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Document the latest changes to the mplayer code.
| author | jkeil |
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| date | Sat, 14 Jul 2001 17:03:55 +0000 |
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| 1 Notes for Solaris users | 1 Notes for Solaris users |
| 2 ======================= | 2 ======================= |
| 3 | 3 |
| 4 1. It *only* works on Solaris x86. It can't work on SPARC systems due to | 4 1. AVI file playback works best on Solaris x86, because you have the |
| 5 the use of win32 codecs. | 5 option to use the win32 codecs on the x86 platform. On Solaris SPARC, |
| 6 you'll find quite a few AVI files with non working video and/or | |
| 7 audio playback, because the video/audio codecs using the win32 DLLs | |
| 8 are not available. | |
| 6 | 9 |
| 7 | 10 |
| 8 2. To build the package you will need GNU make (gmake, /opt/sfw/gmake), | 11 2. To build the package you will need GNU make (gmake, /opt/sfw/gmake), |
| 9 native Solaris make will not work. | 12 native Solaris make will not work. |
| 10 | 13 |
| 11 Typical error you get when building with solaris' make instead of GNU | 14 Typical error you get when building with solaris' make instead of GNU |
| 12 make: | 15 make: |
| 13 | 16 |
| 14 % /usr/ccs/bin/make | 17 % /usr/ccs/bin/make |
| 15 make: Fatal error in reader: Makefile, line 122: Unexpected end of line seen | 18 make: Fatal error in reader: Makefile, line 25: Unexpected end of line seen |
| 16 | 19 |
| 17 | 20 |
| 18 3. You also need the GNU assembler; and the GNU C compiler, configured to use | 21 3. On Solaris SPARC, you need the GNU C/C++ Compiler; it does not matter |
| 19 the GNU assembler. The mplayer code makes heavy use of MMX, SSE and 3DNOW! | 22 if GNU C/C++ compiler is configured with or without the GNU assembler. |
| 20 instructions that cannot be compiled using Sun's assembler /usr/ccs/bin/as. | |
| 21 | 23 |
| 22 Use the "--as=/whereever/you/have/installed/gnu-as" option to tell | 24 On Solaris x86, you need the GNU assembler and the GNU C/C++ |
| 23 configure where it can find GNU as on your system. | 25 compiler, configured to use the GNU assembler! The mplayer code on |
| 26 the x86 platform makes heavy use of MMX, SSE and 3DNOW! | |
| 27 instructions that cannot be compiled using Sun's assembler | |
| 28 /usr/ccs/bin/as. | |
| 29 | |
| 30 | |
| 31 The configure script tries to find out, which assembler program is | |
| 32 used by your "gcc" command (in case the autodetection fails, use | |
| 33 the "--as=/whereever/you/have/installed/gnu-as" option to tell the | |
| 34 configure script where it can find GNU "as" on your system). | |
| 35 | |
| 36 Error message from configure on a Solaris x86 system using GCC | |
| 37 without GNU assembler: | |
| 38 | |
| 39 % configure | |
| 40 ... | |
| 41 Checking assembler (/usr/ccs/bin/as) ... , failed | |
| 42 Please upgrade(downgrade) binutils to 2.10.1... | |
| 43 | |
| 44 (Solution: Install and use a gcc configured with "--with-as=gas") | |
| 45 | |
| 24 | 46 |
| 25 Typical error you get when building with a GNU C compiler that does | 47 Typical error you get when building with a GNU C compiler that does |
| 26 not use GNU as: | 48 not use GNU as: |
| 27 | 49 |
| 28 % gmake | 50 % gmake |
| 29 ... | 51 ... |
| 30 gcc -c -Iloader -Ilibvo -O4 -march=i686 -mcpu=i686 -pipe -ffast-math | 52 gcc -c -Iloader -Ilibvo -O4 -march=i686 -mcpu=i686 -pipe -ffast-math |
| 31 -fomit-frame-pointer -I/usr/local/include -o mplayer.o mplayer.c | 53 -fomit-frame-pointer -I/usr/local/include -o mplayer.o mplayer.c |
| 32 Assembler: mplayer.c | 54 Assembler: mplayer.c |
| 33 "<stdin>", line 3567 : Illegal mnemonic | 55 "<stdin>", line 3567 : Illegal mnemonic |
| 34 "<stdin>", line 3567 : Syntax error | 56 "<stdin>", line 3567 : Syntax error |
| 35 ... more "Illegal mnemonic" and "Syntax error" errors ... | 57 ... more "Illegal mnemonic" and "Syntax error" errors ... |
| 36 | 58 |
| 37 | 59 |
| 38 4. For DVD support you must have the patched libcss installed. Patch: | 60 4. For DVD support you must have the patched libcss installed. Patch: |
| 39 http://www.tools.de/solaris/mplayer/ | 61 http://www.tools.de/solaris/mplayer/ |
| 40 | 62 |
| 46 disk block >4GB on a device using a logical blocksize != DEV_BSIZE | 68 disk block >4GB on a device using a logical blocksize != DEV_BSIZE |
| 47 (i.e. CDROM and DVD media). Due to a 32bit int overflow, a disk | 69 (i.e. CDROM and DVD media). Due to a 32bit int overflow, a disk |
| 48 address modulo 4GB is accessed. | 70 address modulo 4GB is accessed. |
| 49 (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/solarisonintel/message/22516) | 71 (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/solarisonintel/message/22516) |
| 50 | 72 |
| 51 - The similar bug is present in the hsfs(7FS) filesystem code (aka ISO9660), | 73 - The similar bug is present in the hsfs(7FS) filesystem code (aka |
| 52 hsfs currently does not support partitions/disks >4GB, all data is | 74 ISO9660), hsfs currently does not support partitions/disks >4GB, |
| 53 accessed modulo 4GB | 75 all data is accessed modulo 4GB |
| 54 (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/solarisonintel/message/22592) | 76 (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/solarisonintel/message/22592) |
| 55 | 77 |
| 56 -- | 78 -- |
| 57 Jürgen Keil | 79 Jürgen Keil |