MegaZeux Platform Support Matrix

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$PLATFORM amiga android darwin gp2x mingw msvc nds psp unix wii
Description AmigaOS 4.x Android MacOS 10.x GP2X Windows
(GNU toolchain)		 Windows
(Visual Studio)		 Nintendo DS Playstation Portable Linux, BSD, Solaris
HaikuOS, etc.		 Nintendo Wii
Architecture(s)
(Tested Only)		 PPC (ELF) ARM7 (ELF)
i686 (ELF)		 PPC (Mach-O)
i686 (Mach-O)		 ARM9 (ELF) x86 (PE COFF) x86 (PE COFF)
x64 (PE+ COFF)		 ARM9 (ELF) MIPS (ELF) x86 (ELF)
AMD64 (ELF)
PPC64 (ELF)		 PPC (ELF)
Endian Big Little Varies Little Little Little Little Big Varies Big
Toolchain gcc 4.2.2
binutils 2.14
clib2		 gcc 4.2.1
binutils 2.17
bionic		 gcc 4.0.1
cctools 667.3
10.3 (min ver)		 gcc 4.1.1 (open2x)
binutils 2.16.1
glibc 2.3.6		 gcc 4.4.0
binutils 2.19.1		 Visual Studio 2008 gcc 4.4.0 (dk r23)
binutils 2.19.1		 gcc 4.3.3 (dk r13)
binutils 2.16.1		 Various gcc 4.2.4 (dk r17)
binutils 2.19.1
Packaged LHA TBD DMG ZIP ZIP NO[1] ZIP ZIP Various ZIP
Optimized
Visibility[2]		 YES YES YES N/A YES YES N/A N/A YES N/A
Stack Protector YES NO YES NO NO[3] NO NO NO YES NO
Module Engine ModPlug ModPlug ModPlug MikMod ModPlug ModPlug N/A ModPlug ModPlug ModPlug
Ogg Vorbis libvorbis tremor libvorbis tremor libvorbis libvorbis N/A tremor libvorbis libvorbis
Optimization Speed Size Speed Size Speed Speed Size Size Speed Size
SDL YES NO YES YES YES YES NO YES YES NO
EDITOR YES YES YES NO[4] YES YES NO[4] NO[4] YES NO[4]
HELPSYS YES YES YES NO[4] YES YES NO[4] NO[4] YES NO[4]
AUDIO YES TBD YES YES YES YES NO YES YES YES
SOFTWARE YES NO YES render_gp2x YES YES render_nds YES YES render_gx
GL YES YES YES N/A YES YES NO NO YES NO
OVERLAY YES NO YES NO YES YES NO NO YES NO
GLSL YES YES YES N/A YES YES N/A N/A YES N/A
UPDATER YES YES YES YES YES YES NO NO NO[5] NO
MODULAR YES YES YES N/A YES YES N/A N/A YES N/A
PNG YES YES YES YES YES YES NO[6] NO[6] YES NO[6]
X11 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A YES N/A
LOADSAVE_METER NO NO NO YES NO NO YES YES NO YES

Platform Notes

  1. Could use existing `package.sh' however this does not handle PDB files.
    MSVC binaries are replicate of MinGW binaries and require a non-free, non cross-capable compiler.
  2. "Optimized Visibility" refers to the hiding of library symbols which are not required or referenced outside of that library. An "optimized" library is smaller and loads faster.
    Required on Win32. Only applicable with CONFIG_MODULAR=y builds.
  3. Disabled due to miscompilation of stack protector in conjunction with C++ exceptions with some MinGW compilers.
  4. The editor and help system features are disabled to conserve cache on embedded platforms. The features build and work on these platforms, but they are basically unusable due to the lack of any on-screen keyboard.
  5. The updater is typically disabled in the Linux binaries that are shipped (for distributions like Debian or Fedora), even though the feature can easily be enabled.
    The issue is that MegaZeux is installed system-wide on these platforms and overwrites cannot be guaranteed.
    Additionally, it is felt that the advanced package management on these platforms supercedes any usefulness of the built-in updater.
  6. Not had the opportunity to cross compile the required libraries (zlib and libpng).
    Future developments may depend on these libraries, such as networking and the archive browser. Currently, the bloat cannot be justified, and these platforms do not yet have functioning network APIs.

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