> On Oct. 24, 2013, 4:17 p.m., Fredrik Höglund wrote: > > What's the cold startup time like for KSplashQML compared to KSplashX? > > > > Let's not forget that the reason KPlash was rewritten to only depend on > > X + libjpeg + libpng was so that the startup time would be limited by > > the time it takes to load the images for the theme. > > > > Martin Gräßlin wrote: > but that's a long time ago, isn't it? So Moore's Law... Anyway could be > interesting to do such comparisons on spinning metal. > > Ivan Čukić wrote: > We haven't done any real benchmarks, but it doesn't seem to be noticeably > slower. > > It should not slow down the boot - if it does start slower than ksplashx, > it speeds up loading the workspace for the same amount by having Qt preloaded. > > Thomas Lübking wrote: > Isn't the splash screen supposed to cover (also) those loading costs? > If the splashscreen took like 5 seconds to load but then could finish in > 500ms, we would simply not require a splash screen in the first place. > > Martin Klapetek wrote: > I've never done any (useful) startup benchmarks, but I'd be happy to try. > Can you suggest some ways to measure cold startup time? Then I'll test both > and post my findings.
If loading Qt took 5 seconds, loading the rest would take 10 minutes. As I said "doesn't seem to be noticeably slower". - Ivan ----------------------------------------------------------- This is an automatically generated e-mail. To reply, visit: http://git.reviewboard.kde.org/r/113415/#review42299 ----------------------------------------------------------- On Oct. 24, 2013, 2:19 p.m., Martin Klapetek wrote: > > ----------------------------------------------------------- > This is an automatically generated e-mail. To reply, visit: > http://git.reviewboard.kde.org/r/113415/ > ----------------------------------------------------------- > > (Updated Oct. 24, 2013, 2:19 p.m.) > > > Review request for kde-workspace and KDE Frameworks. > > > Repository: kde-workspace > > > Description > ------- > > Ports KSplashQML to Qt5 and strips any XLib stuff. Martin G. suggested to try > if it would simply work without XLib/XCB bits at all and it does work in > testing mode, I'm unsure if it also works after actual login, but I don't see > why it wouldn't. > > KSplash was also receiving the stage messages via XAtoms, which I replaced > with simple DBus interface. That means that all the parts in the login > sequence need to be updated (I'll do it) to emit dbus signal instead of > sending X message. I used the same API as the XAtoms were using, but let me > know if you think this could be changed. In some future I'd probably also > change the stages resolution as it's not too robust and does not help > paralelization much. I have a plan in my head but that's for another commit. > > I'd also like to remove the old KSplashX and port its default theme to QML > and provide together with KSplashQML as "Classic" or "KDE 4" theme. > > > Diffs > ----- > > ksplash/ksplashqml/CMakeLists.txt 8cd5305 > ksplash/ksplashqml/SplashApp.h 3c55be9 > ksplash/ksplashqml/SplashApp.cpp 7c528d0 > ksplash/ksplashqml/SplashWindow.h 9680c1e > ksplash/ksplashqml/SplashWindow.cpp 4417643 > ksplash/ksplashqml/SystemInfo.h 7a74554 > ksplash/ksplashqml/main.cpp c2722ab9 > ksplash/ksplashqml/org.kde.KSplash.xml PRE-CREATION > ksplash/ksplashqml/themes/Minimalistic/main.qml e4fb8b8 > > Diff: http://git.reviewboard.kde.org/r/113415/diff/ > > > Testing > ------- > > Theme successfully loads, displays fullscreen (Plasma panels are not covered, > not sure why), all stages passes, then it terminates itself. > > > Thanks, > > Martin Klapetek > >
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