Re: [Boost-users] embedded platform setup help, please

From: Garrett Weinberg (weinberg_at_[hidden])
Date: 2006-04-10 13:16:28

Peter Dimov wrote:
> Garrett Weinberg wrote:
>> Hi all,
>>
>> I'm trying to use a few header-only Boost libraries in an embedded
>> environment -- to be specific, an SH4 platform that runs Windows
>> CE.NET
>> 4.2.  My IDE is Embedded Visual C++ 4.0.
>>
>> My minimal "hello world" does nothing interesting but instantiating a
>> simple boost::shared_array of chars.
>>
>> I get the following unresolved external when linking:
>>
>> minimal.obj : error LNK2019: unresolved external symbol
>> __InterlockedDecrement referenced in function "public: void __cdecl
>> boost::detail::sp_counted_base::release(void)"
>> (?release_at_sp_counted_base_at_detail@boost@@QAAXXZ)
>> SH4Rel/minimal.exe : fatal error LNK1120: 1 unresolved externals
> 
> This error is caused by "boost/detail/interlocked.hpp" autodetecting 
> _InterlockedDecrement as a compiler intrinsic, which it doesn't seem to be.
> 
> If you don't use threads, you can #define BOOST_SP_DISABLE_THREADS to turn 
> off shared_ptr's thread support; otherwise, try #defining 
> BOOST_USE_WINDOWS_H to make Interlocked* available to shared_ptr. 

Thank you.  #defining BOOST_USE_WINDOWS_H solved the problem.