Re: xp ddk 64bit built environment

robert <robert@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> Do you know why Micososft DDK has removed compiling assembly code under
>64bit environment?

In part, because at least one of the supported 64-bit architectures (ia64)
has an entirely different instruction set. "pop eax" is not a valid
Itanium instruction.
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- Tim Roberts, timr@xxxxxxxxx
Providenza & Boekelheide, Inc
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