[MPlayer-dev-eng] [PATCH] 'ports.xml' updated for AIX support

[Derek E. Lewis]

As Diego suggested many moons ago (I've been rather busy lately), I've 
finally written an AIX section for the 'Ports' section in the MPlayer 
docs.

If possible, I'd like to be added to the AUTHORS file for my work (and 
continuing work) on AIX/POWER support in MPLayer.  I'd also like to be 
added as the maintainer for the AIX port in the MAINTAINERS file.

I also noticed that there's currently no maintainer for the Solaris port 
-- if there's a need for that, I'd be glad to accept it (but that's 
another subject for another day, I suppose)

Derek E. Lewis
dlewis at solnetworks.net
http://riemann.solnetworks.net/~dlewis
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Index: DOCS/xml/en/ports.xml
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RCS file: /cvsroot/mplayer/main/DOCS/xml/en/ports.xml,v
retrieving revision 1.76
diff -u -r1.76 ports.xml
--- DOCS/xml/en/ports.xml	4 Jan 2006 11:26:15 -0000	1.76
+++ DOCS/xml/en/ports.xml	20 Jan 2006 19:50:38 -0000
@@ -399,6 +399,40 @@
 </itemizedlist>
 
 </sect2>
+
+<sect2 id="aix">
+<title>AIX</title>
+<para>
+MPlayer builds successfully on AIX 5.1, 5.2, and 5.3, using GCC 3.3 or greater.  Building MPlayer on AIX 4.3.3 and below is untested.  It is  highly recommended that you build MPlayer using GCC 3.4 or greater, or if you are building on POWER5, GCC 4.0 is required.
+</para>
+
+<para>
+Ensure that you are using the GNU make (<filename>/opt/freeware/bin/gmake</filename>) to build MPlayer, as you will encounter problems if you use <filename>/usr/ccs/bin/make</filename> . 
+</para>
+
+<para>
+CPU detection is still a work in progress.  The following architectures have been tested:
+</para>
+<itemizedlist>
+<listitem><para>604e</para></listitem>
+<listitem><para>POWER4</para></listitem>
+</itemizedlist>
+
+<para>
+The following architectures are untested, but should still work:
+</para>
+<itemizedlist>
+<listitem><para>POWER</para></listitem>
+<listitem><para>POWER2</para></listitem>
+<listitem><para>POWER3</para></listitem>
+<listitem><para>POWER5</para></listitem>
+</itemizedlist>
+
+<para>
+Sound via the Ultimedia Services is not supported, as Ultimedia was dropped in AIX 5.1; therefore, the only option is to use the AIX Open Sound System (OSS) drivers from 4Front Technologies at <ulink url="http://www.opensound.com/aix.html">http://www.opensound.com/aix.html</ulink>.  4Front Technologies freely provides the OSS drivers for personal and non-commercial usage.  
+</para>
+
+</sect2>
 </sect1>
 
 <sect1 id="windows">