Hi Geert,
On 14/12/17 08:52, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote:
> Hi Kieran,
>
> On Thu, Dec 14, 2017 at 12:10 AM, Kieran Bingham <kbingham@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> From: Kieran Bingham <kieran.bingham@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>
>> Provide a means to compare two identically sized framebuffers.
>>
>> This basic implementation expects the two buffers to have the same
>> formats and sizes, and will return zero for identical frames, or a
>> positive float representing and average difference otherwise.
>
> an
>
>> --- a/kms++util/src/verification.cpp
>> +++ b/kms++util/src/verification.cpp
>> @@ -18,4 +18,35 @@ void save_raw_frame(IFramebuffer& fb, const char *filename)
>> os->write((char*)fb.map(i), fb.size(i));
>> }
>>
>> +float compare_framebuffers(IFramebuffer& a, IFramebuffer& b)
>> +{
>
>> + // This expects a frame to be identical, including non-visible data.
>> + for (i = 0; i < a.size(0) && i < b.size(0); i++)
>> + diff += abs(pa[i] - pb[i]);
>
> I think it's better to use "diff += abs(pa[i] - pb[i]) * abs(pa[i] - pb[i])",
> to penalize larger differences.
>
> See also https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peak_signal-to-noise_ratio
Ah yes of course - an excellent suggestion!
Thanks.
>> +
>> + return diff / pixels;
>> +}
>
> Gr{oetje,eeting}s,
>
> Geert
>
> --
> Geert Uytterhoeven -- There's lots of Linux beyond ia32 -- geert@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>
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> when I'm talking to journalists I just say "programmer" or something like that.
> -- Linus Torvalds
>
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Kieran
