Re: mplayer packages
On 12 Sep 2003, Jens Schmalzing wrote:
> Martin-Éric Racine writes:
>
> > Why CPUs with Altivec as a minimum support level?
>
> There is a -powerpc package *and* and -altivec package. AFAICS only
> the latter is optimized.
IMHO, there should be 3 packages (applies to the kernel too):
1) Pre-G3 (PPC601, etc.)
2) G3
3) G4 with Altivec and the whole shebang
G3 and G4 kernels could be optimized with specific hardware in mind, e.g. G3 for
iBook and iMac CRT, G4 for Cube and everything after, etc. This logic would also
apply to other packages that uses GCC and/or kernel headers, such as OpenOffice.
Of course, I am aware that taking this idea to the max would turn into the same
debates as i386 people, where every once in a while, someone suggests producing
a separate i586 port which, in the PPC case, would be pre-G4 and G4-onwards, at
the very least.
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Martin-Éric Racine
http://www.pp.fishpool.fi/~q-funk/
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