Date: Mon, 21 Dec 98 10:07:48 -0600 From: "Richard Seaman, Jr." <dick@tar.com> To: "Alfred Perlstein" <bright@hotjobs.com> Cc: "freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG" <freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: linking against libc_r Message-ID: <199812211607.KAA00770@ns.tar.com>
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-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- On Mon, 21 Dec 1998 10:59:43 -0500 (EST), Alfred Perlstein wrote: > >On Mon, 21 Dec 1998, Richard Seaman wrote: > >> On Mon, Dec 21, 1998 at 10:25:39AM -0500, Alfred Perlstein wrote: >> > >> > With the recent addition of Linuxthreads to FreeBSD it may soon be possible to use a Wine rpm to play starcraft :) >> >> I've had a report already from someone who took the linux threads patches >> and tried to compile the latest Linux version of WINE. The compilation >> went ok, but execution did not. WINE uses additional Linux syscalls that >> are not implemented in our emulator yet, apparently (modify_ldt being >> the offender that was discovered). > >wow, everything AND the kitchen sink :/ I think that it's a linux >libc call most likely can be munged together. Actually, on reading my own message it didn't quite make sense, so I actually checked the original message. :) He didn't compile anything, he tried to use a pre-compiled linux binary. Anyway, the basic idea still stands, that our linux emulator needs more upgrading. And, yes, there are already libc LDT routines, so it may be possible that that the upgrade isn't too hard. Dick Richard Seaman, Jr. dick@tar.com 5182 North Maple Lane voice: 414-367-5450 Nashotah, WI 53058 fax: 414-367-5852 PGP key available from: dick-pgp-key@tar.com -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: 2.6.3a Charset: noconv iQCVAwUBNn5yVOi0Y7619PhpAQG5lQP/bojAPkiblrcx79A+Y54jH0A6SJdu1uOM SvjcGhfikyjUD6pWeQ3VT+Qi8WNfhb1x3Ayx7TFpago2wTaO9rUKHDiQLnsn7TC3 0zdacbMN3N8ipmou+VzrGnJfN/5TlpvT2Ena6iLzXxk0RNgmPjZ9SUBLYi5rr3AY z0UMMwVosb0= =fRcJ -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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