commit 6a65b8acba6d8dc6aebdf08469f6b4729e0fcf77
from: jcfb <soparajogosetestes@gmail.com>
via: GitHub <noreply@github.com>
date: Sun Sep 14 15:56:17 2025 UTC

support 32-bit compilation on windows

* Add support for 32 bit cross compile in mingw64 and windows 98 support

* add check to error out on linux

* update text

* add instructions for 32-bit compilation on windows

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Co-authored-by: p2r3 <41925384+p2r3@users.noreply.github.com>

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--- README.md
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@@ -19,8 +19,9 @@ Before compiling, you'll need to dump registry data fr
 
 - To compile on Linux, install `gcc` and run `./build.sh`.
 - For compiling on Windows, there are a few options:
-  - To compile a native Windows binary: install [MSYS2](https://www.msys2.org/) and open the "MSYS2 MINGW64" shell. From there, run `pacman -Sy mingw-w64-x86_64-gcc`, navigate to this project's directory, and run `./build.sh`. 
-  - To compile a MSYS2-linked binary: install [MSYS2](https://www.msys2.org/), and open the "MSYS2 MSYS" shell. From there, install `gcc` (run `pacman -Sy gcc`), navigate to this project's directory and run `./build.sh`.
+  - To compile a native Windows binary: install [MSYS2](https://www.msys2.org/) and open the "MSYS2 MINGW64" shell. From there, run `pacman -Sy mingw-w64-x86_64-gcc`, navigate to this project's directory, and run `./build.sh`.
+  - To compile a native 32-bit binary (compatible with Windows 95/98, but why would you ever want that), use the same steps above, except with `pacman -Sy mingw-w64-cross-gcc` and `./build.sh --9x`.
+  - To compile a MSYS2-linked binary: install [MSYS2](https://www.msys2.org/), and open the "MSYS2 MSYS" shell. From there, install `gcc` (run `pacman -Sy gcc`), navigate to this project's directory and run `./build.sh`. 
   - To compile and run a Linux binary from Windows: install WSL, and from there install `gcc` and run `./build.sh` in this project's directory.
 - To target an ESP variant, set up a PlatformIO project (select the ESP-IDF framework, **not Arduino**) and clone this repository on top of it. See **Configuration** below for further steps. For better performance, consider changing the clock speed and enabling compiler optimizations. If you don't know how to do this, there are plenty of resources online.
 
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--- build.sh
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@@ -22,6 +22,24 @@ case "$unameOut" in
     ;;
 esac
 
+# Default compiler
+compiler="gcc"
+
+# Handle arguments for windows 9x build
+for arg in "$@"; do
+  case $arg in
+    --9x)
+      if [[ "$unameOut" == MINGW64_NT* ]]; then
+        compiler="/opt/bin/i686-w64-mingw32-gcc"
+        windows_linker="$windows_linker -Wl,--subsystem,console:4"
+      else
+        echo "Error: Compiling for Windows 9x is only supported when running under the MinGW64 shell."
+        exit 1
+      fi
+      ;;
+  esac
+done
+
 rm -f "bareiron$exe"
-gcc src/*.c -O3 -Iinclude -o "bareiron$exe" $windows_linker
+$compiler src/*.c -O3 -Iinclude -o "bareiron$exe" $windows_linker
 "./bareiron$exe"