POV-Ray : Newsgroups : povray.unix : how can i run povray on a dual-core? : Re: how can i run povray on a dual-core? Server Time: 16 Oct 2008 00:00:44 GMT
  Re: how can i run povray on a dual-core?  
From: Thorsten Froehlich
Date: 10 Aug 2006 12:39:46
Warp wrote:
> Nicolas Calimet <pov4grasp [at] freefr> wrote:
>> By default POV-Ray 3.7
>> will use 2 render threads
> 
>   Please cite the source where you got this info.
> 
>   As far as I know, the official behaviour is to use 2*cores threads.

Not on Unix as there is no fully portable way to determine the number of CPU
(cores). Only on Windows and Mac OS the number can be determined in a
unified manner. Every Unix uses its own way to do it, i.e. there is no
standard Posix way of getting this information that works everywhere.

	Thorsten


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