On 1/27/2017 7:40 PM, Chris Pavlina wrote: > On Fri, Jan 27, 2017 at 07:28:09PM -0500, Wayne Stambaugh wrote: >> On 1/27/2017 6:02 PM, Chris Pavlina wrote: >>> On Fri, Jan 27, 2017 at 05:21:42PM -0500, Wayne Stambaugh wrote: >>>> I finally got the new schematic I/O plugin fully functional for the >>>> current schematic and symbol library file formats. When you have some >>>> time, please test this to see if I've missed anything. I've pushed it >>>> to my repo on launchpad here: >>>> >>>> https://code.launchpad.net/~stambaughw/kicad/+git/kicad-dev/+ref/use-symbol-library-table >>>> >>>> There is a noticeable performance hit on start up when loading a >>>> schematic. >>> >>> Holy crap, there is a performance hit of _over a minute_ loading the >>> project I'm working on! >> >> Debug or release build? I saw significantly longer load times on debug >> builds although release builds were no speed demon either. I'll step >> through it again tomorrow just to see if I missed where the cache may be >> getting reloaded. > > Release build. Not a huge project either, seven pages and 354 > components...
I fixed the issue and pushed to my dev branch so it should be much more usable now. > >> >>> >>> I'm testing this though. >>> >>>> I'm not sure why this is happening but I believe it has to >>>> do with the cache validity test being called on every symbol search. I >>>> verified that the cache isn't being reloaded but I'm a bit surprised >>>> that there was as much of a performance hit. If you happen to notice >>>> something I missed please let me know. I am primarily concern with the >>>> accuracy and stability of the library file I/O at this point. I tested >>>> everything I could think of against the current code and always got the >>>> same file results but there may have been some corner cases that I >>>> missed. The performance hit will be temporary. Once the symbol library >>>> table support is implemented, the symbol search through the entire >>>> library list will go away. Either the symbol is in the library >>>> specified or it's not. I will probably introduce lazy loading as well >>>> once the symbol library table is implemented as only libraries that >>>> contain symbols in the schematic will need to be loaded when the >>>> schematic is opened. Many thanks in advance for the help. >>>> >>>> Cheers, >>>> >>>> Wayne >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers >>>> Post to : kicad-developers@lists.launchpad.net >>>> Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers >>>> More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp >> _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers Post to : kicad-developers@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
