Re: Embedded Gtk+ system moving to 2.14

[michael <michael evidence eu com>]

Hi,

John Boncek wrote:
> > > Attempting to move several large (multi-hundred compile units) C++
> > > application programs of an embedded ARM / Linux 2.4 system from Gtk+
> > 2.2.4
> > > to Gtk+ 2.14.  We are noting severe performance degradation (2-3 times)
> > in
> > > screen transitions and a definite overall sluggishness to the systems. 
> > > There are no profiling tools available on ARM / Linux 2.4 that we have
> > been
> > > able to find despite a lot of online investigation.
>
> > what windowing system are you using? directfb? x11?
>
> X11, with no window manager, under MontaVista Linux.  Some package details:
>
> cairo-1.8.4
> atk-1.24.0
> autoconf-2.62
> automake-1.10.1
> bash-2.05b
> expat-2.0.1
> fontconfig-2.6.0
> freetype-2.3.7
> glib-2.18.1
> gtk+-2.14.3
> gtkhtml-3.24.0
> intltool-0.40.3
> libart_lgpl-2.3.20
> libpng-1.2.8
> libsoup-2.24.1
> libtool-2.2.4
> m4-1.4.11
> make-3.81
> pango-1.22.0
> perl-5.10.0
> pixman-0.12.0
> pkg-config-0.20
> tiff-3.7.4
Can you bench it on i386 system. Can you test it recompile on standard pc?
Any soft-float issue?

Michael