On Wed, 25 Jul 2012 18:20:34 +0200 Olivier BLIN <olivier.b...@softathome.com> wrote:
> On 07/25/2012 05:00 PM, Pekka Paalanen wrote: > > Gears will now need the same disclaimer as glxgears has, otherwise end > > users will start using this as a generic Wayland performance > > benchmark. I can imagine some headlines on Phoronix when they compare > > Wayland gears with glxgears and draw wildly incorrect conclusions. I > > hope you will add a message explaining what this "fps" number really > > means and what it can be used for. Thanks, pq > Right, it would only make sense for a fps count sensibly lower than page > flip or refresh frequency. > > This small patch has been useful for me with a fullscreen 1080p gears, > to check that llvmpipe was performing faster than DRI (using a software > fallback on Intel Q35). > But I agree that with better performing hardware or drivers, it would > not be a good metric. > > Should I still rework the patch with a warning message? Personally I would like to see that, yeah, but it's up to krh, really. Can't hurt? Could be a follow-up patch, too. Thanks, pq _______________________________________________ wayland-devel mailing list wayland-devel@lists.freedesktop.org http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/wayland-devel
