Hi!
As you know, radeon-rewrite, with all its KMS & co. goodiness is being developped. And as much as we're trying to make things work out well, the switch will be painful for some people. So I thought to myself, why not try to sweeten the deal a bit by seriously setting a performance goal?
(Caveat: I don't have much time to work on this - my involvement is a one-afternoon-per-week kind of involvement.)
Now I'm a person who likes to have verifiable results and tests. Sure I can try to make things faster and get fuzzy "feels better" results, and in the end, but I'd also like to have some objective metrics to back me up.
I've used the PTS (thanks, by the way, it's a great tool!), but I haven't found a test or test suite that would hold up as a useful metric for Compiz desktop performance.
There are RENDER tests, and OpenGL tests, but I'm not sure what a good indicator for Compiz-related performance would be. And if there is none, take it as a hint that such a test would be a great feature for future versions!
Any input on this topic would be highly appreciated.
As you know, radeon-rewrite, with all its KMS & co. goodiness is being developped. And as much as we're trying to make things work out well, the switch will be painful for some people. So I thought to myself, why not try to sweeten the deal a bit by seriously setting a performance goal?
(Caveat: I don't have much time to work on this - my involvement is a one-afternoon-per-week kind of involvement.)
Now I'm a person who likes to have verifiable results and tests. Sure I can try to make things faster and get fuzzy "feels better" results, and in the end, but I'd also like to have some objective metrics to back me up.
I've used the PTS (thanks, by the way, it's a great tool!), but I haven't found a test or test suite that would hold up as a useful metric for Compiz desktop performance.
There are RENDER tests, and OpenGL tests, but I'm not sure what a good indicator for Compiz-related performance would be. And if there is none, take it as a hint that such a test would be a great feature for future versions!
Any input on this topic would be highly appreciated.
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