funny bug in ML 8.0 revisited :)

[Shantanu Gadgil]

Hi...original thread in the " Old Forum Browsable Archive Forum"

hutch had said:
>> What distribution does dot.net come in ? I have the XP DDK versions of ML.EXE but I have not got around to dot.net.

Reply:
I don't understand "distribution" sad.gif

The ml 8.0 (and the dlls) I am using is the one I have got from .NET 2005

I downloaded this: wink.gif
http://www.wasm.ru/tools/7/VS2005.zip

The link is still alive !!! Is it illegal or something ?

[00100b]

I don't know about that site distributing it, but VS.NET 2005 is a beta product which is a free download at http://lab.msdn.microsoft.com/vs2005/

This version is available for testing and evaluation only.

[dev_zero]

From VS 2005 Express Beta eula...

Subject to Recipient's compliance with the terms and conditions of this Agreement, Microsoft grants to Recipient a limited, non-exclusive, nontransferable, non-assignable license to install, reproduce and use the SOFTWARE on up to ten (10) computers residing on Recipient's premises, solely for purposes of testing software programs that run in conjunction with the SOFTWARE, and to evaluate the SOFTWARE for the purpose of providing feedback thereon to Microsoft.

[Vortex]

Shantanu,

What are the new features of ml.exe V8.0?

[hutch--]

I downloaded the beta and tried out ml.exe 8.0 but it has more work to do on it to make it reliable. Version 7.00 works fine apart from having broken command line support (*.asm) but it builds everyting properly and has the SSE2 support missing in 6.14.

[dev_zero]

I downloaded the beta and tried out ml.exe 8.0 but it has more work to do on it to make it reliable. Version 7.00 works fine apart from having broken command line support (*.asm) but it builds everyting properly and has the SSE2 support missing in 6.14.

What about 6.15 is that reliable..?

[hutch--]

6.15 is a very good version but it only comes with VC6 as an add on. It is nearly identical with 6.14 but has support for SSE2 from memory.

[Vortex]

6.15 is a very good version but it only comes with VC6 as an add on. It is nearly identical with 6.14 but has support for SSE2 from memory.

Hutch, 6.15 is available from Iczelion's website:

http://spiff.tripnet.se/~iczelion/files/masm615.zip

[hutch--]

Yes but there was only one source for ml 6.15 and that was the VC processor pack. I have it on the forum website as well but its only licenced to owners of VC.

[Shantanu Gadgil]

Vortex had said:
>> What are the new features of ml.exe V8.0?

the "@" parameter to provide a response file to ml.exe does not seem to work !!!

i.e. the following does not work:
\masm32\bin\ml /c /coff @ml.rsp

the file "ml.rsp" is obviously created with:
dir /b *.asm > ml.rsp

:(

[Vortex]

Hi Shantanu,

So let's continue to stick with V6.1x , no much reason to use V8

[Shantanu Gadgil]

found a workaround :)

as stated above, the problem was while assembling multiple ASMs. (That problem was trivial...)
in a batch file:
---
for %%s in (*.asm) do ml.exe %%s
---

and for linking

---
dir *.obj /b /o > mlobj.rsp
\masm32\bin\link -lib @mlobj.rsp /out:masm32.lib
---

actually "*.obj" works instead of the "@mlobj.rsp", but if you want the objs in a particular (sorted) order, this helps :) :)

so, say what... do we switch to 8.0 ? ;)

[hutch--]

Version 8.0 is not currently available for release, it is only available at the moment as a beta that is not licenced to do anything else than test. For versions 6.14 is fine, 6.15 has SSE2 support and 7.00 works fine but will not handle *.asm.

[mrburkett]

Yes but there was only one source for ml 6.15 and that was the VC processor pack. I have it on the forum website as well but its only licenced to owners of VC.

Hi Hutch,

I'm a little confused over this liscense stuff.  I own and use as a resource Kip R. Irvine's book, "Assembly Language for Intel-Based Computers," Fourth Edition.  It provides a CD-ROM with ML V6.15 in it.  On the last page of the book is Microsoft's Liscense agreement.

What has Prentice Hall done here?  Received the liscense so that the v6.15 could be included in the book?  I do not own VC.

Just a question since I do not use 6.15.  I use 7.10 from the DDK downloaded from Microsoft.

Jim

[GregL]

mrburkett,

That is another (legal) source of ML.EXE v6.15. I have that book too.