[directfb-dev] SavageFB vs VESA FB

[Henric Andersson]

Last time I tried my hands on the SavageFB (DirectFB 0.9.14) I found that the SavageFB driver is WAAAY slower than VESA FB. Especially if you're using any alpha/transparency. The system I tried it on was a 1.2Ghz Celeron with VIA Twister (which is a Savage4 or something) running the latest 2.4.x at the time.   I don't care much for the feature of changing resolutions on the fly, so VESA FB works fine, but I still find it odd that it would be faster than the "native" driver.   Any clues/ideas? Anyone with similar experience?   /Henric