I know that we talked about this at the meeting but I figured I should put up an issue about it to document the issue.
http://root.cern.ch/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?t=9311
Currently ROOT does not support 64bit compiles on windows as far as I can tell. I tried this the "normal" way of compiling with x64 bit tools in windows using the Visual studio x64 command prompt and the build failed.
Perhaps this will change in the future or someone (CERN) will figure out a work around. Right now 32 bit builds are FULLY supported with GRIF which can run on 64 bit machines, however if you need to control a piece of hardware on a 64bit machine then it's likely you have to compile the part containing the drivers in a stand alone application, then interact with the framework via networking tools...
I know that we talked about this at the meeting but I figured I should put up an issue about it to document the issue.
http://root.cern.ch/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?t=9311
Currently ROOT does not support 64bit compiles on windows as far as I can tell. I tried this the "normal" way of compiling with x64 bit tools in windows using the Visual studio x64 command prompt and the build failed.
Perhaps this will change in the future or someone (CERN) will figure out a work around. Right now 32 bit builds are FULLY supported with GRIF which can run on 64 bit machines, however if you need to control a piece of hardware on a 64bit machine then it's likely you have to compile the part containing the drivers in a stand alone application, then interact with the framework via networking tools...