From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Jul 13 18:42:16 2007 Return-Path: X-Original-To: stable@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B159A16A403; Fri, 13 Jul 2007 18:42:16 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from volker@vwsoft.com) Received: from frontmail.ipactive.de (frontmail.maindns.de [85.214.95.103]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7494713C48E; Fri, 13 Jul 2007 18:42:16 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from volker@vwsoft.com) Received: from mail.vtec.ipme.de (Q7cca.q.ppp-pool.de [89.53.124.202]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by frontmail.ipactive.de (Postfix) with ESMTP id C193412883F; Fri, 13 Jul 2007 20:09:04 +0200 (CEST) Received: from cesar.sz.vwsoft.com (unknown [192.168.18.3]) by mail.vtec.ipme.de (Postfix) with ESMTP id 145E83F43D; Fri, 13 Jul 2007 20:08:38 +0200 (CEST) Message-ID: <4697BFBB.1050009@vwsoft.com> Date: Fri, 13 Jul 2007 20:08:59 +0200 From: Volker User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.4 (X11/20070615) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: John Baldwin References: <200707111442.33336.jhb@freebsd.org> In-Reply-To: <200707111442.33336.jhb@freebsd.org> X-Enigmail-Version: 0.95.1 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-VWSoft-MailScanner: Found to be clean X-MailScanner-From: volker@vwsoft.com X-ipactive-MailScanner-Information: Please contact the ISP for more information X-ipactive-MailScanner: Found to be clean X-ipactive-MailScanner-From: volker@vwsoft.com Cc: stable@freebsd.org 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: Fri, 13 Jul 2007 18:42:16 -0000 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 > John, 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? Volker