docs/manual/intro-motivation.xml: Remove some bits that no longer apply, update other...

Original commit message from CVS:
* docs/manual/intro-motivation.xml::
Remove some bits that no longer apply, update others (#551642).

diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index e3b87c7..4cd764e 100644 (file)
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2008-09-11  Tim-Philipp Müller  <tim.muller at collabora co uk>
+
+       * docs/manual/intro-motivation.xml::
+         Remove some bits that no longer apply, update others (#551642).
+
 2008-09-09  Tim-Philipp Müller  <tim.muller at collabora co uk>
 
        * win32/common/config.h.in:

diff --git a/docs/manual/intro-motivation.xml b/docs/manual/intro-motivation.xml
index 1fceebe..88060fa 100644 (file)
--- a/docs/manual/intro-motivation.xml
+++ b/docs/manual/intro-motivation.xml
@@ -223,9 +223,7 @@
       <itemizedlist>
         <listitem>
          <para>
-           using GLib's <function>g_mem_chunk</function> and fast
-            non-blocking allocation algorithms where possible to
-            minimize dynamic memory allocation.
+           using GLib's <classname>GSlice</classname> allocator
          </para>
         </listitem>
         <listitem>
@@ -252,10 +250,7 @@
         </listitem>
         <listitem>
          <para>
-           the use of cothreads to minimize the threading overhead.
-            Cothreads are a simple and fast user-space method for
-            switching between subtasks. Cothreads were measured to
-           consume as little as 600 cpu cycles.
+           dedicated streaming threads, with scheduling handled by the kernel.
          </para>
         </listitem>
         <listitem>
@@ -270,11 +265,6 @@
            used.
          </para>
         </listitem>
-        <listitem>
-         <para>
-           all critical data passing is free of locks and mutexes.
-         </para>
-        </listitem>
       </itemizedlist>
     </section>