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Date:      Fri, 15 Dec 2000 12:54:01 -0500
From:      "Andresen,Jason R." <jandrese@mitre.org>
To:        Carlos A M dos Santos <casantos@cpmet.ufpel.tche.br>
Cc:        freebsd-multimedia@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: XInitThreads (X11 threading support), how do you compile it?
Message-ID:  <3A3A5AB9.37A7B658@mitre.org>
References:  <Pine.BSF.4.21.0012151707240.5943-100000@gate.cpmet.ufpel.tche.br>

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Carlos A M dos Santos wrote:
> 
> On Thu, 14 Dec 2000, the fast fingers of Andresen,Jason R. wrote:
> 
> AR> Well, I've recently run into a program that requires threaded X11
> AR> libraries (the newest version of xine), however I cannot figure
> AR> out how to compile XFree-4 with thread support.  I know the XFree
> AR> 3.3.6 that ships with FreeBSD is compiled with threading, but it
> AR> is much too slow on my video card.
> 
> The threading support in XFree86 is in no way related to the video card.
> Th XFree86 server is not multithreaded. Onli client applications can
> beneffit from the MT support in Xlib and Xt.

Yeah, but XFree 3.3.6 doesn't support the DGA extension (AFAIK), and
it runs like a dog on full screen (1280x1024) full motion video 
applications.  

> AR> How do you compile XFree with threading support?  I've found
> AR> nothing in the configuration that even hints at it, in fact the
> AR> only mention of threads in the documentation is in reference to
> AR> WinNT.  The XFree FAQ doesn't even mention anything about it.  I
> AR> know this is more of an XFree question, but I'm afraid of their
> AR> mailing lists. :P
> 
> Th MT support in XFree 3.3.6 was made by me, based on hacks made by
> someone else whose name I don't remember. I udated it later for XFree 4
> but due to lack of time (thesis first :-) I had no oportunity to send an
> official patch to XFree86. But I sent it to Jean-Marc Zucconi, that is
> currenly working on a new XFree-4 port with thread support. Stay tuned to
> the "-ports" mailing list.

Thanks.  Good luck on your Thesis.

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