From owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Jun 1 03:35:58 2007 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8E70C16A421 for ; Fri, 1 Jun 2007 03:35:58 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from mistry.7@osu.edu) Received: from mail.united-ware.com (am-productions.biz [69.61.164.22]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 731A813C447 for ; Fri, 1 Jun 2007 03:35:57 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from mistry.7@osu.edu) Received: from [192.168.1.100] (cpe-71-72-80-132.columbus.res.rr.com [71.72.80.132]) (authenticated bits=0) by mail.united-ware.com (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id l513oLEL096697 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO); Thu, 31 May 2007 23:50:28 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from mistry.7@osu.edu) From: Anish Mistry To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Date: Thu, 31 May 2007 23:23:20 -0400 User-Agent: KMail/1.9.6 References: <200705312047.27316.blin@gmx.net> In-Reply-To: <200705312047.27316.blin@gmx.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; boundary="nextPart1772583.Mjklk7GImS"; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; micalg=pgp-sha1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-Id: <200705312323.20961.mistry.7@osu.edu> X-Spam-Status: No, score=-0.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_50,MYFREEBSD2, RCVD_IN_NJABL_DUL,URI_NO_WWW_ANY_CGI autolearn=failed version=3.1.3 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.1.3 (2006-06-01) on mail.united-ware.com X-Virus-Scanned: ClamAV 0.88.7/3335/Thu May 31 06:16:21 2007 on mail.united-ware.com X-Virus-Status: Clean Cc: Kai Blin Subject: Re: Getting the Wine preloader to work in FreeBSD X-BeenThere: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Technical Discussions relating to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 01 Jun 2007 03:35:58 -0000 --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--