annotate ppc/check_altivec.c @ 5757:ace63c809071 libavcodec

Remove uses of SIGILL for CPU extension detection, that method is not acceptable in a library. Should not change anything for PPC, the autodetection is currently pointless due to other code being compiled with -maltivec as well (and detection for OSX and AmigaOS remains in place). SPARC binaries built with VIS support can now only run on systems with VIS.

/*
 * This file is part of FFmpeg.
 *
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 *
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 */


/**
 * @file check_altivec.c
 * Checks for AltiVec presence.
 */

#ifdef __APPLE__
#include <sys/sysctl.h>
#elif __AMIGAOS4__
#include <exec/exec.h>
#include <interfaces/exec.h>
#include <proto/exec.h>
#endif /* __APPLE__ */

/**
 * This function MAY rely on signal() or fork() in order to make sure altivec
 * is present
 */

int has_altivec(void)
{
#ifdef __AMIGAOS4__
    ULONG result = 0;
    extern struct ExecIFace *IExec;

    IExec->GetCPUInfoTags(GCIT_VectorUnit, &result, TAG_DONE);
    if (result == VECTORTYPE_ALTIVEC) return 1;
    return 0;
#elif __APPLE__
    int sels[2] = {CTL_HW, HW_VECTORUNIT};
    int has_vu = 0;
    size_t len = sizeof(has_vu);
    int err;

    err = sysctl(sels, 2, &has_vu, &len, NULL, 0);

    if (err == 0) return (has_vu != 0);
    return 0;
#else
    // since we were compiled for altivec, just assume we have it
    // until someone comes up with a proper way (not involving signal hacks).
    return 1;
#endif /* __AMIGAOS4__ */
}