[MPlayer-dev-eng] [PATCH] Fix MPlayer to compile on Darwin/x86_86

[Loren Merritt]

On Tue, 2 Jun 2009, Loren Merritt wrote:
> On Tue, 2 Jun 2009, Guillaume POIRIER wrote:
>
>> I have not found where in Apple's doc that information is written. However,
>> here's what one of Apple's engineer has responded to me about that problem:
>> 
>> This is a courtesy email regarding Bug ID# 6910963.
>> Engineering has provided the following feedback regarding this issue:
>> Thank you for the additional information.
>> The asm code is wrong for 64-bit.  The software needs porting to work.  You
>> cannot use the "g" constraint for mov.  mov will take an "r" for example of
>> a constraint that will work.
>
> You can you a "g" constraint for mov; it supports 64bit immediates.
> But mov is the only such instruction. You can't use "g" constraint for cmp, 
> if the value might not fit in int32.

You can, however, use an "erm" constraint, which specifies the limit on 
immediate size.

--Loren Merritt