Re: Porting librsvg to an Embedded Platform

No problem. I did mention that librsvg only supported SVG-*static*.

Good luck with your search,
Dom

On 10/5/06, Mohit Garg <mgarg-T5ugnJdcz8RWk0Htik3J/[email protected]> wrote:
>
>  Thanks for the correction Dominic. I had assumed that the GNOME library
> would support animations though it was not explicitly mentioned anywhere.
>
>  Thanks a ton for your time and help. I need to search more!
>
>  thanks and regards
>  Mohit
>
>
>  Dominic Lachowicz wrote:
>
>  Thanks a lot Dominic. Your comments have been definitely helpful. We
>  basically wish to display simple SVG animations on our system. Our system
> is
>  not intended to be as powerful as the Nokia 770 platform.
>
>  librsvg doesn't do animations.
>
>
>  One more question: Would it be possible to port librsvg on a system without
>  an OS?
>
>  I honestly have no idea.
>
>
>  thanks and regards
>   Mohit Garg
>
>
>   Dominic Lachowicz wrote:
>  Hi Mohit,
>
>
>   I am afraid, we do not have a dedicated FPU on our system. Since we are
>   still in the design stage, RAM and HD are not yet finalised. Could you
> give
>   me the minimum RAM and HD requirements for librsvg? Also, would it be
>   possible to port librsvg and Cairo to Fixed-Point?
>
>   Of course it would be possible (provided that there was no API/ABI
>   breakage). There are some patches already that port Cairo to fixed
>   point. I don't know how complete they are, or what their chances of
>   being merged upstream are.
>
>
>   "the driver interface" referred to the underlying Graphics API running on
>   the system. I am assuming that librsvg runs over some Graphics API which
>   allows it to interface with the display driver. Are there any minimum
>   requirements on such a Graphics API?
>
>   Cairo is this "driver interface". It interfaces with a lot of Graphics
>   APIs, such as X11/Win32/OSX/BeOS, and also things like PNGs, PDFs, PS,
>   ...
>
>
>   In short, would you recommend using librsvg as a starting point for
> porting
>   it to an embedded platform (SVG-Tiny) or would you rather recommend that
> we
>   use an existing SVG-Tiny library and port it?
>
>   Well, I can't say for sure. I don't fully understand your requirements
>   and schedule. I also don't know about the status of other SVG-Tiny
>   renderers. I do know that people have gotten librsvg to work on some
>   "embedded" devices, such as the Nokia 770 platform.
>
>   Best,
>   Dom
>
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>  Mohit Garg
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>
>
>
>
>  --
> Mohit Garg
> Innoviti Embedded Solutions Pvt. Ltd.
> 503-503, Oxford Chambers
> Rustam Bagh, Kodihalli
> Bangalore - 560 017
> India
> Ph.: +91-80-4112-7390
> Fax:+91-80-3057-0943
>
>


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