+#if defined(__LINUX__)
+// 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;
+
+ if (setpriority(PRIO_PROCESS, 0, iPrio) == -1)
+ {
+ wxLogError(_("Failed to set thread priority %d."), prio);
+ }
+ }
+#else // __LINUX__