Re: Are G3/ no altivec cpu still usable on Debian?
Hello!
On Sat, 2023-06-03 at 11:29 +0200, Lorenzo wrote:
> There is a bug in mplayer [1] that could be fixed by building a variant
> of mplayer without altivec, however I can't tell if such bug can
> still be triggered nowadays. The ppc port is gone right? Are cpus without
> altivec still usable on one of Debian's powerpc ports?
No, Debian for 32-bit PowerPC is still maintained as an unofficial port:
> https://cdimage.debian.org/cdimage/ports/snapshots/2023-05-28/debian-12.0.0-powerpc-NETINST-1.iso
As for Altivec support in mplayer: Have you tried the latest version? It
might be possible there is proper runtime detection these days.
Adrian
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