Date: Thu, 31 May 2007 23:23:20 -0400 From: Anish Mistry <mistry.7@osu.edu> To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Cc: Kai Blin <blin@gmx.net> Subject: Re: Getting the Wine preloader to work in FreeBSD Message-ID: <200705312323.20961.mistry.7@osu.edu> In-Reply-To: <200705312047.27316.blin@gmx.net> References: <200705312047.27316.blin@gmx.net>
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--nextPart1772583.Mjklk7GImS Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: inline On Thursday 31 May 2007, Kai Blin wrote: > Hi folks, > > after being nagged by a freebsd user(dibridagoe) in #winehq today, > I have decided to look into a problem with the Wine preloader on > FreeBSD (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 needed in FreeBSD at all. > > http://www.winehq.org/site/docs/winedev-guide/x2584#ARCH-MEM and > http://www.winehq.org/site/docs/winedev-guide/x2853 > contain some information about the preloader rationale. > > The preloader source is at > http://source.winehq.org/git/wine.git/?a=3Dblob;f=3Dloader/preloader.c; >h=3D0034e9a948c3de7c2752f17efe11acb6db42a1ae;hb=3DHEAD the comments > should explain some of the rationale there. > > Now, why am I bugging you folks with that? The reason this hasn't > been fixed for FreeBSD yet is that we simply don't have developers > who run that OS. So what I am asking for is this: > > Is someone who knows how to fix this in FreeBSD interested in > helping me to create a patch? > It can be a pain to get patches accepted in Wine, especially if > you're a first-time committer. That's where I can offer my > experience, or at least my stubborness in getting Wine patches in. > However, I lack the knowledge of this low level code. Thus, I would > need to have someone helping me with a patch or even someone to > write that patch him/herself, in the latter case I'd offer help in > getting it through Wine's review process. I'd suggest contacting gerald@FreeBSD.org since he maintains the wine=20 port and might have the knowledge. =2D-=20 Anish Mistry --nextPart1772583.Mjklk7GImS Content-Type: application/pgp-signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.3 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQBGX5EoxqA5ziudZT0RAr5lAKCI2NbLS2IT9p89gp2z7fJOKpbi5gCgvzSw Wed6blvmUbeRnup+dVspapY= =SoDM -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --nextPart1772583.Mjklk7GImS--
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