SurfaceFlinger runs in the system_server process.

On Sat, Mar 7, 2009 at 6:04 PM, Andy Quan <[email protected]> wrote:

> Dave,
> Do you mean that "surfaceflinger" is shown as "system_server" in process
> list?
>
> Yes, you are right. I am using software YUV->RGB before calling postbuffer.
> I just thought that system_server was only limited to Java level and low
> level implementation was counted into processes like "mediaserver" or
> "surfaceflinger" :). Could you give some hints on this? Thanks.
>
> On Sun, Mar 8, 2009 at 2:08 AM, Dave Sparks <[email protected]>wrote:
>
>>
>> Hmm... could that be SurfaceFlinger? I thought it ran in its own
>> process. If so, it seems likely that you are using the software
>> blitter instead of a hardware blitter. You didnt mention what hardware
>> you are using.
>>
>> On Mar 7, 7:41 am, Andy Quan <[email protected]> wrote:
>> > On real hardware, I happened to find that CPU usage is really high with
>> > "system_server" using around 300MHz when I opened "camera" application
>> in
>> > the launcher panel for preview at 30 fps only. Anybody knows what that
>> > system_server is for during camera preview? I dont find that
>> "system_server"
>> > roars in other applications like media player. Some materials mention
>> that
>> > it has something to do with Java. Could anybody help on this?
>> >
>> > --
>> > Thanks,
>> > Andy
>>
>>
>
>
> --
> Thanks,
> Andy
>
> >
>


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