On Fri, Jan 27, 2017 at 07:28:09PM -0500, Wayne Stambaugh wrote: > On 1/27/2017 6:02 PM, Chris Pavlina wrote: > > On Fri, Jan 27, 2017 at 05:21:42PM -0500, Wayne Stambaugh wrote: > >> I finally got the new schematic I/O plugin fully functional for the > >> current schematic and symbol library file formats. When you have some > >> time, please test this to see if I've missed anything. I've pushed it > >> to my repo on launchpad here: > >> > >> https://code.launchpad.net/~stambaughw/kicad/+git/kicad-dev/+ref/use-symbol-library-table > >> > >> There is a noticeable performance hit on start up when loading a > >> schematic. > > > > Holy crap, there is a performance hit of _over a minute_ loading the > > project I'm working on! > > Debug or release build? I saw significantly longer load times on debug > builds although release builds were no speed demon either. I'll step > through it again tomorrow just to see if I missed where the cache may be > getting reloaded.
Release build. Not a huge project either, seven pages and 354 components... > > > > > I'm testing this though. > > > >> I'm not sure why this is happening but I believe it has to > >> do with the cache validity test being called on every symbol search. I > >> verified that the cache isn't being reloaded but I'm a bit surprised > >> that there was as much of a performance hit. If you happen to notice > >> something I missed please let me know. I am primarily concern with the > >> accuracy and stability of the library file I/O at this point. I tested > >> everything I could think of against the current code and always got the > >> same file results but there may have been some corner cases that I > >> missed. The performance hit will be temporary. Once the symbol library > >> table support is implemented, the symbol search through the entire > >> library list will go away. Either the symbol is in the library > >> specified or it's not. I will probably introduce lazy loading as well > >> once the symbol library table is implemented as only libraries that > >> contain symbols in the schematic will need to be loaded when the > >> schematic is opened. Many thanks in advance for the help. > >> > >> Cheers, > >> > >> Wayne > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers > >> Post to : [email protected] > >> Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers > >> More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp > _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
