-// On Linux, pthread_setschedparam with SCHED_OTHER does not allow
-// a priority other than 0. Instead, we use the BSD setpriority
-// which alllows us to set a 'nice' value between 20 to -20. Only
-// super user can set a value less than zero (more negative yields
-// higher priority). setpriority set the static priority of a process,
-// but this is OK since Linux is configured as a thread per process.
- {
- float fPrio;
- float pSpan;
- int iPrio;
-
- // Map Wx priorites (WXTHREAD_MIN_PRIORITY -
- // WXTHREAD_MAX_PRIORITY) into BSD priorities (20 - -20).
- // Do calculation of values instead of hard coding them
- // to make maintenance easier.
-
- pSpan = ((float)(WXTHREAD_MAX_PRIORITY - WXTHREAD_MIN_PRIORITY)) / 2.0;
-
- // prio starts as ................... // value => (0) >= p <= (n)
-
- fPrio = ((float)prio) - pSpan; // value => (-n) >= p <= (+n)
-
- fPrio = 0.0 - fPrio; // value => (+n) <= p >= (-n)
-
- fPrio = fPrio * (20. / pSpan) + .5; // value => (20) <= p >= (-20)
-
- iPrio = (int)fPrio;
-
- // Clamp prio from 20 - -20;
- iPrio = (iPrio > 20) ? 20 : iPrio;
- iPrio = (iPrio < -20) ? -20 : iPrio;
+ // On Linux, pthread_setschedparam with SCHED_OTHER does not allow
+ // a priority other than 0. Instead, we use the BSD setpriority
+ // which alllows us to set a 'nice' value between 20 to -20. Only
+ // super user can set a value less than zero (more negative yields
+ // higher priority). setpriority set the static priority of a
+ // process, but this is OK since Linux is configured as a thread
+ // per process.
+ //
+ // FIXME this is not true for 2.6!!