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| author | user <user@clank> | 2026-07-18 22:19:59 +0200 |
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| committer | user <user@clank> | 2026-07-18 22:19:59 +0200 |
| commit | c2b512e803285223959e0a97601c017730d1b0bb (patch) | |
| tree | 8cb28702cffcfccce8a244d7d5bfabb0424c30a3 /usr/libc.s | |
| parent | demo: boot through the CGB BIOS + double-speed ROM in the README gif (diff) | |
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term+libc: batched write rendering - one tile render per write(), 2.3x lines
sys_write sets wBatch; render_cursor_tile - the single choke point all
of term_putc's visible mutations pass through - then marks a dirty
span (per LINE-SLOT, so spans survive scroll rotation for free)
instead of rendering. term_write_end renders every dirty tile exactly
once, then the cursor. Scrolls stay immediate (blank rebuild is cheap
and artifact-free); file-bound writes flush for free.
The enabler is in libc: puts() was a SYS_PUTC trap PER CHARACTER, so
almost no console output ever went through sys_write. It now issues
one SYS_WRITE for the whole string - one trap, one batch, and every
line-printer (echo, irc, the shell) gets the batched path.
Measured: 37-char write = 128k cycles (3.5k/char) vs ~8k/char down
the per-char trap path. Full demo passes; GIF regenerated.
Diffstat (limited to 'usr/libc.s')
| -rw-r--r-- | usr/libc.s | 26 |
1 files changed, 18 insertions, 8 deletions
@@ -33,18 +33,28 @@ _putc: rst #0x30 ret - ;; void puts(const char *s /*DE*/) - write until NUL (no newline) + ;; void puts(const char *s /*DE*/) - write until NUL (no newline). + ;; ONE SYS_WRITE for the whole string instead of a SYS_PUTC per char: + ;; a single trap, and the kernel defers tile rendering for the whole + ;; run (sys_write batching), so a line paints each tile once. _puts: -1$: ld a, (de) + push de + ld h, d + ld l, e + ld b, #0 +1$: ld a, (hl) + or a + jr z, 2$ + inc hl + inc b + jr 1$ +2$: pop de + ld a, b or a ret z - push de - ld e, a - ld c, #16 ; SYS_PUTC + ld c, #3 ; SYS_WRITE (DE=buf, B=len) rst #0x30 - pop de - inc de - jr 1$ + ret ;; void nl(void) - CRLF via stdout _nl: |
