Re: [Boost-build] [msvc] Using the 64-bit assembler

From: Vladimir Prus (ghost_at_[hidden])
Date: 2007-12-25 05:03:15

On Wednesday 19 December 2007 18:12:25 Juergen Hunold wrote:
> Hi !
> 
> I'm trying to build our application for 64-bit Windows using 
> address-model=64.  Unfortunately, we have some assembler for supporting 
> legycy code on Windows, resulting in (of course different) 32 and 64bit 
> assembler files.
> Now comes the question: How do I select the 64-bit assembler 
> named "ml64" ?
>  I've tried
> 
> using msvc : 8.0 : : <address-model>64:<assembler>ml64 ;
> but had no luck.
> 
> The default-assembler is hardcoded to "ml" in msvc.jam. The defaults for 
> the assembler ("-coff -Zp4") are suspicious, too. They look like 32bit 
> options... 
> Hacking msvc.jam to use "ml64" enabled me to build the assembler file, 
> but with warnings about above flags. And it is no real solution :-((
> 
> This is not a showstopper, but would be nice to have it working...

Jürgen,
can you file an issue https://zigzag.cs.msu.su:7813/boost.build/

?

Thanks,
Volodya