On Fri, Jan 03, 2003 at 03:05:05PM +0100, Guillaume Morin wrote: > It depends on their use of Altivec. If they use the Altivec C functions, > you need a recent compiler (gcc 3.1 or later). If they use asm Altivec > functions, all you need is a assembler which supports them (GNU as > has supported them for quite a long time). > > All media players I know use Altivec asm functions, so you don't need > gcc3.
Though you do need a system with a G4 processor - the iBook that the original poster was talking about won't get any help from Altivec instructions. -- Derrik Pates [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED]
