Re: [fpc-pascal] Re: Win64 SEH patch fixes some Firebird embedded bugs

2012-07-09 Thread Michael Van Canneyt
On Mon, 9 Jul 2012, Sven Barth wrote: On 09.07.2012 14:22, Michael Van Canneyt wrote: Major issue 2: I used dummy relocations to link in required .pdata sections, but this cannot be expressed using gas. This means either smartlinking should be disabled with gas, or the entire .pdata will be d

Re: [fpc-pascal] Re: Win64 SEH patch fixes some Firebird embedded bugs

2012-07-09 Thread Sven Barth
On 09.07.2012 14:22, Michael Van Canneyt wrote: Major issue 2: I used dummy relocations to link in required .pdata sections, but this cannot be expressed using gas. This means either smartlinking should be disabled with gas, or the entire .pdata will be dropped, making SEH unusable. You even co

Re: [fpc-pascal] Re: Win64 SEH patch fixes some Firebird embedded bugs

2012-07-09 Thread Reinier Olislagers
On 9-7-2012 14:22, Michael Van Canneyt wrote: > It turns out there are reasons not to enable it by default just yet: > > Major issue 1: ld randomly crashes while linking any executable with > .pdata section. > When it crashes, Windows pops up the WER dialog, meaning that the entire > testsuite wil

Re: [fpc-pascal] Re: Win64 SEH patch fixes some Firebird embedded bugs

2012-07-09 Thread Michael Van Canneyt
On Mon, 9 Jul 2012, Reinier Olislagers wrote: But we'll get there. I'll leave you guys to it, then ;) It turns out there are reasons not to enable it by default just yet: Major issue 1: ld randomly crashes while linking any executable with .pdata section. When it crashes, Windows pops u

Re: [fpc-pascal] Re: Win64 SEH patch fixes some Firebird embedded bugs

2012-07-09 Thread Reinier Olislagers
On 9-7-2012 10:07, Michael Van Canneyt wrote: > On Mon, 9 Jul 2012, Reinier Olislagers wrote: > >>> Patience. These things take time. >>> >>> I've set the weels in motion. >>> >>> Michael. >> Thanks. >> >> I noticed some things do take time.. the thing is that without any >> feedback is hard to gu

Re: [fpc-pascal] Re: Win64 SEH patch fixes some Firebird embedded bugs

2012-07-09 Thread Michael Van Canneyt
On Mon, 9 Jul 2012, Reinier Olislagers wrote: Patience. These things take time. I've set the weels in motion. Michael. Thanks. I noticed some things do take time.. the thing is that without any feedback is hard to guess whether something was forgotten, or wheels are set in motion... Let m

[fpc-pascal] Re: Win64 SEH patch fixes some Firebird embedded bugs

2012-07-09 Thread Reinier Olislagers
On 9-7-2012 9:44, Michael Van Canneyt wrote: > On Mon, 9 Jul 2012, Reinier Olislagers wrote: >> On 21-6-2012 11:39, michael.vancanneyt-0is9kj9s...@public.gmane.org >> wrote: >>> On Thu, 21 Jun 2012, Reinier Olislagers wrote: Thought I'd let everybody know in case they run into Firebird x64 >>>