Re: [Boost-build] how to check which assembler is used

Subject: Re: [Boost-build] how to check which assembler is used
From: Vladimir Prus (ghost_at_[hidden])
Date: 2010-11-14 06:35:40

On Sunday, November 14, 2010 12:13:33 Oliver Kowalke wrote:
> Am 14.11.2010 08:49, schrieb Gevorg Voskanyan:
> > Oliver Kowalke wrote:
> >> Hi,
> >> how can I check which assembler is used by boost.build.
> >> I try to  compile some asm on x64 Windows and I get some errors like
> >> 'undefined symbol :  rcx' which seams that the 32bit masm (ml.exe) is
> >> used instead of 64bit version  (ml64.exe).
> >> 
> >> bjam option '--debug-building' doesn't give me the requested  info.
> >> 
> >> A grep of ml.exe/ml64.exe in the 'tools' subdirectory doesn't give  me a
> >>  hit.
> >> 
> >> thx,
> >> Oliver
> > 
> > Hi,
> > 
> > bjam -n -a
> > will show what commands would get executed when building, but will not
> > actually execute them.
> 
> It seams that bjam calls vcvars32.bat on 64bit Windows?! It should call
> vcvars64.bat instead. This is triggered by calling vcvarsall.bat from
> bjam with the incorrect argument (should be amd64 or x86_amd64).
> Maybe tools/msvc.jam is not correct?
> 
> bjam toolset=msvc-10.0 architecture=x86 instruction-set=yorksfield -n -a

You probably need address-model=64  here.

- Volodya

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