Re: WINE + NX (No eXecute) support for x86, 2.6.7-rc2-bk2

[Christoph Hellwig]

On Sun, Jun 06, 2004 at 06:37:32PM +0900, Mike McCormack wrote:
> 
> Christoph Hellwig wrote:
> 
> >Huh?  binfmts do work on all linux architectures unchanged.  What you do
> >on other operating systems is up to you.  And btw, netbsd already has
> >binfmt_pecoff, you could certainly make use of that, too.
> 
> Working on only two platforms is not really what I'd call portable.

Linux itself is portable so a linux driver also is portable.  IF you care
for multiple OSes you need to do additional work of course.  Which isn't
the end of the world either.

> True, we are relying on undocumented assumptions.  On the other hand, 
> there's plenty of programs that rely on undocumented assumptions. 
> Binary compatability to me means that the same binary will work even 
> when the underlying system changes... is there a caveat that I missed?

And there's plenty of programs that break because of that.  Wine is now
one of those.  You can either cludge around your brokenness even more or
try to get it fixed.  Your choice.

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