impl fmt::Display for Error {
+    fn fmt(&self, f: &mut fmt::Formatter) -> fmt::Result {
+        write!(
+            f,
+            "DrmBackend error: {}",
+            match self {
+                &Error::Drm(ref x) => x as &error::Error,
+                &Error::EGLCreation(ref x) => x as &error::Error,
+                &Error::EGLSwap(ref x) => x as &error::Error,
+                &Error::Gbm(ref x) => x as &error::Error,
+                &Error::Io(ref x) => x as &error::Error,
+                &Error::Mode(ref x) => x as &error::Error,
+            }
+        )
+    }
+}
+
+impl error::Error for Error {
+    fn description(&self) -> &str {
+        "DrmBackend error"
+    }
+
+    fn cause(&self) -> Option<&error::Error> {
+        match self {
+            &Error::Drm(ref x) => Some(x as &error::Error),
+            &Error::EGLCreation(ref x) => Some(x as &error::Error),
+            &Error::EGLSwap(ref x) => Some(x as &error::Error),
+            &Error::Gbm(ref x) => Some(x as &error::Error),
+            &Error::Io(ref x) => Some(x as &error::Error),
+            &Error::Mode(ref x) => Some(x as &error::Error),
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+impl From<DrmError> for Error {
+    fn from(err: DrmError) -> Error {
+        Error::Drm(err)
+    }
+}
+
+impl From<CreationError> for Error {
+    fn from(err: CreationError) -> Error {
+        Error::EGLCreation(err)
+    }
+}
+
+impl From<SwapBuffersError> for Error {
+    fn from(err: SwapBuffersError) -> Error {
+        Error::EGLSwap(err)
+    }
+}
+
+impl From<FrontBufferError> for Error {
+    fn from(err: FrontBufferError) -> Error {
+        Error::Gbm(err)
+    }
+}
+
+impl From<IoError> for Error {
+    fn from(err: IoError) -> Error {
+        Error::Io(err)
+    }
+}
+
+impl From<ModeError> for Error {
+    fn from(err: ModeError) -> Error {
+        match err {
+            err @ ModeError::ModeNotSuitable => Error::Mode(err),
+            ModeError::FailedToLoad(err) => Error::Drm(err),
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+impl<H> From<TryNewError<Error, H>> for Error {
+    fn from(err: TryNewError<Error, H>) -> Error {
+        err.0
+    }
+}
+
+#[derive(Debug)]
+pub enum ModeError {
+    ModeNotSuitable,
+    FailedToLoad(DrmError),
+}
+
+impl fmt::Display for ModeError {
+    fn fmt(&self, f: &mut fmt::Formatter) -> fmt::Result {
+        write!(f, "{}", self.description())?;
+        if let Some(cause) = self.cause() {
+            write!(f, "\tCause: {}", cause)?;
+        }
+        Ok(())
+    }
+}
+
+impl error::Error for ModeError {
+    fn description(&self) -> &str {
+        match self {
+            &ModeError::ModeNotSuitable => "Mode does not match all attached connectors",
+            &ModeError::FailedToLoad(_) => "Failed to load mode information from device",
+        }
+    }
+
+    fn cause(&self) -> Option<&error::Error> {
+        match self {
+            &ModeError::FailedToLoad(ref err) => Some(err as &error::Error),
+            _ => None,
+        }
+    }
+}
--- a/src/backend/drm/mod.rs
+++ b/src/backend/drm/mod.rs
@ -0,0 +1,273 @@
+
+
+use backend::graphics::egl::{EGLContext, GlAttributes, PixelFormatRequirements};
+use drm::Device as BasicDevice;
+use drm::control::{connector, crtc, Mode};
+use drm::control::Device as ControlDevice;
+
+use gbm::Device as GbmDevice;
+
+use nix;
+
+use std::cell::RefCell;
+use std::fs::File;
+use std::io::Error as IoError;
+use std::os::unix::io::{AsRawFd, RawFd};
+use std::rc::{Rc, Weak};
+use std::time::Duration;
+
+use wayland_server::{EventLoopHandle};
+use wayland_server::sources::{FdEventSourceHandler, FdInterest};
+
+mod backend;
+mod error;
+
+pub use self::backend::{DrmBackend, Id};
+use self::backend::DrmBackendInternal;
+pub use self::error::{Error as DrmError, ModeError};
+
+#[derive(Debug)]
+pub(crate) struct DrmDev(File);
+
+impl AsRawFd for DrmDev {
+    fn as_raw_fd(&self) -> RawFd {
+        self.0.as_raw_fd()
+    }
+}
+impl BasicDevice for DrmDev {}
+impl ControlDevice for DrmDev {}
+
+impl DrmDev {
+    unsafe fn new_from_fd(fd: RawFd) -> Self {
+        use std::os::unix::io::FromRawFd;
+        DrmDev(File::from_raw_fd(fd))
+    }
+
+    fn new_from_file(file: File) -> Self {
+        DrmDev(file)
+    }
+}
+
+rental! {
+    mod devices {
+        use drm::control::framebuffer;
+        use gbm::{Device as GbmDevice, Surface as GbmSurface};
+
+        use ::backend::graphics::egl::EGLContext;
+        use super::DrmDev;
+
+        #[rental]
+        pub(crate) struct Context {
+            #[subrental(arity = 2)]
+            devices: Box<Devices>,
+            egl: EGLContext<'devices_1, GbmSurface<'devices_1, framebuffer::Info>>,
+        }
+
+        #[rental]
+        pub(crate) struct Devices {
+            drm: Box<DrmDev>,
+            gbm: GbmDevice<'drm>,
+        }
+    }
+}
+use self::devices::{Context, Devices};
+
+
+// odd naming, but makes sense for the user
+pub struct DrmDevice<H: DrmHandler + 'static> {
+    context: Rc<Context>,
+    backends: Vec<Weak<RefCell<DrmBackendInternal>>>,
+    handler: Option<H>,
+    logger: ::slog::Logger,
+}
+
+impl<H: DrmHandler + 'static> DrmDevice<H> {
+    pub unsafe fn new_from_fd<L>(fd: RawFd, logger: L) -> Result<Self, DrmError>
+    where
+        L: Into<Option<::slog::Logger>>,
+    {
+        DrmDevice::new(
+            DrmDev::new_from_fd(fd),
+            GlAttributes {
+                version: None,
+                profile: None,
+                debug: cfg!(debug_assertions),
+                vsync: true,
+            },
+            logger,
+        )
+    }
+
+    pub unsafe fn new_from_fd_with_gl_attr<L>(fd: RawFd, attributes: GlAttributes, logger: L)
+        -> Result<Self, DrmError>
+    where
+        L: Into<Option<::slog::Logger>>,
+    {
+        DrmDevice::new(DrmDev::new_from_fd(fd), attributes, logger)
+    }
+
+    pub fn new_from_file<L>(file: File, logger: L) -> Result<Self, DrmError>
+    where
+        L: Into<Option<::slog::Logger>>,
+    {
+        DrmDevice::new(
+            DrmDev::new_from_file(file),
+            GlAttributes {
+                version: None,
+                profile: None,
+                debug: cfg!(debug_assertions),
+                vsync: true,
+            },
+            logger,
+        )
+    }
+
+    pub fn new_from_file_with_gl_attr<L>(file: File, attributes: GlAttributes, logger: L)
+                                         -> Result<Self, DrmError>
+    where
+        L: Into<Option<::slog::Logger>>,
+    {
+        DrmDevice::new(DrmDev::new_from_file(file), attributes, logger)
+    }
+
+    fn new<L>(drm: DrmDev, attributes: GlAttributes, logger: L) -> Result<Self, DrmError>
+    where
+        L: Into<Option<::slog::Logger>>,
+    {
+        let log = ::slog_or_stdlog(logger).new(o!("smithay_module" => "backend_drm", "drm" => "device"));
+
+        /* GBM will load a dri driver, but even though they need symbols from
+         * libglapi, in some version of Mesa they are not linked to it. Since
+         * only the gl-renderer module links to it,  these symbols won't be globally available,
+         * and loading the DRI driver fails.
+         * Workaround this by dlopen()'ing libglapi with RTLD_GLOBAL.
+         */
+        unsafe {
+            nix::libc::dlopen(
+                "libglapi.so.0".as_ptr() as *const _,
+                nix::libc::RTLD_LAZY | nix::libc::RTLD_GLOBAL,
+            );
+        }
+
+        Ok(DrmDevice {
+            context: Rc::new(Context::try_new(
+                Box::new(Devices::try_new(Box::new(drm), |drm| {
+                    GbmDevice::new_from_drm::<DrmDevice<H>>(drm).map_err(DrmError::from)
+                })?),
+                |devices| {
+                    EGLContext::new_from_gbm(
+                        devices.gbm,
+                        attributes,
+                        PixelFormatRequirements {
+                            hardware_accelerated: Some(true),
+                            color_bits: Some(24),
+                            alpha_bits: Some(8),
+                            ..Default::default()
+                        },
+                        log.clone(),
+                    ).map_err(DrmError::from)
+                },
+            )?),
+            backends: Vec::new(),
+            handler: None,
+            logger: log,
+        })
+    }
+
+    pub fn create_backend<I>(&mut self, crtc: crtc::Handle, mode: Mode, connectors: I)
+                             -> Result<DrmBackend, DrmError>
+    where
+        I: Into<Vec<connector::Handle>>,
+    {
+        let logger = self.logger
+            .new(o!("drm" => "backend", "crtc" => format!("{:?}", crtc)));
+        let own_id = self.backends.len();
+
+        let backend = Rc::new(RefCell::new(DrmBackendInternal::new(
+            self.context.clone(),
+            crtc,
+            mode,
+            connectors,
+            own_id,
+            logger,
+        )?));
+
+        self.backends.push(Rc::downgrade(&backend));
+
+        Ok(DrmBackend::new(backend))
+    }
+
+    pub fn set_handler(&mut self, handler: H) -> Option<H> {
+        let res = self.handler.take();
+        self.handler = Some(handler);
+        res
+    }
+
+    pub fn clear_handler(&mut self) -> Option<H> {
+        self.handler.take()
+    }
+}
+
+// for users convinience
+impl<H: DrmHandler + 'static> AsRawFd for DrmDevice<H> {
+    fn as_raw_fd(&self) -> RawFd {
+        self.context.head().head().as_raw_fd()
+    }
+}
+impl<H: DrmHandler + 'static> BasicDevice for DrmDevice<H> {}
+impl<H: DrmHandler + 'static> ControlDevice for DrmDevice<H> {}
+
+pub trait DrmHandler {
+    fn ready(&mut self, evlh: &mut EventLoopHandle, id: Id, frame: u32, duration: Duration);
+    fn error(&mut self, evlh: &mut EventLoopHandle, error: IoError);
+}
+
+impl<H: DrmHandler + 'static> FdEventSourceHandler for DrmDevice<H> {
+    fn ready(&mut self, evlh: &mut EventLoopHandle, fd: RawFd, _mask: FdInterest) {
+        use std::any::Any;
+
+        struct DrmDeviceRef(RawFd);
+        impl AsRawFd for DrmDeviceRef {
+            fn as_raw_fd(&self) -> RawFd {
+                self.0
+            }
+        }
+        impl BasicDevice for DrmDeviceRef {}
+        impl ControlDevice for DrmDeviceRef {}
+
+        struct PageFlipHandler<'a, 'b, H: DrmHandler + 'static>(
+            &'a mut DrmDevice<H>,
+            &'b mut EventLoopHandle,
+        );
+
+        impl<'a, 'b, H: DrmHandler + 'static> crtc::PageFlipHandler<DrmDeviceRef> for PageFlipHandler<'a, 'b, H> {
+            fn handle_event(&mut self, _device: &DrmDeviceRef, frame: u32, duration: Duration,
+                            userdata: Box<Any>) {
+                let id: Id = *userdata.downcast().unwrap();
+                if let Some(backend) = self.0.backends[id.raw()].upgrade() {
+                    backend.borrow().unlock_buffer();
+                    if let Some(handler) = self.0.handler.as_mut() {
+                        handler.ready(self.1, id, frame, duration);
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+        }
+
+        crtc::handle_event(
+            &DrmDeviceRef(fd),
+            2,
+            None::<&mut ()>,
+            Some(&mut PageFlipHandler(
+                self,
+                evlh,
+            )),
+            None::<&mut ()>,
+        ).unwrap();
+    }
+
+    fn error(&mut self, evlh: &mut EventLoopHandle, _fd: RawFd, error: IoError) {
+        if let Some(handler) = self.handler.as_mut() {
+            handler.error(evlh, error)
+        }
+    }
+}
--- a/src/backend/graphics/egl.rs
+++ b/src/backend/graphics/egl.rs
@ -7,19 +7,29 @@
 /// (see https://github.com/tomaka/glutin/tree/044e651edf67a2029eecc650dd42546af1501414/LICENSE)

 use super::GraphicsBackend;
+#[cfg(feature = "backend_drm")]
+use gbm::{AsRaw, Device as GbmDevice, Surface as GbmSurface};

 use libloading::Library;
 use nix::{c_int, c_void};
 use slog;
-use std::error::{self, Error};

+use std::error::{self, Error};
 use std::ffi::{CStr, CString};
 use std::fmt;
 use std::io;
+use std::marker::PhantomData;
 use std::mem;
-use std::ops::Deref;
+use std::ops::{Deref, DerefMut};
 use std::ptr;

+#[cfg(feature = "backend_winit")]
+use wayland_client::egl as wegl;
+#[cfg(feature = "backend_winit")]
+use winit::Window as WinitWindow;
+#[cfg(feature = "backend_winit")]
+use winit::os::unix::WindowExt;
+
 #[allow(non_camel_case_types, dead_code)]
 mod ffi {
    use nix::c_void;
@ -46,7 +56,7 @@ mod ffi {
 /// Native types to create an `EGLContext` from.
 /// Currently supported providers are X11, Wayland and GBM.
 #[derive(Clone, Copy)]
-pub enum NativeDisplay {
+enum NativeDisplayPtr {
    /// X11 Display to create an `EGLContext` upon.
    X11(ffi::NativeDisplayType),
    /// Wayland Display to create an `EGLContext` upon.
@ -58,7 +68,7 @@ pub enum NativeDisplay {
 /// Native types to create an `EGLSurface` from.
 /// Currently supported providers are X11, Wayland and GBM.
 #[derive(Clone, Copy)]
-pub enum NativeSurface {
+pub enum NativeSurfacePtr {
    /// X11 Window to create an `EGLSurface` upon.
    X11(ffi::NativeWindowType),
    /// Wayland Surface to create an `EGLSurface` upon.
@ -68,7 +78,7 @@ pub enum NativeSurface {
 }

 #[derive(Clone, Copy, PartialEq)]
-enum NativeType {
+pub enum NativeType {
    X11,
    Wayland,
    Gbm,
@ -135,8 +145,61 @@ impl error::Error for CreationError {
    }
 }

+pub unsafe trait NativeSurface {
+    type Keep: 'static;
+
+    fn surface(&self, backend: NativeType) -> Result<(NativeSurfacePtr, Self::Keep), CreationError>;
+}
+
+#[cfg(feature = "backend_winit")]
+unsafe impl NativeSurface for WinitWindow {
+    type Keep = Option<wegl::WlEglSurface>;
+
+    fn surface(&self, backend_type: NativeType)
+               -> Result<(NativeSurfacePtr, Option<wegl::WlEglSurface>), CreationError> {
+        match backend_type {
+            NativeType::X11 => if let Some(window) = self.get_xlib_window() {
+                Ok((NativeSurfacePtr::X11(window), None))
+            } else {
+                return Err(CreationError::NonMatchingSurfaceType);
+            },
+            NativeType::Wayland => if let Some(surface) = self.get_wayland_surface() {
+                let (w, h) = self.get_inner_size().unwrap();
+                let egl_surface =
+                    unsafe { wegl::WlEglSurface::new_from_raw(surface as *mut _, w as i32, h as i32) };
+                Ok((
+                    NativeSurfacePtr::Wayland(egl_surface.ptr() as *const _),
+                    Some(egl_surface),
+                ))
+            } else {
+                return Err(CreationError::NonMatchingSurfaceType);
+            },
+            _ => Err(CreationError::NonMatchingSurfaceType),
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+#[cfg(feature = "backend_drm")]
+unsafe impl<'a, T: 'static> NativeSurface for GbmSurface<'a, T> {
+    type Keep = ();
+
+    fn surface(&self, backend: NativeType) -> Result<(NativeSurfacePtr, Self::Keep), CreationError> {
+        match backend {
+            NativeType::Gbm => Ok((NativeSurfacePtr::Gbm(self.as_raw() as *const _), ())),
+            _ => Err(CreationError::NonMatchingSurfaceType),
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+unsafe impl NativeSurface for () {
+    type Keep = ();
+    fn surface(&self, _backend: NativeType) -> Result<(NativeSurfacePtr, ()), CreationError> {
+        Err(CreationError::NotSupported)
+    }
+}
+
 /// EGL context for rendering
-pub struct EGLContext {
+pub struct EGLContext<'a, T: NativeSurface> {
    _lib: Library,
    context: ffi::egl::types::EGLContext,
    display: ffi::egl::types::EGLDisplay,
@ -146,38 +209,67 @@ pub struct EGLContext {
    pixel_format: PixelFormat,
    backend_type: NativeType,
    logger: slog::Logger,
+    _lifetime: PhantomData<&'a ()>,
+    _type: PhantomData<T>,
 }

-/// EGL surface of a given egl context for rendering
-pub struct EGLSurface<'a> {
-    context: &'a EGLContext,
-    surface: ffi::egl::types::EGLSurface,
-}
-
-impl<'a> Deref for EGLSurface<'a> {
-    type Target = EGLContext;
-    fn deref(&self) -> &Self::Target {
-        self.context
-    }
-}
-
-impl EGLContext {
-    /// Create a new EGL context
-    ///
-    /// # Unsafety
-    ///
-    /// This method is marked unsafe, because the contents of `NativeDisplay` cannot be verified and may
-    /// contain dangling pointers or similar unsafe content
-    pub unsafe fn new<L>(native: NativeDisplay, mut attributes: GlAttributes, reqs: PixelFormatRequirements,
-                         logger: L)
-                         -> Result<EGLContext, CreationError>
+impl<'a> EGLContext<'a, ()> {
+    #[cfg(feature = "backend_winit")]
+    pub fn new_from_winit<L>(window: &'a WinitWindow, attributes: GlAttributes,
+                             reqs: PixelFormatRequirements, logger: L)
+                             -> Result<EGLContext<'a, WinitWindow>, CreationError>
    where
        L: Into<Option<::slog::Logger>>,
    {
-        let logger = logger.into();
-        let log = ::slog_or_stdlog(logger.clone()).new(o!("smithay_module" => "renderer_egl"));
-        trace!(log, "Loading libEGL");
+        let log = ::slog_or_stdlog(logger.into()).new(o!("smithay_module" => "renderer_egl"));
+        info!(log, "Initializing from winit window");

+        unsafe {
+            EGLContext::new(
+                if let Some(display) = window.get_xlib_display() {
+                    debug!(log, "Window is backed by X11");
+                    NativeDisplayPtr::X11(display)
+                } else if let Some(display) = window.get_wayland_display() {
+                    debug!(log, "Window is backed by Wayland");
+                    NativeDisplayPtr::Wayland(display)
+                } else {
+                    error!(log, "Window is backed by an unsupported graphics framework");
+                    return Err(CreationError::NotSupported);
+                },
+                attributes,
+                reqs,
+                log,
+            )
+        }
+    }
+
+    #[cfg(feature = "backend_drm")]
+    pub fn new_from_gbm<L, U: 'static>(gbm: &'a GbmDevice<'a>, attributes: GlAttributes,
+                                       reqs: PixelFormatRequirements, logger: L)
+                                       -> Result<EGLContext<'a, GbmSurface<'a, U>>, CreationError>
+    where
+        L: Into<Option<::slog::Logger>>,
+    {
+        let log = ::slog_or_stdlog(logger.into()).new(o!("smithay_module" => "renderer_egl"));
+        info!(log, "Initializing from gbm device");
+        unsafe {
+            EGLContext::new(
+                NativeDisplayPtr::Gbm(gbm.as_raw() as *const _),
+                attributes,
+                reqs,
+                log,
+            )
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+impl<'a, T: NativeSurface> EGLContext<'a, T> {
+    unsafe fn new(native: NativeDisplayPtr, mut attributes: GlAttributes, reqs: PixelFormatRequirements,
+                  log: ::slog::Logger)
+                  -> Result<EGLContext<'a, T>, CreationError>
+    where
+        T: NativeSurface,
+    {
        // If no version is given, try OpenGLES 3.0, if available,
        // fallback to 2.0 otherwise
        let version = match attributes.version {
@ -186,13 +278,13 @@ impl EGLContext {
            None => {
                debug!(log, "Trying to initialize EGL with OpenGLES 3.0");
                attributes.version = Some((3, 0));
-                match EGLContext::new(native, attributes, reqs, logger.clone()) {
+                match EGLContext::new(native, attributes, reqs, log.clone()) {
                    Ok(x) => return Ok(x),
                    Err(err) => {
                        warn!(log, "EGL OpenGLES 3.0 Initialization failed with {}", err);
                        debug!(log, "Trying to initialize EGL with OpenGLES 2.0");
                        attributes.version = Some((2, 0));
-                        return EGLContext::new(native, attributes, reqs, logger);
+                        return EGLContext::new(native, attributes, reqs, log);
                    }
                }
            }
@ -213,6 +305,7 @@ impl EGLContext {
            }
        };

+        trace!(log, "Loading libEGL");
        let lib = Library::new("libEGL.so.1")?;
        let egl = ffi::egl::Egl::load_with(|sym| {
            let name = CString::new(sym).unwrap();
@ -243,35 +336,42 @@ impl EGLContext {
        let has_dp_extension = |e: &str| dp_extensions.iter().any(|s| s == e);

        let display = match native {
-            NativeDisplay::X11(display)
+            NativeDisplayPtr::X11(display)
                if has_dp_extension("EGL_KHR_platform_x11") && egl.GetPlatformDisplay.is_loaded() =>
            {
                trace!(log, "EGL Display Initialization via EGL_KHR_platform_x11");
                egl.GetPlatformDisplay(ffi::egl::PLATFORM_X11_KHR, display as *mut _, ptr::null())
            }

-            NativeDisplay::X11(display)
+            NativeDisplayPtr::X11(display)
                if has_dp_extension("EGL_EXT_platform_x11") && egl.GetPlatformDisplayEXT.is_loaded() =>
            {
                trace!(log, "EGL Display Initialization via EGL_EXT_platform_x11");
                egl.GetPlatformDisplayEXT(ffi::egl::PLATFORM_X11_EXT, display as *mut _, ptr::null())
            }

-            NativeDisplay::Gbm(display)
+            NativeDisplayPtr::Gbm(display)
                if has_dp_extension("EGL_KHR_platform_gbm") && egl.GetPlatformDisplay.is_loaded() =>
            {
                trace!(log, "EGL Display Initialization via EGL_KHR_platform_gbm");
                egl.GetPlatformDisplay(ffi::egl::PLATFORM_GBM_KHR, display as *mut _, ptr::null())
            }

-            NativeDisplay::Gbm(display)
+            NativeDisplayPtr::Gbm(display)
                if has_dp_extension("EGL_MESA_platform_gbm") && egl.GetPlatformDisplayEXT.is_loaded() =>
            {
                trace!(log, "EGL Display Initialization via EGL_MESA_platform_gbm");
-                egl.GetPlatformDisplayEXT(ffi::egl::PLATFORM_GBM_KHR, display as *mut _, ptr::null())
+                egl.GetPlatformDisplayEXT(ffi::egl::PLATFORM_GBM_MESA, display as *mut _, ptr::null())
            }

-            NativeDisplay::Wayland(display)
+            NativeDisplayPtr::Gbm(display)
+                if has_dp_extension("EGL_MESA_platform_gbm") && egl.GetPlatformDisplay.is_loaded() =>
+            {
+                trace!(log, "EGL Display Initialization via EGL_MESA_platform_gbm");
+                egl.GetPlatformDisplay(ffi::egl::PLATFORM_GBM_MESA, display as *mut _, ptr::null())
+            }
+
+            NativeDisplayPtr::Wayland(display)
                if has_dp_extension("EGL_KHR_platform_wayland") && egl.GetPlatformDisplay.is_loaded() =>
            {
                trace!(
@ -285,7 +385,7 @@ impl EGLContext {
                )
            }

-            NativeDisplay::Wayland(display)
+            NativeDisplayPtr::Wayland(display)
                if has_dp_extension("EGL_EXT_platform_wayland") && egl.GetPlatformDisplayEXT.is_loaded() =>
            {
                trace!(
@ -299,12 +399,18 @@ impl EGLContext {
                )
            }

-            NativeDisplay::X11(display) | NativeDisplay::Gbm(display) | NativeDisplay::Wayland(display) => {
+            NativeDisplayPtr::X11(display) |
+            NativeDisplayPtr::Gbm(display) |
+            NativeDisplayPtr::Wayland(display) => {
                trace!(log, "Default EGL Display Initialization via GetDisplay");
                egl.GetDisplay(display as *mut _)
            }
        };

+        if display == ffi::egl::NO_DISPLAY {
+            error!(log, "EGL Display is not valid");
+        }
+
        let egl_version = {
            let mut major: ffi::egl::types::EGLint = mem::uninitialized();
            let mut minor: ffi::egl::types::EGLint = mem::uninitialized();
@ -583,11 +689,13 @@ impl EGLContext {
            surface_attributes: surface_attributes,
            pixel_format: desc,
            backend_type: match native {
-                NativeDisplay::X11(_) => NativeType::X11,
-                NativeDisplay::Wayland(_) => NativeType::Wayland,
-                NativeDisplay::Gbm(_) => NativeType::Gbm,
+                NativeDisplayPtr::X11(_) => NativeType::X11,
+                NativeDisplayPtr::Wayland(_) => NativeType::Wayland,
+                NativeDisplayPtr::Gbm(_) => NativeType::Gbm,
            },
            logger: log,
+            _lifetime: PhantomData,
+            _type: PhantomData,
        })
    }

@ -597,37 +705,37 @@ impl EGLContext {
    ///
    /// This method is marked unsafe, because the contents of `NativeSurface` cannot be verified and may
    /// contain dangling pointers or similar unsafe content
-    pub unsafe fn create_surface<'a>(&'a self, native: NativeSurface)
-                                     -> Result<EGLSurface<'a>, CreationError> {
+    pub fn create_surface<'b>(&'a self, native: &'b T) -> Result<EGLSurface<'a, 'b, T>, CreationError> {
        trace!(self.logger, "Creating EGL window surface...");

-        let surface = {
-            let surface = match (native, self.backend_type) {
-                (NativeSurface::X11(window), NativeType::X11) |
-                (NativeSurface::Wayland(window), NativeType::Wayland) |
-                (NativeSurface::Gbm(window), NativeType::Gbm) => self.egl.CreateWindowSurface(
-                    self.display,
-                    self.config_id,
-                    window,
-                    self.surface_attributes.as_ptr(),
-                ),
-                _ => return Err(CreationError::NonMatchingSurfaceType),
-            };
+        let (surface, keep) = native.surface(self.backend_type)?;

-            if surface.is_null() {
-                return Err(CreationError::OsError(
-                    String::from("eglCreateWindowSurface failed"),
-                ));
-            }
-
-            surface
+        let egl_surface = unsafe {
+            self.egl.CreateWindowSurface(
+                self.display,
+                self.config_id,
+                match surface {
+                    NativeSurfacePtr::X11(ptr) => ptr,
+                    NativeSurfacePtr::Wayland(ptr) => ptr,
+                    NativeSurfacePtr::Gbm(ptr) => ptr,
+                },
+                self.surface_attributes.as_ptr(),
+            )
        };

-        debug!(self.logger, "EGL window surface successfully created");
+        if egl_surface.is_null() {
+            return Err(CreationError::OsError(
+                String::from("eglCreateWindowSurface failed"),
+            ));
+        }
+
+        debug!(self.logger, "EGL surface successfully created");

        Ok(EGLSurface {
            context: &self,
-            surface: surface,
+            surface: egl_surface,
+            keep,
+            _lifetime_surface: PhantomData,
        })
    }

@ -651,7 +759,43 @@ impl EGLContext {
    }
 }

-impl<'a> EGLSurface<'a> {
+unsafe impl<'a, T: NativeSurface> Send for EGLContext<'a, T> {}
+unsafe impl<'a, T: NativeSurface> Sync for EGLContext<'a, T> {}
+
+impl<'a, T: NativeSurface> Drop for EGLContext<'a, T> {
+    fn drop(&mut self) {
+        unsafe {
+            // we don't call MakeCurrent(0, 0) because we are not sure that the context
+            // is still the current one
+            self.egl
+                .DestroyContext(self.display as *const _, self.context as *const _);
+            self.egl.Terminate(self.display as *const _);
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+/// EGL surface of a given egl context for rendering
+pub struct EGLSurface<'context, 'surface, T: NativeSurface + 'context> {
+    context: &'context EGLContext<'context, T>,
+    surface: ffi::egl::types::EGLSurface,
+    keep: T::Keep,
+    _lifetime_surface: PhantomData<&'surface ()>,
+}
+
+impl<'a, 'b, T: NativeSurface> Deref for EGLSurface<'a, 'b, T> {
+    type Target = T::Keep;
+    fn deref(&self) -> &Self::Target {
+        &self.keep
+    }
+}
+
+impl<'a, 'b, T: NativeSurface> DerefMut for EGLSurface<'a, 'b, T> {
+    fn deref_mut(&mut self) -> &mut Self::Target {
+        &mut self.keep
+    }
+}
+
+impl<'context, 'surface, T: NativeSurface> EGLSurface<'context, 'surface, T> {
    /// Swaps buffers at the end of a frame.
    pub fn swap_buffers(&self) -> Result<(), SwapBuffersError> {
        let ret = unsafe {
@ -695,24 +839,10 @@ impl<'a> EGLSurface<'a> {
    }
 }

-unsafe impl Send for EGLContext {}
-unsafe impl Sync for EGLContext {}
-unsafe impl<'a> Send for EGLSurface<'a> {}
-unsafe impl<'a> Sync for EGLSurface<'a> {}
+unsafe impl<'a, 'b, T: NativeSurface> Send for EGLSurface<'a, 'b, T> {}
+unsafe impl<'a, 'b, T: NativeSurface> Sync for EGLSurface<'a, 'b, T> {}

-impl Drop for EGLContext {
-    fn drop(&mut self) {
-        unsafe {
-            // we don't call MakeCurrent(0, 0) because we are not sure that the context
-            // is still the current one
-            self.egl
-                .DestroyContext(self.display as *const _, self.context as *const _);
-            self.egl.Terminate(self.display as *const _);
-        }
-    }
-}
-
-impl<'a> Drop for EGLSurface<'a> {
+impl<'a, 'b, T: NativeSurface> Drop for EGLSurface<'a, 'b, T> {
    fn drop(&mut self) {
        unsafe {
            self.context
@ -744,6 +874,27 @@ pub enum SwapBuffersError {
    AlreadySwapped,
 }

+impl fmt::Display for SwapBuffersError {
+    fn fmt(&self, formatter: &mut fmt::Formatter) -> Result<(), fmt::Error> {
+        write!(formatter, "{}", self.description())
+    }
+}
+
+impl error::Error for SwapBuffersError {
+    fn description(&self) -> &str {
+        match self {
+            &SwapBuffersError::ContextLost => "The context has been lost, it needs to be recreated",
+            &SwapBuffersError::AlreadySwapped => {
+                "Buffers are already swapped, swap_buffers was called too many times"
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    fn cause(&self) -> Option<&error::Error> {
+        None
+    }
+}
+
 /// Attributes to use when creating an OpenGL context.
 #[derive(Debug, Clone, Copy, PartialEq, Eq)]
 pub struct GlAttributes {
--- a/src/backend/graphics/glium.rs
+++ b/src/backend/graphics/glium.rs
@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ impl<T: EGLGraphicsBackend + 'static> GliumGraphicsBackend<T> {
        GliumGraphicsBackend {
            // cannot fail
            context: unsafe {
-                Context::new::<_, ()>(internal.clone(), false, DebugCallbackBehavior::default()).unwrap()
+                Context::new(internal.clone(), true, DebugCallbackBehavior::default()).unwrap()
            },
            backend: internal,
        }
@ -56,10 +56,10 @@ impl<T: EGLGraphicsBackend + 'static> GliumGraphicsBackend<T> {
 }

 impl<T: EGLGraphicsBackend> Deref for GliumGraphicsBackend<T> {
-    type Target = Context;
+    type Target = T;

-    fn deref(&self) -> &Context {
-        &self.context
+    fn deref(&self) -> &T {
+        &self.backend.0
    }
 }

--- a/src/backend/graphics/mod.rs
+++ b/src/backend/graphics/mod.rs
@ -8,6 +8,8 @@ pub trait GraphicsBackend {
    /// Format representing the image drawn for the cursor.
    type CursorFormat;

+    type Error;
+
    /// Sets the cursor position and therefor updates the drawn cursors position.
    /// Useful as well for e.g. pointer wrapping.
    ///
@ -19,14 +21,15 @@ pub trait GraphicsBackend {
    /// by the higher compositor and not by the backend. It is still good practice to update
    /// the position after every recieved event, but don't rely on pointer wrapping working.
    ///
-    fn set_cursor_position(&mut self, x: u32, y: u32) -> Result<(), ()>;
+    fn set_cursor_position(&self, x: u32, y: u32) -> Result<(), Self::Error>;

    /// Set the cursor drawn on the `GraphicsBackend`.
    ///
    /// The format is entirely dictated by the concrete implementation and might range
    /// from raw image buffers over a fixed list of possible cursor types to simply the
    /// void type () to represent no possible customization of the cursor itself.
-    fn set_cursor_representation(&mut self, cursor: Self::CursorFormat);
+    fn set_cursor_representation(&self, cursor: Self::CursorFormat, hotspot: (u32, u32))
+                                 -> Result<(), Self::Error>;
 }

 pub mod software;
--- a/src/backend/mod.rs
+++ b/src/backend/mod.rs
@ -18,6 +18,8 @@ pub mod graphics;

 #[cfg(feature = "backend_winit")]
 pub mod winit;
+#[cfg(feature = "backend_drm")]
+pub mod drm;
 #[cfg(feature = "backend_libinput")]
 pub mod libinput;

--- a/src/backend/winit.rs
+++ b/src/backend/winit.rs
@ -2,8 +2,8 @@

 use backend::{SeatInternal, TouchSlotInternal};
 use backend::graphics::GraphicsBackend;
-use backend::graphics::egl::{CreationError, EGLContext, EGLGraphicsBackend, GlAttributes, NativeDisplay,
-                             NativeSurface, PixelFormat, PixelFormatRequirements, SwapBuffersError};
+use backend::graphics::egl::{CreationError, EGLContext, EGLGraphicsBackend, GlAttributes, PixelFormat,
+                             PixelFormatRequirements, SwapBuffersError};
 use backend::input::{Axis, AxisSource, Event as BackendEvent, InputBackend, InputHandler, KeyState,
                     KeyboardKeyEvent, MouseButton, MouseButtonState, PointerAxisEvent, PointerButtonEvent,
                     PointerMotionAbsoluteEvent, Seat, SeatCapabilities, TouchCancelEvent, TouchDownEvent,
@ -14,31 +14,36 @@ use std::cmp;
 use std::error::Error;
 use std::fmt;
 use std::rc::Rc;
-use wayland_client::egl as wegl;
 use winit::{CreationError as WinitCreationError, ElementState, Event, EventsLoop, KeyboardInput,
-            MouseButton as WinitMouseButton, MouseCursor, MouseScrollDelta, Touch, TouchPhase, Window,
+            MouseButton as WinitMouseButton, MouseCursor, MouseScrollDelta, Touch, TouchPhase,
            WindowBuilder, WindowEvent};
-use winit::os::unix::{WindowExt, get_x11_xconnection};

 rental! {
-    mod egl {
+    mod rental {
        use std::boxed::Box;
+        use ::winit::{Window as WinitWindow};
        use ::backend::graphics::egl::{EGLContext, EGLSurface};

+        #[rental]
+        pub struct Window {
+            window: Box<WinitWindow>,
+            egl: EGL<'window>,
+        }

-        #[rental(deref_suffix)]
-        pub struct RentEGL {
-            context: Box<EGLContext>,
-            surface: EGLSurface<'context>,
+        #[rental]
+        pub struct EGL<'a> {
+            context: Box<EGLContext<'a, WinitWindow>>,
+            surface: EGLSurface<'context, 'a, WinitWindow>,
        }
    }
 }

+use self::rental::{Window, EGL};
+
 /// Window with an active EGL Context created by `winit`. Implements the
 /// `EGLGraphicsBackend` graphics backend trait
 pub struct WinitGraphicsBackend {
    window: Rc<Window>,
-    context: egl::RentEGL,
    logger: ::slog::Logger,
 }

@ -48,7 +53,6 @@ pub struct WinitGraphicsBackend {
 pub struct WinitInputBackend {
    events_loop: EventsLoop,
    window: Rc<Window>,
-    surface: Option<wegl::WlEglSurface>,
    time_counter: u32,
    key_counter: u32,
    seat: Seat,
@ -107,69 +111,46 @@ where
    info!(log, "Initializing a winit backend");

    let events_loop = EventsLoop::new();
-    let window = Rc::new(builder.build(&events_loop)?);
+    let winit_window = builder.build(&events_loop)?;
    debug!(log, "Window created");

-    let (native_display, native_surface, surface) = if let (Some(conn), Some(window)) =
-        (get_x11_xconnection(), window.get_xlib_window())
-    {
-        debug!(log, "Window is backed by X11");
-        (
-            NativeDisplay::X11(conn.display as *const _),
-            NativeSurface::X11(window),
-            None,
-        )
-    } else if let (Some(display), Some(surface)) =
-        (window.get_wayland_display(), window.get_wayland_surface())
-    {
-        debug!(log, "Window is backed by Wayland");
-        let (w, h) = window.get_inner_size().unwrap();
-        let egl_surface = unsafe { wegl::WlEglSurface::new_from_raw(surface as *mut _, w as i32, h as i32) };
-        (
-            NativeDisplay::Wayland(display),
-            NativeSurface::Wayland(egl_surface.ptr() as *const _),
-            Some(egl_surface),
-        )
-    } else {
-        error!(log, "Window is backed by an unsupported graphics framework");
-        return Err(CreationError::NotSupported);
-    };
-
-    let context = unsafe {
-        match EGLContext::new(
-            native_display,
-            attributes,
-            PixelFormatRequirements {
-                hardware_accelerated: Some(true),
-                color_bits: Some(24),
-                alpha_bits: Some(8),
-                ..Default::default()
-            },
-            log.clone(),
+    let window = match Window::try_new(Box::new(winit_window), |window| {
+        match EGL::try_new(
+            Box::new(match EGLContext::new_from_winit(
+                &*window,
+                attributes,
+                PixelFormatRequirements {
+                    hardware_accelerated: Some(true),
+                    color_bits: Some(24),
+                    alpha_bits: Some(8),
+                    ..Default::default()
+                },
+                log.clone(),
+            ) {
+                Ok(context) => context,
+                Err(err) => {
+                    error!(log, "EGLContext creation failed:\n {}", err);
+                    return Err(err);
+                }
+            }),
+            |context| context.create_surface(window),
        ) {
-            Ok(context) => context,
-            Err(err) => {
-                error!(log, "EGLContext creation failed:\n {}", err);
-                return Err(err);
-            }
+            Ok(x) => Ok(x),
+            Err(::rental::TryNewError(err, _)) => return Err(err),
        }
+    }) {
+        Ok(x) => Rc::new(x),
+        Err(::rental::TryNewError(err, _)) => return Err(err),
    };

    Ok((
        WinitGraphicsBackend {
            window: window.clone(),
-            context: match egl::RentEGL::try_new(Box::new(context), move |context| unsafe {
-                context.create_surface(native_surface)
-            }) {
-                Ok(x) => x,
-                Err(::rental::TryNewError(err, _)) => return Err(err),
-            },
            logger: log.new(o!("smithay_winit_component" => "graphics")),
        },
        WinitInputBackend {
-            events_loop: events_loop,
-            window: window,
-            surface: surface,
+            events_loop,
+            window,
            time_counter: 0,
            key_counter: 0,
            seat: Seat::new(
@ -189,47 +170,52 @@ where

 impl GraphicsBackend for WinitGraphicsBackend {
    type CursorFormat = MouseCursor;
+    type Error = ();

-    fn set_cursor_position(&mut self, x: u32, y: u32) -> Result<(), ()> {
+    fn set_cursor_position(&self, x: u32, y: u32) -> Result<(), ()> {
        debug!(self.logger, "Setting cursor position to {:?}", (x, y));
-        self.window.set_cursor_position(x as i32, y as i32)
+        self.window.head().set_cursor_position(x as i32, y as i32)
    }

-    fn set_cursor_representation(&mut self, cursor: Self::CursorFormat) {
+    fn set_cursor_representation(&self, cursor: Self::CursorFormat, _hotspot: (u32, u32)) -> Result<(), ()> {
        // Cannot log this one, as `CursorFormat` is not `Debug` and should not be
        debug!(self.logger, "Changing cursor representation");
-        self.window.set_cursor(cursor)
+        self.window.head().set_cursor(cursor);
+        Ok(())
    }
 }

 impl EGLGraphicsBackend for WinitGraphicsBackend {
    fn swap_buffers(&self) -> Result<(), SwapBuffersError> {
        trace!(self.logger, "Swapping buffers");
-        self.context.rent(|surface| surface.swap_buffers())
+        self.window
+            .rent(|egl| egl.rent(|surface| surface.swap_buffers()))
    }

    unsafe fn get_proc_address(&self, symbol: &str) -> *const c_void {
        trace!(self.logger, "Getting symbol for {:?}", symbol);
-        self.context.get_proc_address(symbol)
+        self.window.rent(|egl| egl.head().get_proc_address(symbol))
    }

    fn get_framebuffer_dimensions(&self) -> (u32, u32) {
        self.window
+            .head()
            .get_inner_size_pixels()
            .expect("Window does not exist anymore")
    }

    fn is_current(&self) -> bool {
-        self.context.is_current()
+        self.window.rent(|egl| egl.head().is_current())
    }

    unsafe fn make_current(&self) -> Result<(), SwapBuffersError> {
        debug!(self.logger, "Setting EGL context to be the current context");
-        self.context.rent(|surface| surface.make_current())
+        self.window
+            .rent(|egl| egl.rent(|surface| surface.make_current()))
    }

    fn get_pixel_format(&self) -> PixelFormat {
-        self.context.get_pixel_format()
+        self.window.rent(|egl| egl.head().get_pixel_format())
    }
 }

@ -310,16 +296,24 @@ impl PointerMotionAbsoluteEvent for WinitMouseMovedEvent {

    fn x_transformed(&self, width: u32) -> u32 {
        cmp::min(
-            (self.x * width as f64 / self.window.get_inner_size_points().unwrap_or((width, 0)).0 as f64) as
-                u32,
+            (self.x * width as f64 /
+                self.window
+                    .head()
+                    .get_inner_size_points()
+                    .unwrap_or((width, 0))
+                    .0 as f64) as u32,
            0,
        )
    }

    fn y_transformed(&self, height: u32) -> u32 {
        cmp::min(
-            (self.y * height as f64 / self.window.get_inner_size_points().unwrap_or((0, height)).1 as f64) as
-                u32,
+            (self.y * height as f64 /
+                self.window
+                    .head()
+                    .get_inner_size_points()
+                    .unwrap_or((0, height))
+                    .1 as f64) as u32,
            0,
        )
    }
@ -416,7 +410,11 @@ impl TouchDownEvent for WinitTouchStartedEvent {
    fn x_transformed(&self, width: u32) -> u32 {
        cmp::min(
            self.location.0 as i32 * width as i32 /
-                self.window.get_inner_size_points().unwrap_or((width, 0)).0 as i32,
+                self.window
+                    .head()
+                    .get_inner_size_points()
+                    .unwrap_or((width, 0))
+                    .0 as i32,
            0,
        ) as u32
    }
@ -424,7 +422,11 @@ impl TouchDownEvent for WinitTouchStartedEvent {
    fn y_transformed(&self, height: u32) -> u32 {
        cmp::min(
            self.location.1 as i32 * height as i32 /
-                self.window.get_inner_size_points().unwrap_or((0, height)).1 as i32,
+                self.window
+                    .head()
+                    .get_inner_size_points()
+                    .unwrap_or((0, height))
+                    .1 as i32,
            0,
        ) as u32
    }
@ -459,11 +461,21 @@ impl TouchMotionEvent for WinitTouchMovedEvent {
    }

    fn x_transformed(&self, width: u32) -> u32 {
-        self.location.0 as u32 * width / self.window.get_inner_size_points().unwrap_or((width, 0)).0
+        self.location.0 as u32 * width /
+            self.window
+                .head()
+                .get_inner_size_points()
+                .unwrap_or((width, 0))
+                .0
    }

    fn y_transformed(&self, height: u32) -> u32 {
-        self.location.1 as u32 * height / self.window.get_inner_size_points().unwrap_or((0, height)).1
+        self.location.1 as u32 * height /
+            self.window
+                .head()
+                .get_inner_size_points()
+                .unwrap_or((0, height))
+                .1
    }
 }

@ -578,7 +590,6 @@ impl InputBackend for WinitInputBackend {
            let mut time_counter = &mut self.time_counter;
            let seat = &self.seat;
            let window = &self.window;
-            let surface = &self.surface;
            let mut handler = self.handler.as_mut();
            let logger = &self.logger;

@ -587,10 +598,12 @@ impl InputBackend for WinitInputBackend {
                    match (event, handler.as_mut()) {
                        (WindowEvent::Resized(x, y), _) => {
                            trace!(logger, "Resizing window to {:?}", (x, y));
-                            window.set_inner_size(x, y);
-                            if let Some(wl_egl_surface) = surface.as_ref() {
-                                wl_egl_surface.resize(x as i32, y as i32, 0, 0);
-                            }
+                            window.head().set_inner_size(x, y);
+                            window.rent(|egl| {
+                                egl.rent(|surface| if let Some(wegl_surface) = (**surface).as_ref() {
+                                    wegl_surface.resize(x as i32, y as i32, 0, 0)
+                                })
+                            });
                        }
                        (
                            WindowEvent::KeyboardInput {
--- a/src/lib.rs
+++ b/src/lib.rs
@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 #![cfg_attr(feature = "clippy", feature(plugin))]
 #![cfg_attr(feature = "clippy", plugin(clippy))]

+extern crate image;
 extern crate nix;
 #[macro_use]
 extern crate rental;
@ -15,6 +16,10 @@ extern crate wayland_protocols;
 extern crate wayland_server;
 extern crate xkbcommon;

+#[cfg(feature = "backend_drm")]
+extern crate drm;
+#[cfg(feature = "backend_drm")]
+extern crate gbm;
 #[cfg(feature = "backend_libinput")]
 extern crate input;
 #[cfg(feature = "backend_winit")]