Default Servo live rendering to software

crates/ely_app/src/services/servo_live.rs

@@ -6,9 +6,10 @@ use std::{
 
 /// Environment variable that lets the user pick the rendering context
 /// kind used by the spawned sidecar. Accepted values: `software`
-/// and `hardware`. macOS defaults to hardware because GPUI can now
-/// present Servo's BGRA IOSurfaces directly; other platforms keep the
-/// software context until they have an equivalent presenter.
+/// and `hardware`. The default stays on the software context because
+/// the live sidecar talks to the app over stdio; the hardware path
+/// requires a transport that moves the IOSurface mach send right into
+/// the receiver process.
 use ely_domain::SitePermissionDecision;
 use serde::Serialize;
 use thiserror::Error;

crates/ely_app/src/services/servo_sidecar_command.rs

@@ -138,12 +138,6 @@ fn rendering_context_selection(raw: Option<&str>) -> SidecarRenderingContext {
     }
 }
 
-#[cfg(target_os = "macos")]
-fn default_rendering_context() -> SidecarRenderingContext {
-    SidecarRenderingContext::Hardware
-}
-
-#[cfg(not(target_os = "macos"))]
 fn default_rendering_context() -> SidecarRenderingContext {
     SidecarRenderingContext::Software
 }
@@ -182,16 +176,8 @@ mod tests {
         assert_eq!(context.sidecar_features(), SOFTWARE_SIDECAR_FEATURES);
     }
 
-    #[cfg(target_os = "macos")]
     #[test]
-    fn macos_defaults_to_hardware_rendering_context() {
-        assert_eq!(rendering_context_selection(None), SidecarRenderingContext::Hardware);
-        assert_eq!(rendering_context_selection(Some("garbage")), SidecarRenderingContext::Hardware);
-    }
-
-    #[cfg(not(target_os = "macos"))]
-    #[test]
-    fn non_macos_defaults_to_software_rendering_context() {
+    fn defaults_to_software_rendering_context() {
         assert_eq!(rendering_context_selection(None), SidecarRenderingContext::Software);
         assert_eq!(rendering_context_selection(Some("garbage")), SidecarRenderingContext::Software);
     }