Is there a plan to support the build of Arm64X PE binaries with the Visual Studio 17 2022 generator?
For example, the ODBC driver is better with an Arm64X PE binary.
MariaDB Connector/ODBC is a CMake-enabled project.
The 64-bit ODBC driver is installed at the following location.
C:\Program Files\MariaDB\MariaDB ODBC Driver 64-bit\maodbc.dll
- ODBC Administrator (Arm64) can load Arm64X
maodbc.dll - Microsoft Access (x64) can load Arm64X
maodbc.dll
Windows 11 can share two 64-bit environments (Arm64 and x64) by having Arm64X binaries.
If CMake can support the build of Arm64X binaries more easily, it helps.
Although Microsoft introduces a workaround method, it is a very complex way.
Build Arm64X Files | Microsoft Learn
It is easier if sln & vcxprojs have both ARM64 and ARM64EC platforms.
Arm64X PE binary is built on ARM64EC platform with <PropertyGroup Condition="..."><BuildAsX>true</BuildAsX></PropertyGroup>. Also ARM64 platform is needed.
The output binary (DLL, EXE, LIB) from the ARM64EC platform is the final binary forming Arm64X.
OutDir and IntDir elements can be solved like the following sample:
<OutDir Condition="'$(Configuration)|$(Platform)'=='Release|ARM64'">...\libmariadb\Release\ARM64\</OutDir>
<OutDir Condition="'$(Configuration)|$(Platform)'=='Release|ARM64EC'">...\libmariadb\Release\</OutDir>
<IntDir Condition="'$(Configuration)|$(Platform)'=='Release|ARM64'">libmariadb.dir\Release\ARM64\</IntDir>
<IntDir Condition="'$(Configuration)|$(Platform)'=='Release|ARM64EC'">libmariadb.dir\Release\ARM64EC\</IntDir>
IntDir in utility projects is already ideal.
<IntDir Condition="'$(Configuration)|$(Platform)'=='RelWithDebInfo|ARM64'">$(Platform)\$(Configuration)\$(ProjectName)\</IntDir>
<IntDir Condition="'$(Configuration)|$(Platform)'=='RelWithDebInfo|ARM64EC'">$(Platform)\$(Configuration)\$(ProjectName)\</IntDir>
Object elements need to have a distinctive IntDir between ARM64 and ARM64EC. It is good to insert $(Platform)\.
<Object Include="V:\mariadb-connector-odbc-for-win10-arm64\arm64x-build\libmariadb\libmariadb\mariadb_obj.dir\$(Configuration)\$(Platform)\my_auth.obj" />