Re: Process Timing

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Angus Dorbie (dorbie++at++sgi.com)
Thu, 22 Jul 1999 17:12:18 -0700

Steve Woolsey wrote:
>
The position is pipelined so you should update update, pfSync, latency
critical updat,e pfFrame. What you update will not be loast, rather it
is travelling downstreal and the pf calls should act as a blocking
mechanism. The problem you are having is probably as a result of using
the wrong pfPhase for your purposes.

You could signal back to the application from a draw callback to tell it
when it has started if you really need this.

CHeers,Angus.

> I have a problem with the app I am working on. It is multi process, and
> I am shelling out a movement process for 1-N objects specified at run
> time. The processes are communicating perfectly through shared
> memory. The problem is for small numbers of N the movements are
> completed before the Draw process fully initializes. Is there a way to
> detect when the draw process has initialized, so I can then begin the
> movements?
> 

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