# RetroArch adapter boundary

The compiled scaffold exposes a dependency-free query contract. It reports
RGUI and SDL software fallback as the intended integration path, but reports
software-frame binding not yet implemented and hardware contexts unavailable.
Every hardware-context request returns `SAFETY_POLICY`.

The future driver lifecycle is: initialize a `chimera_gfx_context`, create one
surface, create/reuse textures for software core frames, upload a frame, present
through the selected backend, then destroy texture, surface, and context in
that order. No RetroArch private type or header enters the public library API.