On Fre, 2002-02-22 at 10:25, Peter Surda wrote: > On Fri, Feb 22, 2002 at 01:38:36AM +0100, Michel Dänzer wrote: > > > BEFORE the "if", X load sinks by about 20% during video playing, BOTH when > > > using dri (25->5) or not using DRI (50->30) > > > When I put it AFTER the if, the load doesn't change (25 with dri, 50 without). > > Hmm. I don't suppose the R128DMA() call per se imposes such a high load? > No, I also tested it inside R128RMA (for the cases DMA is working) and inside > the "if" cycle for cases it isn't. It is not (directly) R128DMA that is > causing this, or memcpy, but as these functions take a lot of time to complete > (about 10ms for DVD-sized picture), I guess it is something that > asynchronously does a busy loop waiting for R128PutImage to complete. But why > a wisely placed usleep seems to (mostly) cure the symptoms remains a mystery > to me.
Indeed, especially considering that X is single-threaded... Would that usleep be an acceptable kludge until the real cause is found and fixed? > > Can you verify by changing the #ifdef XF86DRI inside the function to > > #if 0? > Especially for you I did as requested, So I've been complaining about this all the time? ;) -- Earthling Michel Dänzer (MrCooper)/ Debian GNU/Linux (powerpc) developer XFree86 and DRI project member / CS student, Free Software enthusiast _______________________________________________ Dri-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/dri-devel
