From: Allan Schaffer (allan++at++southpark.engr.sgi.com)
Date: 06/20/2000 09:59:09
On Jun 20, 5:49pm, c937161++at++student.dtu.dk wrote:
> I'm having trouble loading pfb files in Performer 2.2 on Irix made with
> pfconv using Performer 2.3 for Linux. Searching the archives and other
> docs does not give me any clues to why it fails. The pfb DSO says it's not
> a pfb file (it is). I assume that all endianess issues are taken care of
> in the loader.
>
> Would the pfb format have changed so much from 2.2 to 2.3 that binary
> compatibility is broken?
The PFB loader shipped with 2.2 doesn't (yet) have the ability to
perform the required endianness-flip to read PFB files created on
a Linux system with Performer 2.3.
An updated PFB loader will ship in IRIX 6.5.10 that fixes this
problem. I'll see about putting the new code on our website
somewhere as well.
In the meantime, what you might try is to do all of your 'pfconv'
conversions on an IRIX system, and copy those files over to Linux.
The IRIX (pf2.2) system will be able to read them, and the Linux
(pf2.3) system will do an endianness flip with no trouble.
Allan
-- Allan Schaffer allan++at++sgi.com Silicon Graphics http://reality.sgi.com/allan
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