Re: [AD] race condition when removing/adding ints

[Peter Wang <tjaden@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Elias Pschernig wrote:

> The second removes the keyboard timer from the X11 keyboard driver, and
> ideally the same would be done with all ports (even DOS does without
> it!). But it seems, DOS and X11 have the advantage to get the key repeat
> from the HW/the OS - while DirectX discards that information for us.
> Again, would need a windows/DX expert to know how to get key repeat
> info. Maybe using winapi functions to get keys instead? 

In the new_api_branch use Win32 `waitable timers' to set up repeat 
events at the wkeybdnu.c level, rather than higher up.  You should be 
able to do the same thing in the trunk.

> In any case,
> with these two patches, the X11 port works smoothly for me (32bit), no
> deadlocks so far - and the testcase from allegro.cc works fine now.
>  

I'll try it out later.

Peter