doc: mention Win 32-bit openssl build issue

RafaelGSS · danielleadams · commit 80c2fa821256 · 2022-07-25T21:43:43.000-04:00
PR-URL: #43853 Reviewed-By: Richard Lau <rlau@redhat.com> Reviewed-By: Antoine du Hamel <duhamelantoine1995@gmail.com>
diff --git a/doc/contributing/maintaining-openssl.md b/doc/contributing/maintaining-openssl.md
@@ -97,6 +97,16 @@ Use `make` to regenerate all platform dependent files in
 % make -C deps/openssl/config
 ```
 
+**Note**: If the 32-bit Windows is failing to compile run this workflow instead:
+
+```console
+% make -C deps/openssl/config clean
+# Edit deps/openssl/openssl/crypto/perlasm/x86asm.pl changing
+# #ifdef to %ifdef to make it compatible to nasm on 32-bit Windows.
+# See: https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/43603#issuecomment-1170670844
+# Reference: https://github.com/openssl/openssl/issues/18459
+```
+
 ## 3. Check diffs
 
 Check diffs to ensure updates are right. Even if there are no updates in openssl
