[vtk-developers] Multithreading with Win32 threads

David Partyka david.partyka at kitware.com
Mon Jan 24 09:53:16 EST 2011


Sure thing, especially considering one can get a machine with dual
Hexa-cores + Hyper Threading resulting in 24 available cores.

On Mon, Jan 24, 2011 at 9:39 AM, David Cole <david.cole at kitware.com> wrote:

> I think it's just old and leftover, and nobody has yet found a compelling
> need for more than 8 threads on Windows. It should be fine to increase this
> number, especially if you actually have a Windows box with more than 8
> processors on it.
>
> Feel free to change your build locally to increase that value. Perhaps
> somebody here on the VTK developers list is also contemplating more powerful
> Window machines these days... Anybody here want to bump this up and commit
> the change?
>
>
>
> On Mon, Jan 24, 2011 at 5:11 AM, Pavel Pokutnev <
> pavel.pokutnev at googlemail.com> wrote:
>
>> Hello vtk-devs,
>>
>> sorry, but I would like to repeat my question.
>> There is a define VTK_MAX_THREADS in "Common/vtkSystemIncludes.h". It
>> is defined to 8 for Win32 threads, but for all other platforms to 32.
>> What is the cause for this non-conformity?
>>
>> Best regards,
>> Pavel
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