Date: Tue, 31 Jul 2007 17:25:32 +0200 From: Tijl Coosemans <tijl@ulyssis.org> To: Volker <volker@vwsoft.com> Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org, John Baldwin <jhb@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Call for testing: patch that helps Wine on 6.x Message-ID: <200707311725.33059.tijl@ulyssis.org> In-Reply-To: <4697BFBB.1050009@vwsoft.com> References: <200707111442.33336.jhb@freebsd.org> <4697BFBB.1050009@vwsoft.com>
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On Friday 13 July 2007 20:08:59 Volker wrote: > On 07/11/07 20:42, John Baldwin wrote: >> This patch attempts to remove a gross hack with a slightly less >> gross hack in order to avoid clobbering data in signal info that >> Wine needs. In 7 this was fixed by a major change to how the kernel >> manages signals internally, and that change is too large to be >> MFC'd, hence this lighter weight patch. It has already been tested >> by the folks working on Wine, but I would like a bit more widespread >> testing before I commit it. Please test this patch and let me know >> if anything breaks. Note that this patch is only for i386. >> >> http://www.FreeBSD.org/~jhb/patches/sig_eva.patch > > I've patched and recompiled world + kernel using your patch. I can > confirm it does not hurt but what does it good (my wine already ran > fine despite some DDE and performance issues)? What to look for > especially - any specific test procedures? Could you try Mozilla Firefox (for Windows) with and without this patch?
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