On Tue, Nov 01, 2016 at 04:34:01PM +0200, Adrian Bunk wrote: > This doesn't looks wrong to me. > > Note that depending on the software --enable-altivec can either mean > - compile unconditionally for AltiVec, or > - enable AltiVec parts with autodetection to only use them when the > hardware supports it
Well in VLC it means build with -maltivec among other things. > As I already wrote, vlc contains AltiVec-specific code and autodetection > for using it only when the hardware supports it. > > This should be enabled on all ppc ports, except the SPE one. > > --enable-altivec also adding -maltivec elsewhere is a bug. Well it certainly appears to have been done on purpose in the configure script. Maybe it is a bug. Perhaps I should poke it a bit... > And due to this bug the whole AltiVec autodetection in vlc is > pretty useless. Well if it has such auto detection, then yes it is. -- Len Sorensen
