Re: Question... (should be Pthreads & Performer)

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Phil Keslin (philk++at++cthulhu.engr.sgi.com)
Fri, 15 Jan 1999 00:07:55 -0800

Brian Corrie wrote:
>
> This topic (pthread and performer) was covered extensively last month. Check
> out the info-performer archive for December at http://reality.sgi.com/performer
> /perf-98-12/ for more information. The relevant articles are titled "pthread
> and perfly".
>
> Bottom line is it probably won't work and you should use sproc threads rather
> than pthreads with Performer.

Actually, the bottom line is that there is a bug in the OpenGL
implementation such that forked processes that use pthreads cannot also
use OpenGL. The bug is being fixed for IRIX 6.5.3 (which should release
soon). That means that pthreads should work with performer apps.

- Phil

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Phil Keslin <philk++at++engr.sgi.com>

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