I am trying to compile an application that contains CUDA code. I have a 64 bit machine running Windows 7 and have visual c++ 2008 express version (the free version). To be able to use the cuda compiler I followed the steps from here. The cuda files (with *.cu extension) now compile fine, but the other normal C++ files are using 32 bit because at the drop box on the top (configuration manager) of IDE, it says Win32, So I get this error.
fatal error LNK1112: module machine type 'X86' conflicts with target machine type 'x64'
Note that in the IDE I properly set the target machine for the linker to MachineX64 (Properties->Configuration Properties->Linker->Advanced->Target Machine). However, looking at the command line, it is something like this.
/OUT:"C:\Users\jan\Desktop\gpu\Release\gpu.exe" /INCREMENTAL:NO /NOLOGO /LIBPATH:"C:\CUDA\lib64" /LIBPATH:"../../common/lib" /MANIFEST /MANIFESTFILE:"Release\gpu.exe.intermediate.manifest" /MANIFESTUAC:"level='asInvoker' uiAccess='false'" /DEBUG /PDB:"C:\Users\jan\Desktop\gpu\Release\gpu.pdb" /SUBSYSTEM:CONSOLE /OPT:REF /OPT:ICF /LTCG /DYNAMICBASE /NXCOMPAT /MACHINE:X64 /ERRORREPORT:PROMPT cudart.lib C:\CUDA\lib64\cudart.lib kernel32.lib user32.lib gdi32.lib winspool.lib comdlg32.lib advapi32.lib shell32.lib ole32.lib oleaut32.lib uuid.lib odbc32.lib odbccp32.lib
Notice, 32 bit version of runtime libraries are being passed to the command line. How can I ask the freaking compiler to use 64 bit. Is this related to the configuration manager. People told me to go to the configuration manager and select new on the active solution platform dropdown and select x64 from there. But the type or select new platform dropdown is blank. Please help me. I’m going nuts over this. And note that I have all 64 bit compilation tools in my computer, as I installed the full Windows SDK.
Follow the steps given on this site.