+#ifdef HAVE_PTHREAD_ATTR_SETSTACKSIZE
+    #define WXUNUSED_STACKSIZE(identifier)  identifier
+#else
+    #define WXUNUSED_STACKSIZE(identifier)  WXUNUSED(identifier)
+#endif
+
+wxThreadError wxThreadInternal::Create(wxThread *thread,
+                                       unsigned int WXUNUSED_STACKSIZE(stackSize))
+{
+    if ( GetState() != STATE_NEW )
+    {
+        // don't recreate thread
+        return wxTHREAD_RUNNING;
+    }
+
+    // set up the thread attribute: right now, we only set thread priority
+    pthread_attr_t attr;
+    pthread_attr_init(&attr);
+
+#ifdef HAVE_PTHREAD_ATTR_SETSTACKSIZE
+    if (stackSize)
+      pthread_attr_setstacksize(&attr, stackSize);
+#endif
+
+#ifdef HAVE_THREAD_PRIORITY_FUNCTIONS
+    int policy;
+    if ( pthread_attr_getschedpolicy(&attr, &policy) != 0 )
+    {
+        wxLogError(_("Cannot retrieve thread scheduling policy."));
+    }
+
+#ifdef __VMS__
+   /* the pthread.h contains too many spaces. This is a work-around */
+# undef sched_get_priority_max
+#undef sched_get_priority_min
+#define sched_get_priority_max(_pol_) \
+     (_pol_ == SCHED_OTHER ? PRI_FG_MAX_NP : PRI_FIFO_MAX)
+#define sched_get_priority_min(_pol_) \
+     (_pol_ == SCHED_OTHER ? PRI_FG_MIN_NP : PRI_FIFO_MIN)
+#endif
+
+    int max_prio = sched_get_priority_max(policy),
+        min_prio = sched_get_priority_min(policy),
+        prio = GetPriority();
+
+    if ( min_prio == -1 || max_prio == -1 )
+    {
+        wxLogError(_("Cannot get priority range for scheduling policy %d."),
+                   policy);
+    }
+    else if ( max_prio == min_prio )
+    {
+        if ( prio != wxPRIORITY_DEFAULT )
+        {
+            // notify the programmer that this doesn't work here
+            wxLogWarning(_("Thread priority setting is ignored."));
+        }
+        //else: we have default priority, so don't complain
+
+        // anyhow, don't do anything because priority is just ignored
+    }
+    else
+    {
+        struct sched_param sp;
+        if ( pthread_attr_getschedparam(&attr, &sp) != 0 )
+        {
+            wxFAIL_MSG(wxT("pthread_attr_getschedparam() failed"));
+        }
+
+        sp.sched_priority = min_prio + (prio*(max_prio - min_prio))/100;
+
+        if ( pthread_attr_setschedparam(&attr, &sp) != 0 )
+        {
+            wxFAIL_MSG(wxT("pthread_attr_setschedparam(priority) failed"));
+        }
+    }
+#endif // HAVE_THREAD_PRIORITY_FUNCTIONS
+
+#ifdef HAVE_PTHREAD_ATTR_SETSCOPE
+    // this will make the threads created by this process really concurrent
+    if ( pthread_attr_setscope(&attr, PTHREAD_SCOPE_SYSTEM) != 0 )
+    {
+        wxFAIL_MSG(wxT("pthread_attr_setscope(PTHREAD_SCOPE_SYSTEM) failed"));
+    }
+#endif // HAVE_PTHREAD_ATTR_SETSCOPE
+
+    // VZ: assume that this one is always available (it's rather fundamental),
+    //     if this function is ever missing we should try to use
+    //     pthread_detach() instead (after thread creation)
+    if ( thread->IsDetached() )
+    {
+        if ( pthread_attr_setdetachstate(&attr, PTHREAD_CREATE_DETACHED) != 0 )
+        {
+            wxFAIL_MSG(wxT("pthread_attr_setdetachstate(DETACHED) failed"));
+        }
+
+        // never try to join detached threads
+        Detach();
+    }
+    //else: threads are created joinable by default, it's ok
+
+    // create the new OS thread object
+    int rc = pthread_create
+             (
+                GetIdPtr(),
+                &attr,
+                wxPthreadStart,
+                (void *)thread
+             );
+
+    if ( pthread_attr_destroy(&attr) != 0 )
+    {
+        wxFAIL_MSG(wxT("pthread_attr_destroy() failed"));
+    }
+
+    if ( rc != 0 )
+    {
+        SetState(STATE_EXITED);
+
+        return wxTHREAD_NO_RESOURCE;
+    }
+
+    return wxTHREAD_NO_ERROR;
+}
+