Re: [RFC] Wine speedup through kernel module

From: Martin Dalecki (dalecki@evision-ventures.com)
Date: Thu Sep 07 2000 - 04:53:33 EST


Simon Richter wrote:
>
> On Thu, 7 Sep 2000, Martin Dalecki wrote:
>
> > > I've done an implementation of some of the Win32 "system calls" in a kernel
> > > module in an attempt to speed up Wine.
>
> > 1. Linux is UNIX not NT... (in terms of API)
>
> What about a Win32 personality?
>
> > 2. WINE in itself is barely usefull - even in fact non existant, since
> > there is
> > no official stable release out there.
>
> Erm, ever seen Adobe Photopaint for Linux? It's basically the Windows .exe
> plus a wine that can do all the syscalls Photopaint needs.

Yes seen. Huge bloadted instabile piece of hack on top of a hack on top
of a hack...
If I need NT I can use it.
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