[Coco] MAME Compile times on a RPi

[Mathieu Bouchard]

Could it also save a lot of time to configure the build so that it does not 
compile non-CoCo emulators ? I mean something in which only "mess coco" and 
"mess coco3" will work, for example.

Le 2017-03-15 à 12:00:00, Ron Klein a écrit :

> Compiling MAME on a RPi3 takes quite some some time (3 to 6 hours)
> depending on compiler directives.  I need to check to see about cross
> compiling for ARM architecture.  I know there are some library dependencies
> that would need to be met in order for this to work -- especially around
> the video hardware acceleration part (SDL2).
>
> For those who want to get the latest MAME up and running quickly under
> Raspbian, there's a nice way to do it from this tutorial:
>
> http://choccyhobnob.com/tutorials/compiling-mame-on-raspberry-pi/
>
>
> If you update the latest Raspbian with the GCC 6.xx compiler and add the
> SDL2 libraries, you can download precompiled versions of MAME from this
> site as well:
>
> http://choccyhobnob.com/software/mame/
>
> On Wed, Mar 15, 2017 at 11:00 AM, tim lindner <tlindner at macmess.org> wrote:
>
>> On Wed, Mar 15, 2017 at 7:31 AM, Ron Klein <ron at kdomain.org> wrote:
>> > Only looking for a good base to start with.  I'm hoping other's will chime
>> > in with suggestions, etc..  We will need a way to distribute and provide
>> > some initial documentation.
>>
>> Can MAME be compiled on a fast PC and then transfered to the RPi?
>>
>> If not, how long does it take to compile MAME on a RPi?

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