[Mplayer-cvslog] CVS: main/DOCS SOLARIS,1.5,1.6

[Jürgen Keil]

Update of /cvsroot/mplayer/main/DOCS
In directory mplayerhq:/var/tmp.root/cvs-serv5181

Modified Files:
	SOLARIS 
Log Message:
Document a few possible compile errors on solaris when using non GNU tools.


Index: SOLARIS
===================================================================
RCS file: /cvsroot/mplayer/main/DOCS/SOLARIS,v
retrieving revision 1.5
retrieving revision 1.6
diff -C2 -r1.5 -r1.6
*** SOLARIS	24 Jun 2001 19:27:00 -0000	1.5
--- SOLARIS	26 Jun 2001 09:04:31 -0000	1.6
***************
*** 5,18 ****
     the use of win32 codecs.
  
  2. To build the package you will need GNU make (gmake, /opt/sfw/gmake), 
!    native Solaris make will not work.  You also need the GNU C compiler,
!    configured to use the GNU Assembler.  The mplayer code makes heavy use
!    of MMX, SSE and 3DNOW! instructions that cannot be compiled using Sun's
!    assembler /usr/ccs/bin/as.
  
! 3. For DVD support you must have the patched libcss installed. Patch:
     http://www.tools.de/solaris/mplayer/
  
! 4. Due to two bugs in solaris 8 x86,  you cannot reliably play DVDs using a
     capacity >4GB: 
  
--- 5,44 ----
     the use of win32 codecs.
  
+ 
  2. To build the package you will need GNU make (gmake, /opt/sfw/gmake), 
!    native Solaris make will not work.  
! 
!    Typical error you get when building with solaris' make instead of GNU
!    make:
! 
!    % /usr/ccs/bin/make
!    make: Fatal error in reader: Makefile, line 122: Unexpected end of line seen
! 
! 
! 3. You also need the GNU assembler;  and the GNU C compiler, configured to use
!    the GNU assembler.  The mplayer code makes heavy use of MMX, SSE and 3DNOW!
!    instructions that cannot be compiled using Sun's assembler /usr/ccs/bin/as.
! 
!    Use the "--as=/whereever/you/have/installed/gnu-as" option to tell
!    configure where it can find GNU as on your system.
  
!    Typical error you get when building with a GNU C compiler that does
!    not use GNU as:
! 
!    % gmake
!    ...
!    gcc -c -Iloader -Ilibvo -O4 -march=i686 -mcpu=i686 -pipe -ffast-math 
! 	   -fomit-frame-pointer  -I/usr/local/include   -o mplayer.o mplayer.c
!    Assembler: mplayer.c
!    "<stdin>", line 3567 : Illegal mnemonic
!    "<stdin>", line 3567 : Syntax error
!    ... more "Illegal mnemonic" and "Syntax error" errors ...
! 
! 
! 4. For DVD support you must have the patched libcss installed. Patch:
     http://www.tools.de/solaris/mplayer/
  
! 
! 5. Due to two bugs in solaris 8 x86,  you cannot reliably play DVDs using a
     capacity >4GB: 
  
***************
*** 30,32 ****
  --
  Jürgen Keil
- 
--- 56,57 ----


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