Linux Performer 2.4 Question

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From: John J. Walter (jjwalter++at++graphxengineering.com)
Date: 02/20/2001 11:18:44


Hello,

I am currently porting an IRIX/Performer 2.1 based application to
Linux/Performer 2.4.

First of all, is there a document (or web page) describing issues in porting
performer applications from IRIX to Linux. I tried searching through the list
archives as well the Performer FAQ but did not come across much.

I have the following two issues which I would appreciate any assistance I can
get:
  1) There is a function for 'sproc' within the Performer library. Does this
     function do anything? Does it actually perform a similar function as the
     IRIX 'sproc'? I generally used sproc with the PR_SADDR flag set. If the
     performer version does not offer the same service, would Linux's 'clone'
     function with the CLONE_VM flag set be the closest match?

  2) It would appear that if an exception is thrown from a performer derived
     object, the performer library intercepts this exception and causes a
     signal to be raised which terminates the application. If this is true,
     is there any way to build the application so that the standard exception
     handling is re-enabled?

System Specs:
   SGI 550
     Dual PIII Xeon 800MHz
     512MB RAM
     VR3 Graphics card
     RedHat 6.2
     SGI ProPack 1.3 VWE
     Performer 2.4

Thank you,
John Walter

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