[FFmpeg-devel] FFMpeg on SH4 (STi7109)

[Måns Rullgård]

Jean-Michel Hautbois wrote:
> Hi everybody !
>
> I am currently trying to compile ffmpeg for the sh4 platform. I have a
> STi7109 based board, and I am currently doing:

May the gods have mercy on you.

> ./configure --enable-cross-compile --cross-prefix=sh4-linux- --arch=sh4
> --extra-cflags=-fno-strict-aliasing
>
> I have read the discussions here:
> *http://lists.mplayerhq.hu/pipermail/ffmpeg-user/2006-March/002478.html
> *here:*
> http://lists.mplayerhq.hu/pipermail/ffmpeg-devel/2007-December/039133.html
> *and here:*
> http://lists.mplayerhq.hu/pipermail/ffmpeg-devel/2008-January/040685.html
>
> *I am currently facing the following errors:
> libavcodec/sh4/qpel.c: At top level:
> libavcodec/sh4/qpel.c:1080: error: static declaration of
> 'ff_put_qpel8_mc11_old_c' follows non-static declaration
> ./libavcodec/dsputil.h:143: error: previous declaration of

That file looks like a duplicate of parts of dsputil.c.  Something is
definitely fishy here.

> And I have a lot of these.
> Is there something I have to specify in the configure command in order to
> obtain a working executable ?

It looks like the SH4 support is broken.  Someone should fix it...

> After this first step, I would like to use the ST231 cores. Do I have to use
> the STAPI ? Or is there any other way to do this ?

Do you have full documentation for the chip?  The datasheets I have
provide very little information about how to access these cores.  I
suppose you could reverse engineer the ST driver.

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