From: Luc Leblanc (leblanc++at++AdacelCanada.com)
Date: 03/06/2000 05:59:27
Hi.
Thanks for the good input.
The unknown processes were Video Clock (pfVClock) (one per pipe) and an
audiowork process.
Thanks again...
Luc Leblanc wrote:
> Hi.
>
> I would like to have some clarifications about the Vega/Performer
> multi-process model. I'm running a Vega application on a SGI with 2
> pipes.
>
> According to my adf file, I should have the following 5 processes:
>
> 1 application process
> 1 cull process (pipe 0)
> 1 draw process (pipe 0)
> 1 cull process (pipe 1)
> 1 draw process (pipe 1)
>
> So why do I have 8 processes running ?
>
> I've also run another test with a different configuration. On a six
> pipes SGI, I have 20 processes.
>
> The formula to calculate the total number of process (assuming one cull
> and one draw per pipe) seems to be:
>
> (number of pipe)*2 + 1 application process + 1 + (number of pipe)
>
> Why ?
>
> Thanks in advance...
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