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Date:      Fri, 16 Nov 2001 00:49:41 -0800
From:      John Merryweather Cooper <john_m_cooper@yahoo.com>
To:        Maxim Sobolev <sobomax@FreeBSD.org>
Cc:        cvs-committers@FreeBSD.org, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: cvs commit: ports/graphics/png Makefile ports/graphics/png/files patch-pnggccrd.c
Message-ID:  <20011116004941.A50186@johncoop.MSHOME>
In-Reply-To: <200111152332.fAFNWbZ89109@freefall.freebsd.org>; from sobomax@FreeBSD.org on Thu, Nov 15, 2001 at 15:32:37 -0800
References:  <200111152332.fAFNWbZ89109@freefall.freebsd.org>

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On 2001.11.15 15:32 Maxim Sobolev wrote:
> sobomax     2001/11/15 15:32:37 PST
> 
>   Modified files:
>     graphics/png         Makefile
>   Added files:
>     graphics/png/files   patch-pnggccrd.c
>   Log:
>   Once we are determined that CPUID instruction is or isn't supported
> resfore
>   initial state of the bit 21 of the eflag register. This reduces
> possibility
>   that the threaded program linked with libpng will die due to arrival
> of the
>   signal during probing for the CPU type. More proper fix has been
> committed
>   into the -current kernel and will be MFC'ed soon, but this
> workaround is
>   necessary for those with older systems.
> 
>   Among other things, this should make Nautilus, Balsa and other
> multi-threaded
>   GNOME programs more stable, therefore update is recommended to all
> existing
>   users.
> 
>   Bump PORTREVISION.
> 
>   Reported by:    Joe Clarke <marcus@marcuscom.com>
> 
>   Revision  Changes    Path
>   1.45      +2 -1      ports/graphics/png/Makefile
>   1.1       +14 -0     ports/graphics/png/files/patch-pnggccrd.c (new)
> 
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The performance difference is HUGE!  GNOME is considerably more 
responsive, as is Nautilus and all the other GNOME ports.

Thanks!

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