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12 <P><B>In medias res</B></P> |
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14 <P>There are two major topics which always cause huge dispute and flame on the |
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15 <A HREF="http://mplayerhq.hu/pipermail/mplayer-users/">mplayer-users</A> |
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16 mailing list. Number one is the topic of the</P> |
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18 <P><A NAME=gcc><B>GCC 2.96 series</B></A></P> |
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20 <P><B>The background:</B> The GCC <B>2.95</B> series is an official GNU release |
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21 and version 2.95.3 of GCC is the most bug-free in that series. |
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22 We have never noticed compilation problems that we could trace to gcc-2.95.3. |
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23 Starting with Red Hat Linux 7.0, <B>Red Hat</B> included a heavily |
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24 patched CVS version of GCC in their distribution and named it <B>2.96</B>. Red |
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25 Hat included this version in the distribution because GCC 3.0 was not finished at |
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26 the time, and they needed a compiler that worked well on all of their supported |
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27 platforms, including IA64 and s390. The Linux distributor <B>Mandrake</B> |
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28 also followed Red Hat's example and started shipping GCC 2.96 with their |
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29 Linux-Mandrake 8.0 series. </P> |
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31 <P><B>The statements:</B> The GCC team disclaimed any link with GCC 2.96 and issued an |
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32 <A HREF="http://gcc.gnu.org/gcc-2.96.html">official response</A> to GCC 2.96. |
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33 Many developers around the world began having problems with GCC 2.96, and |
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35 <A HREF="http://www.apachelabs.org/apr-mbox/200106.mbox/%3c20010623194228.C25512@ebuilt.com%3e">Apache</A>, |
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38 <A HREF="http://www.winehq.com/news/?view=92#RH 7.1 gcc fixes compiler bug">Wine</A>. |
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40 <A HREF="http://www.realtimelinux.org/archives/rtai/20017/0144.html">Real time Linux</A>, |
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41 <A HREF="http://www.atnf.csiro.au/people/rgooch/linux/docs/kernel-newsflash.html"> |
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42 Linux kernel news flash about kernel 2.4.17</A> and |
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43 <A HREF="http://www.voy.com/3516/572.html">Voy Forum</A>. |
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44 <B>MPlayer</B> also suffered from intermittent problems that were all solved by |
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46 workarounds for some of the 2.96 issues, but we refused to fix other people's |
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47 bugs, especially since some workarounds may imply a performance penalty.</P> |
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50 <A HREF="http://www.bero.org/gcc296.html">here</A>. |
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51 GCC 2.96 does not allow | (pipe) characters in assembler comments |
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52 because it supports Intel as well as AT&T Syntax and the | character is a |
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53 symbol in the Intel variant. The problem is that it <B>silently</B> ignores the |
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54 whole assembler block. This is supposedly fixed now, GCC prints a warning instead |
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55 of skipping the block.</P> |
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58 situation has indeed improved, yet we still see problem reports on our |
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59 mailing lists that disappear with a different compiler. In any case it does not |
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60 matter any longer. Hopefully a maturing GCC 3.x will solve the issue for good. |
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61 If you want to compile with 2.96 give the <CODE>--disable-gcc-checking</CODE> |
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62 flag to configure. Remember that you are on your own and <B>do not report any |
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63 bugs</B>. If you do, you will only get banned from our mailing list because |
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64 we have had more than enough flame wars over GCC 2.96. Please let the matter rest.</P> |
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67 Red Hat <A HREF="ftp://updates.redhat.com">ftp server</A>, or just go for the | |
68 3.04 packages offered for version 7.2 and later. If you do not want to or cannot | |
69 use the binary packages, here is how you can compile GCC 3.0.4 from source:</P> | |
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73 page and download <CODE>gcc-core-3.0.4.tar.gz</CODE>. This includes the | |
74 complete C compiler and is sufficient for <B>MPlayer</B>. If you also want | |
75 C++, Java or some of the other advanced GCC features | |
76 <CODE>gcc-3.0.4.tar.gz</CODE> may better suit your needs.</LI> | |
77 <LI>Extract the archive with<BR> | |
78 <CODE>tar -xvzf gcc-core-3.0.4.tar.gz</CODE></LI> | |
79 <LI>GCC is not built inside the source directory itself like most programs, | |
80 but needs a build directory outside the source directory. Thus you need to | |
81 create this directory via<BR> | |
82 <CODE>mkdir gcc-build</CODE></LI> | |
83 <LI>Then you can proceed to configure gcc in the build directory, but you need | |
84 the configure from the source directory:<BR> | |
85 <CODE>cd gcc-build<BR> | |
86 ../gcc-3.0.4/configure</CODE></LI> | |
87 <LI>Compile GCC by issuing this command in the build directory:<BR> | |
88 <CODE>make bootstrap</CODE></LI> | |
89 <LI>Now you can install GCC (as root) by typing<BR> | |
90 <CODE>make install</CODE></LI> | |
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93 <P><A NAME=binary><B>Binary distribution of MPlayer</B></A></P> |
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96 0.90-pre1. <B>MPlayer</B> previously contained source from the OpenDivX project, |
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97 which disallows binary redistribution. This code has been removed and you are now |
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101 for CPU architecture. <B>MPlayer</B> now supports runtime CPU detection. |
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104 performance you may wish to disable runtime CPU detection before compilation |
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105 (<CODE>configure --disable-runtime-cpudetection</CODE>).</P> |
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107 <P><A NAME=nvidia><B>nVidia</B></A></P> |
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109 <P>We dislike the fact that <A HREF="http://www.nvidia.com">nVidia</A> |
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112 <A HREF="http://mplayerhq.hu/pipermail/mplayer-users/">mplayer-users</A> |
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113 about problems related to these closed-source drivers |
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114 and their poor quality, instability and poor user and expert support. |
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118 Many of these problems/issues keep appearing repeatedly. |
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119 We have been contacted by nVidia lately, and they said these bugs |
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120 do not exist, instability is caused by bad AGP chips, and they received |
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121 no reports of driver bugs (like the purple line). So if you have a |
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122 problem with your nVidia card, you are advised to update the nVidia driver |
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123 and/or buy a new motherboard or ask nVidia to supply open-source drivers. |
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124 In any case, if you are using the nVidia binary drivers and facing driver related problems, |
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125 please be aware that you will receive very little help from our side because we have |
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126 little power to help in this matter.</P> |
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128 <P><A NAME=kotsog><B>Joe Barr</B></A></P> |
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131 <A HREF="http://www.linuxworld.com/site-stories/2001/1214.mplayer.html"> |
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132 <B>MPlayer</B> review</A>. He found <B>MPlayer</B> hard to install, but then |
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134 <A HREF="http://www.linuxworld.com/linuxworld/lw-2000-06/lw-06-exam.html">reading documentation</A>. |
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135 He also concluded that the developers were unfriendly and the documentation |
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136 incomplete and insulting. You be the judge. |
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137 He went on to mention <B>MPlayer</B> negatively in his |
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138 <A HREF="http://www.linuxworld.com/site-stories/2001/1227.predictions.html">10 Linux predictions for 2002</A> |
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140 <A HREF="http://www.linuxworld.com/site-stories/2002/0125.xine.html">review of xine</A> |
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142 quotes his exchange with Günter Bartsch, the original author of xine, that |
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145 <BLOCKQUOTE> |
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146 However, he also went on to say that he was "surprised" by my column about |
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147 Mplayer and thought it was unfair, reminding me that it is a free software |
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148 project. "If you don't like it," Bartsch said, "you're free not to use it." |
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151 <P>He does not reply to our mails. His editor does not reply to our mails. |
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152 Here are some quotes from different people about Joe Barr, so you can form your |
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155 <P>Marc Rassbach has <A HREF="http://daily.daemonnews.org/view_story.php3?story_id=2102">something to say</A> |
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160 You may all remember the LinuxWorld 2000, when he claimed that Linus T said |
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166 <P>A <A HREF="http://www.mplayerhq.hu/pipermail/mplayer-users/2001-December/009118.html">quote</A> |
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168 <A HREF="http://mplayerhq.hu/pipermail/mplayer-users/">mplayer-users</A> |
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172 <P>He's interesting, but not good at avoiding, um... controversy. Joe Barr |
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176 <P>He used to go over-the-top, flaming people, and I suspect he had some hard |
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178 subtle humor was not his mode in those earlier days, not at all.</P> |
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