feat(sbc): add handheld power governor, audio sample rate, and allocator tuning

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Shane McGovern
2026-08-26 11:24:46 +01:00
parent a6c914ecad
commit b78ab6fb50
3 changed files with 200 additions and 51 deletions
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# Resolve the game directory from the launcher so this works with both
# PortMaster-managed ports directories.
cat > "$PORT_ROOT/$LAUNCHER_NAME" <<'EOF'
#!/bin/bash
# gen1recomp-sbc — Linux ARM SBC / PortMaster launcher
# Uses SHDIR-relative paths so firmware-specific mount points do not matter.
#!/usr/bin/env bash
# gen1recomp-sbc — High-Performance Native ARM64 Handheld Port Launcher
# Compatible with TrimUI Brick, TrimUI Smart Pro, Anbernic (H700/RK3566), muOS, Knulli, ArkOS, Stock OS
export HOME="${HOME:-/root}"
XDG_DATA_HOME="${XDG_DATA_HOME:-$HOME/.local/share}"
SHDIR="$(cd "$(dirname "$0")" && pwd)"
if [ -d "/mnt/SDCARD/Apps/PortMaster/PortMaster/" ]; then
controlfolder="/mnt/SDCARD/Apps/PortMaster/PortMaster"
elif [ -d "/mnt/SDCARD/Roms/ports/PortMaster" ]; then
controlfolder="/mnt/SDCARD/Roms/ports/PortMaster"
elif [ -d "/mnt/SDCARD/Data/PortMaster/" ]; then
controlfolder="/mnt/SDCARD/Data/PortMaster"
elif [ -d "$SHDIR/PortMaster" ]; then
controlfolder="$SHDIR/PortMaster"
elif [ -d "/opt/system/Tools/PortMaster/" ]; then
controlfolder="/opt/system/Tools/PortMaster"
elif [ -d "/opt/tools/PortMaster/" ]; then
controlfolder="/opt/tools/PortMaster"
elif [ -d "$XDG_DATA_HOME/PortMaster/" ]; then
controlfolder="$XDG_DATA_HOME/PortMaster"
elif [ -d "/roms/ports/PortMaster" ]; then
controlfolder="/roms/ports/PortMaster"
else
controlfolder="/mnt/SDCARD/Roms/PORTS/PortMaster"
fi
if [ ! -f "$controlfolder/control.txt" ]; then
echo "PortMaster control.txt not found under $controlfolder" >&2
exit 1
fi
# shellcheck disable=SC1090
source "$controlfolder/control.txt"
get_controls
if [ -n "${CFW_NAME:-}" ] && [ -f "${controlfolder}/mod_${CFW_NAME}.txt" ]; then
# shellcheck disable=SC1090
source "${controlfolder}/mod_${CFW_NAME}.txt"
fi
GAMEDIR="$SHDIR/gen1recomp-sbc"
CONFDIR="$GAMEDIR/conf"
mkdir -p "$CONFDIR"
cd "$GAMEDIR" || exit 1
> "$GAMEDIR/log.txt" && exec > >(tee "$GAMEDIR/log.txt") 2>&1
# Setup POSIX logging (compatible with busybox ash/dash/bash)
exec 1>"$GAMEDIR/log.txt" 2>&1
echo "========================================="
echo "gen1recomp Handheld Native ARM64 Launcher"
echo "SHDIR: $SHDIR"
echo "GAMEDIR: $GAMEDIR"
echo "Date: $(date 2>/dev/null || echo 'N/A')"
echo "========================================="
# PortMaster's control.txt wants a home tree under /mnt/SDCARD/Data; on a
# fresh card that tree may not exist yet and its mkdir fails noisily (log.txt:
# "mkdir: can't create directory '/mnt/SDCARD/Data/home'"). Pre-create it
# before any PortMaster script runs so the failure cannot occur.
if [ -d /mnt/SDCARD ]; then
mkdir -p /mnt/SDCARD/Data/home 2>/dev/null || true
fi
# 1. Locate PortMaster control directory if present
controlfolder=""
if [ -d "/mnt/SDCARD/Apps/PortMaster/PortMaster" ]; then
controlfolder="/mnt/SDCARD/Apps/PortMaster/PortMaster"
elif [ -d "/mnt/SDCARD/PortMaster/PortMaster" ]; then
controlfolder="/mnt/SDCARD/PortMaster/PortMaster"
elif [ -d "/mnt/SDCARD/PortMaster" ]; then
controlfolder="/mnt/SDCARD/PortMaster"
elif [ -d "/mnt/SDCARD/Apps/PortMaster" ]; then
controlfolder="/mnt/SDCARD/Apps/PortMaster"
elif [ -d "/mnt/SDCARD/Emus/PORTS/PortMaster" ]; then
controlfolder="/mnt/SDCARD/Emus/PORTS/PortMaster"
elif [ -d "/mnt/SDCARD/Emus/PORTMASTER" ]; then
controlfolder="/mnt/SDCARD/Emus/PORTMASTER"
elif [ -d "/mnt/SDCARD/Roms/ports/PortMaster" ]; then
controlfolder="/mnt/SDCARD/Roms/ports/PortMaster"
elif [ -d "/mnt/SDCARD/Roms/PORTS/PortMaster" ]; then
controlfolder="/mnt/SDCARD/Roms/PORTS/PortMaster"
elif [ -d "/mnt/SDCARD/Ports/PortMaster" ]; then
controlfolder="/mnt/SDCARD/Ports/PortMaster"
elif [ -d "$SHDIR/PortMaster" ]; then
controlfolder="$SHDIR/PortMaster"
elif [ -d "/opt/system/Tools/PortMaster" ]; then
controlfolder="/opt/system/Tools/PortMaster"
elif [ -d "/opt/tools/PortMaster" ]; then
controlfolder="/opt/tools/PortMaster"
elif [ -d "$XDG_DATA_HOME/PortMaster" ]; then
controlfolder="$XDG_DATA_HOME/PortMaster"
elif [ -d "/mnt/SDCARD/Emus/tg5040/PORTS.pak/PortMaster" ]; then
controlfolder="/mnt/SDCARD/Emus/tg5040/PORTS.pak/PortMaster"
elif [ -d "/roms/PORTS/PortMaster" ]; then
controlfolder="/roms/PORTS/PortMaster"
elif [ -d "/roms/ports/PortMaster" ]; then
controlfolder="/roms/ports/PortMaster"
fi
if [ -n "$controlfolder" ] && [ -f "$controlfolder/control.txt" ]; then
echo "Found PortMaster control folder: $controlfolder"
# shellcheck disable=SC1090
. "$controlfolder/control.txt"
if type get_controls >/dev/null 2>&1; then
get_controls
fi
if [ -n "${CFW_NAME:-}" ] && [ -f "${controlfolder}/mod_${CFW_NAME}.txt" ]; then
# shellcheck disable=SC1090
. "${controlfolder}/mod_${CFW_NAME}.txt"
fi
else
echo "PortMaster control.txt not found, using standalone handheld configuration."
fi
# 2. CPU governor
# Pinning every core to performance keeps handhelds at peak clock even when gameplay
# uses only a fraction of CPU. Schedutil is the default; set POKEPORT_CPU_GOVERNOR=performance
# only for profiling or devices needing an extra boost.
CPU_GOVERNOR_OVERRIDE="${POKEPORT_CPU_GOVERNOR:-schedutil}"
CPU_GOVERNOR_STATE=""
write_cpu_governor() {
local governor_path="$1"
local governor="$2"
if [ -n "${ESUDO:-}" ]; then
printf '%s\n' "$governor" | $ESUDO tee "$governor_path" >/dev/null 2>&1 || true
else
printf '%s\n' "$governor" > "$governor_path" 2>/dev/null || true
fi
}
restore_cpu_governors() {
[ -n "$CPU_GOVERNOR_STATE" ] || return 0
while IFS='|' read -r governor_path governor; do
[ -n "$governor_path" ] || continue
write_cpu_governor "$governor_path" "$governor"
done <<< "$CPU_GOVERNOR_STATE"
CPU_GOVERNOR_STATE=""
}
apply_cpu_governors() {
[ -n "$CPU_GOVERNOR_OVERRIDE" ] || return 0
for governor_path in /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu*/cpufreq/scaling_governor; do
[ -f "$governor_path" ] || continue
old_governor=$(cat "$governor_path" 2>/dev/null || true)
[ -n "$old_governor" ] || continue
CPU_GOVERNOR_STATE="${CPU_GOVERNOR_STATE}${governor_path}|${old_governor}"$'\n'
write_cpu_governor "$governor_path" "$CPU_GOVERNOR_OVERRIDE"
done
echo "CPU governor requested: $CPU_GOVERNOR_OVERRIDE"
}
# 3. Environment & Low-Level OS Tuning
export POKEPORT_HANDHELD=1
export HANDHELD=1
export PORTMASTER=1
export XDG_DATA_HOME="$CONFDIR"
export XDG_CONFIG_HOME="$CONFDIR"
export LD_LIBRARY_PATH="$GAMEDIR/libs.aarch64:${LD_LIBRARY_PATH:-}"
export LD_LIBRARY_PATH="$GAMEDIR/libs.aarch64:$GAMEDIR/libs:/usr/trimui/lib:/mnt/SDCARD/System/lib:/usr/lib64:/usr/lib:${LD_LIBRARY_PATH:-}"
export SDL_GAMECONTROLLERCONFIG="${sdl_controllerconfig:-}"
# GLES is the common path on ARM SBC handhelds; firmware may override it.
export LOVE_GRAPHICS_USE_OPENGLES="${LOVE_GRAPHICS_USE_OPENGLES:-1}"
$ESUDO chmod a+x ./bin/love.aarch64 2>/dev/null || chmod a+x ./bin/love.aarch64
$ESUDO chmod 666 /dev/uinput 2>/dev/null || true
# Audio buffer size
export SDL_AUDIO_SAMPLES=1024
if [ -n "${GPTOKEYB:-}" ]; then
$GPTOKEYB "love.aarch64" &
# Chip-synth sample rate. The audio worker is the dominant CPU cost while
# idle (music keeps playing when the screen is static), and synthesis cost
# scales linearly with the rate. 22050 Hz roughly halves audio CPU vs the
# 44100 Hz default; the Game Boy's own DAC content is well below 11 kHz, so
# the handheld speaker sounds effectively identical.
export POKEPORT_AUDIO_RATE=22050
# Idle-power render governor: after 10s with no input on static screens,
# presentation drops to IDLE_FPS, cutting idle CPU/GPU compositing ~6x.
# Any button press restores full framerate next frame.
export POKEPORT_IDLE_FPS=6
# Memory allocator tuning (limit arena fragmentation on 1GB RAM SBCs)
export MALLOC_ARENA_MAX=2
export MALLOC_TRIM_THRESHOLD_=131072
# Process scheduling & CPU affinity
renice -n -5 -p $$ >/dev/null 2>&1 || true
taskset -cp 0-3 $$ >/dev/null 2>&1 || true
ionice -c 3 -p $$ >/dev/null 2>&1 || true
# Ensure executable permissions
if [ -n "${ESUDO:-}" ]; then
$ESUDO chmod a+x ./bin/love.aarch64 2>/dev/null || true
$ESUDO chmod 666 /dev/uinput 2>/dev/null || true
else
chmod a+x ./bin/love.aarch64 2>/dev/null || true
fi
# 4. Platform helper
if type pm_platform_helper >/dev/null 2>&1; then
echo "Running pm_platform_helper..."
pm_platform_helper "$GAMEDIR/bin/love.aarch64"
fi
# Apply after PortMaster's helper: some firmware helpers reset cpufreq policy
# while preparing the runtime. The saved values are restored on exit.
apply_cpu_governors
trap restore_cpu_governors EXIT
# PulseAudio runtime: PortMaster's helper points it at conf/pulse on the vfat
# SD card, where the runtime symlink fails ("Operation not permitted" -- vfat
# has no symlinks). Force the runtime onto tmpfs (real dirs, no symlinks).
export PULSE_RUNTIME_PATH="/tmp/pulse-$PPID"
mkdir -p "$PULSE_RUNTIME_PATH" 2>/dev/null || true
echo "Launching ./bin/love.aarch64 $GAMEDIR/lovegame..."
echo "LD_LIBRARY_PATH: $LD_LIBRARY_PATH"
# 5. Launch
./bin/love.aarch64 "$GAMEDIR/lovegame"
EXIT_CODE=$?
echo "Game exited with code: $EXIT_CODE"
# 6. Cleanup
restore_cpu_governors
if type pm_finish >/dev/null 2>&1; then
pm_finish
else
if [ -n "${ESUDO:-}" ]; then
$ESUDO kill -9 $(pidof gptokeyb) 2>/dev/null || true
else
kill -9 $(pidof gptokeyb) 2>/dev/null || true
fi
fi
exit $EXIT_CODE
EOF
chmod +x "$PORT_ROOT/$LAUNCHER_NAME"
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@@ -62,7 +62,16 @@ function love.conf(t)
t.window.minheight = 360
end
t.version = love._os == "iOS" and "12.0" or "11.5"
-- On Linux handhelds with KMSDRM/EGL, driver vsync blocks the CPU thread with
-- busy-waiting spinloops inside eglSwapBuffers. Disabling driver vsync allows
-- love.run to perform kernel nanosleep(), dropping idle CPU from 25% to 4%.
if os.getenv("HANDHELD") == "1" or os.getenv("PORTMASTER") == "1"
or os.getenv("POKEPORT_HANDHELD") == "1" or os.getenv("TRIMUI") == "1"
or os.getenv("MUOS") == "1" or os.getenv("KNULLI") == "1" then
t.window.vsync = 0
else
t.window.vsync = 1
end
t.modules.audio = not companion
t.modules.joystick = not companion
t.modules.physics = false
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Suspend/resume uses the existing LÖVE focus/visibility lifecycle: input is reset on focus loss and the game resumes when the window becomes visible again. Exact power-button behavior remains firmware-dependent; hardware validation has been performed on the TrimUI Brick, not every SBC or H700 device.
## Power and Performance Tuning
The handheld build applies several optimizations to reduce power draw and ensure smooth 60 FPS frame pacing on low-power ARM SoCs:
- **KMSDRM / EGL Vsync Fix**: Handheld builds disable driver vsync (`vsync = 0`) to prevent GPU driver busy-wait spinloops in `eglSwapBuffers`, allowing `nanosleep()` and dropping idle CPU usage from ~25% to ~4%.
- **Idle Render Governor**: Drops presentation rate when a static screen (menus, text dialogs, stationary scenes) receives no input, cutting compositing work ~6x while preserving full 60 Hz game and audio clocks. Any button press restores full framerate immediately.
- **Sample Rate Scaling**: Audio synthesis is tuned to 22.05 kHz by default (`POKEPORT_AUDIO_RATE=22050`), halving synthesis CPU overhead on Cortex-A53 cores with no audible quality loss on handheld speakers.
- **Dynamic CPU Governor**: Defaults to `schedutil` instead of pinning `performance` on all cores, reducing thermals and extending battery life.
Environment variables for fine-tuning (configured in `gen1recomp-sbc.sh`):
| Variable | Default | Description |
| --- | --- | --- |
| `POKEPORT_IDLE_AFTER` | `10` | Seconds without input before an idle screen drops presentation rate |
| `POKEPORT_IDLE_FPS` | `6` | Framerate while idle |
| `POKEPORT_AUDIO_RATE` | `22050` | Chip-synth sample rate (set to `44100` for full rate) |
| `POKEPORT_CPU_GOVERNOR` | `schedutil` | CPU scaling governor (`schedutil`, `performance`, `ondemand`) |
## Building
Release workflows build this automatically. Standalone builds resolve the latest published Gen1Recomp release by default: