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diff --git a/DOCS/SOLARIS b/DOCS/SOLARIS index 3f9e4d8a91..af35d506cf 100644 --- a/DOCS/SOLARIS +++ b/DOCS/SOLARIS @@ -4,16 +4,42 @@ Notes for Solaris users 1. It *only* works on Solaris x86. It can't work on SPARC systems due to 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. + 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. -3. For DVD support you must have the patched libcss installed. Patch: + 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/ -4. Due to two bugs in solaris 8 x86, you cannot reliably play DVDs using a + +5. Due to two bugs in solaris 8 x86, you cannot reliably play DVDs using a capacity >4GB: - The sd(7D) driver on solaris 8 x86 driver has bug when accessing a @@ -29,4 +55,3 @@ Notes for Solaris users -- Jürgen Keil - |