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From: Sascha Hauer <s.hauer@pengutronix.de>
To: Ahmad Fatoum <a.fatoum@pengutronix.de>
Cc: "open list:BAREBOX" <barebox@lists.infradead.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 4/5] fbconsole: make background pixels transparent
Date: Thu, 26 Sep 2024 09:02:38 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <ZvUHDoc3z3TzecsR@pengutronix.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <fdb687a6-41a6-4237-8c92-99fb741c7b7f@pengutronix.de>

On Thu, Sep 26, 2024 at 07:38:23AM +0200, Ahmad Fatoum wrote:
> On 25.09.24 16:34, Sascha Hauer wrote:
> > When we have a background image we want the background to actually shine
> > through, so set the alpha value of the background to transparent and not
> > opaque.
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Sascha Hauer <s.hauer@pengutronix.de>
> 
> Reviewed-by: Ahmad Fatoum <a.fatoum@pengutronix.de>
> 
> I wonder if this could cause a slow down for framebuffers with no alpha channel,
> because it will read the framebuffer on every pixel write for alpha blending
> purposes, even if ultimately unnecessary?

A pixel is drawn with gu_set_pixel() which doesn't read at all.

Sascha

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  reply	other threads:[~2024-09-26  7:20 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 14+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2024-09-25 14:34 [PATCH 0/5] graphics updates Sascha Hauer
2024-09-25 14:34 ` [PATCH 1/5] graphic_utils: Clip to screen boundaries Sascha Hauer
2024-09-26  5:26   ` Ahmad Fatoum
2024-09-25 14:34 ` [PATCH 2/5] commands: splash: honour line_length Sascha Hauer
2024-09-26  5:31   ` Ahmad Fatoum
2024-09-26  6:48     ` Sascha Hauer
2024-09-25 14:34 ` [PATCH 3/5] gui: fix alpha blend Sascha Hauer
2024-09-26  5:33   ` Ahmad Fatoum
2024-09-25 14:34 ` [PATCH 4/5] fbconsole: make background pixels transparent Sascha Hauer
2024-09-26  5:38   ` Ahmad Fatoum
2024-09-26  7:02     ` Sascha Hauer [this message]
2024-09-25 14:34 ` [PATCH 5/5] fbconsole: actually store rows/cols Sascha Hauer
2024-09-26  5:39   ` Ahmad Fatoum
2024-09-27 10:38 ` [PATCH 0/5] graphics updates Sascha Hauer

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