VC++ sp6 out!

chob · Post by **chob** » March 31st, 2004, 12:14 pm

Don't know if this will effect/help/interest any win builders, but service pack 6 for visual c++ has been released.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/deta ... layLang=en

hussam · Post by **hussam** » March 31st, 2004, 12:55 pm

Great news. I've been beta testing this for a while.

MozJF · Post by **MozJF** » March 31st, 2004, 1:19 pm

Well ;o)

Only 60 Mb to download ? ;o)

/me will download it after reading releases notes ;o)

Lohvarn · Post by **Lohvarn** » March 31st, 2004, 1:31 pm

Nice to see they're still supporting it. Maybe O2 will work in VC6 now.

idioteque · Post by **idioteque** » March 31st, 2004, 1:50 pm

Unfortunately, you can't use this service pack if you need the processor pack too.

MozJF · Post by **MozJF** » March 31st, 2004, 1:57 pm

why not ?

EDIT: I am trying to build thunderbird with Sp6 installed.

EDIT 2: Made with VC++ 6.0Sp6 and running well ;o)

Lohvarn · Post by **Lohvarn** » March 31st, 2004, 7:54 pm

Wasn't the processor pack included in SP5 anyway?

chob · Post by **chob** » April 1st, 2004, 4:59 am

sp6 breaks the processor pack... until they release a new version anyway.

MozJF · Post by **MozJF** » April 1st, 2004, 6:05 am

Really ? So, why can I use a firefox built with Visual C++ 6.0 Sp6 without problem ?

chob · Post by **chob** » April 1st, 2004, 6:32 am

Don't know, I'm only relaying what I was told.

Edit: http://msdn.microsoft.com/vstudio/downl ... nload.aspx

The Visual C++ 6.0 Processor Pack is not compatible with Visual C++ Service Pack 6. If you install the Visual C++ Service Pack 6 on a machine on which the Processor Pack is already installed, the Processor Pack functionality will become unavailable. Likewise, if you install the Processor Pack on a machine on which the Service Pack 6 is already installed, the Service Pack 6 will no longer function.

chob · Post by **chob** » April 1st, 2004, 6:35 am

Aside: http://support.microsoft.com/default.as ... -us;834001

329594 FIX: Visual C++ 6.0 Optimizer may generate code that experiences access violations

This is a good thing for firefox builders right?

MozJF · Post by **MozJF** » April 1st, 2004, 6:38 am

chob wrote:Don't know, I'm only relaying what I was told.

Edit: http://msdn.microsoft.com/vstudio/downl ... nload.aspx

The Visual C++ 6.0 Processor Pack is not compatible with Visual C++ Service Pack 6. If you install the Visual C++ Service Pack 6 on a machine on which the Processor Pack is already installed, the Processor Pack functionality will become unavailable. Likewise, if you install the Processor Pack on a machine on which the Service Pack 6 is already installed, the Service Pack 6 will no longer function.

Well, I have installed SP6 above a VC++ 6.0 Sp5 + processor pack, and --enable-crypto option - which uses processor pack is still working. I can go on https:// (related to crypto option) without problem ;o)

Lohvarn · Post by **Lohvarn** » April 1st, 2004, 7:59 am

Processor pack should only provide optimizations so I don't think it being disabled would prevent Firefox from compiling.

MozJF · Post by **MozJF** » April 1st, 2004, 8:34 am

Processor pack is only use the ASM code of crypto libs. Or am I wrong ? ;o)

idioteque · Post by **idioteque** » April 1st, 2004, 8:57 am

The Visual C++ 6.0 Processor Pack provides intrinsic support for enhanced instruction sets supported by Intel and Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) processors. The instructions sets supported are Intel's Pentium III new instruction sets (Streaming SIMD Extensions [SSE]) and Intel's Pentium 4 new instruction sets (Streaming SIMD Extensions 2 [SSE2]) as well as AMD's 3DNow! Instruction sets.

from: http://msdn.microsoft.com/vstudio/downl ... fault.aspx

In other words, if you want to use SSE, SSE2, or 3dNow instructions in your assembly code you need it.

VC++ sp6 out!

VC++ sp6 out!

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