1INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS 2 3To build and install the libfec libraries, simply say 4 5./configure 6make 7make test (optional) 8make install (as root) 9 10By default, "make install" puts the libfec libraries in 11/usr/local/lib, the include files in /usr/local/include, and the 12manual page in /usr/local/man. 13 14You may have an old version of the GNU assembler that cannot handle 15the relatively new SSE2 mnemonics. Update your version of the GNU 16"binutils" package. 17 18You may obtain the latest binutils package through your normal 19distribution channels or from: 20 21http://sources.redhat.com/binutils/ 22 23TESTING THE FEC LIBRARY 24 25After running the ./configure script, optional tests can be built and 26run as follows: 27 28make test 29 30"make test" tests each routine, using the SIMD versions as 31appropriate, verifying correct operation and estimating Viterbi 32decoding speeds. These tests should always succeed unless something is 33broken. 34 3528 Mar 2004 36Phil Karn, karn@ka9q.net 37 38 39 40