[Mplayer-users] ./configure on OpenBSD (MMX)

[Juergen Keil]

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> 
> #uname -mps
> 
> OpenBSD i386 Intel Pentium/MMX ("Genuine Intel" 586 class)

Unfortunately that's not useful for me because I still don't know
the exact output for each of the switches, so I have no chance of adding
configure support for OpenBSD.  Please, run the uname commands once again,
but pass only one of the switches for each invokation.


I guess uname -s prints "OpenBSD".
One of "uname -p" or "uname -s" seems to print "i386";  this is actually what
the configure script is looking for.

 
> -> im no programmer, but if  it's suppose to work in FreeBSD should'nt it work 
in OpenBSD?


Unfortunatelly, not.  There are suble differences between the different
xxxBSD variants.


The mplayer code contains constructs like 'if system is freebsd, do this, else
do something else'.  Most of these places must be identified and probably
changed to 'if system is freebsd or openbsd or netbsd, do this, else do
something else'.

But somethimes, even freebsd != openbsd (or freebsd != netbsd) and the
changes are more difficult.

 
 
 

As a temporary hack, you can try to change line 190 of the configure script

    host_arch=`uname -p 2>&1`   # host's instruction set or processor type

to

    host_arch=i386
    

and the configure error message you're getting is gone,  but I guess that
sooner or later,  more problems will occur, until someone ports the code to
OpenBSD.



> ---------------------------------------
>  I got the mplayer sources from cvs, now im trying to get to configure
> > script to run on my box (P200MMX - OpenBSD 2.9 with linux binary emulation)
> >
> > when i run
> > ./configure (even with --disable-MMX)
> > checking versiob of gcc....2.95.3 ok
> > The architechture of your CPU (Intel Pentium MMX("Genuine Intel"
> > 586-class)) is not supported by this configuration script.
> > 
> > does it mean i have to buy a newer machine? lol
> 
> No.
> 
> Can you please provide the output of the following commands on OpenBSD?
> 
> uname -s
> uname -p
> uname -m
> 
> (I guess either uname -p or uname -m prints:
> Intel Pentium MMX("Genuine Intel") 586-class)
> 
> 
> 
> There's currently no completed support for OpenBSD (or NetBSD) in the mplayer
> sources, anyway.  FreeBSD works, though.
> 
> 
> > or what do i do next? any idea?
> 
> 
> We need someone to complete the port to OpenBSD (or NetBSD).
> 
> Did you say "here, I'll do it"    :-)  :-)

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