doc: Windows building officially supported only on x64 hosts #21443

refack · 2018-06-21T15:00:20Z

Since we are CI testing on x64 hosts, we can only commit to x64 hosts.
We could add x86_x86 and x86_x64 as Experimental, to indicate willingness to accept community PRs.

Ref: #21402
Ref: #21437

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make -j4 test (UNIX), or vcbuild test (Windows) passes
documentation is changed or added
commit message follows commit guidelines

nodejs-github-bot · 2018-06-21T15:00:22Z

@refack build started: https://ci.nodejs.org/blue/organizations/jenkins/node-test-pull-request-lite-pipeline/detail/node-test-pull-request-lite-pipeline/111/pipeline

refack · 2018-06-21T15:00:51Z

/CC @nodejs/platform-windows @nodejs/build

seishun · 2018-06-21T15:06:37Z

BUILDING.md

@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ platforms in production.
 | GNU/Linux    | Tier 1       | kernel >= 2.6.32, glibc >= 2.12  | x64, arm             |                  |
 | GNU/Linux    | Tier 1       | kernel >= 3.10, glibc >= 2.17    | arm64                |                  |
 | macOS        | Tier 1       | >= 10.10                         | x64                  |                  |
-| Windows      | Tier 1       | >= Windows 7/2008 R2/2012 R2     | x86, x64             | vs2017           |
+| Windows      | Tier 1       | >= Windows 7/2008 R2/2012 R2     | x86_x86, x64         | vs2017           |


What is x86_x86?

seishun · 2018-06-21T15:07:00Z

BUILDING.md

@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ Depending on host platform, the selection of toolchains may vary.

 #### Windows

-* Visual Studio 2017 or the Build Tools thereof
+* Visual Studio 2017 or the "Build Tools" thereof, on an x64 host.


Why add quotes?

Unless this is supposed to imply that Visual Studio 2017 is not required on a non-x64 host, "on an x64 host" doesn't belong here.

It's a proper product name.

Visual Studio 2017 is a product name, why isn't it in quotes?

seishun · 2018-06-21T15:08:57Z

BUILDING.md

@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ platforms in production.
 | GNU/Linux    | Tier 1       | kernel >= 2.6.32, glibc >= 2.12  | x64, arm             |                  |
 | GNU/Linux    | Tier 1       | kernel >= 3.10, glibc >= 2.17    | arm64                |                  |
 | macOS        | Tier 1       | >= 10.10                         | x64                  |                  |
-| Windows      | Tier 1       | >= Windows 7/2008 R2/2012 R2     | x86, x64             | vs2017           |
+| Windows      | Tier 1       | >= Windows 7/2008 R2/2012 R2     | x64_x86, x64         | vs2017           |


What is "x64_x86"?

refack · 2018-06-21T15:09:03Z

BUILDING.md

@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ Depending on host platform, the selection of toolchains may vary.

 #### Windows

-* Visual Studio 2017 or the Build Tools thereof
+* Visual Studio 2017 or the "Build Tools" thereof, on an x64 host.


It's a proper product name.

refack · 2018-06-21T15:11:18Z

BUILDING.md

@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ platforms in production.
 | GNU/Linux    | Tier 1       | kernel >= 2.6.32, glibc >= 2.12  | x64, arm             |                  |
 | GNU/Linux    | Tier 1       | kernel >= 3.10, glibc >= 2.17    | arm64                |                  |
 | macOS        | Tier 1       | >= 10.10                         | x64                  |                  |
-| Windows      | Tier 1       | >= Windows 7/2008 R2/2012 R2     | x86, x64             | vs2017           |
+| Windows      | Tier 1       | >= Windows 7/2008 R2/2012 R2     | x64_x86, x64         | vs2017           |


x86_x86 was a typo
x64_x86 is Microsoft designation for cross compiling x86 (32bit) target, on an x64(64bit) host.

calling: "C:\Program Files\VSCommunity2017\VC\\Auxiliary\Build\vcvarsall.bat" x86_x86 [ERROR:vcvarsall.bat] Invalid argument found : x86_x86 [ERROR:vcvarsall.bat] Error in script usage. The correct usage is: Syntax: vcvarsall.bat [arch] [platform_type] [winsdk_version] [-vcvars_ver=vc_version] where : [arch]: x86 | amd64 | x86_amd64 | x86_arm | x86_arm64 | amd64_x86 | amd64_arm | amd64_arm64

"x64_x86" is a Microsoft-specific thing, it will confuse people. They expect the Architectures column to list the architecture on which Node runs, not how it's built.

I also think this is confusing. IMHO we should keep this as it is, and add the note about x64 host.

bzoz

I'm -1 on x64_x86. IMHO we should put note about only support compilation on 64bit machines in the "Notes" column

refack · 2018-07-19T20:33:32Z

@seishun @bzoz @mmarchini @jasnell PTAL.
I Moved the change to a note. Since there were already a few heterogeneous notes, I made them uniform, but I'd be happy to hear comments about the style.

seishun · 2018-07-19T20:35:34Z

BUILDING.md

@@ -89,7 +92,7 @@ Depending on host platform, the selection of toolchains may vary.

 #### Windows

-* Visual Studio 2017 or the Build Tools thereof
+* "Visual Studio 2017" or the "Build Tools" thereof, on a 64 bit host.


I should have been more explicit: please don't put product names in quotes.

We actually don't test with the Build Tools package anymore. And we only use Windows SDK 10.

vsemozhetbyt · 2018-07-19T20:32:51Z

BUILDING.md

-*Note*: On Windows, running Node.js in windows terminal emulators like `mintty`
-  requires the usage of [winpty](https://github.com/rprichard/winpty) for
-  Node's tty channels to work correctly (e.g. `winpty node.exe script.js`).
+<em id="fn2">2</em>: Teir 1 support for building on Windows is only on 64 bit


Teir -> Tier

vsemozhetbyt · 2018-07-19T20:35:03Z

BUILDING.md

+<em id="fn2">2</em>: Teir 1 support for building on Windows is only on 64 bit
+  hosts. Support is experimental for 32 bit hosts.
+
+<em id="fn3">3</em>: On Windows, running Node.js in windows terminal emulators


windows -> Windows

vsemozhetbyt · 2018-07-19T20:39:00Z

BUILDING.md

+
+<em id="fn3">3</em>: On Windows, running Node.js in windows terminal emulators
+  like `mintty` requires the usage of [winpty](https://github.com/rprichard/winpty)
+  for Node's tty channels to work correctly (e.g. `winpty node.exe script.js`).


Node's -> Node.js's? (A bit awkward, but it seems we try to be consistent here.)

How about Node's -> the

Seems good.

seishun · 2018-07-19T20:55:13Z

BUILDING.md

@@ -89,7 +92,7 @@ Depending on host platform, the selection of toolchains may vary.

 #### Windows

-* Visual Studio 2017 or the Build Tools thereof
+* Visual Studio 2017 with the Windows 10 SDK on a 64 bit host.


This is under "Supported Toolchains". There is no need to mention Windows 10 SDK or bitness here. The specific requirements are listed in a separate section. Why change this line at all?

IMHO SDK and host bitness are parts of the toolchain 🤷‍♂️

I'm on vacation, so I can't review this. I'm dismissing my -1 to not block this

gibfahn · 2018-07-22T23:50:11Z

I Moved the change to a note. Since there were already a few heterogeneous notes, I made them uniform, but I'd be happy to hear comments about the style.

Notes look really good FWIW.

mmarchini

Still LGTM. Nice job improving the notes!

refack · 2018-08-16T22:16:26Z

CI: https://ci.nodejs.org/job/node-test-pull-request-lite-pipeline/577/
(+ https://ci.nodejs.org/job/node-test-commit-linux-containered/6343/)

Since we are CI testing on x64 hosts, we can only commit to x64 hosts. PR-URL: nodejs#21443 Refs: nodejs#21402 Refs: nodejs#21437 Reviewed-By: James M Snell <jasnell@gmail.com> Reviewed-By: Matheus Marchini <matheus@sthima.com> Reviewed-By: João Reis <reis@janeasystems.com>

Since we are CI testing on x64 hosts, we can only commit to x64 hosts. PR-URL: #21443 Refs: #21402 Refs: #21437 Reviewed-By: James M Snell <jasnell@gmail.com> Reviewed-By: Matheus Marchini <matheus@sthima.com> Reviewed-By: João Reis <reis@janeasystems.com>

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