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I guess I figured out what the GX2 context is for

--- a/src/Backends/Rendering/WiiU.cpp

+++ b/src/Backends/Rendering/WiiU.cpp

@@ -240,8 +240,9 @@

 						if (framebuffer_surface != NULL)

 						{

-							// Create a 'context' (this voodoo magic can be used to undo `GX2SetColorBuffer`,

-							// allowing us to draw to the screen once again)

+							// From what I can tell, there isn't a 'global context' in GX2: instead there are context objects.

+							// wut internally uses (and *switches to*) its own contexts, so we need to maintain one too,

+							// and make sure we're always switching back to it when wut is done doing what it's doing.

 							gx2_context = (GX2ContextState*)aligned_alloc(GX2_CONTEXT_STATE_ALIGNMENT, sizeof(GX2ContextState));

 							if (gx2_context != NULL)

@@ -445,7 +446,7 @@

 	WHBGfxFinishRender();

-	// Do this or else the screen will never update. I wish I understood why.

+	// Switch back to our context

 	GX2SetContextState(gx2_context);

 }