Comment 6 for bug 1488386

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Thomas Voß (thomas-voss) wrote : Re: [performance] Double buffering is only smooth while you're touching it

The issue is device-specific and requires integration with SOC-specific infrastructure. We started wiring up the required functionality across the stack, with the tablet being the first real consumer. The changes you are interested in are:

  * http://bazaar.launchpad.net/~unity-system-compositor-team/unity-system-compositor/trunk/revision/280
  * http://bazaar.launchpad.net/~phablet-team/platform-api/trunk/revision/317

We require changes to the Android portions of the platform API, though, with the tablet being the first device that has the required platform api functions implemented on the Android side. The landing for USC can be found here:

  * https://requests.ci-train.ubuntu.com/#/ticket/1097

With the silo installed, device performance is boosted for interactive scenarios, specifically after deep sleep.