FreeLists / haiku-appserver / [haiku-appserver] Re: drawing thread

[Adi Oanca <adioanca@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Rudolf,

        I don't really see why that is useful. maybe you can explain more 
clearly. Thanks.

Rudolf wrote:
> Hi, 
> 
> a small update on that 'other' doublebuffering:
> 
> 
>>Only good solution: double buffering entire screen and blit to 
>>offscreen memory only, then switch offscreen onscreen during retrace, 
>>then blit now onscreen memory to now offscreen buffer. Repeat when 
>>needed. 8-)
> 
> I would say make it triple buffering so things keep transparant to 
> existing apps and BDirectWindow for example.
> 1. have a normal screen, that's never shown. Here everything is drawn 
> into, so also by apps.
> 2. have the pageflipping doublebuffering in place, that gets its 
> content from 1.
> 
> Maybe I'll try to tweak the NV driver (outside CVS) at some point to 
> see if I can manage to set this up as a proof of concept: I think, with 
> some limitations, it might be possible. I should probably just try.
> 
> ->I think it would be nice if such a feature, if ever implemented, 
> should preferably also be an option. Just ask driver if it can do this, 
> and if not, fallback to single buffering as it is now. (Depends on 
> graphicsRAM available, and engine capabilities for virtual height)
> 
> Rudolf.
> 
> 
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