[Radiance-general] Parallel processing on G5

[Kirk Thibault]

-N for "NICE!"

On Dec 1, 2004, at 6:08 PM, Rob Guglielmetti wrote:

> Fitzsimmons, Rob wrote:
>> I'm getting a new dual 2.5 ghz G5 - woohoo!
>
> Oh, shut up.  =8-)  So, that's roughly ten times the net cycles per 
> second my little Powerbook does!  That hertz! (groan)
>
>> I just started to peruse chapter 15 in RwR on multiprocessor 
>> rendering.
>> Is that all still valid info for Radiance 3.6.1?
>> Can anyone tell me any pitfalls to avoid?
>> I doubt I'll be using rpeice - mostly rpict through rad
>
> Well, one nice new thing is that Greg added the -N option to rad in 
> version 3.6, so that you'll be able to do just what you describe.  In 
> your case, you'd call rad with -N 2 (for two processors).  It seems 
> pretty much point-n-shoot, with that option.  Have fun!
>
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