Hi Denis, -----Original Message----- From: Denis Oliver Kropp [mailto:d...@directfb.org] Sent: Thursday, November 22, 2012 12:36 PM To: Ilyes GOUTA Cc: directfb-dev@directfb.org Subject: Re: [directfb-dev] About commit 'wm/default: use DSFLIP_WAITFORSYNC in DLBM_BACKVIDEO case' and mouse cursor motion lag
On 11/20/12 09:05, Ilyes GOUTA wrote: >>> >> Would it make sense to perform the dfb_layer_region_flip_update( >>> >> primary, NULL, DSFLIP_WAITFORSYNC ) in the context of another thread, >>> >> besides 'Fusion Dispatch' (which serves >>> >> _dfb_windowstack_inputdevice_listener())? >> > You are correct, blocking the dispatch thread is not really acceptable. >> > We were aware of that issue and planned to fix that soon. > One approach is to enable the integration of h/w cursor in DirectFB: so the > window manager still listens for the mouse input but instead of rendering > the cursor via s/w, it calls into a new system module API to just rely the new > cursor coordinates. For ex: the Linux framebuffer interface has an ioctl() for > uploading a cursor bitmap and coordinates, etc. > Did you notice the 'hw-cursor' option in SaWMan? No! I'll check it out. Thanks, -Ilyes -- Denis Oliver Kropp DirectFB integrated media GmbH _______________________________________________ directfb-dev mailing list directfb-dev@directfb.org http://mail.directfb.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/directfb-dev
