From 11273ed8d96a39f140f0bd82009e31fe435cc3d7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: icculus <icculus@edf5b092-35ff-0310-97b2-ce42778d08ea>
Date: Sun, 4 Dec 2005 21:40:25 +0000
Subject: Better altivec cvar handling. Should fix crashes at startup, or
 curious people that toggle it on at runtime on a G3.

git-svn-id: svn://svn.icculus.org/quake3/trunk@410 edf5b092-35ff-0310-97b2-ce42778d08ea
---
 code/qcommon/common.c  | 30 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++--
 code/qcommon/qcommon.h |  2 ++
 code/unix/unix_main.c  | 14 +++++---------
 code/win32/win_main.c  |  7 +++++++
 4 files changed, 42 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-)

diff --git a/code/qcommon/common.c b/code/qcommon/common.c
index 690d5bd..3839f7b 100644
--- a/code/qcommon/common.c
+++ b/code/qcommon/common.c
@@ -2353,6 +2353,24 @@ out:
 #endif
 
 
+static void Com_DetectAltivec(void)
+{
+	// Only detect if user hasn't forcibly disabled it.
+	if (com_altivec->integer) {
+		static qboolean altivec = qfalse;
+		static qboolean detected = qfalse;
+		if (!detected) {
+			altivec = Sys_DetectAltivec();
+			detected = qtrue;
+		}
+
+		if (!altivec) {
+			Cvar_Set( "com_altivec", "0" );  // we don't have it! Disable support!
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+
 /*
 =================
 Com_Init
@@ -2510,9 +2528,11 @@ void Com_Init( char *commandLine ) {
 
 	com_fullyInitialized = qtrue;
 
-    #if idppc_altivec
+	// always set the cvar, but only print the info if it makes sense.
+	Com_DetectAltivec();
+	#if idppc
 	Com_Printf ("Altivec support is %s\n", com_altivec->integer ? "enabled" : "disabled");
-    #endif
+	#endif
 
 	Com_Printf ("--- Common Initialization Complete ---\n");
 }
@@ -2713,6 +2733,12 @@ void Com_Frame( void ) {
 	} while ( msec < minMsec );
 	Cbuf_Execute ();
 
+	if (com_altivec->modified)
+	{
+		Com_DetectAltivec();
+		com_altivec->modified = qfalse;
+	}
+
 	lastTime = com_frameTime;
 
 	// mess with msec if needed
diff --git a/code/qcommon/qcommon.h b/code/qcommon/qcommon.h
index 35e44dd..01f4564 100644
--- a/code/qcommon/qcommon.h
+++ b/code/qcommon/qcommon.h
@@ -1033,6 +1033,8 @@ unsigned int Sys_ProcessorCount( void );
 
 int Sys_MonkeyShouldBeSpanked( void );
 
+qboolean Sys_DetectAltivec( void );
+
 /* This is based on the Adaptive Huffman algorithm described in Sayood's Data
  * Compression book.  The ranks are not actually stored, but implicitly defined
  * by the location of a node within a doubly-linked list */
diff --git a/code/unix/unix_main.c b/code/unix/unix_main.c
index f347027..87ee005 100644
--- a/code/unix/unix_main.c
+++ b/code/unix/unix_main.c
@@ -377,12 +377,11 @@ static void illegal_instruction(int sig)
 }
 #endif
 
-static void Sys_DetectAltivec(void)
+qboolean Sys_DetectAltivec( void )
 {
-  // Only detect if user hasn't forcibly disabled it.
-  if (com_altivec->integer) {
-#if idppc_altivec
     qboolean altivec = qfalse;
+
+#if idppc_altivec
     #ifdef MACOS_X
     long feat = 0;
     OSErr err = Gestalt(gestaltPowerPCProcessorFeatures, &feat);
@@ -401,12 +400,9 @@ static void Sys_DetectAltivec(void)
     }
     signal(SIGILL, handler);
     #endif
-
-    if (!altivec) {
-      Cvar_Set( "com_altivec", "0" );  // we don't have it! Disable support!
-    }
 #endif
-  }
+
+    return altivec;
 }
 
 void Sys_Init(void)
diff --git a/code/win32/win_main.c b/code/win32/win_main.c
index 5f7bddb..ea73fb5 100644
--- a/code/win32/win_main.c
+++ b/code/win32/win_main.c
@@ -1176,6 +1176,13 @@ void Sys_Init( void ) {
 }
 
 
+qboolean Sys_DetectAltivec( void )
+{
+    return qfalse;  // never altivec on Windows...at least for now.  :)
+}
+
+
+
 //=======================================================================
 
 int	totalMsec, countMsec;
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