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enthdegree · 11-13-2024, 10:23 PM

For a VT port I'm including FBInk exclusively to call screen refresh. A few questions:

Are some refresh calls significantly more power-hungry than others? Right now I'm updating the screen by putting a flag up. Another thread loops "sleep, then if the flag is up do a FBink full screen refresh." Settings struct is full of zeros. I'm worried this is expensive.
Are there examples of including this library in a project? My current approach includes a whole standalone copy of FBink in the program's local environment.
Maybe not the place but not sure where else to ask... is there a common packaging example to adapt from? The VT needs a wrapper to manage exit + keep the stock UI from sleeping, overwriting the framebuffer, etc.

Thanks!

11-13-2024, 10:23 PM	#308
enthdegree Member Posts: 19 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jun 2014 Device: none	For a VT port I'm including FBInk exclusively to call screen refresh. A few questions: Are some refresh calls significantly more power-hungry than others? Right now I'm updating the screen by putting a flag up. Another thread loops "sleep, then if the flag is up do a FBink full screen refresh." Settings struct is full of zeros. I'm worried this is expensive. Are there examples of including this library in a project? My current approach includes a whole standalone copy of FBink in the program's local environment. Maybe not the place but not sure where else to ask... is there a common packaging example to adapt from? The VT needs a wrapper to manage exit + keep the stock UI from sleeping, overwriting the framebuffer, etc. Thanks! Last edited by enthdegree; 11-14-2024 at 11:27 PM.