Re: cannot find sparc64.gz
> > > Does mplayer use VIS?
> >
> > Only under Solaris, via the mlib library.
> >
> > I've been meaning to code up the routines so Linux gets
> > VIS support under mplayer as well.
> Would this be support for vector instructions in GCC or would this be
> an mlib replacement?
I think I mentioned this on list but hopefully shortly I will be looking
into the viability of adding VIS support for the vector data type sin
GCC. TBH I don't know if this is what mplayer currently uses or not but
it might be a reasonable approach.
> I went looking through some mplayer lists not too
> long ago and it seemed that the mlib support has bit rotted a bit. Anyway,
> to the point I would like to see some of the vec_* functions from altivec.h
> available on sparc under vis.h or something.
Hopefully this isn't too far away - can I sign you up to help test? :-)
Cheers,
- Martin
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Martin
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