Date: Fri, 13 Jul 2007 20:08:59 +0200 From: Volker <volker@vwsoft.com> To: John Baldwin <jhb@freebsd.org> Cc: stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Call for testing: patch that helps Wine on 6.x Message-ID: <4697BFBB.1050009@vwsoft.com> In-Reply-To: <200707111442.33336.jhb@freebsd.org> References: <200707111442.33336.jhb@freebsd.org>
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On 07/11/07 20:42, John Baldwin wrote: > This patch attempts to remove a gross hack with a slightly less gross hack in > order to avoid clobbering data in signal info that Wine needs. In 7 this was > fixed by a major change to how the kernel manages signals internally, and > that change is too large to be MFC'd, hence this lighter weight patch. It > has already been tested by the folks working on Wine, but I would like a bit > more widespread testing before I commit it. Please test this patch and let > me know if anything breaks. Note that this patch is only for i386. > > http://www.FreeBSD.org/~jhb/patches/sig_eva.patch > John, I've patched and recompiled world + kernel using your patch. I can confirm it does not hurt but what does it good (my wine already ran fine despite some DDE and performance issues)? What to look for especially - any specific test procedures? Volker
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