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Date:      Thu, 31 May 2007 20:47:15 +0200
From:      Kai Blin <blin@gmx.net>
To:        freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org
Subject:   Getting the Wine preloader to work in FreeBSD
Message-ID:  <200705312047.27316.blin@gmx.net>

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Hi folks,

after being nagged by a freebsd user(dibridagoe) in #winehq today, I have=20
decided to look into a problem with the Wine preloader on FreeBSD=20
(http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=3D5732).

Now, the wine preloader is Linux-specific, it seems. I'm not sure if it is=
=20
needed in FreeBSD at all.=20

http://www.winehq.org/site/docs/winedev-guide/x2584#ARCH-MEM and=20
http://www.winehq.org/site/docs/winedev-guide/x2853
contain some information about the preloader rationale.=20

The preloader source is at=20
http://source.winehq.org/git/wine.git/?a=3Dblob;f=3Dloader/preloader.c;h=3D=
0034e9a948c3de7c2752f17efe11acb6db42a1ae;hb=3DHEAD=20
the comments should explain some of the rationale there.

Now, why am I bugging you folks with that? The reason this hasn't been fixe=
d=20
for FreeBSD yet is that we simply don't have developers who run that OS. So=
=20
what I am asking for is this:

Is someone who knows how to fix this in FreeBSD interested in helping me to=
=20
create a patch?
It can be a pain to get patches accepted in Wine, especially if you're a=20
first-time committer. That's where I can offer my experience, or at least m=
y=20
stubborness in getting Wine patches in. However, I lack the knowledge of th=
is=20
low level code. Thus, I would need to have someone helping me with a patch =
or=20
even someone to write that patch him/herself, in the latter case I'd offer=
=20
help in getting it through Wine's review process.

Thanks in advance,
Kai

=2D-=20
Kai Blin
WorldForge developer  http://www.worldforge.org/
Wine developer        http://wiki.winehq.org/KaiBlin
Samba team member     http://us1.samba.org/samba/team/
=2D-
Will code for cotton.

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