On Tue, 18 Dec 2012 14:49:48 -0200 Leandro Pereira <lean...@profusion.mobi> wrote:
> On 12/18/2012 02:30 PM, Enlightenment SVN wrote: > > + > > + * Add threaded renderer. > > + * Modify software_generic and gl_x11 to use threaded > > renderer. + > > This series of commits introduces threaded renderer in Evas. This > makes the main thread (the application itself, IOW) asynchronous > regarding Evas things -- while rendering itself happens on a separate > thread. Some tricks are possible with this, such as lowering priority > for the application itself, leading to smoother user interfaces, or > having better control to avoid tearing (although these are not > implemented right now). > > This is enabled by default and will be used if you use the > software_generic engine; the changes to gl_x11 were minimal due to > internal API changes. Engines other than software will use the > standard synchronous behaviour. > > This of course adds more complexity to the game, and Evas not being > engineered from the start to be asynchronous/threaded means things > might crash or misbehave (and then almost certainly crash). > > We've tested this during the past few weeks and this feels > sufficiently stable for initial testing (that's why we're landing it > this week). However, I wouldn't bet my life this thing is rock solid, > so please test, report bugs, or better yet -- squash'em. Valgrind is > a good choice for a whacking tool. > > Happy b0rkage, > Leandro I suspect this will make it harder for me to get Irrlicht and EFL to cooperate. Oh well, I guess I better roll up my sleeves and get my hands dirty and deep into the guts of both. -- A big old stinking pile of genius that no one wants coz there are too many silver coated monkeys in the world.
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