[MPlayer-dev-eng] [PATCH] altivec support for netbsd/powerpc platforms

[Alex Beregszaszi]

Hi,

>    > this is all i need to get altivec support working on netbsd (with
>    > a working altivec GCC :-) for mplayer.  it provides 1.5-2x speed
>    > up for watching and encoding large movies (eg, dvd size) and
>    > makes my mac actually able to actually play them sanely :-) 
>    > unfortunately, it requires GCC 3.4 for netbsd, GCC 3.3 has
>    > internal compiler errors. the (new, non-apple) altivec code for
>    > GCC wasn't really stable in 3.3 it seems..
>    Btw, if this is true, it's not really netbsd dependant imho, or am
>    I false?
> 
> this seems like a valid assumption.  i've been trying for a year or
> more to get this working -- the first time was a couple of weeks ago
> with GCC 3.4 branch compiler and mplayer cvs.  netbsd's integrated
> 3.3.3 gets ICE's building some of the mpegvideo*ppc* files IIRC...
> 
> there's always the possibility for OS dependant behaviour but this
> is one case i'd not expect it to be...
Okay, applied your version, it's still better to have something working
than nothing

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