Date: Tue, 31 Jul 2007 12:19:23 -0700 From: Kris Moore <kris@pcbsd.com> To: Tijl Coosemans <tijl@ulyssis.org> Cc: Volker <volker@vwsoft.com>, freebsd-stable@freebsd.org, John Baldwin <jhb@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Call for testing: patch that helps Wine on 6.x Message-ID: <46AF8B3B.3090105@pcbsd.com> In-Reply-To: <200707311725.33059.tijl@ulyssis.org> References: <200707111442.33336.jhb@freebsd.org> <4697BFBB.1050009@vwsoft.com> <200707311725.33059.tijl@ulyssis.org>
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Tijl Coosemans wrote: > 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? > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-stable@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-stable > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-stable-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > > !DSPAM:1,46af5d3e20761655515052! > > I just gave FireFox 2.0.0.6 a shot using FBSD 6-Stable and all the various patches on the Wiki page. It loaded and ran just fine on my end. -- Kris Moore PC-BSD Software http://www.pcbsd.com
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