IMHO, full threaded fgfs would be nice at 2.0beta release ;)
On 11/7/06, Curtis Olson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 11/7/06, Frederic Bouvier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > FGFS doesn't use threading much at that time. Only for the scenery loader > and > > metar. One can thing of putting the FDM or AI in other threads, or maybe > even > > divide the viewport into small areas that could be rendered in parallel. I > > don't know if its doable, but for now, you will only see an improvement > running > > multiple programs in parallel. As you already see, Atlas or Terrasync can > run on > > their own core and not disturb FG. > > > In FlightGear we intentionally minimize the use of threading to places where > there is a huge need. > > Adding a thread significantly increases the complexity of the code and can > hide a large variety of execution order and timing problems which can be > incredibly difficult to debug and fix. > > If we are ever add additional threads, it will be only because we are forced > to by clear and overwhelming performance considerations (and not for design > or preference reasons.) > > Regards, > > Curt. > -- > Curtis Olson - University of Minnesota - FlightGear Project > http://baron.flightgear.org/~curt/ > http://www.humanfirst.umn.edu/ http://www.flightgear.org > Unique text: 2f585eeea02e2c79d7b1d8c4963bae2d > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Using Tomcat but need to do more? Need to support web services, security? > Get stuff done quickly with pre-integrated technology to make your job > easier > Download IBM WebSphere Application Server v.1.0.1 based on Apache Geronimo > http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid=120709&bid=263057&dat=121642 > > _______________________________________________ > Flightgear-devel mailing list > Flightgear-devel@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/flightgear-devel > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Using Tomcat but need to do more? Need to support web services, security? Get stuff done quickly with pre-integrated technology to make your job easier Download IBM WebSphere Application Server v.1.0.1 based on Apache Geronimo http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid=120709&bid=263057&dat=121642 _______________________________________________ Flightgear-devel mailing list Flightgear-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/flightgear-devel
