Re: [ros-general] Re: copy protection - was: Re: Is it time for playing games on WINE?

2003-11-11 Thread Jan Kratochvil
t; >>with native 'ntoskrnl.exe'. > > RtlUnwind is documented (altough its use isn't recommended), and > implemented by ReactOS Although ReactOS implements SEH it is compatible only with ReactOS code while is binary incompatible with SEH as being used by 'ntfs.sys

Re: copy protection - was: Re: Is it time for playing games on WINE?

2003-11-10 Thread Jan Kratochvil
functions (maybe a > voodoo test for safely check if the subsystem have a correct behavior): ... > - - RtlUnwind This is a part of undocumented SEH (Structured Exception Handling) implemented by ReactOS while fixed by Captive and partially combined with native 'ntoskrnl.exe'. I st

Re: NTFS driver (was: ReactOS GPL vs. proprietary drivers)

2003-10-22 Thread Jan Kratochvil
Hi, On Wed, 22 Oct 2003 10:32:31 +0200, Szakacsits Szabolcs wrote: > On Tue, 21 Oct 2003, Jan Kratochvil wrote: ... > Just a new one, robustness. I didn't test Captive NTFS but looking at the > system design it's a bit too complex. Error-prone. With a variable black > b

Re: NTFS driver (was: ReactOS GPL vs. proprietary drivers)

2003-10-21 Thread Jan Kratochvil
Hi, On Tue, 21 Oct 2003 22:38:41 +0200, Szakacsits Szabolcs wrote: > On Tue, 21 Oct 2003, Jan Kratochvil wrote: ... > > do not need to be understood for writing. > > I guess you mean reading? Anyway it depends on the driver quality. All > needs to be known for both read a

Re: NTFS driver (was: ReactOS GPL vs. proprietary drivers)

2003-10-21 Thread Jan Kratochvil
Hi, On Tue, 21 Oct 2003 21:05:57 +0200, Szakacsits Szabolcs wrote: > On Tue, 21 Oct 2003, Jan Kratochvil wrote: ... > Most of them > is read-only but if you know how to read, sure you can write as well. Block allocation bitmaps (or Btrees or whatever) do not need to be understood fo

Re: NTFS driver (was: ReactOS GPL vs. proprietary drivers)

2003-10-21 Thread Jan Kratochvil
Hi, On Tue, 21 Oct 2003 17:41:19 +0200, Szakacsits Szabolcs wrote: > On Tue, 21 Oct 2003, Jan Kratochvil wrote: ... > > NTFS has no meaning as a standalone filesystem - there are better GPL > > Why not? NTFS has all the features that other Linux filesystems have and > even mor

Re: NTFS driver (was: ReactOS GPL vs. proprietary drivers)

2003-10-21 Thread Jan Kratochvil
affirmation of the professional IT lawyer JUDr. Jiri Cermak Captive NTFS is legally valid at least in my home country. Regards, Lace -- Jan Kratochvil; http://www.jankratochvil.net/