From a9b4973c4b9f71631de40e8938e6ad0d9ca83b70 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: =?UTF-8?q?Gerg=C5=91=20S=C3=A1lyi?= Date: Thu, 31 Aug 2023 18:02:34 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] Add readme note about the expected graphics memory usage --- README.md | 6 ++++++ 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+) diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index cb69580..82ee85a 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -55,6 +55,12 @@ It is recommended to edit the wallpaper images in a dedicated image editor. Neve In case of errors multibg-sway logs to stderr and tries to continue. One may wish to redirect stderr if multibg-sway is being run as a daemon. +### Resource usage + +Loaded wallpapers are stored uncompressed to enable fast wallpaper switching with nearly zero CPU use. For example for 10 full HD wallpaper this means 10*1920*1080*4 = 83 MB graphics memory use. + +Because multibg-sway doesn't have its own GPU context and manages graphics memory through sway, all this usage might be reported as additional memory used by the sway process. + ## Installation - With Rust: