INSTALL,NOTES.WIN: classify no-asm as non-production option.

Reviewed-by: Richard Levitte <levitte@openssl.org>
(Merged from https://github.com/openssl/openssl/pull/6773)

diff --git a/INSTALL b/INSTALL
index 51141ef655c36a3a57188bddcc8eff80f9a62bad..98c34d6a71d5f171f51cddb15c7f328f314f1e48 100644 (file)
--- a/INSTALL
+++ b/INSTALL
@@ -256,8 +256,10 @@
                    no-shared option.
 
   no-asm
-                   Do not use assembler code. On some platforms a small amount
-                   of assembler code may still be used.
+                   Do not use assembler code. This should be viewed as
+                   debugging/trouble-shooting option rather than production.
+                   On some platforms a small amount of assembler code may
+                   still be used even with this option.
 
   no-async
                    Do not build support for async operations.

diff --git a/NOTES.WIN b/NOTES.WIN
index 014036c71238c21ad3403ebf7f51b61bdaa75519..4d39d06f32ad10229318708c80d9454157ff234b 100644 (file)
--- a/NOTES.WIN
+++ b/NOTES.WIN
@@ -47,10 +47,11 @@
    the other hand oldest one is known not to work. Everything between
    falls into best-effort category.
 
- - Netwide Assembler, a.k.a. NASM, available from http://www.nasm.us,
-   is required if you intend to utilize assembler modules. Note that NASM
-   is the only supported assembler. The Microsoft provided assembler is NOT
-   supported.
+ - Netwide Assembler, a.k.a. NASM, available from https://www.nasm.us,
+   is required. Note that NASM is the only supported assembler. Even
+   though Microsoft provided assembler is NOT supported, contemporary
+   64-bit version is exercised through continuous integration of
+   VC-WIN64A-masm target.
 
 
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