From nobody Wed Mar 25 21:58:08 2026 X-Original-To: freebsd-emulation@mlmmj.nyi.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2610:1c1:1:606c::19:1]) by mlmmj.nyi.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4fh14R5n3kz6Wqgc for ; Wed, 25 Mar 2026 21:58:15 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from me@phrolova.moe) Received: from sendmail.purelymail.com (sendmail.purelymail.com [34.202.193.197]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (256/256 bits) key-exchange X25519 server-signature RSA-PSS (4096 bits) server-digest SHA256) (Client did not present a certificate) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 4fh14R28b5z45RR for ; Wed, 25 Mar 2026 21:58:15 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from me@phrolova.moe) Authentication-Results: mx1.freebsd.org; dkim=pass header.d=phrolova.moe header.s=purelymail1 header.b=Wxo7WeO6; dkim=pass header.d=purelymail.com header.s=purelymail1 header.b=GatYvm7D; dmarc=pass (policy=reject) header.from=phrolova.moe; spf=pass (mx1.freebsd.org: domain of me@phrolova.moe designates 34.202.193.197 as permitted sender) smtp.mailfrom=me@phrolova.moe DKIM-Signature: a=rsa-sha256; b=Wxo7WeO6YnizsMOu4oH3OMZjnZMuG4iF4QP1e1FYnUuyffPzVECskhy7RuK5Q0HN55aW632puv9KFYb2zgf/oom4QiRMGDatwmvOKoGXWhQofOC0YDBmnMeaXVtst1uPdeX6BbcmCaSAs7QAq9Pc5h19JoOQU1q1rqjAVBHhaq1Izyc1rN+JcNI7LfNucgs6CCN20/m6NK+uHq9AY8vVGWx/9Np3EFmnsSJch7Jlc3nSPs0YzPNBRWmUMHvvSfGPPtsB157ejqZhZJAEWS6oOCkYPtztQOz8bcZL44oMUGkI3KBs1xelX+aJAAkwkZGMkk1VZhH4aYWt8MYR3F7pbQ==; s=purelymail1; d=phrolova.moe; v=1; bh=wCFkg8AA+UOkghdaNNLzFFDc7FpBY7kVbPR9QJBdicQ=; h=Received:Date:From:To:Subject; DKIM-Signature: a=rsa-sha256; b=GatYvm7D3zVgWZH5F5gkF/DzOiUGFUN5rknE5NuPyzTwe70tmR1FikWeOb0i2kjK0EWREOyv8CBELWrg2FB1HAxdKoJTSmjUO76KEYquwh/QGr3prgoWiQg8Z+xeVVwz+JjrwkKJ4sAvs/Llx5GAwKaC947JEOET8IPpR+11EHIlxo7ahJSmgStKa0ngkSAUo/SFxyUwWXCNSivG7buFXw4kgYRjWNLT9yJmGmwjZL9pcfwYvpMvJsn71ARXHs+XE4ZYI2VTbwHVkL7JoGZKdpuWvl7y7uYzzlj2TyRXEWqHXXALGfXCjnUCvWqkjpIhcLZZTpfY4k7DUyp4te2DDQ==; s=purelymail1; d=purelymail.com; v=1; bh=wCFkg8AA+UOkghdaNNLzFFDc7FpBY7kVbPR9QJBdicQ=; h=Feedback-ID:Received:Date:From:To:Subject; Feedback-ID: 631833:26328:null:purelymail X-Pm-Original-To: freebsd-emulation@freebsd.org Received: by smtp.purelymail.com (Purelymail SMTP) with ESMTPSA id 75356639 for (version=TLSv1.3 cipher=TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384); Wed, 25 Mar 2026 21:58:09 +0000 (UTC) List-Id: Development of Emulators of other operating systems List-Archive: https://lists.freebsd.org/archives/freebsd-emulation List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: Sender: owner-freebsd-emulation@FreeBSD.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Date: Wed, 25 Mar 2026 22:58:08 +0100 Message-Id: From: "Phrolova" To: Subject: [RFC] Porting ntsync from Linux to FreeBSD for WINE/Proton compatibility X-Mailer: aerc 0.21.0 X-Spamd-Result: default: False [-3.69 / 15.00]; NEURAL_HAM_LONG(-1.00)[-1.000]; NEURAL_HAM_MEDIUM(-1.00)[-1.000]; NEURAL_HAM_SHORT(-0.99)[-0.994]; DMARC_POLICY_ALLOW(-0.50)[phrolova.moe,reject]; MV_CASE(0.50)[]; R_DKIM_ALLOW(-0.20)[phrolova.moe:s=purelymail1,purelymail.com:s=purelymail1]; RWL_MAILSPIKE_VERYGOOD(-0.20)[34.202.193.197:from]; R_SPF_ALLOW(-0.20)[+ip4:34.202.193.197:c]; MIME_GOOD(-0.10)[text/plain]; ARC_NA(0.00)[]; RCVD_TLS_ALL(0.00)[]; FREEFALL_USER(0.00)[me]; RCPT_COUNT_ONE(0.00)[1]; ASN(0.00)[asn:14618, ipnet:34.192.0.0/12, country:US]; RCVD_COUNT_ONE(0.00)[1]; MIME_TRACE(0.00)[0:+]; RCVD_VIA_SMTP_AUTH(0.00)[]; MID_RHS_MATCH_FROM(0.00)[]; PREVIOUSLY_DELIVERED(0.00)[freebsd-emulation@freebsd.org]; FROM_HAS_DN(0.00)[]; MLMMJ_DEST(0.00)[freebsd-emulation@freebsd.org]; FROM_EQ_ENVFROM(0.00)[]; TO_MATCH_ENVRCPT_ALL(0.00)[]; TO_DN_NONE(0.00)[]; DKIM_TRACE(0.00)[phrolova.moe:+,purelymail.com:+] X-Rspamd-Queue-Id: 4fh14R28b5z45RR X-Spamd-Bar: --- Hello! I intend to port the ntsync kernel driver from Linux to FreeBSD to provide compatibility for WINE/Proton to be used with games that require it. One example of such a game is Arknights: Endfield. It crashes after 10-15 minutes without ntsync. The files worth looking at are: https://github.com/torvalds/linux/blob/master/drivers/misc/ntsync.c and https://github.com/torvalds/linux/blob/master/include/uapi/linux/ntsync.h Has anyone tried this before and does anyone else have interest in using such a thing?