[mythtv-users] Newbie question re installation of Myth

[Medley, Peter]

Thanks for the help.  

The flag -athlon64 did not work, but -k8 did.

-----Original Message-----
From: Iain Waugh [mailto:iain_pub at swiftdsl.com.au] 
Sent: Wednesday, June 30, 2004 7:57 AM
To: Discussion about mythtv
Subject: Re: [mythtv-users] Newbie question re installation of Myth


Medley, Peter wrote:

> I have followed the instructions for getting mythtv installed from the

> documentation from mythtv.org.
> make[2]: Entering directory 
> `/usr/local/src/mythtv-0.15.1/libs/libmyth'
> g++ -c -pipe -O2 -fmessage-length=0 -Wall -fPIC -Wall -W -O3
> -march=pentiumpro -fomit-frame-pointer -D_REENTRANT -fPIC  
> -D_GNU_SOURCE
[...snip...]
> I'm running SuSE 9.1 with a Atholon 64 3000+ processor.  I'm pretty 
> new to this, and I don't really understand what is going on.  But, it 
> does seem like to me I'm passing the wrong parameter to the compiler.

> Like maybe instead of -march=pentiumpro I should pass some other 
> parameter, but I don't know what parameter to pass or how to do it.

Your compile settings are targetting a Pentium Pro processor, not an 
Athlon 64.

Edit the 'settings.pro' file in the mythtv source directory (appears to 
be '/usr/local/src/mythtv-0.15.1/', but I could be wrong).

Change the part that reads '-march=pentiumpro' to '-march=athlon64'.

I got the flag from the GCC manual page here:
 
http://gcc.gnu.org/onlinedocs/gcc-3.4.0/gcc/i386-and-x86-64-Options.html
#i386%20and%20x86-64%20Options

Hope this helps.

I have no idea if it will work on an Athlon 64.  Let us know how you get
on.

Cheers,

Iain