From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Jul 31 19:19:19 2007 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DDE5616A417 for ; Tue, 31 Jul 2007 19:19:19 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from kris@pcbsd.com) Received: from pcbsd.ixsystems.com (pcbsd.ixsystems.net [206.40.55.78]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B7E5B13C465 for ; Tue, 31 Jul 2007 19:19:19 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from kris@pcbsd.com) Received: from [192.168.1.102] (c-67-170-130-86.hsd1.wa.comcast.net [67.170.130.86]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pcbsd.ixsystems.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2A8B7145F422; Tue, 31 Jul 2007 19:25:54 +0000 (UTC) Message-ID: <46AF8B3B.3090105@pcbsd.com> Date: Tue, 31 Jul 2007 12:19:23 -0700 From: Kris Moore User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.5 (Windows/20070716) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Tijl Coosemans References: <200707111442.33336.jhb@freebsd.org> <4697BFBB.1050009@vwsoft.com> <200707311725.33059.tijl@ulyssis.org> In-Reply-To: <200707311725.33059.tijl@ulyssis.org> X-Enigmail-Version: 0.95.2 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: Volker , freebsd-stable@freebsd.org, John Baldwin Subject: Re: Call for testing: patch that helps Wine on 6.x X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 31 Jul 2007 19:19:19 -0000 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