SDL/Tru64 (fwd)

Forwarded message: -------------------Date: Mon, 05 Mar 2001 11:26:03 +0100
From: cal@swipnet.se (Anders Lindstrom)
Subject: Re: SDL/Tru64

You’re the only one who has reported anything for SDL/Tru64.
So, is it ready to be added to the officially supported list?
What does and doesn’t work?

Status:
Tested with Tru64 4.0f under cc v6.1 and gcc 2.7.2.3 in Tru64 X (or whatever they
call it).
SDL builds without errors.

Subsystems:
audio… doesn’t work.
cdrom… not enabled, but should be easy to fix.
endian… works.
events… works (key, mouse and X events are all correct).
file… works.
joystick… doesn’t work.
thread… works.
timer… works.
video… works (besides gamma support).
opengl… works.

All programs in test/ builds (besides torturethread… should it build?) and works
fine. testjoystick, testgamma, testcdrom and loopwave reports missing subsytems
(naturally).

libSDL can be linked to code compiled with both gcc and cc.

SGE also works fine :slight_smile:

So, it seems to work fine. All important subsystems works and seems to be very
stable.
It would feel better if anyone could confirm that SDL works under older/newer
version of Tru64. However, if you put it on the supported list we might get more
testers :slight_smile: You could maybe ask the newsgroup/mailinglist if anyone has an
Alpha/Tru64 and could test the latest CVS?

Best regards,
Anders Lindstr?m

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audio… doesn’t work.

what (if any) audio api does tru64 support? if it’s remotely close to
bsd/sun /dev/audio it would be easy to add, though I just scanned
the system headers of a Tru64 5.0A machine and found nothing at all

video… works (besides gamma support).

gamma should always work in 8bpp PseudoColor visuals, otherwise you
need DirectColor

what (if any) audio api does tru64 support? if it’s remotely close to
bsd/sun /dev/audio it would be easy to add, though I just scanned
the system headers of a Tru64 5.0A machine and found nothing at all

MME sound system. For some weird reason they use a MSWindows like API! We
don’t have it so I don’t know the details. I searched
http://tru64unix.compaq.com/ but didn’t find anything useful.

Anyone got a Tru64 machine with MME support?

/Anders Lindstr?m