Subject: Re: [boost] [context] [windows] Intel C++ and GCC Support?
From: Joshua Boyce (raptorfactor_at_[hidden])
Date: 2012-04-20 21:14:00
On Sat, Apr 21, 2012 at 6:21 AM, Oliver Kowalke <oliver.kowalke_at_[hidden]>wrote:
>
> Am 20.04.2012 21:49, schrieb Joshua Boyce:
>
> I notice that Boost.Context only seems to support MSVC under Windows, and
>> attempts to compile it under GCC or Intel C++ will fail because it's not
>> correctly assembling fcontext_i386_ms_pe_masm/**
>> fcontext_x86_64_ms_pe_masm.
>>
>> e.g. Under Intel I get:
>>
>> intel-win.compile.asm
>>
>>> C:\Users\Josh\Documents\code\**boost-trunk\bin.v2\libs\**
>>> context\build\intel-win\debug\**address-model-64\architecture-**
>>> x86\link-static\runtime-link-**static\threading-multi\asm\**
>>> fcontext_x86_64_ms_pe_masm.obj
>>>
>> '-c' is not recognized as an internal or external command,
>>
>> operable program or batch file.
>>
> -> MASM should be used here, maybe an boost.build issue
>
>
>
>> -c -Zp4 -Cp -Cx -DBOOST_ALL_NO_LIB=1 -DWINVER=_WIN32_WINNT_VISTA
>>> -D_WIN32_WINNT=_WIN32_WINNT_**VISTA -DBOOST_ALL_NO_LIB=1
>>> -DWINVER=_WIN32_WINNT_VISTA -D_WIN32_WINNT=_WIN32_WINNT_**VISTA /Zi /Zd
>>> /W3
>>> -Fo
>>> "C:\Users\Josh\Documents\code\**boost-trunk\bin.v2\libs\**
>>> context\build\intel-win\debug\**address-model-64\architecture-**
>>> x86\link-static\runtime-link-**static\threading-multi\asm\**
>>> fcontext_x86_64_ms_pe_masm.**obj"
>>> "C:\Users\Josh\Documents\code\**boost-trunk\libs\context\src\**
>>> asm\fcontext_x86_64_ms_pe_**masm.asm"
>>>
>>
>> ...failed intel-win.compile.asm
>>> C:\Users\Josh\Documents\code\**boost-trunk\bin.v2\libs\**
>>> context\build\intel-win\debug\**address-model-64\architecture-**
>>> x86\link-static\runtime-link-**static\threading-multi\asm\**
>>> fcontext_x86_64_ms_pe_masm.**obj...
>>>
>>
>> Whilst under GCC (via MinGW-w64) I get:
>>
>> Jamfile</C:/Users/Josh/**Documents/code/boost-trunk/**
>> libs/context/build>.masm64
>> C:\Users\Josh\Documents\code\**boost-trunk\bin.v2\libs\**
>> context\build\gcc-mingw-4.7.0\**release\address-model-64\**
>> architecture-x86\debug-**symbols-on\link-static\**
>> runtime-link-static\threading-**multi\asm\fcontext_x86_64_ms_**pe_masm.o
>> 'ml64' is not recognized as an internal or external command,
>> operable program or batch file.
>>
>
> -> 'ml64' is not recognized -> MASM is not installed or in the search path
>
>
>>
>> This occurs for both 64-bit and 32-bit compilation.
>>
>> Is this a known issue with a planned fix? Or is MSVC the only compiler
>> supported under Windows? (I know it's a pain because GCC afaik uses a
>> different assembly syntax... Not sure about Intel.)
>>
>>
>> as I wrote in the documentation (section requirements): on Windows
> MASM32/64 is required
>
> Oliver
>
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Okay thanks, I must've overlooked that in the docs.
As for MASM, it's definitely installed, so I guess it just needs to be
added to the search path. No idea what's going on with Intel though...